The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-14
The Number of Bills and
Resolutions Passed.
OHIO WILSON'S COURSE
A. Co thc Railway Commission watch
I'D with Interest 80 Our State Co be
Repre~cnsed at Paris Exposisson.
Republicans k~xamintnG Acts OF the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - to status 81
the state Gaard-Dcath 81 Repre.eH-
tative Trotmau
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Not until this morning was the Sec
rotary Of state able To give the
number ut acts and resolutions ratt-
fled by the legislature during It's six
ty-four days session, He finds that
there were Ll07 acts and - resolu-
tons, total l,ls6. This is less than ex-
pected. The reason Is that fewer than
expected were ratified on the last day.
Almost SO per cent. OF the bills intro
duced become laws.
The people hare are awaiting the re-
turn of Ohio Wilson. ex-railway COM
missioner, So they can ascertain from
him whether he really means 10 ON
test :. l.. Rogers right 10 a seat on
the commission. It Is safe to say that
IL his resignation. had not been in the
hands OF the legislature he would not
have been indicated as he was. Ii Is
equally safe TO say that even her he
would have failed, but for the infu-
ence which the association OF Major j.
w. Wilson gave, as both had been re-
moved together. Nobody here under
stands the action OF Wilson'S attorney.
North Carolina viii have an exhibit
at h Paris exposition and Il. Il. Bru-
ner will be in charge of 1t. An old law
gives the board OF agriculture power to
max such exhibits. The materials are
in hand, in the magnificent museum.
G. G. Cherry, the democrat elected
keeper OF the capitol by the legislature,
today made formal demand on j. l..
Burns, ~fusionist, for that place. Burns
told him TO make his demand In writ
ing. Cherry will have To bring suit for
the place.
The republicans are looking over all
the acts relative to changes OF officers
and are making the assertion that near
ly all of them will stay in. They are
also asserting that there are many err
rors in the new laws, in wrong cita-
tons of chapters OF former acts, etc.
The number OF state convicts today.
as reports show, is 1853. There are
1873 federal convicts in the p~enitentiary.
The number OF state convicts steadily
dwindles. Under an act of the pres
ent Legislature there are ten int
allowed to have state c~onvicts for work
on public roads, in consideration OF
paying all expenses connected with
such convicts, so that the state Will be
at no charge whatever. Under the
terms of this act 1t is expected that
perhaps 200 or 300 convicts Will be
taken.
The assistant adjutant general here
decides in the case Of the Governors
Guard, of Raleigh, that the old COM
pany tnow in service as Company X,
of the First volunteers at Havanal has
ceased to exist as a state guard organ
ization and that the new has
all it's rights and privileges. This viii
apply to all the companies OF the First
volunteers The state guard companies
at practically all the points covered
have been reorganiZed.
Sound men between the ages Of Is
and IS years will be enlisted here for
the regular army. The recruiting sta
ton Will open next week.
The government practically allows
the states claim for S3S, 900 Of state
guard property taken by the volun-
teers. Already 81, 500 of new stores in
place of those taken have been ordered
sent here. By October the entire force
will be equipped and there will be by
that time encampments and practice
marches. 1t is intimated that there
will be an encampment Of troops in
the east while those in the west may
| desire a practice march.
Representative Trotman. z Of Gates,
whose critical illness in the hospital
here was reported yesterday, died after
midnight last night. He was 60 years
| of age.