The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-01
TO DISPENSE OR
NOT TO DISPENSE
That's the Question That the
Senate Settled.
NOT TO DISPENSE WON
-----------
Fayetteville Bill Goes Through by q
Vote of IS to 10.
MIGHTY STORM SN.EpS The SENATE
Soldiers Home Gets sl8, 600 Appropriation
to State Library Increased $500. Debate
on the Bill. A State Prison PeroIe
Commission MOI Opposed.

a patriotic bill, small financial mat
ter and disDensarv all in turn agitated
the Senate Yesterday and kept tho body
IN session from ten in the morning rntil
| half after three IN The Afternoon At III,
outset Senator Glenn introduced very
important bin regarding legal employ
ment by State institutions which is pub
lished elsewhere
Then he bill FOR a State Prison Parole
Commission passed without opposition and
this means reform in North Carolina.
The bill providing for the Soldiers Home
passed after an eloquent speech by Sena-
tor London which not only won him an
Dlause. but also a beautiful cluster of
roses tied with small Confederate flag.
presented BY the members of the Ladies
Memorial Association.
The bill to repeal the Cumberland coun-
dispensary provoked probably the most
heated debate of the session The feeling
ran high especially in the Hobbies but the
bib inolly passed by vote of % to 10
The Cumberland delegation in the House
is divided and the storm center is now
transferred to that body
The proposal to increase by $500 the
appropriation to the State library Brought
forth much comment but finally passed.
THE SOLDIERS HOME.
The Soldiers Home bill came uD as a
special order 3 noon in the nature Of
a substitute, recommended by the com
mittee, the essential features of which
are IS sol,ows
Section | repeals section >, chapter SO
Private Laws of 1891 and in it's place in
serts the following provision Within 60
days after the ratification of this act q
meeting shall BE held IN Raleigh of the
surviving incorporators named in section
:, three of which shall constitute a quo
rum. At this meeting the incorDorators
may elect 10 ex-Confederate. soldiers ara
they ard thor successors shall meet an
nually in Raleigh Also at this meeting
and annually thereafter the corporators
are empowered to elect two directors and
the Governor shall annually appoint three
directors ere CT whom shall be the State
Auditor These five directors shall exer-
else all the powers conferred by this act
elect officers appoint employees and pre-
scribe their duties and establish rules for
the Home and have entire control over
the management; and prescribe rules for
the admission OF inmates and their dis
charge
IheNState Treasurer and the State Audi
for shall be treasurer and secretary re.
spectivelv of the association and hoard
OF directors to serve without compensa
tlon. The directors shall meet at least
twice yeGr. The Governor is empower
ed to NIL vacancies among the directors
The directors may be paid 50 Per day for
attendance upon meetings.
Section 2 Appropriates $4,000 annual
~ Tor the maintenance Of the Home. and
the sum of $1,000 for repairs and addi-
t!onal buildings out of the funds in The
public treasury according to law"
MIR. w. c. STR0NACH PRAISED.
Senator London explained the bin stat
ing that in 1891 the Soldiers Home Asso-
citation was organized, which was to name
three directors aud the Governor four.
They have held but few meetings the last
being in October, 1899. This bill requires
the directors to meet at least twice a
year. However. Senator London said he
did not intend to reflect upon the direc-
tors and paid beautiful tribute to Mr.
w q Stronach upon whose shoulders the
Responsibility and the labor had fallen.
MI. Stronach had sacrificed all for the
Home without reward or the hope of re-
ward and he had almost given his life in
the cause. The necessity was only too
apparent for the appropriation for the
Home. The substitute was adopted and on
roll call all voted for the passage of the
bill on second and third readings.
SENATOR McINTYRE'S SPEECH
The bill TO repeal the Cumberland coun-
ty dispensary came up at 1890 and Sena-
tor Mcintyre was recognized
Senator Mcintyre said that he was sor-
ry to oppose the wishes of any Senator
on a local question, but this was a moral
problem involving each mans conscience
Besides this Cumberland adjoined his
county Kobeson and for eight years the
latter had been under prohibition. samp-
son. Baden and Robson. adjacent to
Cumberland are prohibition counties
hence this bill was Of vital interest to
these counties. !. So long as the dispensary
was in Fayetteville no kegs or packages
of whiskey were shipped from there into
this prohibition territory. but with sa-
looms at Fayetteville it will be difficult to
enforce the law in Robson Realizing
this, petitions from Red Springs and Lum-
berbridge, educational .centers, had been
received asking him to oppose the bill to-
re- enstate saloons on account of the influ
ence It would have upon those towns.
which are IN telephone communication
with Fayetteville. He read the names of
30 signers and said if there was one who
was not a man of highest character to
name him.
He declared that Fayetteville and the
county had shown great material advance
ment since the establishment CT the dis
pensary. The official record show de-
crease of over so per cent. in crime un
der the dispensary, From July 1896 to
July 1897 (under saloons} there were 1874
court cases against 81 under the dispen-
sary For the three years prior to July,
1897 there were in the MAYORS court 56S
cases. AGAINST $40 under three years. of
disDensarv 4 statement was read from
the chief of police to the same effect
The chief Of police says ne did not reed