The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-03
LOOT THE ASYLUMS.
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IdT1llUE a1lu. Inc peJltbQnS represent
% to 90 per cent of the property own
ers of Wilson. He said he had offered
these petitions to Person. He urged the
House to treat the right of petition with
justice. Person said he knew who We're
the friends of the bilI and chat they were
his friends and the eqauls of the best peo-
pie in Wilson. He said there was in the
''parieter" of his bosom thew armest
love for the people who wanted this bill
passed. The word ''parieter' caught
the house and there was a great roar,
and then Person turned loose a yard
long string of medical terms and big
words, while the house roared again and
laughed again and again. Person at
tackled the Wilson Democrats and de-
nounCed them and said their election
methods were infamous. He denounced
the signers of the petition, saying they
were not to be believed, that if he were
to meet one of them in the hottest place
mentioned between Genesis and Revela-
lions and the man was to say he was
hot he would not believe him. He said
the people in the district it was proposed
to take IN were the meanest on this earth;
mainly tobacco stemmers from Lynch
burg; nearly all behind in way; that
either ought to be taken under town pro-
lection or else he outlawed SO they could
be killed. The bill passed second read
ing with a roar of ayes, Democrats voting
no. But then it was found tC be a roll
call bill. The vote was ayes 76, noes n.
Bill passed to forbid the GAINESVILLE and
Washington railway to sell to any other
companies it's right of way i'm the town
of Washington, and requiring it within
q months to take up its track in that town.
Freeman called up the Senate bill
known as the public printing bill; MAX
ing Guy Y. Barnes public printer at the
prices of 1898. Craven moved to post
pone the bill for time; saying the print
ing committee had met to-day and open
ed bids. Hancock moved to refer the
bill to the committee ON printing. The
motion preyail@d.
Blackburn called up the bill to place
CASTOR and Cleveland counties in the
Seventh Congressional district, and Yad-
kin and Dvie in the Eighth Congressional
district. On his motion and by IA party
vote OF Republicans and boilers the
rules were suspended and the bill put
upon its readnges. Bryan, Of Wilkes,
said he favored this bill. Alternately
said he was from the Seventh district,
and that not member from that district
wanted this change made; that he pro-
tested and that the others from it pro-
tested. Bry. of Wilkes declared there
was no politics in the BILL At this there
was some laughter by those who knew
ii was ii Republican measure. Nelson
said he was in the Eighth district and
did not want to make the swap; that the
secret. the purpose and the object was
to make the Eighth district Republican
beyond doubt He said the change
would, as IA possibility. make the Seventh
district Democratic. He went on to say
that two years from now he expected to
see nearly every district Democratic.
Nelson said he protested against the con-
slant gerrymandering OF districts. tie
said the Republicans could not have won
unless by Populst aid. but that he be-
leved IN two years the Populists would
either be III "A party Of their own or else
would join the Democrats and redeem
the State (Applausel Blackburn said
the majority proposed 10 pass the bill.
Bailey offered an amendment which was
adopted that the bin take effect October
/, 1897. On the passage Of the bill on
second reading Murphy demanded the
yeas and nays The vote was, yeas 54;
nays 80 Hancock moved to suspend
the rules and put the bill upon third
reading Nelson, on this motion to sus-
pend the rules, demanded the yeas and
and nays and gave notice that 81 votes
were necessary to suspend. Roll call was
ordered After the call of the roll began
Blackburn said he was willing to let the
bill 20 over. Hancock introduced some
thing entirely new by moving to do away
with the roll call. But the call went on.
The result was announced as yeas, 81;
nays. 80. Democrats who kept count
said there were only 81 yeas.) So the
rules we're suspended. McCrary offered
an amendment, adding Davidson county
to the Eighth district. A motion was
made to table the amendment. The
adoption Of this motion would, of course,
carry the bin with it. The motion did
not prevail. McCrary said he wanted
his county in the Eighth if the other
counties were taken away. The amend
ment was lost Nelson demanded the
yeas and nays ON the third reading. Nc
Crazy said the district was created for
certain people Blackburn said: Yes, it
is created for certain people" Vote
demanded telers. The Speaker named
him and Hancock as tellers. The result
of the vote was yeas, So; nays, AS.
Resolution TO raise a committee to in
vestigate Mrs. Pattie ID. Arrington's
complaint, consisting of McCaskey, Max
well and Person, of Wayne, was taken
ND while the House laughed heartily
and Llsk fell back in his seat in mock
prostration. Dockery offered an amend
ment to add Bryan, Of Chatham, to the
committee. Sutton, Of Cumberland, Of
fered an amendment providing that the
State be at no expense whatever. John
son moved to table the entire outfit and
TO the table it went.
Johnson introduced the machinery act
and under suspension OF the rules 1t
passed second reading-54 to %.
Hancock called up the bin Ia substitute
bilD providing for taking the three insane
asylums from the Democrats. Git is the
bill agreed on by the caucus of Repub-
licans and boilers, and has been summar-