Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-02-19
SENATE.
MONDAY, Feb. Is, 1865
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.


UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
Bill introduced by Mr.. Wynne, assigning
the room now occupied by the Clerk of the
Supreme Court to the Auditor of the State,
and instructing the keeper of the Capitol
to furnish suitable room for the Clerk of
the Court. Motion to suspend the rules
prevailed.
Mr.. Lassiter said he could not see the
propriety OF passing this bill. Tue Su-
preme Court cannot get along without Il
Clerk, and it is necessary that he should be
convenient to the Court room he thought
this proposition looked like dividing the
Supreme Court. He hoped the bill would
not pass in its present form.
Mr. Sweet said if the bill passed it would
only afford a Temporary relief He thought
the question should be settled definitely,
and offered substitute authorizing the
Governor, with the advice of the Council
of the State, to assign rooms to the Su-
preme Court, and to the Executive officers
of the State.
Mr.. Osborne said that this proposition
would simply allow interested parties to
select such rooms as they desire. and, if
they chose to, they can turn the Supreme
Court into the woods. Beside, Sir, this
difficulty arises out Of the management of
the Auditor himself. There are a number
of rooms in the Capitol that have been
rendered to him and which, in his opinion,
are sufficiently large for the transaction of
his business. To take away the Clerk Of
the Court, Mr.. President, would be per
fectly ruinous to that body; he should be
near the Court, as 1T is actually necessary
for them to have frequent Intercourse, be-
sides the Supreme Court, by law, is en-
titled to the rooms they now occupy. The
proposition to transfer the Court to the
Executive Mansion could only render q
temporary relief. The Governor has a
right to occupy that building when he may
choose. Suppose the transfer should be
made, and the Governor should be pro-
NOTED, would not the lieutenant Governor
who succeeds him have q perfect right to
claim the building, certainly he would, and
Sir. this whole matter can be settled at
once by assigning some of the smaller
rooms i'll the Capitol to the Auditor, and
he hoped the Senate would see the pro-
priety of such a cou Sc.
Mr.. Welker said he did not like the pro-
position. There IS disposition to take
the responsibility OF this question out of
the hands of the General Assembly, the
proper body to settle it, aud to place it
upon the shoulders of the Governor This
question could be settled at once, if the
manner. There is certain gentleman in
this establishment that ought to be ex-
PEELED at once, and his name is DemJ0hn
When that is done, the whole matter can
be arranged at once. Besides, the Coun-
Gil of the State are personally interested,
and, as natural consequence, they would
feel delicacy in making the assignment.
This body should arrange this matter
themselves, and should do it at once.
Mr.. Love said he agreed with the Sena-
tor from Guilford, that this question
should be settled at once. The Attorney
Generals Office is amply sufficient to &C.
commodate the Auditor, and it has been
rendered to him, but he refused to go into
it. Now, Sir, it is the duty of the Gener-
al Assembly to say where he shall 60, and
he should be put there at once.
Mr.. Smith said it had been charged, by
two Senators, that the Auditor Was respon
sible for this state Of affairs he did not
ledge, that that officer had been going
around for two weeks, asking the members
of the General Assembly to provide room
for him, as he had been ordered to vacate
the one he occupied.
Mr.. Respass Do you not know, Mr..
Smith, that bill passed the House assign
ing to the use of the Auditor the room
now occupied by the Superintendent of
Public Works, and that he (the Auditory
came into this hall and rlged Senators to
vote down the proposiG on
Mr.. Smith said he may have heard
something of it, bat he did not know that
it influenced Senators to vote against the
proposition, as many of them were of the
opinion that the room was not large
enough.
Mr.. Love: Do you not know, Mr.. Smith,
the fact that the Attorney General offered
to tender his room to the Auditor, aud
that he refused to accept it?
Mr. Smith said be mad heard it, and it
was because the office was not sufficiently
large to transact his business that he de-
clined the offer. He hoped that the pro-
position of MIR. Sweet would be adopted
Mr.. Cook moved to amend by striking
out Governor and Council, and insert q
Joint committee composed Of three Oh the
part of both Houses. but
Mr.. Lassiter moved to amend by assign
ing the room adjoining the Secretary of
State to the auditor
Mr.. Hayes opposed the amendment for
the reason that the Secretary of State has
no more room than is necessary. He was
in favor of the substitute offered by Mr..
Sweet, or would vote for proposition to
remove the Jlulclal department. 10 tue Tx
ecutive mansion, or out of the CAPITOL. He
was opposed to the Judicial department
having the power to remove Executive Off
GERS out of the Capitol. He hoped the sub
stitute would be adopted, and that the Su-
preme Court would be removed to the Ex-
ecutive mansion.
Mr.. Lassiter's amendment was lost
Mr. Love offered substitute assigning
to the Auditor the rooms now occupied by
the Attorney General and that occupied
by the Superintendent of Public Works.
Mr. WeIker said he would not vote now
for any proposition to place the Auditor
off in corner Of the Capitol. He had been
treated shametully, having been turned
out of room arbitrarily, in which he Lad
been placed by an act of this General AS
sembly. It was an insult to tho State and
to the General Assembly. He would vote
for no proposition except one to give him
an office suitable to his station as high
officer of the government. and he thought
the General Assembly ought to be ashamed
of themselves for delaying this matter SO
long.
Mr.. Loves amendment was voted down.
Mr.. Robbins offered 80 amend the sub