The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-07
PrOceedingS.

officers was made a special order for
Monday. (This is one which reduces
the fees on an average of about 25
per cent?
Bills passed as follows: To incorpor-
ate the North Carolina and South Car
olina railroad. To incorporate the Pee
Dee News Transit Company of Wades-
boro. (This is a telephoEx ny.)
Cnfavorable committee report was
made on the bill to tax the Farm
ers Mutual Insurance Company.
The bill passed to change certain
courts in Duplin; also to amend the
Arson county road law, so as to in
clude Wadesboro, and other towns.
By leave bills were introduced: By
Mr.. Robinson, to allow Fayetteville to
operate an electric light and power
company. BY Mr.. Rountree, to amend
the charter of the Raleigh and Gas
ton railway.
Bills passed: To allow funds to be
paid to minor children without guar
dians by clerks of court, upon certain
petitions, the amount not to exceed
500. To protect game in Edgecombe.
To allow Jones county to sell its pres
nnt county home and buy another. To
give telephone companies the same
rights as telegraph companies. To ex-
pedite trials in title to office
Raleigh, NJ c., February Al. W,
Granger, of the Second, and E. F. Lee,
of the Ninth congressional districts,
are named members of the board of
internal improvements. The member
from the Seventh will be selected next
week - , =
The bill for the protection of game
in the western counties is reported un-
favorably by the committee.
Stevens antitrust bill is made a
special order for Monday by the house
judiciary committee. There is a hitch
specially as to the fifth section, which
contains the remarkable provision that
suits for debts due by North Caroli-
mans to any firm which is a member
of the trust cannot be enforced in the
courts. Opponents of this section say
it puts a premium on dishonesty. The
bill is merely copy of the Missouri
law and actually contains the peculiar
verbiage of the latter law. Two new
sections, taken from the Illinois law,
are suggested to be put in.
The house judiciary committee this
afternoon specially considered the
matter Of impeaching Judge Norwood.
The discussion was extremely interest
ing. There was a fight for delay.
Clarkson antagonized this and said
Norwood says he is judge. Stevens
said he would offer evidence Of Nor
woods drunkenness. Winston said if
the committee acted now it would be
in the nature of a presentment on in
formation. Davis, Of Haywood, said
if the committee decided to impeach ii
would be recognized fAat he was judge
Davis wanted to know if this were sc
| what would the committee do with
| Governor Russell and Judge Fred
| Moore. Curtis said that during the
| campaign he had promised he would
| vote to impeach Norwood, saying the
| stories as to the latter's drunkenness
| to know where was the evidence
| against Norwood. Ray wanted the
| democratic caucus to pass on the
question of propriety of impeachment
Gattis said Norwood's attorneys (Gil
mer and Ferguson,) had demurred t.
the jurisdiction of the legislature ant
the question was whether the denurre
shall be over-ruled. A vote was thel
taken as to whether the committee
should act Immediately. 1t was a til
and Allen broke it by voting yes. !
resolution was then offered by Gillian
as follows: Resolved that Judge W
L. Norwood can be impeached if h
has committed any act for which h
ought to be impeached." Leatherwoo,
voted no. He said every lawyer on tn
committee voted for Moore for Judge
that Moore is a judge elected by tn
democrats, and the committee had n
right to say that Norwood was de jur
judge. Winston voted no. He said car
rying this resolution meant recogni
ton of Norwood as de jure judge. whe
he (Winston) believed Norwood ha
resigned his office Rountree said Aye
saving Norwood was estopped fror
declaring he was not judge as h
| had resumed the functions Of the offic
since his resignation. The vote on th
resolution was IL ayes. noes. Tn
committee adopted resolution to pa