The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-02

cast to entitle party to recognition, and
providing for five commissioners of cleo
ton.
BY Mr. Cunningham, bill to require rail
ways TO redeem mileage tickets, and to
incorporate the Savings Bank of Person.
Mr.. Gambler introduced a resolution to
pay the clerk of the Judiciary Committee
50 day during this session He has
been getting So a day.
The bill to establish dispensary for
LOuisburg came up with a favorable ma
jority report
Mr.. Blackburn said he would present a
minority report against the bill, and en-
deavored to postpone the bill until to-
morrow, but the House refused to post
pOne.
Mr. Barrow spoke in favor of the bill.
Mr.. Blackburn opposed, and said he
would not file a minority report, but
would offer an amendment, that the mat
ter be submitted to the people of Louis
burg county.
Mr. Blackburn attacked the Legislature.
He called for the yeas and nays on the
amendment.
Mr.. Barrow said u large ajority Of the
qualified voters had asked for the passage
of the bin. The amendment was lost.
yeas 80, nays 5S The bill then passed
second reading, yeas 80, nays 2l
Mr. Blackburn made motion to concur
in the Senate substitute to the bill regard
ing the lease Of the North Carolina Rail
way. This motion did not prevail He
then gave notice Of motion 10 concur
tomorrow.
Mr.. Sutton moved that the bill be re-
ferred to the committee on lease.
The Speaker ruled Blackburn's motion
out of order He ruled Sutton's motion
as proper. The latter demanded the
yeas and nays on it, He said Mr.. Black
burns motion was improper because the
bin was not before the House when il was
made.
The vote on the motion to refer was
yeas, 54, nays SO. Blackburn, in ex-
planning his vote said those who wanted
to refer wanted to kill the bill in com
mittee; to smother it in that way. Cook
said il was very strange to him to see
men now at work trying to pass this sub
stitute; and declared it contained some
of the worst provisions possible; that it
allowed a corporation to get a charter
no matter how Objectionable its provis-
ions might be and file it in this State.
He wanted consideration by committee.
Cunningham said the bill ought to be dis
cuesed ON the floor; that a reference of
so important measure was idle He
hoped speedy action would be taken and
all given hearing on the floor. Hauser
said the railway had railroaded the sub
stitute through the Senate; that the 80
year lease men voted for this substitute
in the Senate; that this bin was just what
they wanted. Sutton, Of Cumberland,
said the reason for reference of this bill
was that the people thought their repre-
sentatives might look into this bill; that
the fact that the railway had knocked
off 60 years OF the lease and this showed
the 80 year lease was wrong. Sutton,
Of New Hanover, said that he wanted the
90 year lease to stand so that the people
could vote in 1898 on the question. He
attacked the Southern Railway and the
Senators who voted for the 36 year lease.
Mr.. McCrary said it was no time to
refer the bill; that the committee was
prejudiced; that people knew before
hand what the committees report would
be; that it would be against the bill.
There was n scene of great excitement
during the vote. There was great delay
in announcing the vote. Blackburn
called for the announcement. The
Speaker said that there would be an
other roll-call; that the clerks were in
doubt of it's correctness. Blackburn
said the clerks said the roll was all right.
I.usk protested against the disorder. A
colored member protested against mem
bers lobbying. The Speaker did not an
nounce the result of the vote, but ordered
that the roll be again called. Blackburn
demanded an announcement of the vote
on the roll, but the Speaker did not recog-
nize him. The second roll-call resulted
as follows: Yeas, go; nays, 81, as follows:
The vote on the motion to refer the
railroad lease bill was asfollows:
Ayes-Messrs. Alternately, Alexander,
Arlington Babbitt, Barrow, Brown,
Bryan of Chatham, Burgess, Garter
Chapman, Cook, Cox, Craven, Crumpler,
Currie, Daniels, Dixon of Greene, Dock
cry, Elliott, Pagan, Ferrell, Foster, Han
cock. Harris of Hyde, Hartness, Hauser,
Hodges, Holmes. Johnson, King, Lusk
Lyle, McBryde, Meares, Morton, Nelson,
Parker of Perquimans, Parker of Wayne,
Peace Pearson, Person of Wayne, Per-
son of Wilson, Plott. Pool, Price, Pur-
gason, Rawls, Reynolds, Rountree, Schul-
ken, Sutton of Cumberland, Sutton of
New Hanover, Ward, watts, Wemyss,
Whitener. White of Randolph, William
son and Wrenn-60.
Noes-Messrs. Adams, Aiken, Allen,
Aredge, Bailey, Bingham, Blackburn.
Brewer, Bryan of Edgecombe, Bryan of
Wilkes, Bunch, Chandler, Chaplin, Chill
cutt, Clanton, Conley, Creech, Crews,
Cunningham, Dancy, Deyton, Deweese,
Dixon of Cleveland, Duffy, Eddins, Ems
ley, Ferguson, Freeman, Gallop, Green,
Grubbs, Hare, Harris of Halifax, Howe,
James. Jones, Lawhon, Leak, Mckenzie,
McI4elland, Mceeters, McCrary, Murphy,
Ormsby, Petree, Pinnix, Roberts, Smith,
Somers, SpruiIl, Walters, White Of Ala
nance, White of BERTHE, Wilson, Yarbor-
ough and Young-57.
Blackburn, in explaining his vote, said
he did not want the bill referred to
committee which was prejudiced. Cook
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