The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-02-28

This action 10 apply the gag law
caused friends and opponents Of the
the bill to rush up and insist upon Mr..
Gambler Withdrawing his demand for
the previous question.
Mr.. Abell moved TO adjourn, which
was voted down.
Mr.. Dowd sent up an amendment "a
| follows: "-trike out section Is and
| substitute. This act shall be in force
in each cOInty from and after its rati-
iicatiOn ny "A majority of the qualified
| voters in said county voting at an
| election authorized and held under the
| same provisions "a those contained in
section two ofthIs act"
Mr.. White, of Perquimans, NOV
ed to adjourn till eleven O'Clock
to-day. Lost.
Mr.. Starbuck moved to lay the bill
on the table.
Mr.. Gambler demanded the ayes and
noes: call sustained, and upon "A call
of the roll, the vote to table stood: TO
tabl, Abel, Bellamy, Brown,
Carver, Cook. Dalby, DuIa, Forbes,
Fortune, Fowler, Herbert, McCaskey,
Moody of Haywood, Paddison, Rice,
sharp, Sigmon, Starbuck, Taylor,
White Of Alamance, White of Per-
quimans. Total, u.
Not to table-SenatOrs Adams,
Ammons,' Black, Gambler, Earth
ing, Grant, Green, Hamrick,
Hoover, Hurley, Lindsay, Mercer,
Mitchell, Moody of Stanly, Norris, San
ders, Snipes, Wall, Westmoreland,
White of Alexander-2l.
Mr.. Mewborne stated that Mr.. Long
who was ont of the chamber had asked
him to pair with him. Were Mr.. Long
present he would vote aye, and he
would vote no.
The President voted in the negative,
not as an expression of how he stood
on the bill, but that it might have fur
| ther discussion.
The bill will come up today as un-
| finished business.
Adjourned to II O'Clock today.
House met at 10 a. m, Speaker Wal
ser in the chair. Prayer by -.
MORNING HOUR.
| Petitions and memorials were intro
| duced.
| Darden (hy request), a petition from
citizens of Belvidere township, Per-
quimans county, to prevent the sale of
| liquor wittin two miles Of any church
| OF StIlool IlollSt III Sdlu LOW IlSHlDs DIop-
OsitiOns and grievances.
Ewart, memorial from Robert O.,
Burton asking to be reimbursed for
expenses and legal fees Incurred in
behalf of the State.
NEW BILLS
were introduced as follows:
800, Mckenzie, to require riders of
bicycles to diSmOunt when meeting
vehicles; propositions and griev-
ances.
97l, Gallop, to repeal section ,, chap
ter 5O6, public laws of 1898; judici-
airy.
SO, White, of Bladen, to amend
chapter l52 of the laws of 1893; rail-
roads and railroad commission.
975, Young, to amend, revise and
consolidate the charter of the city of
Raleigh; counties, cities, towns and
townships.
$50, Currie, to regulate taxes on
property insured against loss by fire A.;
to the committee on insurance.
9Sl, Currie, to protect owners of
sheep and goats; to the committee on
propositions and grievances.
9S3, Williams of Craven, to direct the
State board of education to refund the
VI tCi vain dhOS w tiIC
committee on education.
9Si, Williams of Craven, to authorize
the commissioners of Craven county to
construct bridges across the NeuSe and
Trent rivers; to the committee on
counties, cities, towns, and townships
$50, Williams of Craven, to make it a
misdemeanor to cause false fire alarms
to the committee on counties, cities
towns, and townships.
$50, Stevens, to amend house bill 225
senate bill 257: to the committee Oh
the judiciary.
9S7, Sanders, to regulate marriage IL
cense: to the committee on finance.
$50, Mcleod, by request, act requir-
ing certain teachers in public schools
to teach Latin; education.
1913, Harrison, to repeal chapter 565
public laws 1891; propositions and
grievances.
Mr. Campbell, of Cherokee. arose tC
a question of personal privilege on all
article in the Daily Press of this city
and wound up his remarks by naming
the paper "a hamaphrOdite," much tC
he amusement of the House.
NEW ELECTION LAW.
House bill 700, the bill to revise
amend and consolidate the election
laws of North Carolina, came up as a
special order. Mr.. Smith, of Gates
arose to point of order that another
bill, the warehouse bill, being dis
placed from its regular order on yes
terday should properly come up before
this bill. The chair ruled against Mr.
Smith.
. Mr.. Lusk desired to know of the
gentleman from Gates, if he was in
charge of this bill.
Mr.. Smith thought we ought to have
more time to consider bill of sucf
, great Importance, and moved to post
pOne till tomorrow. The motion wa:
put and lost.
Mr.. Smith offered an amendment tt
, this and spoke to his amendment. Or
, demanding the ayes and noes, the
| amendment was lost; ayes 81, noes 73.
Mr.. Winborne offered four amend
ments and spoke to them. His frs
and second amendments were defeated
He withdrew his third amendment
t Messrs. keathley, Lusk and Phillips o
, Pitt spoke against the amendments
| and in favor of the bill as it com,
I from the committee. Mr.. WinbOrne'
{ fourth amendment was lost by a vOt'
/ of 30 to 20.
| Mr.. Lusk called the previous question
g and the bill passed its second readin:
:. unamended by strict party vote; th
n Populists and Republicans voting fo
i and the Democrats voting against it.
n On motion of Mr.. Lusk the bill OF
f its third reading was made the specia
@ order for to-day eleven o'clock.
n REFUsE TO ADJOURN FOR THE NEwBER,
|
= COS, joint resolution, that the Gen
: eral Assembly adjourn at II IN. on tn
2lst until IL a. m. the following Friday
that the members might have an Op
4 portunity of attending the Newber
~ fair was taken from the calendar.
- Mr.. Bryan moved to table the resolu
ton.
# Mr.. Lusk spoke against it.
# Mr.. Henderson opposed it and calle
= for the ayes and noes on the vote
~ table. The resolution was tabled.