The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-07

REPRESENTATIVE j. L. FO1, OF Pendcf,
Chairman of the Committee on Engrossed
Bills. He Introduced the Bill to Pre-
vent First Cousins from Intermarrying
meet his own convictions in this mat
ter, but it does not meet mine nor those
of my constituents"
Mr.. Watts went way back and sat
down.
House Bill. to incorporate the Bank of
Duplin, passed third reading.
House Bill, to incorporate the Hia-
waeseee Valley Railway Company, pass
ed second and third readings.
The committees substitute for Nj
! Fullers bill to forbid the selling of Ii
Guor to lunatics and idiots as well as
| minors. passed final reading. The sub
stitute excerpts parents. guardians or
physicians in the course of their prac-
tlce
House Bill, to pay the claim of
Martha Mordecai. executrix of Henry
Mordecai, passed final reading.
Leave of absence was obtained for
Mr.. Thomas of Ashe, who is i'll, and
Mr.. Newland, of Caldwell, for Saturday
and Monday
WILKES LIQUOR BILL.
House Bill, introduced by Mr.. KinslanG
of Haywood. giving Wilkes county pro-
hibtion.
General Bryan addressed the House on
the bill He said he supposed thia should
be- known as the "16-1 Bill as that was
the vote in the committee. He then
dwelt uron the fact that he as a rep-
resentative of Wilkes. had been disre-
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that he had not received q single petit
ton asking for prohibition in Wilkes,
and but one letter asking for it.
He asked that the matter be postponed
until some definite action had been TAX
er on the State bill. He said he had
letters from prominent Democrats in
Wilkes asking that it be deferred. ALL
the leading prohibitionists and cranks
in the county had been before the COM
mittee but not the farmers. the back
bone of the county. These men. if given
an opportunity would vote for local self
government.
Mr. Bran then moved that the mat
ter be deferred until the general State
bill is passed.
Mr. Kinsland, of Haywood, said he
should be compelled to beg for the I'M
mediate consideration of the bill. When
/, he was approached to introduce the
bill, he told those who came to MIN to
go to the Representative from Wilkes.
He was told that they refused to intro
duce it. Petitions from about 1900 good
citizens of Wilkes had como to him for
| the introduction of this bill and now
he was asked by the Wilkes people to
press the matter at this time.
DR.. Pegram declared that many of The
names on those petitions were not put
| there by the parties themselves, nor by
| their consent. When he was approach ed
| to Introduce the bill he said he was
willing 10 do it, with provision that il
| be left 10 vote of the qualified voters
of the county.
| Mr.. Smith said that. as matter If
| right he thought the matter ought 10
| be deferred. He saw no reason why any
special county should be excepted from
the general law.
Mr.. Benbow concurred with Mr.. Smith.
and said he saw no reason why this mat
| ter could not be taken up after the
general bill has passed. He said he con-
sidered this was a courtesy due to the
+, gentlemen from Wilkes, who, with the
other Republicans in the House had voted
with their Democratic friends on local
matters.
Mr.. Morton then asked the House to
defer the matter. He was not at all
| sure they ought to vote for it. He had
! messages from the chairman Of the
| Democratic Executive Committee o:
Wilkes, and the ex-chairman also, which
would show that a whole Congressional