The news & observer., 1901-03-15
WRESTLING OVER A
CODE Commission
Senator'S Still Considering
This House Bill.
REVENUE BILL ENROLLED
House and Senate Agree to Most OF
Iatters Changes.
REVENUE BILL ENROLLED
THE MACHINERY BILL ADOPTED
The Dangerous Insane. COIOred A. and N.
College Provided For. No Mileage For
Employers. Agreement on JUS
tees cf The Peace.

tees Ct tbe Peace.
The Senate's work is we'll nigh done;
the machinery act passed yesterday. All
the appropriations made (the House being
was amended done in one instance), and
the reports of Conference Committees
on the Revenue Bill, and the bills ap-
rointing Justices 4of the Peace and
county boards of education were adopted
The dangerous insane will remain in their
present quarter. No extra pay was al
lowed employees.
NO MILEAGE FOR EMPLOYEES.
The Senators by an overwhelming ma
iority defeated the House bill to pay
certain employees the same mileage tnat
members of the General Assembly re-
ceive. Senators Henderson, tGudsar
and Struggled favored the bill, since
il placed the employees on par with
the members; besides unless this is
done the employees living nearest Raj
eigh have the advantage over those
from further distance. Senators
Brown and Webb opposed the bill on
the ground of economy, saying that
there were many men who would nave
taken it at this cost. The former stated
that there had been more employees tnan
were necessary anyway. and the Spe-
cial committee had so decided in the
early part of the session and found that
several minor employees could be dis
pensed with.
The bill failed to pass second readlng,
ayes IS, noes %. as follows:.
Those voting in the ALTERNATIVES
Messrs Alexander, Broughton, Bur-
roughs, Calvert, Crisp, Gudger, Hen
derson, Justice, Long. Morrison, Nor
ton, Speight, Stikeleather Travis. Ward,
Warren, Wcodard.
Those voting in the negative: Messrs.
Arlington, Aycock Bray, Buchanan.
Gambler. Currie, Dula, Foushee, Foy,
Glenn, Leak, Lindsay, London, Mar
shall, Mcintyre, McNeill. Miller of Cald-
well, Miller of Pamlico Pinnix, Robe
son. Scott, Smith, Sugg Thomas, Vann,
Webb, Wood.
THE CRIMINAL. INSANE.
The bill came up for the government
and control of the dangerous insane.
Senator Brown said that there could be
no criminal insane; the law recognized
no such state as this. Nothing had
been criticized more than the confine-
ment of these people in the penitentiary
and the Legislature should rectify the
wrong
Senator Arlington declared: II have
visited the prison and these unfortun-
ates are not cared for according to my
idea. There can be no such thing as
criminal insane, and these people should
be taken from the penitentiary and
cared for in some asylum" He was
opposed to the bill.
Senator Speight said that there was
no room for the criminal insane in
the hospitals and this course was ne
cessary.
Senator Arlington stated that this
class was small and if the criminal in
sane in the penitentiary were sent to
the hospitals thirteen would go to
Goldsboro, ten to Raleigh and thirteen
to Morganton.
Senator Broughton said that this was
an urgent matter and had been fully
discussed in the press. He would be
opposed to keeping an insane person in
the penitentiary but from the fact that
they could certainly not be received
elsewhere until accommodation was
provided. This he regarded as only
temporary arrangement, until the hos
pitals can take them.
Il am opposed" declared Senator
Brown, ito putting insane,and criminals
together. The institutions fer such
classes are perfectly distinct, one is
penal and the other charitable, and
they should not be confounded. APP
ply this personally and see how dis
tressing to relatives this policy must be
of sending an insane man to the pen1-
tentiary. | have seen these unfortunate
in shackels when they were exercised
in the prison yard here. Other in
sane have nurses and watchers to care
for them. but these must be in irons.
beg the, Senate not to shut them up
in that prison. / had rather see them
in the jails even than among or in the
same building and in contact with
criminals"
Senator Alexander said if they were
removed from the penitentiary to the
asylums then some patients nowhere
would have to be discharged
Senator Travis said that two years
ago he was opposed to keeping them
in the penitentiary and he was against
such permanent arrangement now,
but he thought it would be better for
them to remain there and be treated
than to languish in the jails and poor
houses.
The bill passed second reading by a.
vote of 20 TO 9.
SENATOR HENDERSON'S POSITION
senator Henderson rose to a question
OF personal privilege Yesterday morning
and said: In order to. correct a wrong
impression in portion of the press
wish to say that in my remarks last
night. made no criticism of Mr.. BRYAN
or the Bryan Democrats. l merely de-
Tended myself from what considered
an unjust personal attack. l voted for
Grover Cleveland in 1884 and 1892. and
for w. ]. Bryan in 1896 and 1900. and
when did so l wished them both to be
elected; and in my criticism of the