Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-11-20
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

The House was called to order a
124 O'Clock by the former Clerk, Col
S. d. Pool.
TIE following members answered te
their nn'i,e~ and were 3niv sworr iii:
Blessrs, Anderson, .twater. Bsi
lard. Barnett. Bennett, Belts. Bzzal!
Blythe, Boyd, Brewinston, Bryant
Bryson. Blln, Gambler. Carson. Car
ter. Garry, Davis, OF Haywood, Davis,
of Jackson, Dortch, Dula. Erwin
Fields. Finger, Foote, Freeman,
Gather, Garrison, Cash, Good,
Goodwin, Green, Griffin, Gndger,
Hammer. Harrison, Haymore, Hicks,
Hill, Holt, Hookes, Hughes, Hurley,
Isler, Jetton, johnson, King, Latta,
Lloyd, Martin, McCubbins, McIver,
McNeill, McRae, Means, Mebanc,
Mizell, Mock, Moffitt, Moore. Morine.
Morse!ey, Mullen, Newell. Norme1lf,
Page, Parker. Parrot, Patton, Pin
nix, Presson, Proffitt, Re id, Richard
son, Robinson, Shackleford, Skarn.
Smith. of Arson, Smith, OF HYDE,
Spears, Staples, Station, Stephenson,
Store, Strong, Tate, Thompson, of
Beaufort, Thompson, of Lincoln, Triv-
EFT, Walker, of Tyrell, Ward, Wells,
Wheeler, Whisnant, Whitley, Wiley.
Williams, Wood, Woodhousa and
Young.
Then the Clerk announced that the
next business in order was the cleo
ton of Speaker.
Mr.. Richardson nominated Hon.
JAS. L. Robinson, of Macon.
Mr.. Dula nominated DR.. J. Fl.
Wheeler, of Forsyth.
MIR. Robinson received IS votes and
Mr.. Wheeler 20 votes. Mr.. Robinson
was declared duly elected.
On motion of Mr.. Tate, Messrs. Nc
Rae, of Cumberland, and Dula, of
Wilkes, were appointed a Committee
to escort the speaker elect to his seat.
On taking the Chair, Mr.. Robinson
said:
Eve are assembled here to-day as
the chosen representatives OF the free
people of North Carolina. To foster
and promote the highest interests of
our whole people, should be the pur-
pose of every man on the floor of this
Hall
North Carolina Off left free from out
side lntluences) has indicated by the
popular voice OF her yeomanry in
August last, her unmistakable purpose
to place her self by the side of her sis
ter States, who have declared so re-
Gently IN hu!10C;' tones against the eX-
cesses and corruption in the land
growing out OF the unnatural state of
affairs, through which we have been
passing tor the past several years.
She has spoken IN favor OF ialO, order
aud reform and while our people are
pledged to the fullest liberty
to the citizen in the enjoyment OF
every political right, more than one
hundred thousand of North CaroIinas
sons stand ready to rebuke at the bal
Io5-boX the prospective national legis-
lation which would overturD at once
all those regulations and customs
which society has astn1>I;-A~d f---A-
protection and happiness, and which
onve the SANCTION of nearly one hun
1fed years OF experience.
The grand and glorious protest of
millions of our countrymen in the Nc
elections against usurpations
md the recognition and support of the
1surper by the Federal authority will
10 much to place the liberty of the
American people on a broader and
more stable foundation. And while |
his is SO let us not forget, gentlemen,
n the moment of party victory and |
triumph, that she that conauereth |
himself is greater than he that taketh |
city," and while tie blood may |
curse more freely during heated |
anvass than is its wont, we must re-
member that We owe it to the good |
anne Of our commonwealth and as The
representatives. of quiet. law-loving
Constituencies, to enact such laws as
I'LL give the amplest protection to the
'erson and property of every citizen
f our State, the humb,est as well as
he most exalted.
In the dispatch OF the public bust
ess much depends on your presiding
fficer. For his guidance and the
overnment of your body certain
rinciples of law and the usages of
parliamentary bodies have grown into
ettled rules of practice. which have
'r their prime object ACCURACY in
economy of time, order, uni
'rmity and impartiality." It shall be
" constant endeavor, by an impartial
Increment of your rules, to attain
lese objects, to watch that the rights
the minority are not wrested from
lem. and that they are projected
sainst those Irregularities and abuses
hich the ''wantoness of power is too
ot to suggest to large and successful {
aiorities."
Ii I should fail to express my ap- I
'eciation of the distinguished compii-
ent your honorable body have paid