The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-24
HOUSE HAS DONE
ITS PART WELL
1t is Now up to the Senate on
Depot Bill.
TO PROJECT OUR BIRDS
Bill to incorporate, Audubon Socety---To do
Away With Kissing Bible in Taking
0aths---A Little Wit EnIiyens
the House.

1t is up to the Senate now on the Union
Depot question.
The House yesterday passed the Full
ler bill on it's third reading and ordered
it engrossed and sent over to the Senate.
An amendment was put to the bill by
Mr.. Self. of Catawba. and accepted by
Mr. Fuller. 1t merely provides that, in
case railroad companies ordered by the
Corporation Commission to build union
depot, are not satisfied with the judgment,
they may appeal from the decision to the
Supreme Court.
There was hardly any further discus
sion on the measure yesterday morning.
Mr.. Morton briefly stated his position as
on the previous day, saying that no case
had been cited showing that Legisla
ture could confer legislative rights
upon a commission. He read from the
Constitution of North Carolina to show
that the Executive, Judicial and Legis-
lative branches of the government must
be left separate and distinct
Judge Graham, in few words. an
swered Mr.. Mortons argument, showing
status as the act of 1899 and that the
powers devolved upon the Corporation
Commission were ministerial. and not
legislative. The bill did not permit the
commission to establish any rule or law,
but merely to compel the fulfillment of
the peoples demands
When the question was called on the
third reading, the ayes and noes were
again demanded.
The following gentlemen voted fer the
bill: MessFs. Alexander of Meckienburg,
Beasley, Blount, Bowman, Britt, Brit
ton, Bullard, Carlton, Cowan, Craige,
Curtis, Daniel of Vance, Daniel of War
rem, Daughtridge, Davidson, Doughton,
Drewry. Erwin, Etheridge, Freeman of
MeCklenburg, Fuller, Gay, Gluyas,
Goode, Graham. Guion, Hall, Hamilton,
Harrington of Harnett, Harrington of
Moore, Hinton, Hughes, Humphrey, Hun
ter, King, Kinsland Kreger, Leeper,
Little, Love, Lucas, Mason, Moore, Nc
Neill, McRae, Parker of Halifax, Parker
of Wayne, Price of Rockingham, Price
of Stanly, Quickel, Riddick, Kicks,
Robertson, Self, Shipman, Slcr, Simpson
of Perqumans, Simpson of Union. Smith,
Stevenson, Sugg, Thompson, Uzzell, Wal
ters, Warren, Whitaker of Wake, White
of Halifax, Williams. Willis. Wood,
Woodard, Woodley.
Those who voted against the bill were:
Messrs. Abel, Aiken, Alexander of
Tyrrell, Anderson, Benbow, Britain,
Bryan, Carson. DeHart, Dobson, Dock
cry, Foy Freeman of Henderson, Grant,
Hamlin, Jarrett, Luther. Michael. Nor
nf nf
Polk, Morton, MacCall. Nissen, Offman,
Pegram, Ray, Rucker, Vann, Watts,
West.
Later on in the morning the House
was somewhat enlivened by an exchange
of criticisms between ]. E. Erwin. of
Burke. and w. c. Newland of Cald-
we'll. Il was about draining Lower Creek,
in Caldwell and Burke counties. a bill
that had been reported favorably by the
Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Erwin. who did not wish any tax
fer the drainage imposed upon the citi-
zens of Burke, wished the bill re-re-
ferred to the Committee on Propositions
and Grievances. He waXed very witty
on the idea of lawyers considering a bill
to ditch low lands. Lawyers knew all
about getting a client out of a ditch, no
doubt, but they neither knew nor cared
whore the ditch ought to be.
That made the House laugh.
Near the close of the days session
there We're several speeches made that
sounded loud the praises of Dare county
and her people.
The cause of all this outflow of eulo-
gism was a bill to furnish Dare county
with certain Supreme Court Reports.
Dare county's people were said to be
on as high plane as any people in
North Carolina, and one member, Mr..
Lucas, of Hyde, said that they were even
a shade better. That was due to the
fact that Dare was a daughter of Hyde.
1t was urged by several eastern mem
bers that the reports should be furnish
ed, because Dare was a new county and
had consequently had no opportunity Of
getting the earlier reports Besides Mr..
Lucas, speeches for Dare county were
made by Messrs. Smith, Vann and
Blount The last named even went SO
far as to say that he would depart from
the paths of rectitude and vote for an
appropriation. This brought applause.
Another argument was that Manteo
was so isolated that the absence of the
iepCIIS CauSeu the greatest inconvenience.
An act to incorporate the Audubon
Society OF North Carolina and to provide
for the preservation of the song and
game birds of the State. was the title of
a bill introduced by Mr. Robertson. of
Guilford. The incorporators are J. Y.
Joyner, 7. Gilbert Pearson, r. H Lewis.
H. II. Brimley p. d. Gold, J. F. Jordan,
and r. n. Wilson
The bill stipulates that only the fol-
lowing shall be considered game birds:
looms and grebes, swans, geese, brant,