The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-03-09
THE LEGISLATURE,
Closing up the Sessions Work.
TIME Is OUT.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY %.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2S.
SENATE.-Of bills passed by the
Senate we note: To authorize Rocky
Mount to issue bolds for water works,
To enlarge the limits of Roxobel.
To amend the charter of Hobgood.
To enlarge the limits OF Coleraine.
To establish graded schools in the
town Of Washington.
To allow Tarboro to issue bonds for
water works.
HOUSE-One OF the main features
before the House was the election law,
which was passed.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH l.
SENATE.-The separate car law
passed the Senate with only one dis
sen;ing vote. That was Senator Hair
ston. who said be favored such law
but would rather have no law than
the one passed By the House.
A sort OF Pension Omnibus bill
pissed the House on it's several read
Jugs.
It puts some two hundred old sol
diers and soldiers widows on the pen
sion rolls. It was prepared by the
Committee on Pensions.
Speaking to this bill, Mr.. Thomp-
son, of Onslow, said the committee had
decided that 1t was better to pension
the old veterans, and thus help large
number OF needy people than to IN
crease the appropriation to the Sol
diers' Home to the same amount that
II this latter course were pursued, but
few old soldiers could take advantage
Of it. But assisted by small pension
many OF them can live comfortably at
home or with their friends nd rel
atives. All OF them couldn't come to the
Soldiers Home, and he didn't want
them to have to go to the poor house,
hence the DILL.
Mr.. Williams, of Irelell, objected
on the ground that the Veteran Ass,-
ciation did not desire that this course
be pursued. They wanted all pensions
to come through the regular chan
neis-to be l,assei ur1;:.' I; the ers-
sion Board.
Mr.. Carraway though. this method
of putting old soldiers ON the pension
roll much better than having the reg
ular board to do 50.
"Why sir. I've known that board to
put men on that pension roll that de-
serted in the facs of the enemy"
NJ. Mcintosh, of Alexander, sug-
gested that the bill go over on the
third reading tor further examina-
ton.
Tae House didn't care to have any
postponement, and so passed the bill.
Another bill OF the same kind was
passel, putting about twenty old SOL
diers and widows, who are now paupers,
on the pension rolls,
OF bills passed we note: To repeal
Railroad Commission.
Act to establish North Carolina Cor
poratlon Commission.
Act to allow the people Of Morganton
to vote on dispensary.
Act to appropriate $4,000 for
maintenance OF State Guard.
THURSDAY, MARCH z.
SENATE.-The Senate passed the
election law as passed by the House,
which is printed on second page OF
this Issue.
Private bills were passed In consid-
erable plumbers.
House.-The most interesting fea-
ture of the work of the House was the
consideration OF the case of the Will
sons. suspended railroad commissioners.
It was q JOINT session between the
Senate and House and lasted until 3
O'Clock in the morning.
Mai. J. w. Wilson was relnsta:ed ny
vote OF SO to 56 and S. Ohio Will
son by IA to Sc.
FRIDAY, MARCH 5.
SENATE.-Along toward the qnlet
end OF the afternoon when most OF the
bulky calendar had been disposed OF,
when the galleries were empty and
only working number OF Senators
were present, there was oae OF the
most interesting half hour OF the ses-
sion, illustrating how tangible is the
influence OF the plainly great man who
has lived, while he has lived, close to
his people. Ths m,tter came up
quite unexpectedly.
Senator Speight Introduced bill 10
appropriate $4,000 toward bronze
statute of Zeb1lon B. Vance to be
placed on capitol square. He said the
Vance Memorial Association had al
ready collected 1000 for the purpose
and asked the State to help in the
memorial.
Senator Franks, who is usually