The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-02-24

4 MT Aiken. aye, was R3iA'A "ANA 49,
| Cowan. no. Mr.. MacCaII. no. was paired
with Dir. Shelton, aye.
The question was then upon Mr..
Watts amendment. which was adopted
| without a roll call.
Mr.. Watts then accepted Judge Ora
| hams amendment to make the violation
| Of the law a misdemeanor instead Of a
felony.
Gudge Graham then sent forward a sub
! stitute providing for a commission Of
three 10 prepare a bin establishing a dis
pensary for the whole State. This was
lost.
WATTS BILL PASSED.
Then the question came on the Watts
bill itself, and Mr.. Watts demanded
ayes and noes.
The result was the passage OF the biz
on its second reading by a vote OF 4
10 IS.
d. Riddick explained his vote against
the bill as follows: II am in favor Of
prohibition and 1 believe that this Leg
i~slature ought TO pass a stringent law
and then submit it TO the people every
year till it is carried. | do not oppose
the bill because / think it will injure
the Democratic party. but because | do
not believe it will accomplish anything
for the great cause of temperance. If |
thought my vote would place intoxicants
out of the reach of myself and my boys
and of my neighbors and their boy, there,
sir. is no power this side of Heaven that
! could prevent me casting that vote.
I told my people I would not cast a
vote to curtail their liberties"
PASSED FINAL READING.
Senate bill TO amend the charter of the
town of GAINESVILLE. Martin county.
Senate bill to amend chapter 4S3, Laws
of 1899. relating to dispensaries in War
ren county.
House bill to make the place Of deliv-
cry If liquor the place OF sale in High
Point.
House bill to create Haw River town
ship, Alamance county.
Mr.. MacCall, by consent. introduced a
bill TO incorporate the Southern Electric
Power Company, near Salisbury.
House Bill to repeal chapter 40, Laws
of 1897, establishing dispensary at Ruth
erfordton.
House Bill to provide for the probate
of the viii of Riley p. Stamps, of Ale
ghany county.
House Bill to perfect the public rec
| Crds of Washington county.
House Bill 10 provide for dispcnsary in
the town of Creswell and the township
of Scuppernong, in Washington county.
House Bill for the better protection of
live stock in Poplar Branch township,
Currituck county.
House Bill to amend chapter 10,
Private laws Of 1928, to provide for the
| election of a town treasurer by the peo-
pie in Northampton county.
Senate Bill to incorporate the Eliza
| beth city Fire Company.
House Bill to provide for the @rttor
drainage of the north prong of BcleWs
Creek, in Forsyth county.
House Bill to increase the number of
county commissioners of Richmond to
five members.
House Bill for the relief of S. F Del
| linger, a public school teacher OF CIeEc-
land county.
House Bill for the relief of A. S. Eller.
| Clerk of Superior Court of Ashe county.
allowing him to absent himself on certain
days.
House Bill to amend chapter 756. Laws
of 1901. relative to telling trees in Crow
ders Creek, CASTOR county.
House Bill to protect game in CASTOR
county.
House Bill to prohibit manufacture and
! StAC Ght oiiipPIh VI llIuoI mt 11lSI
shoals township, rutherford county.
HOUSE
Last night at a quarter to twelve
o'clock the Watts bill passed its final
reading in the House, and was ordered
engrossed and sent to the Senate.
The vote was IS to 80.
Those voting for the bill were: Messr,.
Abel, Alexander of MeckIenburg, Bcas-
ley, Blount, Cowan, Curtis. Daniel of
Vance, Davidson, Doushton, Drewry,
Foy, Freeman, of M~ecklenburg, Gluyas.
Goode, Hall, Hamilton, Harrington Of
Moore, Hooker, Hunter, Kinsland, Krce-
ger, Lccpcr, Little, Love, Luther. Mason,
Moore, Morris of Polk, MacCalI. McI;ac.
Offman, Parker of Wayne, Price of Stan
~, Ray, Kicks. Robertson. Scott. Ship
man, Simpson of Perquimans, Simpson of
Union, Stevenson, Thomas, Vann, Watts,
Whitaker, of Guilford, Whitaker of
Wake, White Of Halifax, Willis.
those voting against the bill were.
Alexander of Tyrrell, Benbow. Bowman.
Bryan, Carson, Daughtridge, Dobson.
Duncan, Erwin, Etheridge, Freeman of
Henderson, Gay, Graham, Grant, Hamlin.
harrington of Harnett, Jarrett, King.
michael, Morton, Nissen, Pegram, Price
Oh Rockingham, Riddick, Smith, Stubs, |
Sugg, Thompson, Waddell, Walters.
The pairs were: Billiard, aye, and
Aiken, no; Daniel, % Warren, aye, and
Anderson, no; MOrphew, aye, and Dc !
Hart, no: Dockery, aye. and West, no:
FULLER, aye, and Morris. of Mcdowell |
no; GUion, aye, and Murphey. no; Carl |
ton, aye, and Woodley, no.
Regular United States Senate tactics
OF hllbuStcr and delay were rcsorted to
yesterday morning in the House to block
Inc passage Of the Watts ill On its
third reading.
Every known parliamentary trick was
tired, Tor the opposition leaders arc
among the shrewde5t and most astutc
parliamcntarians in the House.
at times the excitement was intense.
ana the scenes on the floor almost indie
scIlbable, with anywhere from three to
SIX members calling upon the Speaker |
Tor recognition at the same time, or ris-
ing to points of order, or questions n.
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