The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1893-03-07
House,.


At 10 o'clock the house met, Speaker
Overman presiding, and Rev. MI Rowe
offered prayer.
Some unimportaut bills passed. Near
ly all the session was devoted to the rsti-
icstion of bills, of which the speaker
signed 262
There were not over fifty members
present.
Mr.. Spruill made an announcement
that the railway commission bill had
come over from the senate with the state
ment that that body had refused to adopt
tho report of the conference committee.
The design of the bill was to make con.
stitutional the commission act of 1891,
which had passed the house unanimously.
In the senate Mr.. Mesns, of Cabarrus.
had offered some amendments which had
the effect of emssculating the bill, and
the later thus amended came back to the
house for concurrence. The house refused
to concur in the amendments and the sen
te declined to recede. Thea it went be
force q conference com mittee six of
whose seven members signed report
that the senate should recede. But the
committee report was not adopted by
the senate. The result is The death of
the bill Mr. Spruill said be desired
the responsibility for this to rest where
it belonged, and declared that when up
on the attempt to enforce the at the
courts find themselves mt with the
question of unconstituionaliy ard the
act the falls to the ground, he d. sired
the people of the state to know tina, the
house was not responsible but that the
responsibility was volontsrily assumed
by the senator from Cabarrus. The
house refused to recede.
A resolution, offered by Mr.. Starnes,
was unanimously adoped requesting ou'
senators and representatives In congress
to use all their influence to secure the
ena, tment of law forhidding the use
of the hoopskirts in the United States.
Mr. Ellington, republican, made
graceful speech in returning thanks tc
the speaker and members Of the house
for uniform courtesy. Speeches of the
same tenor were made by Messrs Axley
and Watson of Vance, also republicans
Messrs Spruill, Lovill and Lillingtor
were announced as the house branch OF
the joint committee to examine ths
books and vouchers of the state treas
urer and auditor.
At noon by the clock Il p. m. rea
time) Speaker Overman declared th'
house adjourned sine die. He said
"Gentlemen Of the House, My Friends:
In a few moments the gavei will fal
and the session of 1893 will have ex
pired l congratulate you upon tn
work of this session. There has beel
less of friction and more OF harmony
less of friction and patty strife and NOR
of unanimity during this session thai
have ever known. No man ever pre-
sided over more conservative, noble
and more patriotic set of men and what
ever of success have had has been du
in great measure to you, to your couI
teous and gentlemanly bearing toward
me and towards each other. Your pa
tient Indulgence, and your hearty co or
eratien. While we have done noth'n
in the way of extreme or radical leglsis
tion. we have passed many acts OF gres
public importance and interest to tn
people, whiIe we have prov
ded liberally for all of our eouc'
tional and charitable institutions,
have, however, the taxes, and we nav
q tiled forever the great question OF raj
road taxation, which for more than
quarter Of q century has been desturt
ing element in the state by which man
millions of dollars Of property has bee