The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-12
IN THE LEGISLATURE
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institution a well managed. but crit
icised the statements made in the su-
perintendent's annual report to h
governor as well as his using the funds
for permanent improvement, for which
he had no authority: that h amounts
were not large enough to be consider
ed a Misrepresentation. and that many
more children could be accommodated
in the building than are here.
The following bills passed: To amend
the law of 1899 relating TO toll rates of
Brunswick Ferry COMPANY: to pay wit
nesses and all necessary expenses. in
Guiding expense of lawyers. Of the i'm
parchment trial
The house went into committee of
the whole on the machinery act. Sec
tons from 1 to IL were adopted with
out amendment or disagreement.
Mr.. Graham moved to amend section
II, which provides for assessment OF
property in 1903, by inserting 1901. He
said the railroad investigation had
shown inequality If not differentiation
of a great deal of private and corporate
property in the state
MesSrS. Smith. Allen and Connor
spoke against reassessment. Mr.. Con-
nor said the amendment meant the de-
Struction OF the democratic party, and
he thought what injured the democrat
ic party injured the state.
Mr.. Graham said honesty and equal
ity in valuation of all property could
not hurt the party. He said Governor
AycockS message spoke OF systematic
differentiation of property.
MesSrs. Gattis and Baldwin spoke
against the amendment.
The amendment was lost. The COM
mittee of the whole hen adopted each
section until section q was reached,
when it rose and reported progress.
The omnibus justice of the peace bill
came up. Mr.. Benbow. republican,
moved to strike Yadkin from the bill.
He said Yadkin was a white county.
there being but go negro voters and
the republican party had over 500 ma
jority. d
Mr.. Thompson, of Onslow, favored
the motion.
ment and paid a high tribute to the
earnest work and patriotic course of
, Mr.. Benb in the house.
/ The motion was adopted unanimous
ly and Yadkin was stricken from the
list.
! Mr.. Duncan, populist, of Sampson,
moved to strike out Sampson.
Mr.. Allen opposed the motion, saying
Sampson was different from Yadkin,
in that it ha5 1,500 negro voters; that
he would suggest that the magistrates
terms be limited to two years, when
the constitutional amendment would
| be in effect.
NJ O-oa o-,,; oo;l 49, oor,04
| did not control the party in Sampson,
but he was willing 20 accept the bill
| with a limit of two years.
Mr.. Duncan objected to this. He
/; spoke bitterly against democrats of
his county.
Mr.. Allen said Mr.. Duncan's bitter
| ness as expressed on this floor was a
| splendid reason for appointing some
democratic magistrates in Sampson.
Mr.. Stewart said when Mr.. Duncan
cast aspersions upon the good demo
Gratis of Sampson he refuted them and
hurled them back in his face.
Mr.. Duncan said some men named as
magistrates mere thieves because they
| stole the ballots of honest white men,
and a man who would steal a ballot
YOU steal anything else.
Fifty voices demanded: Name your
man." Name your man. but Mr..
, Duncan failed to dc so.
The amendment limiting the appoint
ment to two yearS was Immediately
Withdrawn amid a burst Of applause,
Mr.. Allen, after a moment, begged
that, as matter of respect to MI. Owen,
the other member from Sampson, who
had not attacked the good white peo-
pie of Sampson, the two years limit
remain. This was finally agreed to
and Mr.. Duncan's amendment to strike
out Sampson was voted down-by a
laundering No.
On motion of Mr.. Blythe, republican
Henderson county was stricken out
and then the bill passed it's final read
ing.
The n amendments to the judi
cial district and court bill were con,
Cured in and the bill ordered enrolled
On motion of Mr.. SimmS the report
of investigation committee on the blind
institution was re-referred to the com.
mittee and the order made to place the
report on the journal was reconsid
I cred. The bill relating to the dan
gerous and criminal insane was made
a special order for Monday.
At the afternoon session of the house
the bill passed to protect owners o.
timber trees.
The committee of the whole consider
ed the machinery act from section g
to the last section, 10, n adopted
bill was made a spiceetaoin shrdlshn
the same without amendment. The
bill was made a special order for Mon
day.