The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-21
LEGISLATURE RATIFIED.
INTO THE CAMP

! He Appoints Two Democratic Judges
for the New Criminal Courts
Best Day for Democracy.
Wednesday afternoon Governor Carr
sent the following message to the
/ Senate:
i nave the honor to transmit for
! ysi.s pPeo7fai aud consideration the
( apgointmant Of Thomas D. jones, Of
/ Bdnc0Inbe. as Judge of the criminal
! court circuit. composed OF BuncOm6e,
! Madison, Hay wood, and Henderson
4 counties. created by an act ratified
( March I2Jb; and Oliver p. Meares, Of
/ New Hanover, as Judge of the crimi
/ n4l court circui il. composed OF Craven,
4 New Hanover, Meek tenburg, Vance,
/ Warren, Robeson, Edkecombe, and
Halifax counties, created by an act
+ ratified March 18th"
A BoMBsHELL.
! This message was a bOmbshell
among the FusIoniStS. Governor Carr
bases his action upon the constitu-
tional provision that although the
/ Legislature may create criminal
! courts, he alone can nominate or ap-
peint judges thereof, and the Senate
-iuu Only seventeen out OF fifty
! Senator'S we're present. The point of
no quorum was made. and the matter
postponed, only one Democrat being
present. He voted to confirm, while
sixteen FusioniStS opposed conirma-
ui0n.
Yesterdays work for Democracy
was the greatest during the entire
session The Fusionists were com
p!etely ratified. Speaker Wdlser said
he was aStnniShed that the matter OF
the Legislatures right to elect Ewart
and Cook as judges of the above nam
ed courts had not been looked into be-
fore anything was done.
REGULAR SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
IN the Senate Senators Mitchell
and Farthing were appointed to ex-
anime tile books of the State Auditor
and Treasurer.
Sire additional penitentiary direc-
tors were voted on by each of the
nonses, this beIug part of the plan Of
he FusiOuiSts to capture that insti-
tuition II ID Stanford (Repuol lican)
yaS voted for the State Librarian.
/ There was n2 quorum. Only seventy
i've votes werr cast. Lieutenant
Governor Dnughton (Democrat), the
President Of the Senate, declared
! there were not a sufficient number of
votes to elect.
* Republican member asked if the
Senate could not declare these nOmi-
neGs elected, but was told it was un-
cous titutiOnal. The Republican then
said it made no difference as to the
tplier's report, that he wanted the
senate 60 declare the nominees elect
d any how. Az this there was great
laughter.
LIVELY IN THE HOUSE.
~
when Ray (Democratl attacked the
clerks, and the Speaker left the chair
and attacked Ray in bitter speech,
saying Ray had reflected on him.
| Ray denied this, and denounced the
Speaker in scauhing words. The
| Speaker apologized, and SO did Ray.
FREE SILVER.
A Democrat called up resolution
which he had introduced the second
| daY of the session, III favor of free
coinage OF silver, and the repeal Of the
| State bank act. The Popuists, who
| had tried to smother this resolution,
| offered as substitute the Ocala plat
/ form. for the direct issue of currency
| by the government
French Republican, who was chair
man Of the fusion Joint caucuSes, said
| there were so many different views on
! this subject that he did not feel able
! to vote until he ascertained the views
! of Tom Reed, the next President. He
moved to table the whole business,
| and this motion prevailed. Several
| POpulists voted with the Republicans
| TO table, and this raised stir.
| TUESDAY MARCH 18TH.
| The Senate Tuesday passed the
| bill to at tolish county governments OF
| public instruction and county boards
! Of education. Superior Court clerks
| are to appoint county examiners to
| take the place of uperintendents.
| a bill to appoint seven directors
| and State proxy for the North Caro-
lima railway was attacked by Demo-
Gratis, as well as by Populist and
! Republican, as bad bill, and was
| tabled. 1t proposed to give the States
] pruXy remarkably great powers.
| There is ii bill of the same tenor re-
garding the Atlantic and North
Carolina railway and prominent Pop
ulistS and Republicans say positively
That this, too, will never pass final
reading.
OTHER ACTS.
The Senate passed the bill raising
the age of consent. The House tabled
a bill to legalize cock-fghting, and
| passed bill fixing bonds of county
officers, Sheriff at not over S., 000:
! Register nf Deeds, 81 900; Superior
Court Clerk. $4,000; Treasurer, D per
cent. Of the taxes. A bill to amend
! the charter of the Atlantic and North
/ Carolina railway passed its second
reading Williams, of Craven, Re-
! publican, attacked it furiously, saying
II was an attempt to steal the road.
j He demanded the yeas and nays, so
4 that, as he said, the people could see
who the thieves were.
GOV. CARR's a1EssAeE
Governor Carr sent special mes
sage announcing that the appro-
priation made for the penitentiaTy of
S35, 600 for this year and next year
was totally inadequate, and that
without further aid that Institution
must meet crisis within a year.
The House Democrats fled protest
| against the action of the Fusion ma
jerIty in denying the truths as to the
Fred Douglass resolution, and this,
after desperate opposition by the Flu.
i sionists, was ordered TO be spread on
the journal.
The Fusion caucus bill to abolish
II 4