The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-10
SENATE ADJ0URNS
AND ALL IS OVER
Appropriation Bill Concurred
in on a Tie Vote.
AN EXHIBIT AT ST. LOUIS
Severe Criticism and Earnest Defence Ct Man
agemsnt Of the A. & N. College Was
the Feature of the Closing
Hours,


''The Senate stands adjourned sine die
With a rap of the gavel Lieutenant
the session.
The doors of the Senate and the House
had been thrown ajar and in full sight of
each other stood President Turner and
Speaker Gattis.
The dials of the Senate clock and of the
House clock each stood at one o'clock.
Down in the city the big clock had just
passed the hour of two.
Bank! Bang! sounded the two gavels.
The members began shaking hands and
words of farewell were being spoken.
The General Assembly of 1903 had passed
into history. It's bills had been enacted
into law and the State is left to pass its
judgment upon what has been done.
The last day was one of more or less
confusion. The little bills left over
fought for their lives, the employees and
pages made an onslaught on the treas
ury, successfully resisted, and some
measures of local or State interest fell
on sleep by divers methods.
The Senate began its morning work
with the st. Louis World Fair resolu-
tion, appropriating $4,000 for North
Carolina exhibit there, if the funds We're
in the treasury. 1t was advocated by
Senator's London and Brown. the latter
expressed regret that tie appropriation
CnlIl6 no 10 bot
it would pay North Carolina to have this
exhibit and that he believed that through
out the State there would be that pa
triotic pride which would add largely to
the appropriation. Senator Mitchell op-
posed the bill, but it finally passed by a
practically unanimous vote
Then the newspaper reporters who had
kept tab on the Senator's were honored
These We're Mr. Willis G. Briggs, of the
Raleigh Times; Mr.. M. j. German, of the
Morning Post, and Mr. Edward f. Brit
ton, of the News and Observer. reso-
luton was offered by Senator London
expressing the thanks of the Senate for
the excellent reports. In speaking to his
motion Senator London said that he had
never known the newspaper work done
at this session equalled before in all the
Legislatures of North Carolina with
which he had been acquainted. with
out the help of the reports made l don't
think that ! could have had so intelli-
gent an understanding Of the work done
here, for I would read in the papers
things which had escaped my attention
here"
Senator Henderson also threw boquet
at the men of the pencils. He said that
since 1868 he had been in legislative work
and that he had found the work of this
session better than he had ever known
before. Senator Milton tied up the bou-
quet with some approving words and the
resolution was adopted by a rising vote
TIL lection in Tarboro on Friday last
having ben against the Dispensary, Sena-
tor Gillian introduced bill repeating
the dispensary act applying to Tarboro
1t went through at once.
There was some rapid fire shooting
when Senator Beasley introduced a bill
to pay to the widow Of w. S. Pressom
s14.50 this being the amount of pension
warrant due her late husband. who had
died four days before it came due There
was much opposition expressed as other
Senators had been defeated on bills of
like character. These commenced to put
riders on the Beasley bill SO that their
folks could rush in also, but a motion to
table carried the matter into the beyond
by a vote Of 1e 10 IA
Then Senator Norris had the Raleigh
Police Commission bill called. What is
ito Let's vote it down" said Senator
Henderson Senator Norris told of the
bill, and said that there had arisen fac
tional fight about it, in which he had no
part It had gone through the House,
but the Raleigh delegation which had
first supported it were now against it.
IF it he said that on Saturday IL had
arrived from the House and at his re-
quest had gone to the Committee on
Counties, Cities and Towns, which had
held no meeting since. "I have Noo~ o.
cused Of taking no position on this mat
ter" said he "but when it becomes ne
cessary to take one | can take it. J have
no interest in the bill and not try
ing to dodge or avoid the situation when
| sent it to the committee for its consid-
Grafton. The House Committee passed it
with an amendment unanimously It is
here now and I am responsible for it.
ask that il he passed as the Board of Al
dermen ask for It. If the law does not
operate we'll it can be changed two years
hence"
Spence: "You knew the condition Sat
urdey night. Why did you not call it up
then?"
Norris: 1T Rad gone to committee
and in the intermin cf twenty minutes at
the night session it was impossible to get
a meeting"
Spence: az don't see that your answer
Is an answer TO my question.
Norris: There was not time then for,