The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-12-14

Rankin, Smith, OF Wayne, Mills, Harris,
of Franklin, Dudley, Reavis. Coils, Max
well, Stewart, Womack, Richardson and
Atkinson.
Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
water, Bryson and Bryant.
30 Committee on Librdrg-House Branch
Messrs. Hill, Hargrove, Joyner, of Johnston,
Lucas and Fisher
Committee on Penal Insttutions.-House
Branch-Messrs. Smith, of Arson, Reid,
Fletcher, Lassiter and Lyon.
The House then, adjourned.
p SENATE.
-l WEDNESDAY, Dec. z, 1870.
Senate met at 10 o'clock. fa a'
President in the Chair. #
Mr.. Mauney, from Committee on Printing,
submitted an oral report from the joint
committee on printing stating that they
have contracted with the Sentinel for the
public printing at rs cents per thousand
ems for plain work, and $3.50 for rule and
figure work, and rs cents per token for press
work. Propositions for binding has been
accepted in only general terms.
Mr.. Robbins, of Rowan, introduced bill
to prevent parties in civil actions from be.
ing witnesses in their own behalf.
section 46s, chap. 9, title 10, code of civil
procedure Both bills referred.
Mr.. Allen introduced resolution for the
appointment of joint committee to inquire
into the expediency of establishing three
terms annually of the superior courts fol
each county in the State. =
Mr.. Graham, a bill on leave, to allow the
| Commissioners of Orange county to levy a
special tax not to exceed 80 cents on the
dollar and one dollar on each poii, when.
ever they shall deem proper, for the pay.
ment of the county debt.
MI Odds, resolution directing the treas.
urer to pay certain sums to NJ. A. Bledsoe.
Lies over. ..Hsl
Mr.. Cowles, a resolution in regard to pen.
slons to soldiers in the war of 1912. Reso.
luton adopted.
Mr.. Gilmer introduced resolution in.
structing the Finance Committee to report
| bill in reference to the public debt.
Mr.. Jones introduced joint resolution
instructing members of Congress to use
their to secure the removal of Mr.. Vance'E
disabilities. The rules were suspended and
the resolution passed. Ayes 40, Nays 1.
Mr.. LYMAN voted in the negative
Mr.. Price explained that he would vote
| for general measure, removing all disabil
| tiles, but not for an individual and at hi
request he was excused from voting.
Mr. Love, from special committee, re
| ported a substitute for the bill in refer
ence to salaries and fees, and recommended
| its passage. The substitute gives the Gov
ernor $4,000, a private secretary at salary
of $500 and fees, and messenger at 800
to the Treasurer, $4,000, with clerk al
| $500, and an assistant clerk at $3.50; to
the Secretary of State, $1,000 and fees, and
| a clerk at 800, to Auditor $1,000 and fees
to the Superintendent of Public Work.
$50, no clerk and no travelling expenses
to the Superintendent of Public Schools
$50, and no clerk and no travelling expen
ses to the Attorney General $1,000 and
fees; to the Adjutant $500 and fees.
Mr.. Graham announced that he was moi
present at the committee meetings, and die
not like some of the propositions in the
bill.
Mr.. Lehman moved to Ivy the bill ON thu
table, Motion lost.
Mr. McClammy moved to print the sub
stitute and make it the special order fol
| Tuesday next at II O'Clock.
Mr.. Price thought this bill very import
ant and moved to postpone till Thursday
The question of postponing till Tuesda!
being put to the Senate. the motion pre-
vailed. &
The bill regulating the manner of apply
ing for pardons passed its third reading
| yeas AZ, nays 5. =
The bill to repeal the act authorizing th,
Dan River Coal Field R. R. Co. to construc
and extend its road, was taken up.
Mr.. Jones spoke in opposition to the bill
Mr. Smith said that this N c. road wa
the only road that paid any thing into tn,
State Treasury The receipts at Chariot,
were $29s, s56.'26. Gentlemen propose t.
throw away this vast sum and give it tt
Virginia and South Carolina spectators.
Mr.. Olds presented constitutional objec
tons to the bill. He considered that rail
road charter vested rights in the corpora
tors. He had therefore been led to chang,
his views, and must oppose the bill, ant
moved its postponement to day definite.
Mr.. Graham moved to indeitely postpone
The people of North Carolina have an inter
est in the present road, so long as the Stat,
held stock in the road, he was in favor
| guarding that interest The chief joint
made by the opponents of the bill was tina
every man has natural right to build 6
| railroad over his own land to his own doc
| if be wishes to, and that no vested State Of
other interests should stand in the way O.
this indefeasihle right 7iS '.aisi5 -
We regret that we have not room to print
the very able and eloquent speeches of the
several Senators who spoke upon this mea-
sure.
Messrs. Linney, Jones, Merrimon and 9th
ers spoke adversely to the bill Messrs. Gil.
mer, Robbins, of Rowan, and Others, in it.
favor. b19'
In the course of the debate, Mr.. Robbins
of Rowan, suggested that if Convention
was called and the proposition should be
made to the States creditors to compromise
at % cents on the dollar, and to pledge fol
payment all the proceeds Of these roads, the
measure would reduce the State debt mil
lions of dollars. s'a'f. .' t5
Mr.. Jones asked if the gentleman did not
know that these securities, principal and in
terest, were already pledged for the payment
of those debts Pee
Mr.. Robbins asked in turn, how it was then
that the State was actually receiving divi-
dend from these securities. ' 90
The Chair thought each Senator was
asking question of the other that neither
could answer irH -i
Mr.. Smith didn't know anything about
Lord Bacon, to whom Mr.. Lenney alluded,
nor did he understand the beautiful Latin
language quoted by the Senator from Nc
Dowell, but if he could judge anything from
the sound of words, they meant to destroy
our roads The gentlemen had quoted from
old heather authorities, from some very old
book, at least older than our new constitu--
ton! His speech would be worse than a
streak of lightning if he had to follow the
opponents of this bill all round. If the
mountains are as high up in Rockingham as
my friend from Mcdowell says, it would be
impossible to build railroad in that coun-
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