The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-13

and BlltmOTo Street halfway ana trans
portation Company; to amend section
1887 of the Code of North Carolina,
relating to divorce.
Mr.. Sutton, to prohibit foreign corpora
tons from doing business here without n
Incense from North Carolina; to repeal
chapters 135 ana 159 laws of 1895, relat-
ing to the appointment of two extra COM
missioners and permit the people to elect
five; to fund the bonded Indebtedness Of
Cumberland county; to abolish the act
requiring candidates to file sworn state
ment Of their expenses.
MIR. Chaplin, to amend chapter 6S, laws
Of 1895.
Mr.. Cathey, to authorize commission
ers Of Swain county to work jail men on
public roads; to prohibit the sale Of liquor
within four miles Of Forney's Greek Bap-
list church and Cold Spring Baptist
church.
Mr.. Wilson, to incorporate the Hardin
Cotton mills, in CASTOR county.
Mr.. Eauser, to provide a means to en-
able any one 10 change his name (after 80
days notice the court can make change).
Mr.. White, of Randolph, to prohibit the
sale of liquors with three miles Of Ebe-
nezer church, Randolph county.
Mr. Roberts, to allow sheriff Of Madi-
son to collect the back tax for the years
Of 1893, "a and %.
Mr. Chaplin. for the relief Of J. NJ.
Ballard, wounded Confederate soldier,
(put him on third-class roll.)
Mr.. Petree, 10 permit deputy registers
of deeds to issue marriage license
Mr.. White, to amend chapter 20S, laws
Of 1893, relating to the Cashie and Chow
an Railroad, by adding after the word
'lands," in line three, of said act, the
words mot excluding one hundred thou
sand acres
Mr. Peace, to fix the bond Of the regis
ter Of deeds of Vance county Ito make il
81, 900 instead of $4,000
Mr.. Wemyss, to place James Calder,
Of Cumberland county, on the pension roll
Mr. Aiken, for the relief Of v. +. Me
Gaia, sheriff Of Pennsylvania county.
Mr. Lyle, to protect iron bridges OF
Macon county.
Tie Speaker announced that inadver-
tently he had announced the committee
on investigating the charges Of bribery
in connection with the Senatorial fight
before the bill had passed It's third read
ing. Il was recalled, put upon its third
reading and passed unanimously.
4 resolution 10 print SEQ copies Of the
Governors Message was adopted.
Promptly at noon the Senate, with
Lieut-Goy. Doughton at the head, entered
the House Of Representative, and We're
seated. The Lieutenant-G Governor called
the joint session to order, and directed
the principal clerk of the Senate to cal
the roll Of the Senate Forty-fye Sena-
tors were present.
FTsl,a y,--;n aipa1 o1nrl~ ~ +ba Hayrca 4har
called the roll of that body. One hun
dred and twelve were present.
The Lieutenant Governor appointed
Senators Atwater and Anthony as teller'
on the part Of the Senate. The Speaker
appointed Messrs. Cook, of Warren, and
Nelson, Of Caldwell, as tellers on the
part OF the House.
There were clerical errors from Frank
lin, which were corrected.
There were errors from Berthe, some
votes being returned for y. L., ID. r..
Daniel Russell. and the tellers tabulated
these votes, giving all to Daniel j.. Rus
sell. There were many other mistakes
and discrepancies in the returns. but they
did not affect the result appreciahly, and
The telIers counted the vote as it was by
townships when there was conflict In the
returns.
1T was 2:45 p. m. before all the counties
were reached, and then the vote was
announced MS il had been counted by the
Secretary Of State. II would have taken
the tellcrs eight hours to finish the count
Leut-Gov. Doughton, after announcing
the vote and declaring the several officers
elected, appointed as a committee on the
part Of the Senate to escort the Governor
and State officers into the hall Senators
Parker, Of Randolph, and Grant, and
Messrs. Cooke, Dixon and Schulken We're
appointed by the Speaker.
The newly elected officers had been
waiting, with as much patience as they
could command for the completion of the
count, in the State Treasurer's Office, and
they were relieved when the committee
notified them that the members were
ready to receive them. Preceded by the
committee, with Chief Justice Faircloth,
they marched into the hall Of the House
of Representatives and took their seat in
front Of and to the right of the Speaker S
chair. They were received with manifes-
tations Of applause. The oaths Of office
were administered by Chief Justice Fair
cloth. Mr.. Chas. Fl. Mebane, the new
Superintendent OF Public Instruction, was
the first to take the oath. He was yisibly
very much embarrassed, and was so nerv-
Gus that his hand shook when he ap-
pended his name TO the oaths in the book
kept for that purpose. The oaths were
then administered to the other officers,
each signing his name in the book kept
for that purpose, in the following order:
Hal W. Aver, State Auditor.
Cyrus Thompson, Secretary Of State.
VIM. II. Worth, State Treasurer.
Zeb. V. NValser Attorney General
Chas. Reynolds Lieutenant-G Governor
Daniel l.. Russell, Governor.
GOV. RUSSELL SPEAKS.
When Lieutenant-G Governor Doughton
introduced the new Governor, he was re-
ceiVed with great applause His open
ing sentence, hurled from his mouth with
a spirit that looked maIevolent, There
is retribution in history" was received
with a thunder Of applause led by the
negroes who swarmed in the right gal
lery