The news & observer., 1901-02-24
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| protect and create a trust on reporters
| editors and parties or persons engaged
| in newspaper work or journalism in North
| Carolina.
THE General Assembly of North Caro-
| lima do enact,
Section l. That all laws, pending bill
or proposed or defeated bills to create
trusts on BARRIERS, Architects, Veterinary
Surgeons, Opticians, Embalmers and Buff
| faloes shall apply to the profession OF
| journalism in North Carolina.
Section 2. That no person, male or
female, shall be employed by or do work
for newspaper without having first Sc
cured certificate or license from the
Governing Board of the Raleigh Ananias
Club
Section 9. That any person violating
section 2, shall be guilty of a misdemean-
or and exiled to Goat Island for thirty
years.
Senator Aycocl moved it's reference to
the Committee on Federal Relations.
Senator Morton wanted it sent to SEN
ator McNeilTs Committee on Mines, but
Governor Turner referred it to the re-
porters
A bill has passed the General Assembly
which prohibits the manufacture and sale
of liquor everywhere in North Carolina
except in the incorporated towns, in
Buncombe county, but it has not been
ratified and the Legislature will lose no
time in rectifying the error Monday.
The bill was introduced by Representa-
tive Curtis, of Buncombe, and was in
tended to prohibit selling liquor in Bun
combe except in incorporated towns, but
the name of the county was omitted so
that as the bill has passed the House
and Senate the State is under prohibition
except as to towns in Buncombe.
81 have never seen the sentiment grow
faster than the sentiment to impeach
Judges Furches and Douglas" writes a
gentleman whose business has taken him
through dozen counties in Central North
Carolina during the past ten days.
The inSolence of the telegram sent by
Pritchard, Linney and Pearson has caused
much talk. Here is what one lawyer
says about it: "Pritchard's telegram
terming this legislature 'insolent' and re-
voutionary' has aroused indignation. 1t
is recalled that in 1898 when Senator
Blount of Tennessee, was impcarhed by
the United States Senate, ne was ac-
quilted on the grol'ti that he was a
State officer. This has been the hold
ing ever since for Il Senator always Srrds
in his resignation TO the Governor of his
State and not 10 the President of The
Senate AS he S i State officer it would
seem to follow hat he is impedohlr'e Iy
the Legislature. Investigations ilto tie
law are now being made and it may tnr IL
out that Pritch"ri'. inSo;erce may re-
ceive notable rebrko tat lie did not
cCrtemplate.
After hearing the political speeches OF
certain Republican member of the
House, who drags politics into every
discussion, a member thought of securing
leave to read poem on THE Big Man
With the Dig Mouth" The first and last
stanzas read thus:
Il love the man who knows it all
From East to West, from North to
South;
Who knows all things, both great and
small
And tells it with his tireless mouth
Who holds the listening world in awe,
The while he works his iron jaw.
Up hill and down, through swamp and
sand,
1t never stops, it never balks,
Through air and sky; DER sea and land,
He talks and talks and talks and talks
And talks and talks and talks and talks
Aud talks and talks and talks and talks"
The Senate committee on Propositions
and Grievances will give a hearing on
the Cumberland county dispensary in the
Senate Chamber at eight o'clock on Men
day night. Large delegations will be
here on both sides. From present APP
pearances "there'll be hot time in the
old town."
Speaking yesterday of the impeachment,
a gentleman said: 81 think two facts
ought to be made clear to the public:
Il. The Impeachment is not for an err
roneous opinion. If the court had stopped
there, nothing would have been done. The
erroneous opinion in White VS.. Auditor
and Treasurer was delivered in May. The
Treasurer paid no attention to it. The
June and July Legislature paid no heed
to it. But when in October the court,
latter having in vain tried to get its
clerk unbekoWnSt to it to assume the
responsibility issued an order to the
Treasurer to pay money ont it violated
two most important prohibitions in the
Constitution 1t was not an opinion, but
an overt-act.
80 All that stood. and still stands, be-
tween the State and the payment OF $30,
100000 of special bonds and accumulated
interest is this section Of the Constitu-
tion which commands the court not to
order payment of money by the State. If
it can be violated, with mpunity for
White, ii can be for syndicate of special
tax bond holders"
Regarding the pending libel bill The
Henderson Gold Leaf Goes on record as
saying that it will not supper any man re-
spcnsible therefore. however remote or
great that responsibility may be- regard
less of the politics he may profess. Nor
viii! it stop at Withholding support but it
will oppose with all its might and power
such man or men. This paper for one will
not give aid and comfort to these small
bore politicians who show by their acts
that the only use they have for the
newspapers is to be raised from obscurity
to public notice and get boosted into Of
flee by them. The newspapers want but