The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-12
MANY CHANGES MADE INIT
Amendment Will be Consid-
cred at TOmOrrOW's.
Session.
Already Over Four-Fifths of the Mem
bers Are Here. Committee on
Other Legislation That
Nav be Proposed.

At noon today the General Assem-
bly, of North Carolina will convene il
special adjourned session.
Already over four-ffths of the mem
bers are present and others are known
to be on their way.
The principal business to be attend
ed to is amending the Election Law
and making some changes in the Con-
stitutional Amendment.
These changes, as proposed by the
committee, have already been publish
ed in these columns. In addition to
combining the fourth and fifth Sec
tons of the Amendment, SO that they
must stand or fall together, there are
those who are urging that the time
for the educational qualifications go
ing Unto effect be changed from 1908
to 1915. To this there is considerable
opposition and it is not at all certain
that such an amendment will be
adopted.
Tie advocates OF this change urge
that it will greatly strengthen the
amendment. especially among the
working classes.
The Election Law committee will
hold its last meeting at 10 o'clock
this morning and Will have the bill
reatfssete. be zac ted ON .When he Legis-
lature meets at noon. Several changes
Of importance will be made in the bill
as passed at the first session OF lie
Legislature. and Il number of minor
changes, principally supplying omis-
sions or making plain some uncertain
sections.
The proposed changes in the Amend
ment will hardly be ready to report
TO the Legislature for action before
tomorrow morning. The committee
having it in charge will meet again
this morning.
The caucus of Democratic members
last night in the House of Represen-
tatives was well attended. 1t lasted
from s: so to 80. the entire time be-
ing consumed in discussing the ques-
ton of whether or not there should
be any legislation other than that on
the Election Law and Amendment at
this session.
Finally a resolution was adopted
referring all bills proposed to be in
Produced to a committee before intro
duction. This committee will say
whether or not they are of sufficient
moment for the Legislature to take
them up at this time. This commit
tee is composed of Senators NJ. H. JUS
tice and +. l.. Travis. on the part ct
the Senate. and Representatives w. i
Allen, Lee S. Overman and Walter T..
Moore. on the part of the House.
Of the 100 members in the House
- were in the city last night OF the
50 Senators only - were absent.
The Representatives here last night
were: Speaker Connor,' Allen, OF Co.
lumbus. Allen. of Wayne, Austin
Barnhill. Burrow. Rep). Beasley
Boushall Brown. of Johnston, Brown
Of Stanley. Bunch. Carr, Carraway'
Carroll. Carter. GARRISON. Coates
Cochran. Craig. Currie. of Bladen, Cur
re. of Moore. Curtis, Davis. of Frank
lin. Davis. of Hyde. Ellen, Fleming.
Foushee. Gattis. Gillian. Harrison,
Hartsell. Hoey, Holland. Holman,
James, Johnson, Qop.. of Sampson,
Julian. Justice. of Mcdowell Ken
nett. Lane. Leak. Leatherwood. Lyon,
Mcintosh. Mauney, Mclean, of Har-
nett. Mclean. of Richmond, Mcneil
Moore. Nichols. Nicholson. of Beau
fort, Noble. Overman. Patterson. oil
Caldwell, Patterson. Of Robson. Pow
ell Ransom. Ray. of Macon. Redding
Robinson. Rountree. Russell. Smlth'
(col. Repo, Thompson, of DAVIDSON