The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-06
A RESHUfFLE IS
WANTED BY SOME
Bill Apportioning Senatorial
Districts Re- referred.
SUPERVISORS DOUBTFUL
Senate Recor sid red and Sent the Bill
to Committee.
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SUPERVISORS DOUBTFUL
IS } N. JOHNSON ALSO cHas BEcHTLER ?
Senate Refuses t,l s'tuc: The Council Of State
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The first act of the Senate yesterday
was 70 rcscind a former act and recall
the bill authorizing the State Board or
Education TO elect three State super
visors of education to canvass the State.
Senator Mcintyre made the motion to
recall this bill, which had passed Mon
day ana this was done so the bill came
UP on the calendar and the motion was
offered to reconsider the vote by which.
it passed third reading and refer it to
TIC committee Senator Aycock said:
III this course is to be taken then
ask permission 10 withdraw the bill, for
J ann satisfied that 1t means the death
of the bill to send 1t to committee at
this late day"
Several Senator's objected to it's with
drawal and explained that they merely
wanted It considered by the committee.
Senator Ward liked the bill, but he
wanted the supervisors duties defined.
Senator Arlington disclaimed any pur-
pose to defeat it and Senator Mcintyre
said Il was such an important bill that
lie wanted tho committee to consider it.
SENATORIAL DISTRICTS.
districts struck snag yesterday and
went back to the committee after a
spirited colloquy between Senator's
Brown and Morton. Senator Brown
moved that the hil be rereferred. say
ing no quorum was present when the
committee acted on it Saturday night
Senator Morton said the question of no
quorum was not raised in the commit
tec although he asked If any member
wished to make the point.
The Senator from Columbus objects
TO Columbus and Robson being sepa
rated and if he viii offer an amendment
making Robson, Columbus and Baden
a district I'll accept it for the commit
tee" said Senator Morton.
Il object TO such dictation on the part
or the committee replied Senator
Drown
IL want to say" explained Senator
Morton, that we gave hearing for
three hours Saturday night and did not
try to influence the committee. We
merely prepared the scheme and sub
mittcd it to the committee. Action on
it was entirely with the members and
they accepted it,
Il agree with the Senator from New
Hanover that it was a scheme re-
toited Senator Brown.
Il do not understand the Senator for
] used the word scheme meaning only
n tabulated statement of the proposed
districts With the population and vote
If YOU use tho word scheme in that
sense. all right, but if you intend it OBJ
jectionally I'll not submit to it, an
swered Senator Morton.
II merely took the word the Senator
himself used replied Senator Brown
and the matter dropped, the bill going
back TO the committee.
JOHNSON CASE SETTLED.
The Senate spent awhile again ycster
day on the bill to submit the matter o
j. M. Johnson to the council Of Stat
TO decide whether Johnson and Chas
Bechtler are one and the same 1t viii
bc remembered that Johnson was trie,
in Randolph and sent to the peniten
tiary for three years. There he wa
recognized as Bechtler, an escaped cor
Wet who had a term unserved.
Senator Wood said he was present a