The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-20

aker of Cuilford. Wood, Woodland. Wood
ley. Wooten.
Then Mr.. Self sent forward his substi-
tute. which provides that every county /
or town or district the question of liquor /
or no liquor. dispensary or no dispeu- /
sary. distilIeries or no distiUeries saloons
or no saloons. shall be submitted to a
vote of the people before any existing
condition is changed.
The vote on this subject was "a TO 30
against it. The ayes and noes We're not
demanded.
Then the question came on the com
mittee's amendments. and they were
voted on one by one.
Mr.. Morton called the ayes and noes on
Mr. Doughtons substitute for section
of the committee amendment to the effect
that brandy made from fruit grown on
the lands of the manufacturer may be
sold in original packages Of not less than
five gallons
The result of the vote was 81 to 43 for
the amendment.
Those voting aye were: Mcssrs. Abel,
Alexander of Mecklenburg. Beasley,
Rlount. Britton, Britain, Carlton, Carr,
Curtis, Daniel of Warren, Daughtridge,
! Davidson, DeHart. Dockerv. Doughton'
| Drewry, Etheridge. Freeman of Neck
| lenburg. Fuller. Gay. Gluyas, GOode, Gra-
ham. Guon. Hall. Hamilton, Harrington
of Harnett. Harrington of Moore, Hum
| phrey, Hunter. King, Kinsland, Luther.
| Mason. Moore, Morris Of Mcdowell,
| MacCau. McRae Newland. Offman, Par
lzer of Halifax, Parker of Wayne. Price
| of Stanly. Kicks, Robertson Scott, shell
! ton Shipman, Siler. Simpson of Per-
| quimans. Stevenson, Thomas, UZzeH,
Walters, Warren, Watts, Whitaker of
| Guilford, Whitaker Of Wake, Wood
| Woodland. Woodley, Wooten.
Those voting no were: Mossrs. Aiken,
| Alexander of TyrreH. Anderson, Ben
| bow, Bowman, Bryan, Bullard. Carson
| Daniel of Vance. Dobson, Duncan, Erwin
| Freeman of Henderson, Hamlin, Hinton,
| Jarrett. Kreeger, Leeper, Love, Luther
| Michael, Morphew Morris Of Polk, Nor
ton, Murphy, Pegram, Phillips, Price of
| Rockingham. Riddick, Rucker, Self,
Simpson Of Union. Smith. stubbs, Sngg,
| Thompson Vann, Waddell, West, VIII
! liams Willis Woodley.
The committee amendment providing
that any person desiring to sell wine I'M
der the provisions OF the bill shall obtain
! a license from the County Commissioners
to do so was voted down.
| All of the other committee amendments
were adopted.
| MORTON'S AMENDMENT LOST.
| Then the question was upon Mr.. Nor
! toms amendment. and Mr.. Fuller offered
| his amendment to that requiring a def
mite call for an election from one-fourth
of the qualified voters, instead of when
ever public sentiment shall demand it.
Mr. Morton accepted this amendment.
Mr.. Watts then begged the House not
| to pass Mr.. Morton's amendment He
! said the vote was already provided for
| in the Code.
Mr.. Morton replied by asking what use
! there was in Mr.. Watts putting his
amendment to the bill providing for
vote in the towns and not in the cOun-
try if this question was already settled
in the Code.
Mr.. Parker, of Wayne, made an earn
est speech against the amendment
Mr. Morton demanded the ayes and
noes.
At first before the vote was announced,
| and while it was being counted, ii was
seen that the amendment had been
adopted by two or three votes.
But several gentlemen changed their
voting, having voted by mistake, and
then the count showed that the amend
ment was lost by vote of 81 to 40.
Applause greeted the announcement
Those voting aye were: Messrs. Alex
ander of Tyrrell, Anderson, Benbow, Brit
4 tain, Bryan. Carr, Carson, Croker, De
Hart. Dobson, Duncan Erwin, Etheridge,
Freeman Of Henderson, Fuller. Gay, Ora
ham, Grant, Hamln, Harrington of Har-
nett, Humphreys, Jarrett, King, Morris
! of Mcdowell, Morton, Murphy. McRae,
| Offman, Pegram, Phillips. Price of Rock
ingham, Price of Stanly, Riddick. Self,
| Shelton, Shpman, Simpson of Union,
| Stubs. Sugg, Thompson, Uzzell, Wad-
dell Walters, Warren. West, Williams
Wood Woodley, Wooten.
Those voting no were: Messrs. Abel
! Alexander of Mecklenburg, Beasley
! Blount, Bowman, Britton, Billiard, Carl
ton, Curtis, Daniel of Vance. Daniel of
Warren, Daughtridge, Davidson, Dock
cry Doughton, Drewry, Foy, Freeman of
! Mecklenburg, Gluyas. Goode Guion,
! Hall, Hamilton, Harrison, of Moore,
! Hinton, Hunter, Kinsland Kreeger,
| Leeper, Love, Luther, Mason, Michael,
! Moore, Morphew, Morris of Polk. Mac
! Call, Mcneil, Newland, Parker of Hall
fax, Parker of Wayne, Kicks, Robertson,
! Rucker. Scott, Siler, Simpson of Perquim-
ans Smith. Stevenson, Thomas, Vann
| Watts, Whitaker of Guilford. Whitaker
| of Wake, Willis.
Mr.. Mortons other amendments regard
ing the sale in dining cars and hotels
were voted down.
The amendment by Mr.. Simpson, of
Union, to strike from section s'fve gal
! Ions and insert zone gallon" was ac-
cepted. This refers only to wine.
When it came to Gen. Bryans amend
ment to strike out regulate" and insert
monopoliZe" Mr.. Morton attempted a