The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-12
THE BILL TO BE EAvORABLY REPORTED
TO THE LEGISLATURE
DISCUSSED IN JOINT COMMITTEE
Not to be Compulsory on Any Counties.
Proposition forD ispensary Primary
I'm Union County Question of Pay
of Senator's While Sitting as n Court
of impeachment Lieutenant Sher.
Report on Bill for q New Arsenal.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh, ", c.. March S.-The gov
ernor pardons William Cable. serving
a five-year sentence for murder in the
second degree, on petition by the sole
itor and others. He has consumption.
The joint committee on the election
law discussed the legalized primary
bill which is hat drafted last year by
Jarvis and others as a special sub
committee OF the democratic state
committee. 1t was decided to report
the bill favorably to apply TO such
counties as desire it. The bill applies
to county, township. city and country
elections. The following counties are
named: Cabarrus. Columbus, Wash
ington, Richmond. Durham, Orange
and Haywood. Many others may be
added before the bill passes. 1t
applies to these counties. but they
need not have it unless the
party machinery desires it. 1t applies
to my party. 1t requires hat every
one before voting in primary shall take
an oath to abide by it's result. 1t pun
fshes fraud, making it a misdemeanor.
IL - lie prev oplIlOn IndI IlS
house Will have TO remain in session
until the senate disposes Of the i'm
parchment trial. A pledge was being
rapidly circulated in the house binding
members to remain There were at 6
O'Clock sixty-five signatures to this. 1t
is felt to be best that the house should
so remain.
Mr.. Craig, one of the impeachment
managers. said to me this evening:
THE house will be in session until the
Impeachment ends"
There was discussion before the
propositions and grievances committee
on the bill introduced today to submit
to the voters of Union county the
question of retention OF abolition of
the ~dispensary at Monroe. Speeches in
favor of the bill were made by r. L.
Stevens, E. c. Williams. A NJ. Stack
n F. I. Osborne, and against it by =
j. Jerome and j. G.. C~ovington The
committee decided with only one dis
senting vote ITO report the bill favor
ably.
The state charters the Cumberland
Manufacturing Company, at Fayette-
Vile, capital $4,000. to make trousers.
overalls and garments.
The senate judiciary committee
which is a very able one. has for three
days been considering with great care
the louise bill PROVIDING for the sitting
Ol Tie StIIdlc DIS ID COURT OIL lHlpcdcH-
ment after adjournment of the house
session and fixing pay ait 81 per day.
There has been division of opinion as
to the right to pay, but it is now as
serted that section IS Of the constitu-
ton covers h case fully. This section
appears, so the committee think, to
make the senate when sitting as a
| court of impeachment a true court and
not the senate. The committee post
| poned action on the bill until tomor-
row.
Lieutenant Clarence 0. Sheriff., son
of the state librarian. today received
orders from the adjutant general of
the army to proceed TO Manila imme-
| diateIy and is assigned to the first bat
| talon of engineers.
A house committee decides to favor-
| ably report the bill for a new arsenal.
| hall of records. document storage and
| committee room building. The bill for
this provides for SIS. 1000 appropriation
but the committee thinks at least 800
600 ought to be expended. in order to
have an entirely proper building.
1t is said by many persons today that
numbers Of representatives proposed to
go home tomorrow. as that is the last
of the sixty days Of the session for
which there is pay. This was the prime
cause of the circulation of the pledge.
| Chairman Gattis. Of the finance COM
mittee, said to me this afternoon o.
behalf Of that committee that it has
never proposed to place private corpo-
rations under the charge of the corpo-
ration commission.
Your correspondent was informed by
a member of the legislature and a
prominent private citizen of such pur-
pose, but it turns out that their infor-
nation was in something said by one
Of the house leaders. Your correspond
emf desires to say regarding Chairman
Gattis. that while the revenue bill Is SC
to speak, known as his bill. he has done
a vast zeal to purge ii of it's drastic
features; but for him and some other
members of h committee it would be
wonderfully worse.
One of the prettiest ceremonies to-
day was the formal call by Governor
Aycock, Private Secretary Pearsall and
Francis D. Winston upon h 22-day
old daughter Of Senator Brown, of CO.
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