The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-09
REPORT FOR
IMPEACHMENT
Judiciary Committee Recon-
mends the Resolution.
MINORITY WILL REPORT
The House Passes Mr.. Wizards Bill
Amending Craig Act.
jim CROW LAW FOR MIXED TRAN
Mr.. BeddingfeId Makes Strong Fight to In
crease Wages Of Prison Guards, But
His Bill is Defeated by Big
Majority.

The House Resolution calling for the
impeachment of Chief Justice David NJ.
Furches and Associate Justice Robert M.
Douglas, of the Supreme court of North
Carolina, was reported TO the House yes
terday morning from the Judiciary Com
mittee, with the recommendation that it
do pass. Judge Allen, of Wayne, chair
man of the committee. who made the re-
port, moved that the consideration of the
resolution be made the special order of
business for next Thursday at Dos a. M,
and that in the meantime the report of
the subcommittee, together with all the
evidence taken before that body, be
printed. He explained that the object of
the delay was to give Messrs. Blythe, Of
Henderson, and Ebbs, CT Madison, Repub-
lican members of the committee. time to
prepare and submit minority report.
Judge Aliens motion was carried.
After considerable discussion, Mr. Will
lard's bill amending the Craig Act OF 1899
was passed. This is an act giving the
Insurance Commissioner the power to re-
woke the license of any insurance COM
pany which shall apply for the removal
of any action at law from a State court
10 a Federal court, and amending the
Craig act by striking cut the word I'm
surance" wherever it occurs. The act
just passed does not require insurance
companies to domesticate in the State
before doing business, and it is thought
that now those companies that withdrew
from the State two years ago will return.
and so bring back to North Carolina a
revenue of from twelve to fifteen thousand
dollars year.
Judge Graham, of Granville, offered an
amendment TO compel all insurance com
panies which withdrew from the State two
years ago. before being allowed to re-
enter the State, to pay two per cent
upon the amount Of the gross receipts Of
premiums paid by policy holders in North
Carolina since those companies removed
from the State. This was lost.
Mr.. Beddingfeld's bill to pay the guards
at the States Prison and State Farms
better wages was defeated by vote Of
IL to 68.
A message was received from Governor
Aycock, accompanying the biennial re-
port of the college of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts and retiticn of s. NJ.
& S. Shafer. of New York relative to
North Carolina bonds issued in aid of the
Western North Carolina Railroad. The
Governors message is printed in another
column of this paper.
PRISON GUARDS BILL.
The act to pay the guards at the
States prison and State farms better
salaries came up for the third time,
and failed TO pass.
Mr.. Sheets, of Davie, spoke against
the bill, saying it would be an i'm
position upon the tax payers, and that
plenty of men were willing to work as
guards for the SIS month and all ex-
penses paid. He said he knew the PEG.
pie of North Carolina did not want SAL
aries to be increased. AS pure matter
of business Il was inadvisable
Mr.. MacKethan of Cumberland OPP
posed the measure, bringing up the
small amount of pay received by sol :
diers in the u. S. Army.