The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-02-16
The House Makes the Bill ia
Prohibit Special Order.
TO REDIsTRlcT STATE
SCHEME TO MAKE MORE RErUB-
LICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
AN INSURANCE BILL
The Senate Provides for the pistribu'
ton ct Colonial Records They
go 10 Legislators and Col
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leges--G Editors Left Out.
The House met at 10 o'clock, and Rev.
A. NJ. Sinms offered prayer
The following bills and resolutions
were introduced:
BY Pearson. TO incorporate the town of
Hildebrand.
BY James, to make the fee for weighing
cattle IS ceats,
BY Wrenn, 10 protect birds in Chatham
BY Duffy, to prevent fast drinving over
bridges in Onslow.
BY Duffy, to amend section $40, sub
division >, of the Code, SO as to add after
Gne2, the words ''or a domestic corpora
9ion rome Of whose officers can be found
in the State. after due diligence.
By Jones. 10 create a new township
in Allegheny.
By Iouag, to repeal chapter 85l, acts
1895.
By Wrenn, to repeal section 1885, Of
the Code.
BY White, TO amend charter Of Bur
lington, SO Che constable and street COM
missioner shall he elected by popular
vote.
BY Pagan, 10 repeal chapter go, acts
Of 1891.
By Currie, to give this State the lii
nois Law for the protection of inebriates.
By Craven, to make it a misdemeanor
to fail 10 remove Instructions to the pas
sage Of fish ID streams within 80 days
notice from the State Board of Agri-
culture
BY Drew, to prohibit the taking of
claims in Brunswick county.
By Young, to amend section 2,22S, Of
the Code. 50 that the number Of trus-
tees shall tie IL instead Of Z, the add
ditional was to be Of the irst-class.
BY Rawles, to Incorporate Seven, North
amptoa county.
b. Tarker, Of Wayne, to protect sheep,
by taxing male dogs % cents and female
dogs 81, no dog TO be allowed to live un-
less licensed, making it misdemeanor TO
fail to list said dogs.
By Sutton, Of New Hanover, to amend
the charter of the Chamber Of Commerce
OF Wilmington, by giving it a perpetual
charter and the right to borrow money.
BY I.usk, TO amend the Code, section
1,2o5. by adding as an additional cause
for divorce If either the husband or wife
shall be indicted and convicted Of a
felony and imprisoned therefor for life;
this act to apply to cases now pending
in the courts Of the State.
BY Lusk, to amend section 2,482, of the
Code, so as to add after word INSIDE
meanor'' the words and upon conviction
shall be fined not exceeding 500 or inn
prisoned not more than 30 days."
By Lusk, to amend chapter $50, public
laws Of 1885, by inserting the words
and all felonies and SANDERS"
II L INK 10 % hof xxrha
any person is declared to be insane or
inebriate the husband or wife of such
shall be first entitled to the guardianship
Of his or her property"
The calendar was taken up.
Friday, in a rush, a Senate bin for
bidding gold contracts" was tabled.
Saturday motion was lodged to recon
slider the vote ON it. The bill came up to-
day. Hauser favored the bill Lusk
opposed it, saying Of all the many radical
measures brought before this Legislature
that was the most radical, and he wanted
to know how Hauser expected TO get
money here by thus legislating against it;
that capital would not come here, because
il this bill was adopted the State would
be saying to people you must take any
sort of money we offer you" He de-
clared that the 6 per cent interest bill
passed two years ago, was outrageous
and had drew millions Of dollars out of
the State; that the adoption of the bill
now under consideration would actually
close the banks and drain the rest of the
money of the State. He did not oppose
free coinage of silver when the silver dol.
lar was equal TO any other dollar, bui
in the free coinage countries the silver
dollar was not equal to the gold dollar.
He demanded that, in the interests OF
North Carolina the bill do not pass and
declared it impaired the obligation OF a
declared it impaired the obligation of a
contract that the very idea was horrible
that he had phophesied the result Of the
outrageous per cent law. Person, OF
Wayne, favored the bill and said only a
few days ago he had heard Lusk say
he had to pinch himself to ascertain
whether he was a Populist or Republican,
but that Lusk was no Populist and not
on the side of the toilers of this country.
He said capital had not fed from his
section. He saw nothing in the resolu-
ton to prevent people from taking legal
tender for debts; that Lusk wanted TO
get down to gold payments. Lusk asked
Person if there was not a measure before
Congress to make the Mexican dollar a
legal tender, worth only so cents on the
dollar? Person, of Wayne, said if there
were not discrimination against the Mexi-
can dollar it would be as good as the
gold dollar McCrary asked Person what
office he was running for Person said
none Sutton said this was no place for
free silver or gold bug speeches; that this
matter was settled last November. He
moved to table. On this Johnson de-
manded the yeas and nays.
Cunningham, in explaining his vote,
said he thought it unwise to have shut
off this debate so quickly, after Lusk had
spoken so fully for the gold side. He
thought it the duty of all here to vote
against taibling this bill, so as to avoid
putting the gag law in force. Dockery
expressed regret at the cutting off Of de-
bate. He did not believe in the single
gold standard or in the free coinage Of
silver under present conditions; but IA
vored international agreement; he had
desired to offer an amendment to make
a tender OF legal tender worth as much