The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-02-25

pHI, hRus0 py six o. the seven net
bers OF the special committee. II
committee presented q substitute 4
| the original bill ~ its report Bo-
reports were read and the proeee'
ipgs were witnessed by q large AZ
deeply interested number Of poop :
In the lobby and galleries. II
ms Jority report Was first read; the
the minority report. The full tex
of the majority and minority repor
was publiKhed in last issue Of tn.
| CACcAsIAs:
Cook said the discussion ought Il
be arranged before it began; tha
there Was TO bs three hours dis
cussion, and at the expiration o.
that time he would move the pre-
vious question. This was all de
cided upon.
The time allotted for debate hav
ing been consumed. Mr. Cook called
| the previsious question. Tht
Speaker ruled that 1t had been sc
decided, and that Mr.. Cook should
close the debate. There was a pro
test against "gag law" by Mr.
Blackburn and sharp words follow
ed between him and Mr. Hancock
The call for the previous question
was sustained. The minority report
was not adopted, ayes, 50, noes, 62
as follows: The vote on the mi
nority report was as follows:
Ayes-Adams, Aiken, Allen. Ar
legde, Bailey, Bingham, Blackburn
Brewer, Bryan of Edgecombe
Bryan of Wilkes, Bunch, Chandler
Chaplin, Chilcutt, Clanton, Conley
Creech, Crews, Cunningham. Dan
cey, Deyton, Dewese, Dixon of Cleve
land. Duffy, Eddirs. Ensley, Fergu
son, Freeman, Gallop, Green.
Grubbs, Hare, Howe, James, Jones
Leak, McKer zie. McPheeters, Nc
Crary, Murphy, Ormsby, Petree
Pinnix, Roberts, Smith, Walters
White of Alamauce, White Of Ber.
tie. Wilson, Marlborough, Young.
Noes-Abernetby. Alexander, Ar.
rington, Babbitt, Borrow, Brown,
Bryan of Chatham, Burgess, Carter
Cathey, Chapman, Cook, Cox, era
ven, Crumpler, Currle, Daniels,
Dixon of Greene, Dockery, Drew,
Duncan, Elliott, Pagan, Ferrell
Foster of Hancock, Harris of Hall
fax, Harris of Hyde, Hartness, Haus
er, Hodges, Holmes, Johnson, King
Lawhon, Lusk, Lyle, McBryde
Mears, Morton, Parker of Perquim.
ans, Parker of Wayne, Peace, Pear
son, Person Of Wayne, Person Of
Wilson. Piott. Price, Purgason
Rawls R Raynolds, Roun'ree. Schulk
en-, Sutton. of Cumberland, Suttor
of New Hanover, Ward, Watts
Wemyss, Whltner, White, of Ran
dolph, Williams, WrenB.
Nelson was paired with .McLelland
who was sick. Nelson would have
voted no, McLelland aye.
In placing his vote Howe, colored
of New Hanover, caused grea
sensation. He said: This yer,
day Governor Russell, promoter 0
this bill, sent for me to come to hi
Office and there in his dictatorial AM
tyranical manner, for I presume b
is perhaps in the employ of the Sea
| board Air Line"
At this instant Mr.. Eancocl
shouted "order" and others joine'
in. Some moved that Howe be al
lowed to speak longer, others sal
that his time was up. He said n
more as there were cries of sob
ject."
| There was rattling volley Of ap
plause as the re rult of the vote wa
announced. The Speaker announe
ed that the substitute would be vot
ed on. 1t passed 60 to 81. MI
! Blackburn moved to adj ourn unit
to- o-morrow. The House by a larg
ms jority, refused to adj ,urn. Nj
Cook m owed to suspend the rule
and put the substitute on its thir
reading Mr.. Hancock demande
that persons not entitled to the floo
be removed, and declared that lot
byists were at work on the fool
There was no roll call when the bi
passed its third reading. Mr.. Har
cock moved to put the "clincher
on it. This was done.
The Speaker announced Mr.. Har
cock in place of Mr.. Cox as chai,
man of the committee on militar
affairs.
At Ais the House took a reces
until 1880.
NIGHT SESSION.
At 1:30 the House met and at ono
took up the calendar.
The bill to provide for the takin
charge of the penitentiary came u
and was explained by its author
Mr.. Dockery, who said it simply RI
instates the Democratic law of 1895
and that Republicans ought to col
troll the penitentiary because 1t
largely composed of Republican,
that in the division of the spoils
fell to the Republicans, while th
Populists were very properly give
the insane asylum; that the DEM
cratic law under which the pen
tentiary was so succ essful govern
ed by Democrats for 25 years was
good one.
), Mr.. Duffy reminded Mr.. Docke,
of the fact that the Democracy ".
not dead and would never die. 3
added that Mr.. Dockery himself col
, fessed this was revolutional
measure.
, Mr.. Schulken said he knew Of Z
such DIVISION of pie as Mr.. Decker
| alluded to, and wanted to kno
, when it was made. Mr.. Dockel
) said it would be made after this b
: passed. He said that after the R
3 publicans had gotten it by aid of Il
Pepulist Party it was high time t
: latter went into the asylum, seeil
what fool it had made of itsel
. (Applause. He opposed the bill.
: Mr.. Hodges (bolting Populis
? said if Schulken really knew not
Q ing of this division of Offices he mu
!. have been a Rip Van Wlnkle; tn
f the Republicans had all the r
K they wanted, and the minority Po
+ ulists more than they could CO
O sumo; that if the majority Populi