The news & observer., 1897-02-13
FREE PASS BILL SHELVED
1T WAS POSTPONED UNTIL SAT-
URDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH.
A M. COLLEGE TO BE LOOTED
II and the Agricultural Department. 10 DC
put Under a Political 5oars-- This
is the Way the educiauonai
institutions Are Protected.

BY Harris, OF I1Hut. 10 piVNluS A"A V"S
taking OF depositions, etc, in the CON
tests for seats in the Legislature, and
that no member shall vote until the mat
ter as to title to seat is decided.
By Morton, to extend stock law fence
In Richmond.
Nv Daniels, to allow Dare county to
levy special tax, and TO legalze sales
of land in Dare county for taxes.
BY Gall0p. to allow Currituck TO issue
bonds to build or repair the court house
and Jail.
BY Aiken, to allow Pennsylvania to levy
special tax.
By Gallop, to allow Curriuck's sheriff
TO collect arrears of taxes.
By Bryde, to provide that in the cases
of the marriage of women under p the
marriage shall have the same force and
effect in law as if the woman so marry
ing were 81 years of age.
BY Drew. TO allow Brunswick to levy
a special tax, and to allow the commits
sioners of Brunswick to settle with A. q.
Durrant. late treasurer of the county.
BY Daniels, to allow Dare county COM
missioners to draw a jury, and 10 permit
DR.. John b. Haight TO practice medicine
in Brunswick.
By Gambler. to prevent fast riding or
driving across any Of the public bridges
in Runcombe.
BY Pearson, for relief OF Sheriff II. NJ.
Webb, OF Burke.
BY Aiken, TO reduce the tonnage tax
ON fertilizers to 20 cents per ton.
By Ward, to reduce the salaries and
fees of all public officers, save those fixed
by law, IS per cent.
BY Spruill, to allow Washington coun-
ty 30 build an iron bridge at Mackey's
Ferry.
BY Bailey, for the better drainage of
Carriers creek, Davie county.
BY Alexander, Of Tyrel to protect
game in that county.
BY Babbitt. to so amend section 75S,
OF the Code, that the commissioners and
not the board Of justices of the counties
shall elect the finance committee.
BY Pearson, creating a commission
composed for Governor Russell, Julian
s. Carr and W. A. Hoke to procure a
suitable design, with all necessary speci-
fications, for monument in Raleigh,
upon a site in memory Of ". b. Vance;
that proposals shall be advertised for;
that the commission may cooperate with
the Vance Monument Association; that
report be made to the next Legislature;
that 81 900 be appropriated for necessary
expenses.
BY Eddins, to extend the time for the
organization Of the North Carolina Slate
Company in Stanley county.
Sutton, of Cumberland, introduced the
following resolution, which was adopted
That the calendar be from this time on
in the Speakers hands TO be disposed
of as he deems best and the Speaker
shall have power to limit or cut off dis
cussion or debate from any source, when,
in his judgment, he shall think that the
public time is being unnecessarily con-
sumed or wasted.
Duffy made the point that 81 votes
were necessary to pass this resolution,
claiming that it changed the House rules.
The Speaker ruled that Duffy was in
error, and that a mere majority was suf-
ficient. Against this there were protests.
The special order was taken up, being
the election contest of Fields vs. Crews,
from Granville. Majority and minority
? reports were submitted by the committee,
the minority report signed by two Demo
crafts, being in Fields favor. Each side
was given an hour Cook opened for
Crews. He said the whole case hinged
upon the real population of Oxford that
it was as to the number Of magistrates
to which that town was entitled. He
u
by Fields strikers" and declared this
ought not to stand against the official
census; that it was coniended by some
the place only had 2200 people, and that
Fields brought the number to 1000: that
If he could get it below 1000 the election
of only two magistrates would have been
legal; that 0xfords population had GER
tainly increased since 1890; that Fileds'
so-called census was of no effect: that
many people very properly declined to
give their names; that the last election
was the fairest ever held in Granville
county; that there was a majority Of 156
against Field; that the Legislature Of
1895 had defined expressly what was a
ballot and what ticket; that there was
no provision in the act of 1895
for the ballot for justices OF the peace;
that the Legislature knew what 1t meant,
that it knew better than the Supreme
court what it meant.
Duffy said Cook, in his speech, had 1T
seemed to him, intimated his disregard
OF the law; that Oxford was not en-
titled to six magistrates; that the ticket
having on it this number; that no election
was valid unless the ballots complied
exactly with the law; that the law made
void ballot which contained more names
than were entitled TO be on it; that IL
expressly says no such ballot shall be
counted; that he was amazed at Cook s
contention in this matter that here was
distinction made by the courts and the
dictionaries between ballot and ticket;
that the law allowed only two ballots;
that Cooke, had by his construction OF
The law, said that a ticket and ballot
were one and the same thing; that the
statute is mandatory; that the fact that
the election was honest and fair has
nothing to do with this matter; that there
IS the utmost explicitness as to the num-
Der of names on ballots, and that ballots
pear1ng too many names must be thrown
out.
The minority report (seating Field was
voted ON first, and Hartness demanded
the Yeas and nays. The vote was, ayes,
81, noes, 63. The majority report was
then adopted without a roll call.
Bill passed to protect fish in Neuse
river and fhQ Ha,1sa 4oaly - a. -.u1.-4