The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-01-28

Mr.. Bryan. of Va ae. moved To al
Journ. Carried.
SENATE.
Twelfth Day-.Tuesday. Jan. goth.
The Senate was called 10 order at /
O'Clock by Lieut. Governor Holt and
was led in prayer by Rev. DR.. Marshall
of Raleigh.
The Journal of Monday was read and
approved.
Petitions.
Mr.. Allen OF Franklin, petition To
form Salem township in Granville
county.
Report OF Standing Committees.
The standing committees reported
bills acted upon.
The committee o. enrolled bills re-
ported various bills aud they were
signed by the President.
AT the request of Mr.. Beilamy the
Hon. John J. Fowler, mayor of Toe city
of Wilmington, was inyite0 to a seal ia
the chamber.
On motion OF Mr.. Davis OF Franklin a
message WAS sent to the House iuforuslng Z
that body that the Senate would ballot
to-day.
Introduction OF Bills.
Mr. Rey nolds, bill to consolidate e
and revise the charter of the town #
Salem.
Mr.. Allen OF Granville, a bill TO form
Salem township IN Granville county.
Mr.. Morgan, bill relating 10 be
Norfolk and Southern railroad.
Mr.. Ardrey, bill. to establish Norm Il
and Industrial School for girls.
Mr.. Mclean, bill to amend section els
of the Code relative to the publication of
notice of service in cases Of non residents
Mr.. Rose, bill to prevent the sale of
liquor within three miles OF Elizabeth NJ.
E. church. in Johnston county.
Nr. Lucas, bill to allow the citizens OF
the town of Washington to procure
a railroad to the town.
Mr. Speight, to amend chapter 361 Of
laws Of 1889, relative to working public
roads
Com mission. This is the bill formulat-
ed by the Railroad Commission caucus.
|The CHRoNICLE will give the bill i'll full
when it comes up for discussion. Two
hundred copies were ordered printed
Code relating to notes In hands Of adj
illustrators and guardians.
Mr.. Bellamy, to provide for free trans
porTaiion of State officers over railroads
Mr.. Turner, to amend chapter IA, tile
8 of the Code as to what constitutes con
tempt; also a bill 10 amend section 2111
Of tie Code, relating % dower.
Mr.. King. to preyeat the playing of
games In any place Were liquors art
sold.
Unfinished Business.
Mr.. Williams bill relating to the re-
duction OF interest came up, and Mr..
Williams, who had the fi1or on the bill,
yielded to Mr. Freemsn He said he
considered this a very important bill.
The only objection raised TO the bill is
that ii viii! drive capital out of the State
We had better not have money than to
have to pay more for it than it is worth.
A dollar is worth q great deal more to
day than it ever was before, aud our
people feel that they caunot sustain
themselves at a high rate OF interest.
Good, honest farmers who have money
to loan are willing to reduce the rate.
It is the class that lives exclusively from
interest that opposes 1t. The bill passed
second reading, and npon motion OF Mr..
Bellamy, WAS placed upon the calendar.
Calendar.
Mr.. Bellamy's bill, relative to the debt
of Wilmington, was Withdrawn by con
sent.
Bill to license the dealing in futures in
farm products was reported adversely,
and Mr.. Galloway, in very humorous
way, referred to the supposed death Of
his bill. His remarks were too good to
mutilate, and as we have not space to
give them in full, We refrain from Civ
ing q synopsis.
The bill made all dealers in futures
subject to a tax Of SIC, 900 In each county
where they operate. Lost.
A bill to validate certain probates and
registrations. 1t makes valid all dee ds
held by clerks Of courts as parties inter
ested whore probate was made by q
magistrate.
An amendment authorizing Superior
Court Judges and Supreme Court JUS
tees to take probate IN certain cases was
offered. The bill went over.
Election Of U. 3. Senator.
The chair announced that the special
order was the election of u s. Senator,
and appointed Aessr Hobson and Ball
as tellers.
Mr.. Lucas Nominates Vance.
Mr. Lucas placed IN nomination Zebu-
Ion Baird Vance of Buncombe. He said
he came from the East, but he loved the
West for her great men. He remem
bered Vance's first appearance in pablo
life thirty six years ago-a mere boy
and be had watched with pride bis sue
cessfuI career as the peoples friend He
said that during the war be came 10
Raleigh 10 see Gov. Vance about cloth
ing his company. The Governor told
him he had no clothes, but the State had
some cloth, and il he would wait 'hres
davs he would have clothes mad = t.i-
men. He waited and re'nrne.i "a
new suit for each OF hi- ID n. t's.- sar
he always been ready ~ 10 fls Utmost
TO contribute to the comfor: 0; those IL
his care.
In referring to Vance and the Alliance
he said he always knew the people we're
With Vance and Vance With the people,
aud the attempts of cross read Politi-
clans to get up quarrel would fall fat
Mr.. Lucas thought the life OF vauce,
with all of its eventful changes in which
he had never swerved from duty, should
be published and put in the hands of our
children as An incentive to noble, faith
full. rigid fidelity to duty.
In seconding the nomination Mr.. Bel
iamy said:
Great men are evolved from great oc-
and there never has been An oc-
casion in all the annals ofShistory that
has not ordained that some