The news & observer., 1901-03-14


| labor troubles. The best way to Offset
this was to train our own boys 1t had
been said this was in the interest of the
mill men; but it was by no means the
case. This was the only method the
State had of enabling young men whose
fathers did not own mills or who had no
influence in that way, to get into mils.
In comparison with other States on a sim
liar plane, North Carolina was not yet
very liberal in this direction.
He thought his friend from Onslow was
more optimistic than he had been last
night, and that his youthful friend from
Lenoir smiled upon the proposition, and
that even the gentleman from Iredell
was going to foget politics and be a
statesman for a little while He thought
his friend from Wayne even would not
oppose this measure. He did not see
the gentleman from Beaufort going
around getting pledges to vote against
the measure. Laughter).
Judge Allen: IF the gentleman keeps
on complimenting US, we will have to get
up fight just to keep up our reputa-
tion."
Judge 1Connor: "In that case, l shall
want proxy" He then went on to give
figures showing how much other States
wkere giving for this purpose. Again,
J North Carolina had mere mills than many
other Southern States, and needed for
that reason greater facilities for training
young men along textile lines. sG!w.
the college was to be under the control
of the Board of Agriculture, and so he
knew that even our friend from Scotland
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spoke of the increased attention being
given to farming at the college.
Mr. Mclean thanked the gentleman
from Wilson for the compliment to the
farmers.
He was glad to put himself on record
as supporting this grand work that was
being done at the college. He would vote
for every dollar that the treasury would
admit OF for its advancement
The section was adopted without op-
position.
CENTRAL HOSPITAL CUT DOWN.
Section was then taken up, giving to
the State Hospital at Raleigh. l. $71 SEQ per
year for maintenance and improvements;
2. $3.50 for each of the years 1901 and
1902 for building stairways and repairing;
g. SIS 900 for each of the years 1901 and
1902 for three new wards for female pa
tients; 4. $4,000 for each of the years
1901 and 1902 to pay indebtedness; g..
Sc, 500 for each of the years 1901 and 1902
to purchase and improve land.
This makes a total annual appropria-
tion of $99, $50.
Mr.. Smith proposed to amend by strik-
ing out the entire allowance for the pur-
chase of land
He thought that no wrong should be al
lowed any institution for the purchase of
land, except of specific act of Legisla-
ture.
Mr. Page said it had been found that
the hospitals were very much crowded,
that patients had to be lodged in the
halls. There was no provision more
strongly urged upon the committee than
this one. The amount Of land owned
by the institution was 176 acres; this
was not nearly enough for the four hun
dred patients. There was a good tract
near by of 200 acres that could be bought
for $65 an acre.
How many more patients are there
in the hospital now than two years ago?"
asked Judge Allen. "How was the indebt-
odness of $40, coo incurred?"
Mr.. Page could not tell how many
more patients there were He said the
debt had been incurred for the expenses
Of maintenance.
He spoke of the pledges in the Demo-
cratic platform to increase the approprla-
tions for the insane.
Mr.. Smith said the question was not
whether We would sustain the pledges
of the Democratic party No man was
tTupr IN tha Marty fbop he IL oloir,a5
that this appropriation was in direct OPP
position to the bill passed by this Gen
eral Assembly preventing the institutions
from making expenditures in that the
special permission Of the Legislature.
Judge Allen proposed to amend as fol-
lows: Sixty thousand dollars, instead OF
$7lg00 for maintenance, and strike out
entirely subsection 9, $1500O for the
new wards.
If these amendments passed, he said
it would still be giving $4,000 more for
maintonane than last year. This. he
thought, was all the State could do at this
time
Mr.. Thompson said that he knew, in
voting for these amendments, that he
was voting for the most the State could
afford in this matter AS to the pledges
VI tHe party, ne tnOugnt TINS would be
in accordance with these pledges.
Mr.. Smiths amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Ross called attention to the fact
that we were called upon to pay debt
incurred during the last two years be-
cause the appropriation for maintenance
fell short by $4,000. Therefore, if the
amendments prevail the maintenance
fund will be no increase at ALL So we will
not have conformed to the pledges of
the platform. He for one would gladly
cast his vote tc issue bonds to care for
the unfortunate insane rather than to 20
home and tell his people that the State
was too poor to give enough for their
support
Mr.. Mason said that if appropriations
were to be voted for new wards. more
money would certainly be needed for main
tonance. The question was whether new
wards were needed. 1t was positively said
they were, and he favored giving the
money for them.
Nv ~~"n hored the amendments
would not prevail. He was with the gen
tleman from Wayne on the matter of tn,
University; but when It anne to the moor
insane, he was for giving every cent they
needed, even if it required bond issue.
There were two white women in his coun
ty confined in felon's cell. because there
was no room in the hospitals. We had