Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-03-21
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
RALEIGH. Mar. II.

LII Gue O0udU0 To-Day michel
and Fartlling were appointed {
committee to examine the books
of the State Auditor and Treas
urer.
Bill passed third reading to al
low divorce to be granted wher
either party to a marriage alb
sents himself or herself from the
State for two years, the absent
ing party not to be allowed tc
be married again.
Paddison filed protest against
bill for the relief of Sheriff Ke-
nan, of Duplin, and Parsons filed
a protest against the divorce
law
Bill to furnish so convicts fol
100 days to work on farms Ct
deaf mute school at Morganton
passed.
Nominations for penitent tiary
directors were made as follows
T. E. McCaskie, ]. T. B. Hoover,
J. E. Bryan, II. B. Parker, H. T.
Wakefield, Meyer Hahn, John E.
Cheek, Henry Dockery and R. L.
Herbert. They received % votes.
E. D. Stanford, Of Yadkin, re
ceived 26 votes as State Libra
rian. The tellers reported that
Stanford had received in the
House and Senate "A votes on
joint ballot. Lieut.. Gov. Dough
ton declared these were not
enough votes to make an cleo
ton, 86 being required. Senator
Rice asked if the Senate could
not declare Stanford elected.
Lieut.. Gov. Doughton declared
it could not. Rice asked if the
constitution prevents such a
declaration. 1t. GovernorDough-
ton replied it did Rice then
said: ''It makes no difference
about the report. [ want the
Senate to declare Stanford elect
ed" Great laughter.
The tellers reported that the.
nominees for penitentiary direct
ors had received on joint ballot
n votes. The 1t. Governor de-
clared not enough votes had
been cast to make an election, as
st votes were imperatively nee
essary under the law governing
such elections.
HOUSE.
In the House Ray moved to
dispense with the reading of the
journal and on this demanded the
yeas and nays, this being fGr the
purpose of seeing whether there
was a quorum present. There
was dispute as to whether
enough rose to demand yeas and
nays and the reading Of the jour
nal was called for. Fifteen rose
and the last vote was only 1. The |
clerk was so slow in finding the
journal that Ray, Democrat, at
tackled him and this led Speaker
Walser to leave the chair and |
attack Ray in a bitter speech.
Ray replied in a scortcher, but
said that he had not reflected |
upon the Speaker. He denounced |
the latter's language. Walser
then apologized and so did Ray.
Resolution to expunge from
the journals the expulsion of JOS
iah Turner was tabled.
To correct the line between |
Alamance and Chatham was ta-
bled
The House concurred in the
Senate amendments to the di-
vorce law bill were referred to. |
One of the amendments provides
that it. shall not apply to any
case which occurs after it's pas
sage.
Stanford, nominated for State
librarian, received only 48 votes,
and the above named Fusion
nominees for penitentiaIy trus-
tees only so. The point was
made that there was no quorum,
and the speaker said that the re-
port would simply speak for it.
self.
A resolution was adopted to
raise committee Of three to in
vestigate matters relative to the
fish commission.
Inc judiciary committee pre-
sented its chairman, V. S. Lusk,
with a gold headed cane. Win
borne spoke and French replied |
for Lusk who is sick here.
PEBBLES introduced a resolu-
tion in favor of free coinage of
silver and of the repeal of law
against State bonds. For this, |
Hileman, Populist offered sub
stitute, in favor of issue of ma
tural currency by the govern
ment. French moved to table |
the whole matter and this pre-
vailed.
At 80 the House took a re-
cess until 8 p. m.