The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-03-07

10 2-o cents, the house having made
it IA.
Mr.. Alexander moved to concur.
Mr.. Sutton said he opposed this. The
House had carefully considered the
question Fourteen cents was enough. |
lie opposed concurrence.
Mr.. Wood took the same view. say
ing in many counties the constitutional |
limit was already reached.
Mr.. Mann opposed concurrence.
Mr.. Sutton demanded the ayes and
noes on the motion to concur.
Mr. Hileman declared that the peo-
pie Of the State had demanded an in
crease in the aid to schools.
Mr.. PEBBLES said the House had fixed
the amount, and he did not think the
Senate should dictate to the House and
disregard what the House had agreed
on The vote on the motion to concur
was ayes ~, noes 55. So the House
refused to concur. A request for a con-
| ference was sent to the Senate. Messrs
| Gimer, Grier, Hileman. Bryan Of
| Wayne and Bridgers were announced
as the House branch OF the conference
| committee
The Homestead Act.
Mr.. I.owry's bill, amending the Con-
stitution, by abolishing the Homestead,
was taken up as speci ] order at noon.
Mr.. Lowry spoke in support of the bill
and read III support of his position an
article from the Progressive Farmer,
the farmers organ. The homestead
law put upon the poor people the ter
rible burden of the lien law. He
claimed that North Carolina was to-day
in irons by reason Of this law. 1T was
a curse to the people Of the State,
instead Of a blessing to the poor people
The people will vote In favor of the
? amendment and will bury the home
stead so deep that it can never be res
directed. He condemned the bank
rupt law as an iniquity. Mr.. PEBBLES
said he did not know the bankrupt law
, was now in existence. Mr.. Lowry
said the people would have from now
, to the next election to discuss the mat
Ter. He became very eloquent and the
, House applauded him again and again
, He sat down with great heaviness OF
Mr.. Bryan 0he Red Fox of Wilkes
who had had the temerity to interrup
him. He said some lawyers favored ths
| .blll. dtO OlAUy Iuclu OC1o iidu OullSCI
i him to vote for it. Some members haG
, said the bill would injure the Demo
: cratic party. He denied this. Mr.
Watson, Of Robeson moved to table tn
:. bill The House, ~ to 33, voted t
: table.
A COIored Normal School Changed.
The bill removing the colored nol
NAL school from Franklintap to Wal
!. renton was taken up. Mr. Aston OF
,r posed it. Mr. Wood favored, sayin
~ the colored people wanted the chan e
4 as there is no school in the second dis
trict Mr. Long, of Warren, spoke i
: , favor. The bill passed
r. A Supreme Court Reporter.
es There was considerable debate O
rs the bill to amend the Code bv separa
ID ing the office of the Supreme Court r,
lg porter from that of Attorney Genera
giving the former S 900, which the la
ter now receives. Mr.. Alexander an
Mr.. Holman antagonized the bill, sa,
"a ing they feared that when the ne1
# Legislature met there would be a d
v mand for an increase of the Attorne
40 Generals salary Mr.. PEBBLES and M
"a Skinner favored the bill. Mr.. Holma
he moved to table the bill. This motto
n. prevailed,
he A resolution was adopted requestir
al our Representatives in Congress
~ make efforts to secure a S25, 600 appr
,ct priatiOn to cut canal from the Wa
,is canaw TO the Brunswick river.
n. The Pension Law.
of A bill to strike out the word Gin
gent" from the pension law of l8
or was taken up.
30 Mr. Holman said if this word we
he stricken out, many widows who did 4
ad- need pension money would draw
The bill would injure a class it "
intended that the pension act shor
Ike benefit.
nit Mr.. McGill said the bill was offer
ne at the suggestion Of the State Audit
by the Pension Committee.
Mr.. Chears favored the bill.