The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-02-17


cess of the bill by fixing salaries sc
low as to make it impossible to obtain
the best talent.
The amendment offered by Nj.
Lucas was adopted by the following
vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Allen of Bladen,
Allen of Granville, Aston, Bowers,
Bull, Chesson, Courts, Culbreth, Davis
of Haywood, Durham, Gilman, Greene
of Wake, Grggsby, Lucas, McLarty,
Paine, Reid, Reynolds, Shankle, Skin
ner, Speight, Stanford, Walser, Viii.
COX, Williams-25.
Noes-Messrs. Audrey, Avery, Ay-
cock, Bellamy, Bishop, Butler, Gallo
way, King, Mitchell, Morgan, Parker,
Russell, White-13.
MI. Walser offered to amend so that
no than two of the commission
ers shall belong to the same political
party.
Mr.. Williams said he favored the
Amendments he thought a railroad
commission should not be partizan,
He did not vote as a partisan, but for
the good of the State. He has never
cast a vote for a Republican, but this
measure had no politics in it. He
was very unwell and unable to discuss
the amendment, but hoped it would
prevail, The amendment was lost.
Mr.. Grigsby offered the following
amendment: No member of this Gen
eral Assembly shall be a member of
the commission.
MI. Lucas favored the amendment.
Mr.. Bellamy favored the amend
ment. Said that he did no. propose
that gentlemen should go into a caucus
with him and go back on the action
of the caucus and then bind him to
stand by it. The caucus fixed certain
parts of this bill, and had now over
run the majority action, and he felt
free to act as he pleased in the matter.
MI. Davis said the fullest caucus
ever held on the bill fixed the salaries
at $4,000.
Mr.. Culbreth said he had attended
only one caucus when the question of
salary was considered, and it was then
fixed at 1000, and for this reason he
voted for this amount.
Mr.. Bowers said since it was in or,
der to bolt he would change his vote
for So, 0
MI. Parker said he was opposed to
cheap brains. The amendment was
adopted.
Nh. Grigsby's amendment No. Q, is
a substitute for section 5 of the bill.
The amendment makes a slight differ
ence as to the duties of the commits,
sioners in regulating rates, and also
some changes in regard to considering
costs of construction of roads, &C., in
fixing rates.
On motion of Mr.. Aycock, the Sen
ate adjourned, and the bill went over.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TWENTY EIGHTH DAY-SATURDAY, FEB
RUARY Z.
Rev. Mr.. Perry, OF Chatham, offered
prayer.
Among the petitions presented were
the following:
Mr.. Oliver, to prohibit sale of liquor
al Lumberton; MI Pritchard, in OPP
position to prohibition; Mr.. Ray, from
citizens of Macon for repeal of pur-
chase tax; Mr.. Hickman, from citizens
of Columbus asking fora national sp
preparation for a canal there.
Dono1T-EIona wvoro I~&n0I,ooI oa &o1
lows:
Mr.. Bryan, of Wayne, to raise a
joint select committee to investigate
the proposed amending of the charter
of Wilmington & Weldon Railway.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Sutton, chairman of the Judici
airy committee, reported the following
bills:
Amending the Code, making it
suffc emit for the president and score
tary of a corporation to sign convey
ances-favorably; to amend acts of
1889 relating to obtaining advance
ments by false representations; recon
mending concurrence in Senate amend
ments; to exempt Cum oerland Mills
from the operation of the law in re
gard to non transferable scrip-fsvor
ably; to change the time of holding
the courts of Burke and Caldwell
counsies-favorably; to simplify the
statute of limitations-rspeals sections
136 and 1877 of the Code, to take effect
January LIST, 1893-favora bly,; to make
all Corporations amenable to the
laborer's lien law of l887-favorably;
to validate certain probates and regis.
Enthusiastically; to prohibit the
sale of pistols and cartridges to minors,
favorably by a majority report; to
create a salary for the solicitors Office