Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-21
STILL NO SENATOR,
eaRoLISA.s LEGISLATURE TIES
TERpAY FAILED TO BREAK
THE DEADLOCK.
VOTES WERE SCATTERING.
Democrats Made no Nomination, the
Republicans Named rritehara-
Important Bills NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Fierce Weather.

RALEIGH, y. c.. January co.-fSpc-
e!al.>--Both houses Of tho Legislatures
took one ballot at noon for senator. The
Democrats scattered votes for prominent
men al over the State and the Republic
mated IN the Senate by MarshaI i Of
Snrrg, and IN the House by freeman,
Of HENDERSON, and Owens. OF Sampson.
me Esmeerats made no nomination.
es; number OF votes in the Senate were
SIS follows: W. A. Hoke and T. a. LocA-
hart & 3. Watson: 3; i. S. ovarman,
Fradeas ". Mason s. S y. f. lucas M 2.
Locke E Craig. and many others one
n the House the leading votes were
son. {; Overman. 9; Craig. !: Alexander,
:, Carr 3; 6. 81. Brown. 8: Hoke, {;
1 Iao = koskihsrt. o. .; Winston, :;
More than twenty others received from
one to two votes.
There was q conference Of Democratic
decided that members should cast votes
BILLs. INTRODUCES. e,
Iias bills introduced in the Senate were
r1isdeneanor;; to reduce the Governors
salary.
a BIN allowing all divorced persons TO
tomorrow week.
The bills introduced In the House were
Is follows: To protect timber dealers;
20 establish an industrial school at Colds
poro'.
The bill allowing additional clerical
assistance to the Insurance Commits
stoHeT and appropriating $4,000 for that
vent over under motion to postpone.
The Legislature will vote for United
States senator each day until the Demo-
cratic caucus agrees upon its candidate.
The Weather Bureau made bad mis-
take in. forecasting to-day's weather. It
said fair. with rapidly rising telnpera-
ture. IN fact hail began at midnight and
,sy morning everything was glazed with
Slset, the temperature being at the freez-
tns point. Nearly all the horses In the
Eity had to be rough shod. q member of
the Legislature said, This is real legis-
I : TIE GoLD-BR1cK CASE.
Atterney-S Ger GilmeE returned !, to to
ap a5e M sor the State h IN I ta eod
brick case. This is the case in which
Ewo convicts now in the penitenuary
here sue to get out. on the ground that
he sold-brick business is interstate
1t is quite evident that there is going
TO be a great fight on the liquor bill
before the Legislature. There are this
eaE sES Slgne & le asBBiRAxrs BUSY.
The day was a busy one with the sens.
torial aspirants and their workers. Al
three days rest. and so Old all the old
workers. with son1,s recruits. Craig de-
cIares he is in the contest to the end.
His contention is that the senatorship
ought to go 10 the mountain region Of
The state. It is evident that Watson
Feels sure he will win.
CHARTERS GRANTED.
a charter is granted The l'amlico BrlcK
tai s1oD,ooo; w a. Blount and others
stockholders. The Appalachian Fine Art
Company. OF Asheville; to the Twentieth
Century Manufacturing Company, OF
-asheville-to make artificial stone or
concrete blocks Capital. s2o,art.
The report for December weather in
North Carolina, issued to-day, says the
mean temperature for the State was AIS
degrees, which is half degree under
he normal. The highest was 80. at South
port: the lowest 50, at Linyille On the
rainfall was 3.S inches, which is norma
At Cranberry there was three inches OF
snow. The report says prospects arc
good for winter wheat and OATS.
The Red Mems bazaar. being. held hero
this week, is very elaborate. The open
5utaat-GeneTa1 B. L. Royster. past grand
master OF the Grand Lodge Of Masons.
UNION depot BILL.
This afternoon the legislative Commit
Zee on Railways gave a final hearing on
The bill introduced by Mr.. Fuller. OF
Durham, to give the Corporation Com.
mission power to force railways to build
there are two or moro railways. J. S.
Manning and J. c. Biggs, Of Durham,
f-polc. in support Of the bill, and General
Manager kenlv. Of the Atlantlc-Coa.t
Line, against it. The committee tied
10 land viii report the bill without