The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-02-14
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pie
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Al II o'clock a. NJ, tlr ~rna'" VA
n called To- ordcr hy president pro. ten.
lrturk..
"a Prayer hy Rev. r. W. Bahb. "n" of
u hc assistant door-ae"p'r- oi 10" sen
ate.
rRt-ENIAIIoN of rEIIt">e.
By Mr.. Met a-h"y, petition from
y ouau-' Christian Temperance mon.
asking tor - reform sclout Tor y"uHg
criminals; penal ln.tltntlon-.
Farthing, petition from various riti-
Lcns asking protection from -ai" oi
liuuor near Mt. Gilcad Baptist church
IN Catawha county. propositions ana
grievance.
Mlo-t tGf rKON mn HOC-t,
transmitting certain balls passed hy
i the house asking concurrence ~ the
4 senate.
RrrORI- FROu COMMITTEES
were submitted 10y Nc-srs. Abel.
Gambler, Sigmon and carver from fl
nance committee: MIR. FORTUNE, public
roads; Mr.. Black, rugrO~rd blll-: Nr.
WeStmorclaud, committee ON pubic
printing.
ISrKoDuorfUS or Hl1IS.
white, of Alexander, bill ~ rcicrrnC"
10 the adoption of books to- tn used
in the public schools oi TINS state: cdu
cation.
Dalby resolution requesting our SEN
ators aud representative, to u~e all
means in their power against l'gisia-
tiou look ing to The issue Of bonds re-
arrmablr in gold. Federal relations.
COOK, bill providing for superior
courts to meet ON Tur-d1y instead of
Monday: to TIA" committee on the Jul
dietary.
Also, bill toprovide for he execution
of bonds 10y cooperation ana to allow
them to becon e guardians ana t" ac-
cept trusts: To the committee on the
Judiciary.
Norris, bill to incorporate the south
Atlantic and Endowment Company OF
North Carolina: To the committee ON
corporations.
Also. hin to prohibit adiiltcration and
misbranding articles of food: to the
e. ,mmittcc on proposition. and griev-
anCeS.
Adams, bill to amend section 80 of
the Code; referred to Judiciary COM
mittre: also bill to incorporate the
sanford, Ellington and Eastern rail
road company referred to conmltte"
ON Internal improvements.
ruE CALENpAR.
Senate bill 800. bill in relation to
public printing. This wasa bill in the
shape OF substitute submitted by the
committee on public printing, provld-
ing for the letting of the printing
and binding by the "en' quad
token and volume, from the
29nd of February 1898, till July lst.,
1897, to the lowest bidder, upon one
weeks advertisement in the Raleigh
paper having the largest bone iide cir
culation; the contract when let To be
ratified by both branches of this Cen
eral Assembly, and hereafter every
two years the public printing and
binding shall be let in the same man
uer to the lowest responsible bidder
Mr.. Abcll moved to make this bill
N special order for II o'clock noon
n Wednesday ; adopted.
80 Mr.. Dowd moved that 200 copies oi
I& the bill be printed; concurred in.
40, senate bill, bill to allow counties
.M in the State to- levy "A special tax foi
.W public roads, and when any county
.Z shall have provided such "a road fun,
.# the state shall furnish twenty-iiv,
|h& convicts from the State pcnitentiary
t& without cost to the county; on its see
ond reading.
.M Mr.. Fowler opposed the bill be
*% cause of its sectional features. u
|&& would possibly work well In Westcri
I'M North Carolina but it would interf r.
&H very greatly with the agricultural in
terests in Eastern Carolina. Nucl
farming was done in the East by con
Wet labor, and the adoption y
this bill might draw on these convict
\ aud take them away to work publ
roads.
Mr.. Hoover rs an Eastern man ia
vored the bill just as it was presented
Mr.. Moody submitted an amendmen
Il that NO female cOnN lets shall be work
ed on the public roads, and that a
A male convicts SO let to- the county sha
Al be under the control of the superinten
III dent of the penitentiary rs I, diet an
M treatment. Mr.. Moody related II mo,
H horrible story of the treatment of
IN white female, who was sentenced
W work the public roads in Bnncomt
I'M county.
,X mpnt that the people shall he alloWe
'& to work out their road tax, and tn;
upt II the request of 300 voters an ele'
tion shall be held in any county, al
M II the vote at such election shall
N against such law, it shall be iepeai
Af&Athe law as to said county.
#k Mr.. Adams objected to the bill b
Aause L needed many modification
X chich he understood it had been r
erred to the committee to have mac
the bill stood he would oppose it.
M A warm debate took place, enter
nto by Mr.. Dowd, d., and Mr.. Mood
|&pf Haywood, because of certain la
kuage used by the latter somewhat
N4E&8the character of a campaign polite
Nkepeech. Having no particular beari
upon the merits of the matter und
Reconsideration, we do not produce it
IN Mr.. Fortune demanded the previo
sustained.
Mr.. Marshalis amendment was TAX
and lost.
'z Mr.. Moody's amendment was vot
|1AN on and concurred in.
ENE Mr.. Paddison, an amendment, nj;
M% ing it mandatory; lost.
A Forbes limiting the use of convi
[X& for 90 days only in one year; lost.
4 MM Fowler an amendment making cot
AGM ties pay expenses vi transportation
M convicts; lost.
M The bill as amended (nOt to work
III male convicts on the call of the a
n % and noes, passed its second readi
49, by the following vote: Ayes 30, II
xM 10.
M Those voting on the affirmative "
. senator's Ammons, Bellamy, BIZ
Gambler, Carver, Cook, Dalby, ID
[39 Farthinv Forbes, Fortune, Fral
Herbert, Hoover, Hurley, Lind
b McCaskey, Mercer, Mewborne, MOI
OF Haywood, Moody of Stanley, MOI
Parsons, Sigmon, Snipes, Starb
J, Stephens, White of Alamance; WI
4 of Alexander; White of perquimaI
80
Those voting on the negative, "