The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-02-23

passed bills a. follows: To provide for
the better protection Of mechanics and
IaboreEs; to repeal chapter Is1 laws G.
1897; TO repeal the act com peifing tim.
bsr cutters in TyrrelI TO establish line.
before cutting tim ber; to unite III.
Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina
Railroad; TO repeal the acts whereby
Shelby and townships one and three.
In Cleveland county, were exempted
from local option laws.
THIRTY NINTH DAY.-The House
passed the suffrage bill BY a vote of 81
TO q. The debate was opened bv
Roundtree, chairman Of the committee
that reported the bill. The bill. before
the House was. he said, substitute for
the original Winston bill prepared by
the committee. Roundtree reed from
the constitution OF Massachusetts,.
which State has an educational aua,ia.
cation, except that the defendants OF
all persons who could vote on Nav
1867, can vote. He said: There i,
not the slightest difference OF princloly
between that law and the one we now
have under consideration. Ours is to
protect us agaist ignorant negras. The
Massachusetts law is to protect the State
from ignorant foreigners. 4 rerfec,
whirlwind of applause, lasting nearly
minute greeted the conclusion Of Mr.
Rountree's speech. which was Delivers!
with powerful effect He was fo!-
lowed by Isaac Smith. coloreI of
Craven. OF all sad thoughts 70 him
the saddest was that the very peo.
pie whom he had held up to his rate
as their best friends were now about to
dlsiranchlse them. The negro, he said,
regarded their right to vote as the
dearest thing on earth. II tell you in
four years from now you'll want to re-
consider today's action and can't"
FoRTIETH DAY. In the House bills
passed to incorporate the Bank of Ala
nance; to provide for working Cum
berland's roads; to incorporate the
Eureka Mining and Manufacturing
Company; to repeal chapter "a, public
laws OF 1897, and re- enact chapter 296,
acts OF 1895; to prohibit the sale of
whlskey at Shelby; to drain lowlands
In Rowan, Davie and Davidson; to
amend the charter of Blowing Rock;
to provide for keeping open of canals
and drainage bitches; to change the
line of Gr. wood township, Moore
county; to incorporate the Fire Insur-
ance Company Of Robeson county; for
the relief of the sureties of A. H.
Abell, tax collector of Waynesville; to
establish graded schools at Lexington;
to allow Wilmington to fund its debt;
to allow Lincoln county to levy a spe-
cial tax; to prohibit leaving felled tim
Der III streams in Jredell county The
House passed the Charlotte dispensary
bill unanimously, also the bill to let
the State printing to the lowest
responsible bidder in the State
and to create the Bureau of La
Dor statistics and Printing under la
Dor statistician and one assistant.
Clarksou's amendment to elect statisti.
clan by popular vote after 1901 was
adopted.
FORTY-F1RsT DAY. - In the House
Leatherwood introduced a resolution
to raise committee to ascertain what
has become of the report of the State
Board Of Agriculture. which was called
for early in the session. Winston in
troduced resolution to raise q Joint
committee of five to recommend trus-
tees of the Agricultural and Mechani-
cal College. The Speaker announced
Messrs. Bunch and Patterson, of Cald-
we'll, as the committee to ask the Gov
ernor for the LANES of the trustees of
that college whose terms have expired.
The House took up as special order the
election of trustees of the Deaf and
Dumb School at Morganton. Patter-
son, on behalf of the joint committee,
nominated NJ. l.. Reed, of Buncombe;
NJ. II. Holt, of Guilford; V. Y. Rich
ardson. of Columbus; N. B. Broughton,
of Wake; r. A. Grler, of Mscklenburg.
The vote was taken and resulted IN the
ele ction of the committees nominees.
The House took up another special
order batch of bills regarding salaries
and fees of State officials and the heads
of various institutions, etc. There was
also substitute presented by the COM
mittee on salaries and fees. The sub
stitute was therefore considered. The
bill does not affect the salaries of the
present State and judicial officers, as
the constitution forbids such legisla-
tlon. The substitute as drawn pro-
vided that the act should take etfct
upon its ratification. Mr.. Allen said
it could not apply to any constitutional
officer. He also said that by the act of
1895 the salary Of railroad commission
ers was reduced to 1900, effective at
the expiration of Major Wilson's term
april 1S99). The bill was taken up
and considered by sections. Section 1,
reducing the salary of State Treasurer
from So, 900 to 81, $50, was adopted.
Section 2 of the bill, fixing the salary
of the clief clerk of the State Treasur-
er at 81, 200 was adopted. Other re-
ductions named were Secretary of
State 81, 800 these were adopted); rail
road commissioners 81, 500 each. Sec
ton was saken up, reducing the sala-
ry of State Librarian to $3.50. Moore
otfe led an amendment making it 5000.
Ray moved to strike out the section al
together. This was lost, 80 to A.
Moore's amendment was adopted, So
to 26. The pay of the secretary of the
board of public charities was fixed at So
day. The salary of the reporter of the
Supreme Court was named at $500. 1T
is now 81, ,00O). It was fixed at $3.50. The
salary of the clerk of the Supreme Court
was fixed at 5000 and fees The House
adopted the motion of Moore reducing
salaries of the asylum superintendent,
presidents of the diversity, Agricul-
and Mechanical College,, Normal and
Industrial College and Blind and
Deal Mute Institutions to $4,000.
Section IA, naming 500 as the salaries
Of stewards at each of the institutions
Ie1SII0o ", "aS aOOptcu S0Ct1OQ 10.
fixing salaries of deputy inspectors OF
she'll fish at S35 per month was adopted.
Section 16, fixing salary of private sec
retary to the Governor at 800, was
adopted. The 18th section was adopt
ed that salaries may be paid monthiv.
The bill, as amended, then passed sec
ond ana third reading. Rouatree.
by leave, introduced a bill to
enable deeds of railroads to be
recorded more rapidly, by allow
ing certain copies to be used.
Another special order was taken up. be-
ing the bill to reduce salaries and fees
of solicitors and county officers. The
first section reduces solicitors fees in
capital cases to S15 and also requires
that solicitors be required to attend
only the criminal terms of.court The
general reduction of fees, all along the
lime, is approximately 20 per cent. The
next section reduced from so to 80 cents
the cost of an appeal from clerk to