The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-03
THE LIE PASSES.
RAY AND SMATHERS USE uNPAR-
LiAMENTARY LANGUAGE.
The Penitentiary Given Over TO the Ap-
pointees of the Governor--Fayette-
vile Charter Change Tabled.

vile Charter Change Tabled.
SENATE-AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Senate re-assembled at 3 o'clock
p. m. and bills disposed of as follows:
To amend section 1885, of the Code,
garnting an additional cause for divorce.
Tabled.
To provide for divorce in certain cases
where female is under Is years of age.
Tabled.
To repeal chapter 1S1, private laws of
1895, entitled An act to amend the char
ter Of the Currituck & Comden Railroad
Company. Mr.. Whedbee offered II sub
stitute that before crossing existing rail
| roads, at grades, the CurIituck and the
Camden railroad shall provide and
operate, at its own costs, such improved
| modern safety appliances as are in use
/ upon railways of the country; such
| aforesaid appliances to be named or se-
| lected by the Railroad Commission of
1 North Carolina. Substitute lost. Ques-
1 ton recurring on the passage of the
1 original bill. Passed second and third
1 reading.
| To repeal chapter AT, laws of 1895.
This rs the ''penitentiary bill" 1t takes
the control Of it out of the hands OF
| the present officers and directors and
| gives the Governor the power to ap-
point nine directors and to name the
chief officer by consent Of the Senate,
and to name the warden, etc. by con-
sent OF the directors.
Mr.. Person moved to pass the bill over
! indefinitely.
| Mr.. McCaskey opposed postponing the
matter az it should be settled at once.
Mr.. Grant said TO defer the matter.
| effects the inmates of the penitentiary
and the integrity of the Governor. 1t it
is our purpose to take charge OF the
prison there is no better time than to-day
| to settle it. II there is any Republican
or Populist here that oppose it let us put
him on record as being against the wishes
Of the cooperation.
Mr.. Whedbee opposed the consideration
Iof the bill, as it gave the Governor extra
ordinary power, such as no one man in
| North Carolina should be vested with.
When he (Whedbee) came here it was
not his intention to be driven by gag
law" nor was he goirg to submit to
be ruled as by a Gear" There mas
been too much Internal cowardice shown
here in this Legislature. by trying to
give one man all the power. This bill
gave Governor Russell the power to ap-
point who ever he desired to rule this
institution. | am perfectly willing and
glad TO go on record as opposing such a
measure. Let the people have voice in
the matter and say who shall govern the
penitentiary and not Governor Russell
Mr.. Moye arose to ask a question, but
before he could do it, Mr.. Whedbee asked
him what he wanted as his Eart-a
postofiice? If sc Governor Russell could
not give him that
Mr.. Person said as for the remarks
of the Senator from Wayne Grant, I
desire to say to him that / am glad to
90 on record as being opposed to tn,
bill placing the government of the peni-
Tertiary in the Governors hands, and he
called the previous question on his motion
to indefinitely postpone. Lost, ayes, s.:
noes, 81.
Mr. McCaskey called the previous
question on the original bill, which was
ordered. Bill passed second reading,
| ayes, 2S; noes, IA. Placed on third
reading and passed
VOTE ON Z" PENITENTIARY BILL"
| Ayes.-Messrs. Alexander, Anderson,
| Ashburn, Atwater, Barker, Cannon.
| Clark, Dickson, Early, Grant Hender-
son, Hardison, Maultsby Maxwell Moye.
| Merritt, Mccarthy, McCaskey, McNein.
| Newsome, Odum, Parker of Alamance,
Sharpe, of Wilson, Sharpe, of Ireden,
| Smathers, Shore, Wakefield Yeager.
| Ayes %
Noes.-Messrs. Abel, Anthony. Earn
hart, Hyatt, Justice, Lyon, Parker. of
Alamance, Patterson, Person, Ray, Rob
erson, Utley, Walker, Whedbee. Noes a.
/ To appoint a cotton seed weigher for
I Goldsboro. Tabled.
| To elect superintendent of County
| Home of Durham county by a vote of
the people. Passed.
To prevent fishing with wire nets in
| Cape Fear river below Wilmington.
/ Passed.
| To change name of Louise Yarn Mills
to Louise Mills" Passed.
For relief of Levy BIount, ex-sheriF
| of Washington county. Passed
To furnish clerk of Superior Court of
| rutherford county with certain Supreme
| Court reports. Passed.
To allow Daniel n. Wilkerson to peddle
/ without license in Durham and Orange
| counties. Passed.
Bill relating to stock law in Chatham
| county. Passed
To appoint a police justice for the city
of Asheville
Mr.. Ray opposed the bill, as there is no
need for such an office, it was only a
mean political trick. They are not like
| the Democrats who wait for a vacancy
to occur, but they go ahead and create
unnecessary offices to feed to the hungry
| 'pie-hunters." They call this reform
Now I ask, is it reform? They go before
| the people and tell them they are in
favor of local self-government and turn
right around and elect by the Legisla-
ture magistrates to serve for six years.
They elect county commissioners by the
people and tie their hands. / say the
| Democratic system of county government
nofaI o~a3sf opd eIarxy IN 4ha 40 mo of