The news & observer., 1897-03-04

resent the State and hook o,itefor her I'M
terests. They already have a normal
school at Salisbury
Mr. Ray said the bill was bad, because
it gave every other county the right to
ask for Il similar bill His district needed
it more than other portions. If you are
going TO help any section, then help mine,
whore il is needed
Mr. Patterson moved to table the bill,
which was carried.
At = O'Clock the Senate adjourned to
meet again at O'Clock p. m.
SENATE-AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Senate re-assembled at A O'Clock,
and the following bills were disposed OF.
TO tax certain itnerant agents and
dealers in Johnston county Passed
To open Mill creek, Dayie county.
Passed
TO establish dispensary for Vance
county. TO be left to a vote Of the people
Of the county.
Mr.. Ray said the dispensary bills were
not a temperance move. 1t was simply
question as to who should sell the liquor
and again it would take money out of the
State Treasury, and the shortage would
have to be made up by increased taxa
ton, but If the people Of Vance county
wanted il, he favored it. The bill passed
it's third reading.
10 allow the clerk Of court Of Martin
county to be absent from his office Pass
ed
10 regulate the execution Of criminals.
This is Sheriff Smiths bill to have all
capital cases upon whom sentence OF
death has been passed, sent to the peniten-
tiary to await the time fixed by the court
for execution and that the sentence shall
be carried out within the prison enclosure.
Senator Alexander spoke Of the bill,
showing the good effects that would fol-
| low having all executions inside the peni-
tentiary. 1t would save the people from
| the brutalizing effects of public evecu-
tons, and save jails from being broken
open by mobs, and possibly save some in
nocent person from being killed.
Mr. Sharpe of IredeH opposed the bill.
He said the hangings in the State were
so few he wanted them divided up and
| made as public as possible; that the people
ought to have an opportunity to witness
| an execution, and thought the old plan
good enough. The bill failed to pass.
To amend an act Incorporating the Far
| mers' Mutual Insurance Company, to al
low the company to do business without
| paying a tax.
Messr Ray, MauItsby, and Moye took
grounds against the bill.
Messrs. McCaskie, Ramsey, Barker,
| Whedbee, favored the bill.
In his remarks Mr.. Ray said there were
| extraordinary scenes happening on the
| floor Of this chamber. You can see men
with kid gloves on. button-holing members
and lobbying bills through. They say
they do it in the interest of farmers.
4 ne Io Fo~
| (kid glove insurance men and lawyers)
men are the kind that generally love the
farmers, and want to Iegislate in their
interest. / say it is not the interest of the
farmers they are working for; they are
are working to put the dollars in their
own pockets. They do not care "bau-
BILE" for the farmer They care only for
what they get out OF them, and desire
to say that the Senator from Pitt (Moye)
is right when he said the company had
no right to be allowed to do business in
the State without paying a State tax.
He IS an honest and true representative
of the people, and he (Ray) would de-
fend the cause of the Senator (Moye) any
where.
Mr.. Ray offered an amendment to strike
out the words shall be exempt from tax"
and demanded the roll-call The amend
ment was lost, ayes Is, noes 24.
Mr.. Maultsby offered an amendment:
That the law should not go into effect
until July 1st, and that the agent should
not receive any pay for soliciting business
for the company, and none of the officers
should receive more than $500 salary per
year" Lost, ayes II, noes 80.
The question now recurring on the pas
sake of the original bill, Mr.. Ray asked
for roIl-call, which was ordered. The
bill passed its second reading, ayes a.
noes II. Objection was made to third
reading, and the bill was placed on the
calendar
TO establish another term of Wake Su-
perior court, making July term for civil
causes also. Passed
Mr.. Atwater offered a resolution that
the Senate do not adjourn sine die" until
all the bills on the calendar are either
passed or killed Passed.
At 6 O'clock the Senate took a recess
until S o'clock