Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-04

three weeks ago indefinitely postponed
therefore, the HoC'n could not this session
act on this one.
Pending decision on the question, the
House adjourned.
SENATE.
THURSDAY, Jan. 9th, 1870
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Mr. Graham: To require the Su
preme Court Of North Carolina to exam
inc applicants who may apply for license
to practice law. Referred.
A. IT. Galloway, col. !: Resolution re-
questing the Representatives of this State
to exert themselves to have the tariff in
creased on Foreign Rice and Peanuts. That
their production in the South may be
made profitable, Lies over.
FROM THE HOUSE.
A message was received from the House
asking for Committee Of Conference on
the bill to establish a Criminal Court in
the cities of Wilmington and Newberne,
which was concurred in, and the President
announced Mr.. Murphy and A. II. Gallo
way (col) the Senate board Of said Com
mittee.
On motion Of Mr.. Reali, his resolution
setting forth that the Superior Court re-
cords of Wake furnish evidence OF fraud
and corruption on the part of Milton S.
Littlefield, State Printer, and requesting
! the Governor to remove him, was taken
up.
resolution on the table, which was lost.
Mr.. Love offered the following as a sub
stitute for Mr.. Bealls resolution tO-wlt:
WHEREAS, At the last session of the Gen
eral Assembly that Gen. Milton S. Little
field, who by virtue of the Governors au-
thority, is State Printer and Binder and
President of the Western Division OF the
| Western North Carolina Railroad, did alb
sent himself from the State SO that @
could not be brought before the 'investi-
| eating Committee" raised by joint resolu-
tion on ''bribery and CORFU ption;" and
avhere0s, at the present session OF the Gen
eral Assembly, on the very night OF the
day that the Treasurer of the State was
called before the Bar of the House Of Etep-
resentatives in Committee of the Whole
to answer questions in relation to frauds
in Railroad bonds, the said Littlefeld,
who is said to be cognizant of said frauds
again precipitately left the State and
aChereaS, it is now about sixty days since
said Printer, Binder and President as
aforesaid left the State between two days,
with charges of fraud daily published
against him; and aCIereds, said Littlefield
is perfectly oblivious to all such charges;
and arhereoS, every member of this General
Assembly is knowing to the fact that DIR.
Hawkins, President of the Chatham Rail
road, certified on oath before the lnVest1ga-
ting committee aforesaid, that he paid said
Littlefield O fee to get q bill through this
Legislature appropriating 81, OOO,OOO to
said Chatham Railroad and acheredS, the
Grand Jury of Wake county did, at Spring
Term 1869, present said IdttleieId for at
tempts to bribe members of this General
| Assembly and arhere0S, it is published IN
the newspapers of New York and Phlladel-
phia, that the said Littlefield, with others,
t has very recently been engaged IN fraudu-
lent uses of the bonds of this State ana
, 9ChereaS, it is published in papers III the
+ State of Florida, that the said Llttletieid
has been presented by a Grand Jury IN
| that State, for criminal conduct in con
nection with the Railroads and canals OF
Florida and qUhereas, the records of the
: Superior Court of Wake county-ShaHer
VS., Littlefield and others-shoW that said
: Littlefeld did, in December, 1868, sign q
promissory note for So, 600, with the ap-
I parent design of swindling innocent par
: ties to the amount of said sum, said note
having been, according to the oath Of one
/ Churchhill, the Agent of said Llttleheld,
: given by said Littlefeld to fictitious per
son, and without consideration, as appears
g by the records of said Court Therefore
: Resosued, BY the Senate. that the said
f Milton S. LittIefeld is not proper per
!, son to be State SrInEer, Binder anu 1rGS1
= dent of the Western Division Of the Yves
s tern North Carolina Railroad, and that the
; Governor be, and he is hereby requested
d to take immediate steps for the removal O
d the said Littlefeld from the several posi-
d tions aforesaid.
IT ResoEved That the Clerk of the Senat'
is furnish the Governor with a certified cop.
{, of this resolution, Immediately after 1T
passage.
W Mr.. Lassiter said be had not considere,
Al the subject thoroughly, but was of the i'm
( preston that the best mode to accomplish
y the object would be to repeal the act Civ
st ing the Governor the appointing power.
It Mr.. Beall said he introduced bill thl
j. morning to repeal the act alluded to b.
n the Senator, and moved a suspension 0
l. the rules in order to put it through it
N several readings, and the Senate refused t
Il suspend the rules.
r. Mr.. Graham said he had examined th
le Journal of the Senate and could find L
p record that such bill had passed the Sen
lg ate at oil, the bill was introduced late
e. the session and might have been rattle
bv the officers of both Houses, but he di
10 not believe it ever passed the General A
ut sembly in q legal manner he thought IL
4, matter should be looked into, and if trr
it was not a law, and it should not be re
IN cognized as such.
MIR. BeaH ssaid he had heard the rune
IN before that the bill did not pass in leg