The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-06-19
THE AFTERNOON SESSION
The Constitutional
out Debate.

two or three bills of MINOR
in,rortance were introduceu'
Mr. Moore, of Jackson, TOT II laid
too on constitutional nuna1amant
,aeo.a the House A Act suppieinn
oeio.o - ~ amend the CONSTITUTIONS.
70 ~ :, NJ Moore stated, had .peeh
nnor nv the committee ana auoP'
=, - no caucus. He therefore -
e,snonsion of the rules ana pasSa5o
+,o hin on its several readings
THE AMENDMENT PASSES.
On he second reading a roll can % o.
a~amanded. 1t resulted III d 'o'lo+ -
for he bill as amended ana . sn
Those voting were as lolio"o bhott
,woe-Sneaker Conner, Messrs. Appo1t.
naar Allen Of Columbus, Alien OF
1t,orne Austjn. Barnhill, Beasley' boss9..
narebol Brown of johnston, brown y
aHaa1or Rrvan Of Granville, Bunch oali'
rarrawav Carroll, Clarkson. oochIan'
Co,,.iI Craig. Currie Of Bladeh' ~
| rio Of Moore, Curtis, DAVIS OF ann
ravis Of HAYWOOD, Davis OF Hyoe, Deee'
| ELLEN. Fleming. Foushee, Hahlo4r'
rett Gattis. Gillian, Harrison, Il"
| Henderson,. He y, Hoffman, Eioilaiu' iNl
man lanes. Johnson OF Johns'oh' ui"
| rrstice of Mcdowell, emmett Lane, Lear
Teatherwood, Leigh, Lyon I
Maitland. Mauney, Mclean o. l'.n
Mclean of Scotland, Moore Niciloi'' 49,
olson of Beaufort, Noble, Oliver OverTnah'
pa4tareon al Robson, Powell, Ransom
@Rav of Cumberland. Ray of Macon, feu-
a;,a peaves. Robinson, ROuntree, rus
coli stevens. Stubs, Sugg, Thompson %
davidson. Thompson of OnSloW, Nelcn'
white of Halifax, Whitfield. Willard, VII
l;on,s of Dare. Williams of lredeil, VII
son. Winston, Wood-SI.
Noes-Messrs. Burrow, Eaton, Giles,
NcNeiil. Reinhardt, Smith, Wrenn'
Wright. yarbcrough-9.
The bill having received more thah me
REQUIRED three-GftLs Of the entire NUM-
Der Of votes in the House, it was declared
passed.
On announcement Of the vote Mr.
Moore arose ana said. II move the rules
be suspended and the bill now put on its
third and final reading, and or that /! call
the previous question:
Mr.. Johnson. of Sampson: = hope the
| gentleman will withdraw that. nave
a substitute that l desire to offer.
Mr.. Moore declined to withdraw. and the
roll call proceeded. The result was eX-
actlv tie same as on the second reading,
as above.
The bill was sent to the Senate without
engrossment.
Two Of the nine votes against the
amendment were cast by Democrats
three by negroes and four by white Re
publicans. The two Democrats were Mr..
R~hinehardt, of Lincoln. and Mr.. Mcneil,
of Brunswick. Mr.. Mcneil explained his
vote as follows:
"During the last campaign, as you all
know, / pledged myself that | would not
favor any sort OF qualification for suf-
frage. This pledge was given on all oc-
casions and to all classes of people. |
cannot go back on this pledge. In doing
this. [ am not actuated by selfish motives.
I am not, and never lave been in favor
of negro supremacy. l do not depend
on the negro for election in my cam
paigns. l vote no.
Mir. Johnson. of Sampson asked to be
excused from voting, saying that he had
n substitute for the amendment that
he expected to offer. He was excused
GENERAL LEGISLATION.
The House now turned to general legis-
lation and there was q great scramble tC
see who could get his bill in and have il
passed while there was still a quorum
present.
Some of the moro conservative mem
bers. recognizing the danger in hasty
iaw-making and taking q lesson from
their past experience on this point, tried
to stem the tide, bat in vain. All sorts
of bills, from that changing a crimina
court district CT abolisling a dispensary
to that Incorporating a church., were sent
forward and many Of them were passed
Bills. petitions and resolutions were in
troduced as follows:
By Williams, Of Dare-Resolution il
regard to payment of certain persons fol
service in the interest Of the fish indus.
try of the State.
By RhineharGt, of Lincoln-Patition il
regard to changing the Incorporation o
Friendship church in Stokes county.
BY Thompson, of Davidson-Act to in
corporate EbeneZcr Methodist church il
Davidson county.
By Thompson, of Davidson-Act to in
corporate Center Methodist church i,
Davidson county.
BY Julian, CT Rowan-Act to renea
chapter 23S, Laws of 1899. in regard i
the cotton wcigher in Salisbury
by julian, Of decentralization of Ger
tam citizens Of Gold Hill. Rowan county
III regard to certain churches incorpora
ted under the laws Of 1876 and II
by Giles, OF Chatham (by requesD-,
: bill to regulate labor.
by Winston, Of Bertie-A resolution 9
inquiry to the State Treasurer.
by Moore, OF Jackson-An act supple
mental to an act to amend the Constitu
. ton.
q by Ray, Of Macon-Act to regulate man
u1actufe and sale Of liquor in Maco
county.
n ~ Ray, CT Macon-Act to submit III
question OF a dispensary to the voters {
Swain county.
s Ivy Kay, of Macon-Act to amend III
Q @c' establishing a dispensary in Maco
county and submitting the question to
vote of The people.
e by heodins, Of R~andolph-Act to inco1
poratc the Bank of Montgomery.