The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04
AFTERNOON SESSION.

Alane toward the quiet end of the al
tcrnnon when most Of the bulky calendar
had been disposed OF, when the Caller
les were empty and only working
number of Senators were present. there
was one of the most interesting half houf
of the session. illustrating how tangihle
is the influence of the plainly great man
who has lived. while he has lived. crosse
TO his people The matter came up quite
unexpectedly
Senator Spcight introduced bit 10
appronriate $1,000 toward q bronze star
ne of Zehulon b. Vance 10 be placed on
capitol square. He said the Vance
Memorial Association had already col
lccted $1,000 for the purpose and asked
The State TO help in the memorial.
Senator Franks. who is usually much
more inclined TO be humorous than 9th
erwise. spoke first for the bill. his eyes
filed with tears while he appealed
10 Senators to thus commemorate the
States greatest citizen" He declared
that he stood ready at all times TO dc
ANYTHING to perpetuate the memory OF
Zebrlon Y. Vance Vance had fed him
when hungry and clothed him when a
naked Confederate soldier. He was
the greatest man North Carolina had
ever produced. He wished the appro-
priation were $4,000 instead of $1,000.
Senator Speight asked that the bill
he put on its immediate passage.
Senator Williams said, like the Senator
from Swain, he was too full for utter
ance. The first vote he had ever cast
was when he was rs years old and it
was for Zebulon Il. Vance. No man
.hnpIJ y-atn DuoinSf fhp hill
Senator Jones said he had loved Vance
while alive and honored him when dead.
Vance was a Christian and Il gentleman.
With all his heart he would support the
BILL
Senator Bntler said ii was always a
pleasure to hear the name of Vance:
he had always held up Zebulon b.
Vance as an exemplar to the young.
Senator Cooke said that no vote of his
had been cast with more pleasure than
The vote for Il monument for Icbulon
Vance, who lived to reflect honor on
North Carolina. No man in North Car
DINA had done more for the interests
of the commonaiity than Vance. Speak
ing through her representatives North
Carolina would be ungrateful 10 his
memory not TO pass the BILL
Senator Hicks said that as Vance
climbed higher and higher he held his
place in the hearts Of his people. He
had asked that when he died he might
be carried back to where he could over
look North Carolina.
Senator Glenn said he only regretted
that the appropriation was not large
enough. He had known Vance when he
met an intellectual giant Yin the cam
paign of 1876. TO North Carolina he
had been true in days OF war and i'll
days Of peace. North Carolina had
never shown her loyalty TO his memory
by the erection of a monument TO one of
the greatest. trucst and best Of citizens.
Senator Smith said he was a mem
her Of the Legislature Of 1895 when the
vote was taken forSssthes Confeaerate
monument on capitol square. When a
man did we'll ii was right to honor him
in life: when he had passed away it
was Il duty to preserve his memory 10
posterity. Ii was pitifuI TO see how lit
tie North Carolina had done for aer
great dead. 1t was fitting that the mem
DRY of the great commoner should be
preserved. the man whose history was
for years the history of his State
Senator Bryan said no words could
do Justice TO the memory of Vance. He
rose to say that if Il monument was
to he built to such a man build a wol-
thy one. lie had asked that an amend