The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-24

State officers. The people demanded it.
and they have only done their duty.
The hue and cry raised that only cheap
men will be found TO fill the offices is
absurd. Good men can always be found
to fill the Offices so no one need have
any fear on that score. We are glad
that we have Legislature that is not
afraid to stand by the platform upon
which they We're elected, and the people
vii stand by them.-Winston Journal
The Greensboro Record, which did not
favor the dispenSary at Greensboro
takes the right view of the way to accept
the result in these words:
Now let's all be good The town is
not going to the devil by any means
1t is settled that we are to have dis
pensary and every good citizen will
acquiesce, no matter how the measure
was put through, for il has been done
and cannot be undone.
If it is "A good thing it win stay. If
it is not 1T will go--that's all there is
to it. Give it fair chance, do not at
tempt TO handicap it if you cannot sup
port 1t. for 1t should be given fair play.
IF it hurts business it will be sure to
go, but 1t should not, for If town has,
TO depend on liquor per Sc for its sue
cess it had better shut up shop.
IF it fails to bring in the revenue ex-
pected from it. it will go, but it ought
not to. If 1t brings on more drinking,
even with increased revenue it ought
to GO but it won't.
"The everlasting. almighty dollar cuts
a wide swath."
In speaking of the case of the Will
sons. Col. Cunningham was of the opin-
ion that Maj. j. w. Wilson should be
reinstated. and s. Ohio Wilson be al
lowed to go by the board-Durham Sun.
Col j. S. Cunningham, of Person
county, who was here this morning re-
turning home from Raleigh, told a Sun
reporter that he desired to commend
Hon. H. A. Foushee, Durham county's
able representative in the Legislature
for the very high stand he has taken dur
ing the present session. Not only is
Durham county proud of Mr.. Foushee,
but people all over the State as WELL
He is safe man and one that the peo-
pie have entire confidence in. Howard
Foushee never goes back on his friends;
he is not the man to do so. Every in
terest in his keeping is in safe hands
Durham Sun.
The Military Bill has been made
special order in the House for IL o'clock
today.
Mr.. Justice, of Mcdowell, presided
during the last half of hast nights SEES
sion of the House. He makes a good
presiding officer.
Last night in the House Mr.. Winston
gave notice that he would today, at the
earliest possible moment, call up the
Election Law bill
AS the bill amending the charter of the
town of Apex, Wake county, contains
some unusual provisions, it was last
night, when it came up on its third read
ing in the House. referred to the Jul
dietary Committee. That committee
struck out the provision allowing the
mayor to send women to the roads and
it passed. This provision was put in the
bill Internationally. III
In last nights session Mr.. Patterson
of Caldwell, called attention to the
fact that bill had PASSED the House
early in the session providing for the
investigation of the State Treasurer's
office, Agricultural Department and
charitable institutions. but no commit
tee had ever been appointed, or if APP
pointed no record of it had ever been
made. The bill provides for
committee of two on the part of the
Senate and three on the part of the
House. The Speaker appointed the fol-
lowing as to the House committee:
Messrs. Brown. of Stanly; Moore. of
Jackson, and Julian, Of Rowan.
The election of State Librarian on
joint ballot of House and Senate comes
up in the House to-day at noon Mr..
Nj. O. Sheriff., of Catawba, being the
caucus nominee, will be elected.
The House yesterday reduced the
privilege tax on undertakers from SO to
so. The amendment making the re-
duction was introduced by Mr. Carroll,
of Alamance.
! During the early part of yesterday
mornings session in the House. Mr..
Overman presided. He is an old hand
at the gavel and he does business with
rapidity that almost takes ones breath
away. And what is better still, these
tail-end days of the session, he en-
forces the rules and preserves good or
der.
The prospects now are that to-day's
session of the House viii be mighty in
teresting-r railroad tax, new election law,
military bill, election of librarian, con-
all of these are on the bill of fare.
all of these are on the bill of fare.
The House Committee on Claims has
decided against Josiah Turner's $4,000
printing claim. They find that in 1873
he was over-paid for his work. Since
then he has been paid some $4,000 more.
1t should have been stated in yeSter-
days paper-and but for an oversight it
would have been stated-that the sub
stituted Jim Grow Car Bill, introduced
by Mr.. Craig and passed by the House,
had previously been examined and &C.
cepted by the Railroad committee. The
committee considered it a better bill
than the committee substitute bill.