The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-22
THE HOUSE PASSES THE RESOLUTION
BY VOTE OF 81 TO 33
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT
To be Presented to the Senate Tomor-
row and the Trial Will Begin March
Ist-Extra Session Almost Certain.
Bill for Stock Law in Bladen County.
Senate Passes Bills 10 Amend Charter
of Goldsboro, 90 Give sampson County
Prohibition.
SENATE.
Especial to The Messen.


Raleigh. N. c.. February 1S.-Bills
were introduced as follows: By Sem
ator Currie, to give all of Bladen
county the stock law; by Senator Ar
rington, to incorporate the Croatan
Development Company.
Bills passed as follows: Chartering
the Carolina and Northwestern rail-
way, and the Charlotte and Monroe
railway; to amend the charter OF
Goldsboro; to prohibit the sale of
liquor in Sampson county lover three
fOurths OF all the white voters having
petitioned for it,; to amend the Jim
Crow a law SO as to apply it to mix
ed trains, blu. leaving intact the pro-
vision that the corporation commission
may make exceptions: to incorporate
Duplin and Onsiow railway; to incor-
porate To- Hill Banking and Trust
Company; to incorporate the Scotland
Neck and Roanoke railway; to change
n meeting time of supreme court to
h fourth Monday in August; to pro-
vide that in future magistrates shall
elect commissioners OF Brunswick; to
require all executions to be private: to
establish state board of embalmers, to
be appointed by the state board OF
health.
The anti-cigarette bill made a special
order for Thursday on its first reading.
1t will pass, but the provision making
the license tax on retailers $40 will be
stricken out and that matter left to the
NJ committee.
The bill providing for jointure in case
of divorce was discussed. The claim
was made that 1t would promote ii
vOrces. 1t was made a special order
for tomorrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The house got at work on the resolu-
tom for impeachment of the judges at
10 O'Clock, and Mr.. Ebbs. republican,
opened the days debate. being the
thirty-second member to speak. He OPP
posed impeachment and was followed
on that eide by Messrs. Owens, popu-
list, and Mcintosh. Petree and Blythe,
republicans.
impeachment. followed by Messrs.
White and Morphew.
Mr.. Craig, of Buncombe. Introduce
OF the Impeachment resolution, closed
h long debate. which had occupied
four days.
Mr.. Craig attacked the supreme
court, saying its republican majority
had systematically, deliberately and
designedly attacked the work of the
legislature of 1899, so that the latter
had to sit in perpetual session two
years to hold the sword of terror over
these judges to protect the people from
their Entertainments. Where is the
man who does not in his heart feel that
these men are dangerous? If they did
not know that the constitution forbade
. any writ in the nature of ar execution
to issue against the state treasury they
ought to be driven out for ignorance.
If the supreme court. as Senator
Pritchard and congressman Lipney
and Pearson intimate. has been packed
to destroy our constitutional amend
ment, it ought to be unpacked. This
court is the first to inject politics and
insult the legislature. (Crat applause.)
Mr.. Craig termed the court a 'tyran-
nical oligarchy'' and demanded i'm
parchment. He called the previous
question.
Mr.. Connor's substitute for the reso-
luton OF impeachment. setting forth
that the court has assumed powers in
derOgatiOn of the constitution, was lost
ayes, II; noes. IS.
The impeachment resolution was
then adopted-ayes.62: noes, So, all
the republicans and populists voting
no.
Articles of impeachment Will be for
mally presented at the bar of the SEN
ate Wednesday, Ten laws time will be
given the accused to prepare their de-
fence, so trial will begin March LIST.
An extra session seems certain.