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same. and the latter at price. NO
more than $50 per acre. came up uIt
its second reading and prov 81 e,l
considerable discussion. The bill VA
advocated by Smith OF >taniy anG
Turner of Mitchell.
| These gentlemen aiyorat.d the i'm
pcrtance OF having convict farm in
the west as we'll as in the east, for The
| health of the patients.
| To bring conyicts from the noun
tains 10 this farm on the Roanoke, Mr.
| turner said, meant death tn the con-
,icts. These farms give profitable I'm
| pioyment Tor the women and children
among the convicts and the men " ho
| are unable To work on railroads.
johnson, Of Sampson, advocated The
| measure.
| Campbell, of Cherokee. opposed it.
He believed that this Caledonia farm
fWould be IA moth. an eating moth. Oh
the treasury of th. State for the next
twenty years. He wanted the con-
yicts for the railroads.
| Pending the discussion of this bill. a
messenger appeared with large mum
| ber of enrolled bills. which were rad
by their titles and signed by the
| Speaker. Among them were the acts
TO aid the North Carolina Institute for
the Deaf. Dumb and Blind: To amend
the charter of New bern, and hers of
minor Importance.
Johnston objected to the ratiiicat ion
of a bill for the reduction Of The fees
of registrars. The bill had been
amended by adding that it apply only
to BuncoiRbe county. The amend
ment had been lost im the Senate and
the billas it now stood applied TO ihe
| whole State. ON motion the bill was
not ratified.
CONVICT FARM BILL DISCUSSED AND
LOST.
The discussion of the convict farm
bill was renewed:
Ewart sent up an amendment, "pro-
Vlding, that no farm can be purchased
in either the East or the West without
purchasing farms in both sections. and
that they be allowed to purchase any
other farm in the West if they think
best"
Henderson opposed the purchase be-
cause 1t would require bond issue to
pay for the farms, and the RepuEli-
cans and Populists and Democrats had
: all condemned Mr.. Cleveland for iSstI-
ing bonds. There was a job in this
thing for somebody. The farms don't
pay now and they won't pay if the
State buys them.
Bryan opposed the farm purchase.
He said that four of the committee
were opposed to the report, and he
presented minority report recon-
mendirg that the bill do not pass.
Henderson made vigorous speech
against the bill, and demanded an aye
and No vote. Convicts sent from the
= Wpsfnrn ma nf hn ~ O r.. liz. h,,a
; when sent down East.
French, in answer to the charge that
the East was so sickly, requested his
= friend, Groom of Pender, to stand up
. Groom is the largest and ruddiesi
!, looking member of the House. There
was quite a laugh as he stood up.
Ewart would vote for the bill bccaus,
he believed we needed place in tn,
= west as we'll as in the east. Our con
!. victS from the west die like sheep whcI
i sent down east.
GriZzard said he wished to correc
:. the impression about the unhealthine>
O o. the Caledonia farm. The physician
: who did the practice on the farm wa
a a man of great ability and experience
a and lived in his town. He assured hin
q that there was no more sickness on hi:
& farm than on the ridges in the piny
a woods.
+ Williams of Craven, believing tina
the State already owned land enough
q for these convicts to work. would vot,
i no.
II johnson. who favored the bill Whel
f first introduced, asked to be excuse,
= from voting, but not being excused
>. voted no. The bill was lost by vot
of 80 to 81.
IS SPEAKERS EXPLANATION.
S The chair having received informa
tiOn that it was being circulated in thi
It House that he had counted as not vot
y ing certain members of the House il
), order to make a quorum, desired to eX
plain that several of these gentlema
y did not vote and that there was
/, quorum voting without counting an
J. who did not vote.
THE REVENUE BILL
3. came back from the Senate and wa
LAID before the House. Amendment
made by the Senate to increase IT,
N school tax from l6 to Is cents and tn
u poll tax from $l.24 to $l29 to obsery
the constitutional equation, We're dis
+ cussed and concurred in.
\ Section -, providing that drug
- gist who allows liquor to be drank j
his store, shall be charged the s:.ine Ia
g as liquor seller, was also cOncnrred il
e A motion to nOn-concur iE the ser
~ ate amendment to tax garden seed
was made by Ray, and carried. Thei
J" on motion of Ray, it was reconsidere'
+ as it would require the house to RENAL
in session several days longer befol
D. the bill could be enrolled for ratii
r cation.
;, On motion of French the house the
cOncurred in all the additional amen,
ments. and the revenue bill, a. amende
and passed by the senate, became II
~ law of the State.
ing:
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY.
p Hon. L. 4. Cooke to succeed self. -
IL w. +. White to succeed Geo. Davis
\ V. 5. Iusk to succeed J. l.. Stewart
Us IL. Russell to succeed Y. j. Jarvi
20 Il. w. Babb to succeed w. Il. Fai
Ial cloth.
NV Angus Shaw to succeed II. &. NJ
ue MILAN.
OH P!H. Morris to succeed j. n. Todd.
j. Nj. ThOms to succeed III. ID. WI
IS. hanson.
e: TO fill vacancies on Board of Truste
ist of Deaf and Dumb Institute AT No
canton:
S. Huffman in place of DIR. F.
in Murphy.
~ ~ A. J. Dula in place of A. J. Dula.
a. Vote of Senate, Is.
-, Vote of House, 63 in negative.
al The oyster law was amended.
hIa Harris, of Hyde, entered a prots
alv to the passage of the amendment, a
x asked for an aye and noe vote. L
sS call was not sustained. and the
los passed its third reading.
de- THE CODE COMMISSION LOST.
fed 52l, senate bill, to cOdify the laws
All North Carolina, was reported uniavt
the ably and tabled. 4 motion to Ia
The from the table was made by Fren,
bill and lost by vote of Sd to 43. Th,
me seemed to be a division of both I
ing Popuiist and Republican parties