Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-05-12
Legislative History Again.

county has requested us to inform
him whether or not Governor Holt
voted, in the last General Assem-
bly,, against reducing the rate of
interest from 8 per cent. to 6 per
cent.
As the report that Governor
Holt cast the tie vote in the last
General Assembly that defeated
the six per cent. interest bill has
been industrious'y circulated we
have decided to give this public
ans Eel to the inquiry Of our friend
Governor Holt, as President Of
the last North Carolina Senate did
not cast any such a vote as indi
Gated.
The facts are; When the bill re-
ducing the rate Of interest from s
to 6 per cent. was before the Sen
ate, an amendment was offered by
a Senator as follows: "Provided,
this act shall not apply ~ the
counties of Buncombe, Madison,
Mcdowell. Burke, Forsyth, Hay
wood, Transatlantic, Henderson,
Jackson. Swain, Macon, Graham,
Cherokee, Gay, Mitchell and
Stokes"
"1'he ayes and noes being orr
dered, the amendment Vas adopted,
ayes 81, noes 90, Che president of
the Senate voting in the affirma-
tive) as fellows:
Mr., President Holt, Messrs. AL
len, Of Baden, Audrey, Atwater.
Avery, Bell, Bellamy, Bryan, Ches-
son, Courts, Davis Of Hay wood,
Gilman, Greene of Harnett, Grigs-
by, King, McLarty, Mitchell,
Parker, Reid, Russell and Wilcox
81
chose voting in the negative
W>re:
Messrs. Allen, of Granville, AL
ston, Aycock. Bowers, Butler, Gull
breth, Davis Of Franklin, Durham,
Greene OF Wake, Hobson, Mclean,
Paine, Rose, Soeight, Stanford,
Turner, Twitty, White and Will
liams- 2O.'-(See Senate Jour
nal, etc.
It will be seen that Gov. Holt
simply voted that certain counties
be exempt from the operation of
the bill-an exemption asked for
by a distinguished young Senator
from he West, MIR Avery. In
this connection we quote from a
statement by Mr.. w. E. Audrey,
then a member Of the Senate from
Mecklenburg county, and now
President Of Providence Alliance,
Mecklenburg coantv. Senator
Audrey in a recent letter says:
cit will be observed that forty
Senators voted on the amendment
to exempt certain counties from
the operat ons Of the bill, twenty
in the affirmative and twenty in
the negative. Among those voting
in the affirmative, the following
are Alliancemen, viz: Messrs. Al>
len of Bladen, Audrey of Mecklen~
burg, Atwater of Chatham, Bell Of
Clay (now State Lecturer of the
A%lIiance), Bryan of Duplin, Ches-
son OF Washington, Courts of Rock
ingham, Davis of Hay wood, Greene
OF Harnett, Grigsby of Ashe, Me-
Larty of Union, Mitchell Of Cas-
well, Parker of Gates, Reid of Me-
Dowell, Russell of Durham, Will
cox of Moole-in all Is Alliance
men. The non-Alliancemen vo-
ting in the affirmative were: Bel.
lamy of New Hanover, Gilman of
Onslow, King Of Guilford, Avery
of Burke. The vote resulting in a
tie, the President of the Senate,
Gov, Holt, stated, on giving his
vote, the following, VIZ: Senators,
you have all heard read from the
clerks desk the many petitions
from the different counties (some
from Alliancee) asking to be ex-
empted from the provisions of this
bill, and the strong appeals OF the
Senators representing the counties,
assuring you that their people did
not want it, that they were fresh
from their people, and it would be
arrogance on my part to say l
know the wants of their people
better than they do. This he would
not do, so he voted to exempt
them" (See Senate Journal, etc.)
And SO much for the tie vote.
This charge like others put in cir
culation to damage the political
reputation of an honest and true
: man will not avail to his hurt. The
people of this State will not con-
denim until they have heard the
EVIDENCE. and the truth has no ter