The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1893-01-27

the revenue in the school fund to pay
Tor books of poor children unable to pay
Tor theirsbooks, he would gladly support
and vote for it. He did not think this
was the righ. bill and did not approve of
it
Mr.. Mcdowell said there was entirely
too much ''demad ogery" in this discus
sion. He wanted this bill because it
would wipe out the sorry class of dogs
and would give US better strain of
csnines. MAN has been created little
lower than the angels" and he has been
getting little lower ever since; still he
had to pay tax on his poll and on all his
property except the dog. He spoke of
Mr.. Little's and Mr. Owens eloquent
speeches during the debate on this mat
ter last week and with a clever stroke of
pleasantly reviewed their past and looked
into their future, discovering much that
was laughable in the fictitious pictures.
He drew graphic portrait of the dog
full and dogless home. His speech was
highly enjoyed and frequently applauded.
Mr.. Sheriff. said it had gone out that
this body was afraid to tsx the dog
There was, according to the last calcula
ton. 100000 in this state, 900, 900 of
which were worthless He made
strong, straightforward speech in favor
of the bill. He favored more hogs and
sheep and less dogs.
Mr. Leatherwood did not want this
bill passed. Dogs are not reported as
property within the constitution of the
laws of the state, therefore he did not
favor taxing dogs. Let the legislature
apply itself to the placing of property
which is liable to taxation upon the tax
| books, vast amounts of which property
now goes unlisted and untaxed. He
| ably opposed the bill.
Mr.. Potter defended his bill He
wanted the members of this body to
come to a fair and square vote upon the
measure. There is too much pondering
to public sentiment-an unj just sentiment
oft-times. He renewed the attempts of
past Legislatures to pass bill similar to
this and made many points in favor of
the measure. He believed that such a
measure was demanded by the people of
the state Let us meet the issue squarely
and pass the measure without the amend
ments exempting this or that county
The bill would benefit the farmers of
North Carolina to a marked degree. He
spoke Of its operation in other states and
made an exhaustive defence of the bill.
Mr. Little said this measure would be
iniquitous and oppressive to his people
and he wanted his county exempted.
He opposed the bill in toto. He grace
fully returned the compliments of Mr..
Mcdowell and the humor was fine. The
African is more hindrance t. sheep cul
ture than the dog. The privilege OF
owning dog is one of the greatest rights
of the humble citizen, and he was not in
favor of taking from the lowly voted
this precious privilege. His speech wa;
witty and earnest and in his opposition
he covered the whole field.
Mr.. Potter again arose, answered some
of Mr.. Litt'e's points in pleasant re
joinder and spoke in favor of his bill.
Mr. Owen said he would cast his vot:
honestly and sincerely. Property is taxed
according to its value; if the dogs hav'
no value they should net be taxed. H.
shou ut that public sentiment had no
; been educated up to this bill. 1t woulC
divide the people and do no good. Hi
consti .uents did not favor the bill and b
would vote against it. The people 0
North Carolina do not demand such
law
=. Cranor said the dogs OF the stat
were, in large measure, nuisance, II
thought it was his duty as patriot an
a representative of the people of Mort
Carolina to vote to tax the dog. Dog
had driven the sheep out of his section
This bill would do a vast amount c
good This bill is stepping stone to
better law, and he sincerely hoped thi
: body would pass the measure.
Mr.. Day arose to withdraw his amend
ment, providing that every dog of wha
ever class or condition, shall be taxed.
Mr.. Patterson explained the vie
which the committee took of this mea
ure. The committee made unanimor
. report in favor of this bill, believip
that the measure would greatly benet
the state, abating nuisance. He calle
n for the previous motion.
Mr.. Morton offered an amendmel
providing that dogs SO taxed shall
considered personal property. Mr.. Po
8 ter accepted this amendment.
II Mr.. Little's amendment exemptir
Arson county was taken up and los
e Many other amendments to exempt ce
u tain counties were all put and lost, OF
after another.
Mr.. Sandifer offered an amendme
o exempting shepherd dogs from the pr
visions of the act. Lost.
'e The bill then came up for vote. N
u Potter called for the yeas and nays upC
"a the second reading Of the bill. The b
ie was lost upon its second reading-ay
20, noes 81.
TO Then on motion of Mr. Pou, the sena
< went into executive session and in fe
minutes adjourned.
v During the executive session the ION
nation of Mr. r w. Wharton as trus,
t. of the Agricultural and Mechanical c.
te lege, vice Hon. Elias Carr, resigne
at was confirmed
n The senate committee on elections v
te in session again yesterday, consideri
ed the case of Newsom against Stack. I
contestant was represented by Ness
n W. W. King and A. E. Hatton, and
Id oo,4oc+oo bv Hon r n Rushpe 7