The news & observer., 1897-02-06
The rIousa Declines to Regulate
Hours of Labor.
jim YOUNG HAS A "ClNCH"
HOUSE AGAIN REFUSES TO TAKE
UP BRoUGHToN's CONTEST.
GRANTS LITTLE GAME FAILS
The Majority aoeusis.s and Democrats
Defeat Grants scheme TO Give Him
and McCaskie The Power to
pus forward Revolution
AIRY Scheme.
AIRY scheme.

AT 10 o'clock the House met and Rev.
Mr.. Belts offered the opening prayer.
The following bills and resolutions
were introduced:
BY Hancock, to prohibit the sale of
Equor in one mile of Saints Delight Free
Win Baptist church, Craven county, at
any time Within Il hours before OF after
service in said church.
By Cook, to allow the commissioners
of Warren to elect superintendent Of
health and fix his SALARY
By BRYAN, of Cha atham, to include that
county in the provisions OF chapter 251,
acts 1895; also bill making 1T unlawful to
hunt ON lands i'm Chatham save with
owners permission.
BY McBryde, to include Robeson in
section 2, chapter 202, acts 1881.
By White, of Randolph, to allow the
commissioners of Randolph to select amy
certain day in December and june to
hold their meetings, instead of THE first
Monday.
BY Pool, to make Palemon John. WI.
Griffin, w. b. Culpepper, Hugh Cole
and r. ID. Pryor, trustees and managers
of the Elizabeth City colored normal
school, Ito elect principal and officers,
and that the school shall receive the
same appropriation as the other similar
schools.
BY Person, of Wayne to provide for
the election by the county commissioners
of Wayne of COTTON weighers ait Fremont
and Mt. Olive.
BY Cunningham, to allow certain bene-
VIOLENT orders exemption from insurance
tax and supervision; this including Ma
sonic, Odd Fellows, Royal Arcanum,
knights of Pythias, Progress Endow
meat Guild, Royal Benefit Society, In
ternational Fraternal Alliance, knights
OF Honor, or other benevolent associa-
tions as only levy an assessment upon
their members to create fund to pay to
the family of deceased member and
make no profit t'herefrom and have
been incorporated under the laws Of this
State and do not solicit business through
agents.
By Person, of Wayne, to provide for
the annual election by the commission
ers of Wayne county Of weigher OF
cotton seed at the Goldsboro oil mill, at
5000 annually.
BY McPeeters to protect deer in Mitch
ell and Yancey, by making 1T unlawful
to chase them with dogs, or to hunt them
By D0cIzery, to change the time OF
holding courts in the Seventh district.
By Morton, (reSolution) that it is ex-
pedient that some method be devised for
the protection of the youth of the State
against the blighting influence of the
deadly cigarette and its trust, therefore
the Judiciary committee be instructed
to prepare and present to the House for
Dts consideration a bill to establish a gen.
eral dispensary system for the State
somewhat similar TO the Waynesville
dispensany act, though more intelligibly
constructed regarding the cigarette traf-
fic and consumption.
The calendar was taken up. Bill to es-
tablash a uniform standard OF time for
the State was tabled. Bills passed 20
pay ex-senator j. NJ. Farley his expen-
ses in the election contest of 1895; to in-
corporate THE Tar River bank, at Tar
boro; (resolution raising a committee to
consider the reduction Of salaries to con-
form TO the prices of farm products; to
remove obstructions in Big Dutch Buff
falo creek Calbarrus county; 10 provide
for the registration Of land grants in ter
ritory which has been changed from one
county to another. Bill to amend the
road law so as 20 change the dates Of
meeting of supervisors to April and Oc-
tober was tabled.
Bills TO amend the divorce law so as
30 permit either party to divorce under
the act of 1895 be allowed to re-marry
during the lifetime of the other was
Te-referred TO the Judiciary committee.
By leave Sutton introduced bill pro-
viding that parents and guardians shall
cause their children and wards to be duly
yaccinafed before they are 2 years old,
except children certified by physician to
be unfit subjects; the penalty for failure
TO be $5; the municipal authorities of any
city or town shall require the vaccination
and re-Yaccina ton OF the inhabitants
whenever in the judgment of the local
or State board Of health it is necessary,
and manufacturing companies, schools,
State institutions, &C., are at their ex-
pense TO have such vaccination done
whenever the local or State boards OF
health it is necessary.
On motion of Duffy the resolution in
THE Broughton Young contest, from
Wake, calling for immediate action, was
taken up The majority reported in fa-
yor of manning no time for Young TO
begin taking testimony, in other words in
favor of tabling the resolution.
Duffy spoke in favor of speedy action,
saying that If February Is was chosen
as the date it would be so long before
the MATTER was disposed OF that the ses-
sion would almost be at am end and jus
tce be perverted. He declared THAT no
matter should have prompter attention
than am election contest; that Broughton
had rights in the matter wlpich were not
20 be trampled upon. The taking OF
preliminary testimony had been stayed
of umtfl February 13, and he asserted his
belief that the House would not sanction
any such illegal delays as were proposed.
he charged the Republicans with gross
inconsistency and unfairness, i'm continu-
ing from day to day this matter; that lit
was case of moral cowardice and fear.
He said the burden in this matter was
upon the minority and he Thought it
ought 10 close the debate Cook said
that as chairman of the committees ha