The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-18
A HOT FIGHT FOR
EXAMINING BOARD
Senate Again Kills Investiga-
ting Act.
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The conflict in the Senatorial waters
was waged yesterday around the stand
ard of the Senator flom Guilford, Admi
| raj in Command.
He had run to the masthead a red flag
bearing the device of OBSTRUCTION to
the Board of Examiners of State Institu-
| tions" and by it had won a victory.
The battle was unexpected. The day
before, without the firing of a shot, the
act creating the Board had been killed
as far as the Senate was able, and The
renewal of hostilties was expected to
be at the other end of the capitol.
But the battleship of Senator Spence,
of Moore. Admiral of the opposing fleet.
hove in sight, and proposed a renewal Of
the battle. Not having taken part i'll
| the final shot of the day before he was
debarred from re-opening hostilities un-
| less by consent of the victors. AT this
jCncture Admiral Glenn, in charge of the
victorious crew, agreed to reopen the
battle and it waged tiercely.
About the standard of Admiral Glenn,
of the Guilford, We're gathered his aides,
| fully armed for the strife These we've
Captain Travis, OF the cruiser Halifax;
Captain Marshall, of the gunboat Surry:
Captain Woodard, of the torpedo boat
Wilson, and Captain Baldwin, of the
cruiser Winston. Admiral Spence, or
the battleshp Moore5 was ably assist
ed in the sharp conflict by Captain Webb.
of the armed cruiser Bunccmbe; Captain
| Gillian, of the bato5eshi9 Edge9ombe;
Captain Mitchell, rof the torpedo boat
BERTHE; Captain London, If the cruiser
Chatham, and Captain Lamb, of the tor
pedo boat destroyer Cumberland.
| Admiral Spence got his guns into ac-
tion On this line. He declared that the
Board of Examiners We're of value to the
| State and that the members, hftying
| leisure could more correctly report on
the affairs of State Institutions than
could committee OF the General AS
sembly during the session, as forty in
| stitutons were TO be examined If the
| first board had made errors it did not
| injure the principle OF the act, and there
would be no value in abolishing this, as
new Board could be named by the
| Governor He considered a legislative
| committee as something of q farce as
! their Investigating was done on a junket-
! ing trip of two or three days. AS re-
suit of the Examiners work each. mem
! Der of the General Assembly was in
! possession of information about the State
| institutions which he would not other
wise have had. The cost was nothing
as compared to the value of the infor-
nation 'It would be a grave mistake
| to repeal the act" he said.
| Admiral Glenn fired back with impetu-
| ously that the act ought to be re-
pealed He was not attacking the mem
bers of the board, but the attack on the
| A. and NJ. at Guilford was sufficient.
The public institutions of the State, he
declared, were a monument to Legislature
enactments and they should be examined
by committees from these. The Legis-
lature of 1901 was not so wise or so
powerful as to make laws that should
always be kept. "If the investigation of
legislative committees was a 'junketing
trip as Senator Spence had said, it was
a short trip while the Examiners had a
long junketing trip of a number of
months He declared that now no legis-
lative committee could visit a State in
sttution without a permit from the Gen
eral Assembly.
Admiral Spence fired back: "Have We
not passed ,D1ll giving your committee
this power@".
Admiral Glenn said: "Yes, it mas
passed the Senate, but is hung up in the
House. 1t may pass there too late to be
of service I may speak warmly, but it
IS for the good of the State | am talk
ing"
Captain Webb here went into action
'Its a good law" said he. 81 received
a report from the Examiners as did all
the members If there was not such a
law the heads. of the various institutions
would not be kept on the lookout, watch
ing their P's and Qs. The law ought to
be broader as to time so the board could
drop in Unexpectedly at any time"
know the Senator from Guilford is nat
urally smarting because of the report of
the Cuilford institution. Some people
say it is not true, others say it is l
know that the Republican member of the
Board from my home, who is not a friend
Of mine. and who is in the opposition
party. would do anything for the negro,
nor would have hurt the negro school
at Greensboro, for he has fondness
i, love of sympathy for the negro, so much
so that he voted and worked against the
Constitutional Amendment. | have moth
ing personal in this matter, but the law
ought to stand"
Captain Travis moved into the line of
fire and said. 1.-TWO years ago | was for
the act, now / am against it. 1t is
theoretically good but practically not
good. The best thing is to have a legis-
lative committee report. The other re-
port is by strangers who are not on the