The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-19

Senator Skinner said il protected
poo men who gather oysters with
tongs from competition with large
boats bought out of the state and
brought into North Carolina.
The bill passed its final reading.
The house resolution to pay pages
travelling expenses passed; also house
bill to allow commissioners OF OnsiOw
to use the surplus special tax fund for
county purposes; also house bill TO
pay sums to certain persons for SER
vices in oyster industry.
The house bill to increase the county
commissioners of Beaufort was laid
on the table.
At 10:40 o'clock, actual time, Senator
Graves moved to adjourn until noon
July oath, 1900 and the motion prevail
ed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The house met at 10 o'clock.
The report of the committee which
was appointed to ascertain whether
the state treasurer a paid out any
money since the act of 1890 as salary
to T~heophilus White, shell fish COM
missioner, vas made. The treasurer
said no money had been paid White.
The report of the committee which
investigated the agricultural depart
ment and the penitentiary last year
was made by Mr.. Gattis, of Orange.
4 ACPOAI Cd ~ NnC de lSuIl4 IL
department, that from Jun l, 1897, to
June l, 1899, there was extravaganza,
this extravaganza being of the gravest
and most reckless kind, amounting to
$24,00 0 mainly in salaries. The report
was q Scathing arraignment of fusion
acknowledgement and corruption and
holding of several offices by one man.
Attorneys fees were shownalso to be
excessive, attorney Loge HarriSs COM
ing in for notice in this regard, as he
got S $500 in two years.
AS to the p~enitentiary, the commit
tee says reckleSSneSS, miSmanage-
ment and extravaganza characterized
every department and caused loses to
the state of over $500, 600 in two years,
up to 1899. The committee says the
evidence shows that with proper nan
agement the penitentiary could be
made self-sustaining, in fact, profita-
bic. Drunkenness and incompetency,
as we'll as extravaganza, were proved
by the testimony of scores of wit
nesses. The p~enitentiary record was
shown to be really worse than that
of the agricultural department. The
cruelty and carelesSness as to con-
victs. Frightful instances of sch
cruelties were cited. The committee
says something is lacking in the peni-
tertiary system, and recommends the
Indiana system, especially the patrol
system. The use of convicts On pub
lie roads is recommended as the best,
but if this cannot be secured then
work on farms is next best.
A telegram from the Teachers AS
sembly, in session in Morehead City,
was read, inviting the legislature to
be there Saturday evening to hear the
address of j. L. NJ. Curry.
Messrs. Craig, Abbott, and Brown
of Johnson submitted resolutions re-
garding the deaths of Representatives
H. c. Wall, J. NJ. Trotman, and S. L..
Hart. Remarks in eulogy of the dead
were made by Mr.. Mclean, OF Scot
land, and Mr.. Mclean, of Harrett, as
10 Mr.. Wall: by Mr.. Winston and Mir.
Boushall, as to Mr.. Trotman, aal by
Messrs. i1liliam and Craig as to Mr..
Hart.
a message came over from the sem
ate providing for the raising of a COM
mittee TO accompany the remains OF
late Senator j. @. Jackson to KinSton.
Mr.. Carraway, of Lenoir, paid a trib-
ute to the deceased. The speaker ap-
pointed as the house branch of his
committee Messrs. Noble and Russell.
The house elected A C. Miller to be
director of the deaf mute school at
Morganton, to fill the unexpired term
of the late r. A. Grier, until 1905.
A rush of new bills began. They
were mainly local and trivial. The
mouse NOTC d DTOdu Smile While the
titles were read. The scene was really
amusing in the extreme. 1t had been
said on Tuesday that some of the mem
herS were icaded with bills, with even
as many as 500 of them, and this
mornings performance went far to
prove the truth of the statement.
Mr.. Rountree said there was great
danger IN this deluge of bills, ard
that all ought to go before proper COM
r.ittees.
Mr.. Council offered a resolution that
the chair appoint a committee OF
three to arrange the bills on the caien-
dar: that there were some of political
significance that committee could
pick cut UGH bills as were entitled to
preference.
Mr.. Stevens said it WAS his te!.ef
that there was to be no legislation
outside of the amendment and election
law.
Mr.. OveIman said he hoped Mr..
Ccun I'll would amend his resolution SO
as To bar all legislation save hat of
the g:6stost public Mr..
Council accepted this. Mr.. Davis, Of
Haywood, protested against h COM
mittee, saying it smacked of favorit-
ism.
Mr.. Council called the previ Ius ques-
ton on his re~solution-lost.
Mr.. Allen suggested that a joint res
olution should pass fixing the tine for
adjournment.
Mr.. Gattis offered a resolution prs
viding that the legislature adjourn at
10 Or O'Clock p. N. tonight, 10 m tet
again at o o Juiy Pain. and that i'm
mediately Upon adjournment h jour-
nal n laws be printed.
Mr. Allan sold tho resolution was