The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-02-23
NECK. N c. THURSDAY, NO 8


} section 2, chapter 399, Laws of 1891
} taking out OF the hands OF the Governo
} the appointment of directors tor th,
School for the Deaf and Dumb at Nor
gantcn, and to allow members of th'
board to fill all vacancies on the board
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18th.
In the Senate a bill passed allowin,
the commissioners of Pitt county t.
issue SIC, 600 bonds and levy specia
tax.
In the House local matters largel,
took up the time.
The News and Observer reporter
from the Senate wrote as follows about
local matters:
! THE inevitable result of a continu
ance OF its past policy will be that the
Legislature will either be forced to sit
the full sixty days out or the matters
that come to most will be done in 8
rush or not done at all. While 1t IL
very right and proper doubtless that
people who have gotten themselves in
unpleasant places should be given
'relief" and that there should be
bridges and ferries, it is the opinion oil
the ablest men in the Senate that local
legislation is being greatly overdone at
this session.
One consequence OF this oyer-indul-
gence in law-making has been that the
Senators haye become tagged and bored
with the naturally wearisome work in
committees and quorums have become
the exception instead of the rule. II
the member does not happen to haye a
bill before the committe he finds it
difficult to spur himself into attend
ance. While the Senate keeps up with
its calendar, 1t takes two.shouses to
make law, and its flood of bills helps
to still further swamp the House cal
endar.
That this Legislature was not elected
on local issues and that general matters
have right of way seems to haye been
In large measure, forgotten"
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH.
SENATE AND HOUSE.-The Sem
ate and House held first JOINT session.
In separate sessions only local bills
were considered.
The purpose OF their coming together
was the election of Board of Internal
improvements, as provided for in an
act passed week ago.
This done, it was announced that the
special committee appointed to investi-
gate the suspension of the Wilson's
from the Office OF Railroad Commls-
sioner had been completed and was
ready to be presented.
To hear this the joint session was
continued, lasting altogether for nearly
two hours.
The committee report was presented
by Senator Osborne, who asked that it
be read.
At the conclusion of the reading of
the report Senator Ward
moved that 500 copies
be printed, and consideration OF the
report be made special order for
Tuesday. at noon, the two. Houses being
In joint session.
Senator Justice thereupon sent for
ward a resolution which provided (),
That the report of the committee be
adopted (2), that J. w. Wilson be not
removed from bis Office; (3), that S.
Ohio Wilson be not removed from his
office.
II do not insist on the immediate
passage Of that resolution, but / want
it considered whenever the report is
put upon Its ADOPTION" said Senator
Justice.
Mr.. Moore, of Jackson, was thirstlng
for just such resolutions. He heard of
this Wilson business until he was sick
Of it. He wanted to adopt the report
and be through with the whole thing.
The House, he thought, was about as
we'll prepared to vote now as it ever
would be he therefore moved adoption
Of the report.
Mr.. Thompson, OF Onslow, hoped
The motion would not prevail. He,
for one, was not prepared to vote. He
had given the evidence some study and
he was sorry he had not been able TO
come to the same conclusion as had
been reached by the committee.
"It looks like an effort is being
made to sweep the adoption of this
resolution over us. It should not be
lone. So far as I haye been able to
find out both the Wilson's are guilty
and ought to have been turned out.
Such evidence as I have had teaches
me that these men are not fitted to be
jurors between the people of
North Carolina and the railroads. And
tell you here and now if you insist on
, vote, at this time I shall vOta against |