The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-03-11

ceedings were devoted to the substitut.
lease bill and we give space elsewhere
to tell of the disgraceful scene that oc
CURED just before noon.
SATURDAY, MARCH 9TH.
| SENATE.-The bill was taken up t.
amend the election law. This is
substitute to the original bill introduced
by Senator Grant. The substitute il
also introduced by the same senator
The bill provides that the clerk of tn,
court, register of deeds and chairman
OF the county commissioners shall APP
point all the registrars and judges O
election, without recommendation O
any one. 1t ignores the chalrmen O
the state and county executive com
mittees. It also provides for three
ballot boxes, one for township officers
one for county officers and one fol
state officers. The length of time tC
register is extended to the fifth Satur
day until II O'Clock when voter is
challenged. The reason shall be stated
on the registration book; that each
chairman of the state and county Of
each political party shall file with the
secretary of state and clerk of the court
a duplicate ticket that is to be Used in
the election. with the names of all
candidates apd with or without de-
sign or device. Any other tickets shall
be declared counterfeit and the party
issuing them guilty of misdemeanor
In city elections the mayor shall certify
the registrars and judges OF election.
| If he be candidate, then the clerk
shall certify, and if he be candidate
then they shall be certified by the chic:
of police that city registration books
shall be kept open forty days preceding
election. In removals from the precinct
to another the voter Is allowed up to
the day OF election to get certificate.
The provisions of the bill do not apply
to cities or towns which have a charter
prescribing for an election.
The bill passed It's third reading, the
senator from Pitt, (Moye> remarklng
that the law would not benefit any but
democrats.
The bill making an appropriation to
state hospitals and insane asylums,
giving 100000 to Morganton, $4,000
to Raleigh and $4,000 to Goldsboro
came up. These amounts were reduced
to $50, 600, $55, 900 and $4,000.
HoUsE.-At both the day and night
sessions of the house the scenes were
as disgraceful as on the day before
They quarreled again over the lease
bill and cursed and swore at each other
and several times were on the point of
coming to blows.
LAST DAY BUT ONE.
MONDAY, MARCH 9TH.
SENATE.-Nothing of special import
ance was done.
The committee on salary of chief
clerk to the auditor and chief clerk to
the attorney general made report, al
lowing the auditors clerk ST 800 and
the attorney generals clerk 5000.
Senator McCaskey opposed the re-
port, as the democratic party for years
worked on the pay as 1t now stands and
the first populist auditor end republican
attorney general ask for an increase.
He said els this reform? I think
not"
The report was adopted-ayes, 81 );
noes, Is.
HoUsE.-Speaker Hileman was too
sick and Representative Blackburn was
elected pro tenn to preside and sign
bills.
A vote was taken ON the lease bill
and the whole thing was tabled and the
matter now stands as it did before the
agitation.
A bill passed to appropriate $4,000
to the penitentiary in the face of the
TACT that it is self-sustainlng.
Extra SESSION OF CONGRESS.
President Mckinley has issued the |