The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-20
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Frp1no bur tpeciaI correspondent.

.ltoCH cOuSIeSsloAdl ulStilCt'slF4l 3eu-
Isyocates of this change say that Mitch
Fell naturally belongs in the eighth
This change will make the Ninth dis
'trict safely Democratic, bptSwill add
Ito the, Republican majority in the
/ eighth. There are likely. TO be few
kcbanges inthe congressionai dis stricts,
E:But this will not bethe case with the
Ejudiclal districts if the movement to
add tothe numbersof judges. is sue,
:cessful. This will Result insa general
| redistricting of the State. The prop
osition to create new judiciaE districts
is meeting with opposition, however,
on the ground that there. should sbe
no new Offices of any kind created by
this legislature, A number OF the
leading lawyers in the.coun1les affect
ed have expressed it as their wish
that the criminal courts be abolished,
as they are not of high enough grade
to relieve the dockets as is desired.
The report of the committee of
expert accountants that has been
examining into the affairs of the peni-
Tertiary revealed state of affairs a
great deal worse than has been
charged. This report shows that the
liabilities, according to the books of
the superintendent indicate that the
institution owes 96.429,96 more than
it is able to pay. One of the new
officials also states that besides this
there is a large number of outstand.
ing debts, small bills, ETC., that will
bring up the total Indebtedness to
between a hundred thousand and a
hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.
The investigating committee will go
to work at once to try to locate the
blame for this outra geous state OF
affairs. 1T is vet a question whether
the governor new appointee, Supt.
w. F Day, viii be allowed to remain.
The Captain has number of strong
and Influential friends in the legisla
ture, especially in the senate, and it
is understood that they will make an
earnest effort to have him retained.
But large number of The members
are against anything Russell has had
a hand in and are De- rmined that
some democrat not in any way con
nected with Russell shall be put at
the head of the instil ution.
Senator Harrison has introduced an
important bill regarding he char,ering
and incorporation of foreign companies
and corporation, which is intended to
provide against the wholesale removal
of cases against such corporations from
the State to the Federal courts. A bill
requiring persons convicted of larceny
to nlakeSeslitution to The amount of
the goods stolen was introduced this
week, and has caused some discussion
1t is regarded as entirely impracticable,
however.
Tomorrow, according to his promise,
the Governor'is to send to the Legisla-
ture the evidence in the case of the
dismissal of the Wilson's from the Rail
road Commission. He replied very
promptly to the request of the commit
tee which called upon him and asked
for these documents. The discussion
Oh this subject will be interesting, but
not particular important, as neither
one of them has much chance of being
appointed on the new commission
which will in all probability be created
by .hts legislature.
DIR. Cy Thompson, the secretary of
state, has since my last letter been be-
fore committee of the legislature to
testify regarding the fees he has re-
ceived from the insurance companies in
his capacity as secretary. He asserts
that the income from this source is not
nearly SO large as was supposed, and
that his income as secretary is only
about $500. He is averse to having
this department taken away from him.
There il a movement to add the insur
ance and banking features to the rail
road commission
The resolution to reduce the pay of
the employees of the legislature twenty
per cent has been passed. 1t will re-
suit in a mat erial saving to the State.
The bill has bee i passed to remove
the corner stone of the building at Tie
institution for lhsa1saf tLd ahb Aud
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