Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-01-16
LEGISLATING AT RALEIGH
LARGER PART OF THE NEW
BILLS OF A LOCAL NATURE.

Many Young Men I'm the House
Four Preachers Present-The
H rst Democrat Elected From
VIE 9 ,-The BuncOlnbe Tempe r.
ce question.
RALEIGH. N. c., Jan. 16--[Special. J.
1t seems to be the disposition of
many the members to watch the treas
ury. The finance committee in the Sen
ate, and especially Mcdowell of Neck
lenburg, and Davis of Haywood, are
giving close attention to and objecting
to unnecessary and extravagant expen-
ditures.
The larger portion of the bills intro
duced have been either Of local charac-
ter or changes of present statutes. Some
OF those introduced, in which the people
of your county are Interested, are those
looking to the election of criminal court
Judges and solicitors by popular vote,
instead of by the justices of the peace. A
petition was received few days Since,
addressed to Speaker Overman, from a
| few citizens of Buncombe. asking for a
vote on the temperance question. This
| was quite surprise to both the Senators
and Representatives who had not been
| apprised of the petition until read before
the House.
| In the House there are quite number
OF very youthful members; five less than
| 25 years old: w. H. Grimes of Wake, and
1 @ r .,I n. art-rft
of Wake, %; w. X. Eure Of Gates, "a
and F. L. Fuller of Durham. nearly 25.
In the Senate r, B. Mclaughlin OF
Iredell, aged 81, is the youngest man and
he is followed closely by J. A. Brown oi
Columbus; E. F. McRae of Robson
and also ]. w. Mclaughlin of Cumber.
land. The latter keeps one eye on the
ladies' gallery.
G. Burch of Alamance, represent the
ministry in the Senate.
A number of the members have for
merly been connected with the press
among them Senators Potter OF Beau
fort and Erwin of Shelby.
How many preachers are there in the
House ?" asked gentleman few days
ago. The reply was: -Four, including
|
preacher as ANYBODY" All three of thu
ordained preachers are leading member:
of the Primitive Baptist church. They
are Elder Rove, of Beaufort; Elder Law
renee, of Martin, and Elder McLawhorn
of Pitt.
The most prominent members in th'
House are Gen. r B. Vance of Buncomb,
and Hon. w. H. Kitchin of Halifax, botl
C~.~.o.e,,,av, I'D frin5 n nd tr,Ie naf1
ocrats.
The Senate has four physicians-Drs
1T. B. Twittv, w. p. Mercer, NJ A. Roy
all and VIM. Merritt.
Only three of the present "Tar-hee
Solons" are colored, one in the Senat
and two in the House.
The average age of the members vii
hardly exceed 35 years.
Senator John s. Cranor was the frs
= and only Democrat ever elected in Wilkes
!. and this is not altogether due to tn
fact that DIR. Tyre York had returned t.
his old party. ". F. T.
House bills introduced: To give tn
Railway Commission power to asses
the property of steamboat companies; t
establish a State colored normal colleg
at Winston; to give the Railway Con
mission power to require the carefr
handling of baggage; to amend the cod
in regard to married women, and to r,
lieve railway companies from maxim
annual reports to the Governor.
Bills passed final reading to remov
the State Colored Normal college fror
Warrenton to Franklinton, norther
Presbyterians having pledged commt
dious buildings and So, 900 year at til
latter place; to change the date of the il
auguration of State officers and make
the third Wednesday after the frs
Monday in January next after the Gle
ton.
By Mr.. Vance of Buncombe-To Or,
hibit shooting at pigeons as target; t
make it a misdemeanor to abandon an
mails; to turn over fines paid for cruelt
to animals to societies organized for IL
prevention of that cruelty.