The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-15
SPECIAL SESSION
OF LEGISLATURE
IS NOW HISTORY
Continued from First Page.)

two churches-one in Chatham and
one in Harnett that he wanted in
corporated.
Both were now incorporated, he
said, and for many years it had been
supposed that the incorporation
boundaries met and thus protected a
large area, hut recently" continued
Mr.. Mclean. .'some Industrious reve-
nuer, who fears not God and the
Democratic party, has discovered a
little strip of land, some 800 yards
wide between these churches, unpro-
tected by the act of incorporation.
and thereon he has erected a still
from which radiates much evil. |
don't think anyone can object TO the
immediate consideration of this BILL
But somebody did object and the
bill went TO the calendar.
Nothing 0aunted by Mr.. McLean's
fate other members now sent up bills.
The same objection met them. y The
volume of the current toward the
clerks desk increased. One man want
ed a dispensary at his place, another
had a dispensary and wanted it abol-
ished; one wanted q school claim OF
1896 paid at once, while another want
ed the placing of Instructions in q
neighboring creek prohibited.
Old bills, new bills, bills frazzled
and torn that must have done SER
vice in the House for many sessions
all found their way pell nell to the
clerks desk. where they were read by
their title and placed on the calendar
but they never got any further
The first man to sound a warning
- la
1--WE have here regular deluge of
bills. Some of them, | know have not
been carefully considered. And right
there is the great danger. 1t is at
such times that legislative bodies
make mistakes. ! am in favor of re-
ferring all these bills to the regular
appropriate committees.
Mr.. Nicholson. of Beaufort. would
have favored this to start with. before
any legislation was enacted. but now
some bills had been passed for differ
ent members ard he believed in feed
ing all out of the same spoon.
Mr. Council, of Watauga. sent for
ward q resolution providing for the
appointment of committee of three
to arrange calendar of the bills
that ought to pass.
There are many bills now on the
calendar that ought not to pass; but
there are some on it that ought to be-
come law. They are bills of public
Importance. | might say OF political
significance. | see no chance of get
ting the good sifted from the bad eN-
cept in the method | have suggested
Mr.. Stevens. of Union, had under
stood that only legislation of the
greatest Importance was to be passed
upon. He thought to take up local
matters now would be exceedingly
dangerous.
Mr.. Overman, of Rowan my views
on this question are well known. I'm
opposed to all legislation except that
Of the greatest public Importance"
Like that of chartering the Sails
bury Street Railway Company
chimed in Mr.. Patterson, of Robson,
and the laugh was on Mr.. Overman.
Mr.. Robinson. of Cumberland. was
also opposed to general legislation,
but now that certain members had
succeeded in getting through some
legislation of this kind, it would not
do to cut others off.
Mr.. Davis. of Haywood. was OPP
posed to anything smacking Of favor
itism, and he thought the best way
to avoid it was to leave the calender
as if was and let the bills come up
regularly in their turn.
Mr.. Councils resolution was lost.
A joint resolution, introduced by
Mr. Gattis. OF Orange, was adopted
fixing the hour of adjournment at 10
o'clock last night, and calling another
meeting Of the General Assembly at
noon on Tuesday, July oath, 1900.
The jury box in Edgecombe county
having been mysteriously lost, a bill
was passed empowering the commits
sioners to draw the jury list in the