The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-09
WHEN SAALL WE L0OK
UPON ITS LIKE AGAIN
Closing Scenes of the Gener-
al Assembly.
THE SENATE SANG SONGS
AND THE GALLERIES JOINED IN
THE REFRAIN.
THE DEMOCRATS WILL WIN IN 1900"
Said Lieutenant Governor Reynolds Yesterday
Morning. Ladies We're Invited 10 Seas
on the Floor While The Ses-
sion Was Diving.

At noon yesterday, legislative time
the Presidents gavel fell for the fina
adjournment, until the second Tuesday
Of June, 1900, Of as fine a Senate as
North Carolina has had in many a de
cade-a body of men, the product of a
crisis, that had Kept its promises, had
done most things that it should have
done and few that it should not have
done. Serious work had been cut out
for it and ii had gone about it seriously
SO much so that it had often been
remarked that the Senate had no humor,
Its final session brought out the lighter
vein.
The hour for meeting had been set for
. o'clock yesterday morning, that those
who desired might leave on the trains
going out after II o'clock.
The Senators dropped in early and
the few bills remaining on the calendar
were disposed Of. Not bill died with
out consideration. 4 large number Of
bills were sent down from the enrolling
clerk $ office in patches to be ratified as
fast as they could he gotten ready.
Lieutenant Governor Reynolds, who
seemed TO be the happiest of all the mem
bers, was the first TO unbend and as the
Senators lounged about the Chamber
in informal fashion, while the hands of
the clock crept toward the hour, waiting
10 do the last turn, the chair hummed Il
tune. Others joined i'll and soon Il song
was going. The sound of it sifted over
into the House galleries and the crowd,
mostly ladies, who had come to see the
curtain fall came over to the Senate
wing.
Senator Glenn, who was nearly as
happy as the President rose between
songs and said that official must be
turning Democrat, as he had said the
night before when replying to the speech
of Senator Smith presenting the silver
table service that he hoped when the
next Legislature met he would have the
pleasure of looking in the face of every
Senator present. THE chair must
Think said the Senator from Forsyth,
that the Democrats are going to carry
the State i'll 1900.'
The Lieutenant Governor was not
slow to reply. Il did say it," he an
swered, "and / do believe the Democrats
will carry the State in 1900" And then
the applause rang long and loud. Ii was
agreed that the chair was not bad al
diciphering the hand writing on tho
wall.
Among the last bills to be ratified was
the Stevens antitrust BILL When il
was reached it was found that section
3 Of the bill which had caused so much
discussion and had finally been stricken
out by the Senate had been enrolled rs
part of the bill. The act was lengthy
and as it had to be copied anew it meant
an hour or so more of waiting, but no
body seemed to mind. The others were
disposed of and the singing began again
BY this time the galleries were filled
and after the Amusement at hearing
the staid and dignified Senate sing ii
open session, each selection was given al
enthusiastic encore. When the Senate
clock, which keeps time after its Owl
fashion, showed a quarter to noon, tbs
assistant door-keeper climbed on Il chain
and stuck the pendulum fast with &
tooth pick while the chair pitched "Su
vance River for the group that was
not slow to second him.
The good old State song, magnificent