Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-18
Legislature Adopts the Fran
chiSe Amendment.
CAPTAIN DAY is DILAT0RY
Ho Fails to Show Up ana Sign nm
Agreement 10 RcIinquish Conduct
OfStatcPriaon-G observation-disclosures
Dispensary - Amendment TO Com
stitution. DISTINGUISHING Many
Negroes supported by n, Minority.

Raleigh N. c., Feb. lin accord
ance with the Willingness of Captain
w. H. Day, expressed before the Senat @
Judiciary Committee to leave his course
in the penitentiary matter in the hands
or committee of several Senators, the
necessary papers have been drawn. The
agreement as drawn by the committee
provides that Captain Day shall relin-
quish his conduct of the State prison
on Monday, February the Goth, rescrv-
ing. of course, his privilege to test the
validity of the law reorganizng the
prison in the courts. The papers were
placed In the hands Of Senator Glenn to
be signed by Captain Day, who, it was
understood, would appear at the Senate
chamber on yesterday morning for that
purpose. He did not appear, however
until IL messenger had been dispatched
for him. He dropped in afterward, but
the agreement 10 vaCate has not yet
been signed. When it will could not he
learned last night. though any Informal
ton is that Captain Day has not de-
clined, finally. to sign it.
GREENSBORO ENDORSES DIS
PENSART.
y special from Greensboro says: The
primary asked for 10y Guilford's three
representatives TO determine the will of
the white voters of Greensboro in re-
gard To the dispcnsary passed off quiet
ly yesterday. The vote stood go for
aud against the dispcnsary The very
light vote is the result Of an exceeding
~ bad day, and the fact that the anti
dispcnsary people were instructed not
10 vote.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES
The revenue bill introduced in the
Legislature to-day fixed the rate of tax
al forty three cents on property and
Sl.29 ON the poll: there being no change
III the pension and school taxes. The
merchants purchase tax is made a IL
cense tax. graduated on Investment of
SoOo ana under. 81. and so on upward
Inc insurance tax remains two per
cent. besides the license tax; railways
are taxed ad valorcm. and also on in
come tax starting with X of | per cent
on gross earnings of $4,000 mile and
so on upwards; the whtsksy tax Is I'M
changed, tina license tax on lawyers and
doctors remains So; the tax on hotels
charging 81 day or more is fixed ut
nifty cents on each room. and those
charging under 50 are taxed twenty five
cents on each room.
THE EVENT TODAY.
The event OF absorbing interest in
tHc Legislature to-day WAS the discus
sion of the amendment to the COnsti-
tuition, which is intended To disfran-
chisc u large part of the negro vote,
but 10 disfranchisc no white men,
Galleries and Hobbies were packed
Rcuntree. Democrat. opened the deba te.
speaking for the bill. and saying 1t was
constitutional and that Massachusetts;
had an almost exactly similar law,
which the courts had decided constitu-
tional. Three negroes, Smith, of era
ven; Eaton. Of Vance. and Wright. OF
Warren. spoke against the amcndmen t,
ms did also Hampton and Williams. of
Iadkin, white Republicans
Hampton said the 10000 negroes
would be DISTINGUISHED Eaton made
the strongest argument for his side, by
saying thai the bill would not disfran-
chise few young negroes. who are the
ones really dislkcd by the whites. hui
would disfranchse the old negroes who
in peace aud war had been so faithful
To the whites.
Winston. of Bcrtie. Democrat, in clos
ing the debate, made an imprisoned
speech. saying that IN years to come
North Carolinans would be proud that
they were descendants of the men who
in this Legislature had dared to vote
for this bill. The vote on the bill on
the second reading was: Ayes. 20; noes.
%.
THE BILL ADOPTED.
Scvcnty-two votes. or thrcc-Grths.
were necessary tn carry it. Three Pop
ulists, Crumpler and Johnson. of ;amp-