The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-14
THE AFTERNOON SESSION
The Constitutional Amendment Passed With
out Debate.

When the House resumed its session at
4:30 o'clock two or three bills of minor
Importance were introduced, after which
Mr.. Moore, of Jackson, for the Commit
tee on Constitutional Amendment, laid
before the House IAN Act supplemental
to an act to amend the Constitution
This bill, Mr. Moore stated, had been
passed upon by the committee and adopt
ed by the caucus. He therefore moved
a suspension of the rules and passage of
the bill on its several readings.
THE AMENDMENT PASSES.
On the second reading a roll call was
demanded. 1t resulted in a vote of 81
for the bill as amended and against it.
Those voting were as follows:
Ayes-Speaker Connor, Messrs. Abbott.
Alexander, Allen of Columbus, Allen of
Wayne, Austin, Barnhill Beasley, Boggs.
Boushall, Brown of Johnston, Brown of
Stanley, Bryan of Granville, Bunch, Carr,
Carraway. Carroll Clarkson, Cochran,
Council Craig, Currie of Bladen, Cur
RE of Moore, Curtis, Davis of Franklin,
Davis of Haywood. Davis of Hyde, Dees,
Ellen, Fleming. Foushcc Gambill, Car
rett, Gattis, Gillian, Harrison, Hartsell,
man, James, Johnson of Johnston, Julian,
Justice of Mcdowell, Kenneth, Lane, Leak
Leatherwood, Leigh, Lyon, Mcintosh
Maitland, Mauney. Mclean of Harnett,
Mclean of Scotland. Moore Nichols, Mich.
olson of Beaufort. Noble, oliver Overman,
Patterson of Robson. Powell, Ransom,
Ray of Cumberland Ray of Macon, Red
ding, Reeves Robinson, Rountree. Rus
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Davidson. Thompson of Onslow, WEIGH,
White of Halifax, Whitfield, Willard, Will
lams of Dare, Williams of Iredell, Will
son, Winston, Wood-S7.
Noes-Messrs. Burrow. Eaton. Giles,
Mcneil, Reinhardt. Smith Wrenn,
Wright, Yarborough-9.
The bill having received more than the
required three ffths of the entire num-
Der of votes in the House, it was declared
passed.
On announcement of the vote Mr..
Moore arose and said, 81 move the rules
be suspended and the bill now put on its
third and final reading, and on that l call
the previous question.
MIR. Johnson. of Sampson: 81 hope the
gentleman will withdraw that. | have
substitute that / desire to offer"
Mr.. Moore declined to withdraw. and the
roll call proceeded. The result was eX-
actly the 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..
Rhnehardt, 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, l am not actuated by selfish motives.
| am not, and never have been in favor
of negro supremacy. ! do not depend
on the negro for election in my cam
paigns. l vote no.
Mr.. Johnson, of Sampson asked to be
excused from voting. saying that he had
a 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 great scramble to
see who could get his bill in and have it
passed while there was still a quorum
| present.
Some Of the more conservative mem
| bers recognizing the danger in haSty
| law making and taking a lesson from
| their past experience on this point, tried
to stem the tide, but in vain. All sorts
of bills, from that changing a criminal
| court district or abolishing a dispensary