The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-03-05
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

10y far the most interesting week
dot the session is the one just
closed, In the House, the bill for re-
moving the disabilities of ex-Gov. w.
W. Holden elected strong debate.
Messrs. Cooke, Carter, Doughton,
Outlaw and Watson favored the bill,
and it was opposed by Messrs. Bed
dingfeld, Hoke, Lyon and McCotter.
The bill was voted down by As ayes
and 81 noes. u. ae.
The bill proposing changes in our
election law was hotly contested in the
Senate, but was finally passed by a
vote of 81 to II. Strange as it may
appear, a bill passed the House to pro-
tect sheep from dogs, but We predict
that it will fail to become law. The
bill introduced by Mr.. Overman to
make ten hours a days labor for
females and minors employed in a
ufacturing in the State and forbid
ding the employment of children
under II years of age, was tabled.
The Training School bill, which passed
the Senate, after a long and able dis
cussion in the House, was lost. In
the House the bill to make an appro-
priation (which was reported from the
committed to complete the Governors
Mansion, was considered on its second
reading and was lost by vote of AZ
to So, as follows:
Ayos NaaSro Arfbapu Pounoro paddinoAald
Carter, Carver, Chadwick, Cheek, Cherry, Clifton,
Cofield, Cooke, De Ford, Dills, Doughton, Dunlap,
Edwards, Franks, Galloway, Ham, Hargrove, Hof-
Makely, Marsh, of Beaufort, McCotter, McCubbins,
Mcdonald, Nichols, Outlaw, Overman, Parker,
Phillips, Scott, Sutton, Watson, of Robson, Whet-
tington, Wilson, wOoten, of Lenoir, Yancey, Ayes
NoesIMessrs. Alexander, Amis, Arledge, Baird,
Crisp. Crowder, Gibbon, Grant, Hampton, Halo
way, Holman, Hood, Hopkins, Howe, Hussey,
Jacobs, johnson, Of Johnston, johnson, of Fender,
of Columbus, Marsh, of Union, Mastin, Matheson,
McGill, Miller, Milhkin, Murphy, Newland, Pear
Stevens, Temple, Tilley' Trul, VestaI, wall, Wal,
ser, Ward, Watson, Of Vance, Welfons, White,
Wilkins, Woods, Noes-58.
The News and Observer, in its report
of this vote, says it was announced
"amid applause and clapping of hands
by the Alliance men and Republicans"
This citing" at the gentlemen who
were members of the order aroused
great indignation and that paper re-
tracted it the next day. Knowing as
we do, that there are certain chang
ers-on" around the capitol who are
eagerly watching for any pretense to
assail or to misrepresent the Alliance
members, we have given the vote in
full, to say that in this vote 20 Alliance
men Voted age and 81 Of them voted no..
. But the great sensation of the week
was the discussion of the Railway
Commission bill, which began in the
Senate on Tuesday and continued for
three days. The lobbies and the gal
leries were crowded during each ses-
sion with deeply interested listeners.
Those who participated in the discus
sion in favor of the bill were Messrs.
Payne, Turner, Williams of Pitt,
Lucas, Pou and Lei rand-those op-
posing it Messrs. Kerr, Blair, Barber
and Thomas. The PROGRESSIVE FAR
E hopes to be favored with some of
these speeches, which so powerfully
demonstrated the necessity for a Com
mission, for the benefit of our read
ers. They were unanswered and are
unanswerable. The voice of the PEG.
pie was UNDECIDED, the demands of the
people were ignored, the rights of the
were disregarded and the SUI
premacy of railroad power in the
Senate branch of the North Carolina
Legislature was declared by the fol
vote: