The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-02-18
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asleep or had vacated His throne or
that his law had been a5rogated. Per
haps earthly legislators, who are but
for day, foam upon the ocean, think
they can set aside the Divine law at
will. But God will deal with all these
yfolators and they viii learn what it is
To leqislate against God. 1t Is proposed
10 create additional cause for divorce.
North Carolina has a very wide gap now
i'm the matrimonial fence. Do not make
North Carolina a dumping ground for de-
cayed marriage ties-a rendezvous for
dissatisfied people seeking other alliances.
Chicago and other centres for untying
bad and unhappy people should answer
Wilmington Messenger.
y
The bills in the House and Senate to
reduce railroad rates, telegraph and tele-
phone charges, require Railroad Commits
sioner to be elected by the people, etc,
were defeated in both Houses by very
slim margins, showing that the sentiment
in favor of the provisions of the Butler
bill in the Senate, and the Hauser bill
in the House is very strong in both
bodies. When the Butler bill came up in
the Senate on Tuesday ON motion to
table. the vote stood a to %, and was
as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Abel, Anderson, Antho-
nv. Ashburn. Barringer, Cannon, Dick
son, Grant, Henderson, Hyatt, Justice,
Maultsby, Mccarthy, Mcneil Odum,
Parker of Alamance, Person, Ramsay,
Rollins, Sharpe of Wilson, Sharpe of Ire
dell. Smathers, Shore and Whedbee-24.
Noes-Messrs. Alexander, Atwater,
Barker, Butler, Clark, Earnheart, Ged
die. Lyon, Maxwell. Mitchell Moye, Mer-
ritt, McCaskey, Newsome, Parker Of
Randolph, Patterson, Ray, Robertson,
Scales. Shaw, Utley, Walker and Wake
| field-23.
Yesterday in the House the Hauser bill
was tabled by the narrow vote of 30 TO
"a, as follows:
-Messrs Adams, Aiken, Allen,
Arledge, Arlington, Bailey, Bingham,
Blackburn, Brown Brewer, Bryan of
Edgecombe, Bryan Of Wilkes, Buncn, Bur
CESS Gambler. Chaplin, Chilcutt, Clanton.
Cook, Creech, Crews, Currie, Dancy,
Daniels, Dayton, Deweese, Dixon OF
Cleveland, Dockery, Duncan, Elliott,
Ensley, Ferguson, Freeman, Green,
Grubbs, Hare. Harris Of Halifax.
Hodges, Jones, Leak, Mckenzie, Meares,
Murphy, Ormsby, Peace Pool, Raws
Roberts, Somers, Spruill, Sutton of New
Hanover. White of Alamance, White Of
BERTHE Marlborough and Young 80.
Noes essrs Alternately, Rabbit,
Barrow, Bryan of Chatham, Carter,
Cathey, Chapman, Cooley. Cox. Craven,
Crumpler, Cunningham, Dixon of Greene,
Drew. Duffy. Eddins, Pagan, Ferguson.
Terrell, Gallop, Hancock, Harris of
nyde, Hardness, Hauser, Holmes, John
son, King, Lawhon, Lusk, Lyle, Me-
Bryde, McPeeters, Morton, Nelson, Par
ker of Wayne, Pearson, Person Of
Wayne. Person of Wilson, Petree, PIN
nix. Plott, Price, Purgason, Reynolds.
Rountree, Schulken, Sutton of Cumber-
land, Ward, Walters. Watts, Whitener,
White of Randolph, Wilson and Wrenn
ID
The vote in both Houses was this close
when there were some provisions in the
bill to which some good men objected
strenuously. There is little doubt that a
straight bill to reduce the fare to 21a and
cents on the three main roads only, leay-
ing out the lines on which traffic is light,
would pass both Houses. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Pearson, of Burke, will
introduce bill to that effect.
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"Let us have the credit OF doing at
least one good thing" said MIR. Moye
yesterday. Mr.. Moye is so Disguised
about the extravaganza and pie-loving
prochvitias of the Legislature that he
despalrs Of doing more than one good
thing at this session. He evidently
hopes that the members might escape
permanent humiliation il in the remain
ing few days one good thing could be
done.
Mr.. Ray made the best point yet made
yesterday against the Reform School:
He said it was mistaken philanthropy so
long as the State does not provide as
much four months school for the honest
boys of the State. He thought if the
thieving boys were provided with this ed
ucation in elegant buildings 1T would be
temptation to poor boys toiling in the
fields to steal in order to get the adyan-
tage of the Reform School.
=
The bill introduced in the Senate Tues
day to abolish the complaint of hard
times was credited to Mr.. Justice. 1t
was introduced by Mr.. Lyon, OF Dur
ham, Mr.. Lyon says that he wants to
send all Republicans and gold-bug Dem
ocrats who hereafter complain of hard
times to the deaf and dumb
asylum where, if they complain of hard
times, they will not be heard by citizens
who last November voted TO discontinue
the hard times by abolishing the gold
standard.
IS
Senator Justice has returned to his
duties. He was called to the bedside of
his mother who died while he was with
her. She was eighty three years old,
consecrated christian mother.
Mr.. Justice made happy reply yester-
day to Mr.. Rays argument against the
Reform School. Mr.. Ray had drawn q
picture Of the school, making it so at
tractive that it would entice honest boys
to steal in order to get into the school.
Mr.. Justice was reminded of the dream
of an infdel who found himself by run
ming brooks and shady hooks. Upon ask