The news & observer., 1897-03-06

had accepted the amendment of Mr.. Dock
ery, and that this showed that the com
mittee wanted delay.
Mr.. Dockery said rash leaders often
spoiled matters, and that it meant that
at = o'clock vote would be reached.
The vote was then taken ON Dockery's
motion, to direct the committee to report
at / o'clock tomorrow, and that a vote
be taken at 2 o'clock.
Mr.. Hancock demanded the yeas and
nays.
Mr.. Dockery said that his motion was
that the report must be made whether the
Supreme Court had given its opinion
or not.
At the request Of the Speaker, he wrote
the resolution
Mr.. Hancock asked for tellers, and he
and Blackburn were appointed.
There was much delay in the prepara-
ton of the resolution, and Dockery was
surrounded by throng of members.
There began to be calls for the resolu-
zion, and at $50 one member moved to
adjourn, but withdrew it.
Dockery's resolution was read by him.
and was as follows:
Resolved, That the consideration Of
the substitute lease bill be made special
OTtpE IoT L q cIOch lOE tO-LlIUiIOW.
80 That the special committee in
charge of this substitute be requested,
directed and required to report the substi-
tute bill at this hour, whether or not a
decision of the Supreme Court shall have
been rendered affecting it.
%. That a vote be taken upon this
substitute bill not later than o'clock of
the same day
Il That we request that the Supreme
Court be requested to consider the legal
effect of accepting the substitute bill and
render decision as soon as possibl& for
the benefit of the House"
On Doclery's motion to postpone till
/ o'clock to-day, the vote stood as follows:
Ayes-Messrs Alternately, Adams, Alex
ander, Arlington. Babbitt, Barrow,
Brown, Bryan of Chatham, Carter, Chap
man, Cook, Cox, Craven. Crumpler Cur
rie, Daniels, Dixon of Greene, Dockery
Duncan, Eddins, Elliott Pagan, Ferrell
Foster. Hancock, Harris of Hyde, Hart
ness, Hauser. Holmes, Johnson, King
Lawhon, Lusk, Lyle, McBryde, Meares,
Morton, Nelson, Parker Of Perquimans,
Parker of Wayne, Peace, Pearson, Per-
son of Wayne, Person of Wilson, Plott,
Pool, Price. Purgason, Rawls, Reynolds,
Schulken. Sutton of Cumberland, Sutton
of New Hanover, Ward, Watts, Wemyss,
Whitener, White of Randolph, William
son, Wrenn and Young-61.
Noes-Messrs. Aiken, Allen, Arledge,
Bailey, Bingham, Blackburn, Brewer,
Bryan of Edgecombe, Bryan of Wilkes,
Bunch, Burgess, Gambler, Cathey, Cha
pin, Chilcutt. Clanton, Conley, Creech.
Crews, Cunningham, Dancy, Dayton. De
weese, Dixon of Cleveland, Duffy, Ems
ley, Ferguson, Freeman, Gallop, Green,
Grubbs, Hare, Harris of Halifax, Howe,
james. Jones, Leak. Mckenzie, McLel-
land, McPeeters, McCrary, Murphy,
Ormsby, Petree, Pinnix, Roberts, Roun-
tree, Smith, Somers, Spruill, Walters,
White of Alamance, White of BERTHE,
Wilson and Yarborough-55.
It was O'Clock when the vote was
completed. The result was ayes 81, noes
| 80. There was some applause at the an
| nolIncemcnt.
| The resolution so often referred to, of
| fered by the committee, was as follows
| Resolved, BY the House of Represen-
| tatives that the Chief Justice and Asso-
| ciate Justices of the Supreme Court
| Of North Carolina be respectfully request
ed to examine a bill now pending before
| the House of Representatives entitled
| bill TO be entitled an act to prescribe the
| terms upon which foreign railroad corpor-
| ations may become incorporated in this
| State, and for al other purposes, and to
communicate through the Speaker of the
| House of Representatives the opinion of
| the court upon the question whether, if
| the bill shall be passed by both Houses
and ratified, it will become operative be
| fore ratification by the stockholders Of the
| North Carolina Railroad Company, and
| that the members OF the court be further
| respectfully requested to communicate
| their opinion to the session of the House
Of Representatives, to be held on Satur-
/ day the 9th instant, if they shall find il
/ consistent with their duty to the pub
| lie to do so.
/ "Resolved, further, That the Speaker
| Of the House Of Representatives be re
1 quested to send a copy Of the said bill
| with these resolutions, Immediately upon
| to the Chief Justice of the Supreme
/ Court.
/ These resolutions were adopted, and al
/ 6 o'clock the House took a recess unit
| 7:30 o'clock.