The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-26

reported by the Judiciary Commit |
tee of The House. 1t will probably
become law, as it ought to.
A bill passed the Senate Saturday
appropriating $4,000 to the A. and
NJ. College, but was reconsidered
and comes up as special order to-
night. Members OF both Houses are
divided in their estimate of this in
stitution. Some are loud in its pra =
ses. while others say it is failure.
The House failed to pass the bill
to pay Solicitors an annual salary by
a vote OF Ii to SO. The Attorney
General had urged the passage Of
such law and the bill had passed
the Senate by large majority, but
it was inexpedient to provide for
the payment of S2l, 900 i'm salaries
out Of the State Treasury unless it
was certain that the costs paid by
criminals would replace it to the
State and the counties.
The House has passed, upon its
second reading, bill to increase the
public school tax to IA cents on pro-
perty and AZ cents ON thepoll.
Both Houses have passed bill to
give magistrates jurisdiction Of as
saults, assaults and batteries and af-
trays where no serious damage is
done, although deadly weapan may
be used.
There is a bill pending in the
House TO abolish tenancy by the
courtesy and place husbands on the
same footing as wives in relation to
real estate after the death of either.
This is great innovation, whether
it is wise or not is another question.
The scene of the session occurred
in the House Saturday. Mr.. Prich-
ard had introduced a resolution some
three weeks before to let out the
public printing to the lowest bidder.
i he resolution came up for consider
alton on Friday ana was tabled.
When the motion to table was put
Mr.. Prichard, seeing that it would
prevail, voted with the majority in
order that he might move recon.
sideration and get in speech on
that motion. But the Speaker rul-
ed that a motion to reconsider a mo-
ton to table was not debatable be-
cause the original motion was not.
This deprived Mr.. Prichard Of his
speech and he was very much Cha
grinned. Saturday he presumed a
protest on behalf of himself and 9th.
| er Republican members of the House
| against the action of the House in
tabling his solution. The protest
contained matter which the Speaker
thought improper to 60 upon the
journal, and he so ruled. An amend
ment was offered taking out the OBJ
jectionable portions, and upon this
heated discussion arose. Mr.. Prich-
ard poured out the vials ofhis wrath
upon the Democracy in general and
upon the majority in the House in
particular, predicting an overwhelm-
ing Republican victory in North
Carolina in 1892, &C., &c.
Mr.. Jones, of Wake. replied to
him in an earnest and able speech,
setting forth the constitutional right
of member to protest against any
action of the House, but insisting
that no protest containing single
misstatement of facts, as did this
one, should go upon the record. He
said, in answer to Mr.. Prichard's
boasting about a Republican victory
at the next election, that the "Gradd
Old Party" was dead and gone where
all bad parties 60, and its Nw sur
viving members on the floor of the
House were of interest only as spe-
cimens of an extinct race.
Mr.. Ray, of Macon, obtained the
floor and made one Of the most pow
erful speeches heard here for many
years. In giving the gist of his re.
MARKS let it be understood that no
endorsement or condemnation Of his
position is intended. He said he
, had not intended to take part IN this
f discussion, but he had heard the pub
, lie printing question agitate6 till he
was tired of it. This agitation came
from the Republicans and certain
| persons allied with them for their
} own selfish purposes and was not
> made with any honest desire to ben
, eft the people. Much had been said
: about an uprising among the people
: of the State on the subject. Thou
: sands of petitions had been printed
and sent out and the incalculable
l number of petitioners returned Oh
: those petitions was a57. He liked
q the gentleman from Madison (Mr.
n Prichardl. That gentleman wanted
:, to be Governor, and had the brain,
= but his face was set toward the city
3 of Sodom and he would never "get
! there" The gentleman in his threats
: against the Democrats reminded him
9 Of character in Allan Qutermain
$ 1t was an old savage named UmslO'
L pogass, who could speak only few
l. words of Eaglish. He carried ar
O axe which he constantly whetteG
;. and kept muttering to himself "Um
slopogass smells blOOd.m The gen
Il tleman smelt blood all the time, but
;t xuo. not DamOcratic hi 00d III was