The news & observer., 1897-03-10
THE LADIES SEND FLOWERS TO
BLACKBURN'S DESK.
BRYAN APPEARS IN RED PANTS
Senator Grant Bids His Colleagues
Goodbye, and Invites Them to Meet
Him in the Next WorId--Wili
They Dare Accept?

ON his desk.
Mr., Mckenzie, rising to a question OF
personal privilege, said that he was incor-
rectly reported ON his action ON the rail
way lease question yesterday. The House
journal shows chat Duncan moved 10 ta-
BILE the amendments and the Senate sub
stitute; that his motion prevailed; that
Mex enzie moved to reconsider the vote
by which the bin was thus tabled; that
Crumpler moved to lay McKenzie's mo-
tion on the table; that on this, Mcken-
zie demanded the yeas and nays. The
roll-call was sutained, and the motion to
table prevailed
Mr. Duffy said he was reported as
having voted for the election law yester-
day, while he had voted no and fought
the bin all through.
The resolutions to pay contestants and
contestees in election cases came up.
That of Broughton was made out for
$500, but ON motion Of Hancok, was cut
down to $3.50. w. H. Crews, contestee,
was allowed $149
Hancock, of the special committee to
investigate the enrolment of bill to APP
propriate $1,000 to the Rolling Exposi-
tion,' reported that in the engrossed copy,
the entire first section making the appro-
priation, was stricken out, and that the
bill was correctly enrolled.
Fagan said there was something wrong.
and that the amendment was in these
words: Strike out the appropriation of
$4,000 to be made by the State, and add
at the end of section 8, the following:
Provided. that there shall be no cost or
expense to the State whatever"
Sutton said there was a ''cat in the
meal tub" He thought the eagerness
Of the advocates of this measure was sim
gular. He wanted the House to vote on
the legality of this bill.
Freeman said the bin was absolutely
correct; that the engrossment and enroll
ment were both correct; that Sutton was
making thrusts at the bill and ut the
clerks He demanded that it be ratified
Pinnix said that the bin was correctly
enrolled; that the words strike OUT were
never put in. The vote was then taken.
1t was yeas 3d. nays 2S.
The resolution to pay James H. Young
$500 in the election contest came up.
Cunningham offered an amendment
making it $780, and this was adopted
and so was the resolution.
Bill to appropriate $4,000 to the A. and
NJ. College for a hospital and boiler room
came up. Pagan moved to table. Lost.
Cook advocated the bill, saying the need
of hospital was urgent.
Pagan opposed.
Dixon Of Cleveland favored. and so did
Walters and Lusk and Freeman.
White of Randolph antagonized, and
said the House went blindly into any ap-
preparation. Bill passed third reading.
Bill to restore Surry to the Fifth dis
trict and to put Orange in the Sixth,
came up.
Young antagonized.
Person said the time had not come to
redistrict the State, and said the Senate
had tabled this bill.
Young moved to table The vote was
yeas II, nays II.
Resolution to pay A. J. Field S149 ex-
penses in the election contest from Gran
vile was adopted.
McCrary tried to obtain leave to intro
duce a bill to allow convicts to be sent to
the public roads, instead of to the peniten-
tiary, in counties using them to pay
charges
But the House refused to suspend the
rules.
The next bill was on the same Ire.
1t is to allow the superintendent Of the
penitentiary to lease out the convicts for
road work between July Is and March ]. .
Freeman favored it. So did Cunning
ham, who said Dockery had last night
shown that the penitentiary was not self
sustaining.
Freeman declared it was the most mer-
itorious measure of the session.
Sutton offered an amendment: ''Ihat
the State c0nyicts shall only be hired
out upon such terms as the superintendent
of the penitentiary shall prescribe
This was voted down and the bill pass
ed its readings with a rush.
At il O'Clock the hands of the clock
were turned back to $50, amid protests
by several members.
Bill passed to repeal the charter of the
town Of Teacheys.
Senate amendments to the insane asy-
lum bill were c0ncurred In. They reduce
the appropriation $13,50O.
McCrary said the Senate had cut down
the appropriation to the Western Hospital
to $4,000. lie said there was fraud
somewhere; that the amendment did not
appear on the BILL He moved to recon
slider. 1T was so ordered.
The bill TO require insurance companies
to charge no higher rates ON farm prop
erty than is charged in Virginia. Passed,
after being supported by Cunningham.
Bills passed to work Rockingham s
roads partially by taxation.
To provide for working Wilson's roads
by taxation.
McRary brought up the matter Of the
appropriation TO the Western hospital
and took back his suggestion of fraud /;
saying the Senate clerk had sent over
the amendment reducing the appropria-
ton to that hospital from 100000 to
100000; that in the hurry the House
clerkhad just put it in his pocket and had
just discovered it. This amendment
like the others, was then adopted.
Bill allowing the Supreme court to pay
its reporters 81 $50 annually, If it desir-
cd to do so, passed.
Bill came over from the Senate amend
ing one CIV. H. (Worth's) which prohib-
ited any State banks for lending over
one-tenth of their capital to any one
person or corporation: the Dockery sub
stitute being that this do not apply 10