The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-31


Mr.. French called up the report of
the committee on rules. and recon-
mended the following changes:
lst. In section 8 to insert two days
instead of one day, making ii lawful
FOR the Speaker to put another member
in the chair two days instead Of one
This amendment was adopted without
debate.
End. To amend section - 80 a 10
prevent smoking IN the hall-Mr.
French explaining that the hall in
cluded the Hobbies and galleries. This
amendment. after little discussion.
was agreed To.
3rd. TO add to section IA OF the new
rules, that 1.-THE house shall meet every
day. except Sunday, at 10 a. III. and adj
journ at p. H..
ith. Amending rule 10 so as to limit
debate To 20 minutes on the first speech
and ID minutes on the second, and TO
prevent any member from speaking
more than twice on the same subject.
This rule provoked a little discussion.
but great debate followed on the mo-
ton to adopt the following rule:
Rule 40. No rule Of the house shall
be altered, suspended, or rescin6ed
without a ma jority Of all the members
detected TO the house voting therefor.
I'and no motion to suspend shall EN-
! brace more than one rule or relate to
any other subject than the one speci-
| fled in said motion"
The debate on this motion continued
long enough to displace the regular
order twice by a motion to extend the
time, until at last the special order was.
| on motion, postponed until Monday
next at II O'Clock. SO Mr.. Smiths bill
on the age of consent will come up
Monday at IL o'clock.
The rules of the house being still be-
fore the body, Mr.. Winborne moved to
amend rule No. 53 by substituting mo
public bill shall be twice read on the
same day without the concurrence of
two-thirds of the members"
Mr.. Lusk asked the gentlemen on the
other side if they were so patriotic
| about "A two-thirds vote when their
party were passing the Payne election
law and repeating the alliance charter:
Did you think it right then!
Mr.. Mckenzie replied, 1.-TWO wrongs
do not make a right"
Mr.. Lusk, am glad that the gem
tleman confesses that his party did
wrong
WI. hltAd1ueE ol MttkItIDufS Salu
Il have always thought and insisted
that Legislative bodies should be DELHI
erative bodies, but if gentlemen con-
tinued to rush measures through the
house as they have begun | shall have
to insist that it is cyclone body. |
saw criticism against minority of
this house charging them with Obstruct-
ing legislation" He denied that they
were Obstructing legislation.
Mr.. Lusk: Il would like to ask the
gentleman if this has not been the rule
of Democracy for the last fifteen wears
to run rOugh-shOd over the minority:
Now they think it wrong to Cypress
the minority. Another plea of guilty
entered.'
| Mr.. Alexander: Il know that YOU
have the power to pass anything: but
| say, Notwithstanding the criticism
OF gentleman in a paper of this city.
the mi ority have rights as well as
the ma ority. They represent 1000
unterrified Democrats Of the State. and
| warn the gentleman that the day of
reckoning is coming" [Applause.T
Mr.. Lusk: "The day of reckoning has
already come" Loud applause on the
other side.
Mr.. Smith, of Gates, spoke of the
legislature of 1889 and defended it's
rules. Some member asked Did not
the Democrats at that time have two
thirds majority in the house? This
| twO-thirdS rule was no obstruction to
them then. If they had a two-thirds
majority they could pass any thing"
MIR. Henderson then came forward.
He thought the lawyers had consumed
enough time in eulogizing the Demo-
cratic party. This whole thing was a
question as to whose OK was gOred 1t
was time for all this talk to stop and
let us do something for the people
who sent us here. We are not going
to allow you hereafter but fifteen min
utes to eulOgiZe the Demo-
Gratis. We are going to enact laws
we came here to enact, and we want
to put stop to this filibusterine to
obstruct legislation.
MIR. Ray got the floor and wanted to
know If the gentleman charged him
and the members on his side with fill
clustering to Obstruct legislation, and
used some very strong language to-
wards any man or paper that charged
him with speaking to obstruct legisla-
ton.
Mr.. Henderson claimed responsible
ity for all he said. There seemed to be
at one time prospect for a ''scrim-
mage but the gentleman quieted
down after little and disclaimed any
intention to be personally offensive.
MIR. French said: LAS we are respon-
slble for the legislation here, we ask
the gentleman on the other side to let
us pass rule that will enable us to
proceed to that Legislation without
hndrance. The vote on adopting, Mr..
Nlnb0rne's substitute stood: AYES 81.
noes &c.
The ayes were. called for on the final
passage OF the rules as amended by
Mr. French, and bill passed and
become law by vote of 50 ayes and
36 noes. Mr.. Rascoe voted aye.
Several attempts We're now made to
call up bills on their several readings.
but objection was made and the bills
remained the stdta quo or We're re-re-
ferred.
Senate bill II passed its second read
ing.
Mr.. Monroe called up the bill about
the insane asylum, No 3ls. Objection
be made to its passage, it was referred
TO committee on finance.
MIR. EWart, as a privileged question,
presented resolution to empower the
'oililIittee Oh privileges and elections
to appoint subcommittee to visit
Halifax and Edgecombe counties to
take testimony in contested election
cases.
Mr.. Ewart introduced the following
Resotred, That the committee on priv
lleges and elections be empowered to
compel the attendance of witnesses.
provided that not more than any two
witnesses be summoned to testify to
any material facts.
The resolution was adopted by a
rising vote of Al to 81.
Leave of absence was granted to sew
eral members.
The house adjourned till Saturday at
10 o'clock a. m.
The chair announced the following
on Librarg.-Phillips of Randolph.
chairman, White, Gentry, Williams of