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

half dollars into the State.
The Federal Government has apprC-
priated 81. 600, 600 for the St Louis Elk
position. and we should take an inter-
est in all things in which the country at
large is Interested for her welfare. If
we should not take part in this St Louis
Expostion, we would be severely handi-
capped when we came to ask Congress
for appropriations for our own advance
ment e could easily at a cost com
partivoly small, send such an exhibit.
for we had the best state Museum rep
resenting the resources of the State that
could be found in the United States.
Prof. Holmes made his address eX-
tremely interesting and was heartily APP
plauded.
A BILL PASSED.
Mr.. Phillips, of Brunswick. secured
consent to introduce bill. to validate
certain acts of Justices of the Peace in
Brunswick county. The bill passed its
several readings.
PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
Mr.. Woodley, of Chowan, rose to
question of personal privilege and sald
that he wanted to say something WIN
reference to the matter spoken OF by
the gentleman from Pasquotank in the
morning. Mr.. Woodley said in part;
1T is a weu-known fac+ that was
one Of the two Democratic members OF
| the Committee on Propositions and GrleV-
auces that voted against the watts plIt
The other Democratic member introduced
an amendment the other day to leave Che
question to a vote of the people and
when the gentleman from Pasquotank
| attacked him, / sent him a note 10 ASK
| the gentleman if he had not signed mat
uaner. meant no reflection on the gem
| tleman from Pasquotank. / only wanted
tho nuestion asked because it illustrated
q great fact, namely, that every candl-
dare who had promised to leave this
question to a vote of the people had
| been elected"
Mr.. Woodley went on to say that the
gentleman from Pasquotank had applied
all sorts of vile epithets 10 the man
that had instgated the attack on him
without thoroughly understanding the
| facts. He would not hurl back any such
epithets, as he did not consider that
| it was becoming to use such language in
| this distinguished audience.
However. in order that the House
might Judge for itself, Mr.. Woodley
stated that he had wired to Mr.. e. f.
Lamb asking him if Mr.. Hinton had not
I defined MS position in Mr.. Lambs pa
per, and if so, what it was
| He had received a reply from Mr.. Lamb
SAYING that Mr.. Hinton was sufficiently
! committed in the columns of his paper
Mr.. Hinton replied to Mr.. Woodley by
! saving that his views had never been
printed in Mr.. Lambs paper, and that
| the agreement he had signed had never
| been printed in that paper. Mr. Hinton
/ said further that Mr.. Cahoon and others
/ in Elizabeth City could vindicate him
entirely in the matter.
| He said further that Mr.. Woodley had
misunderstood him. He had not said
what he had of the man who had insu-
! gated Mr. Mortons inquiry without
| Knowledge of the facts, but of the man
who had done so with full knowledge
| of the facts He had not known 1t was
! Mr. Woodley If the facts in the case
were not known to the gentleman, his
remarks did not apply to him. But IL
| these facts were all known, he had no
apology to make.
! MURPHY BILL LOST.
! The question was upon the Murphy
! hin and the vote resulted in the defeat
| of the bill by rs to 20. Mr.. Murphy de-
manded the yeas and noes. Those voting
| for his bill were Messrs. Alexander OF
| Tyrreu, Anderson, Benbow, Bryan, carr
! Carson. DeHart. Etheridge, Freeman OF
/ Henderson, Grant Hamiin, Harrington
! of Harnett. Jarrett, King, Morris of Nc
! Dowell Morton, Murphy, Pegram, Rid
dick. Self. Simpson of Union, Stubs,
| Thompson, UzzelI, Walters, Williams,
| Woodley. Wooten. Those voting against
| the Murphy bill were: Messrs. Abel,
| Alexander of Mecklenburg, Beasley,
! Blount, Bowman, Britton, Britain, Bull
, lard. Croker, Curtis, Daniel of Vance,
| Daniel of Warren Daughtridge, David
son, Dobson, Dockery. Drewry Duncan,
, Erwin Foy. Freeman of Mecklenburg,
| Gay, Gluyas, Goode. Graham, Guion,
| Hall, Hamilton. Harrington of Moore
| Hinton Humphrey Hunter, KinslaW,
| Kreeger, Love. Luther. Mason, Michael,
/ Moore, Morphew. Morris of Polk, Mac
| Call, Mcneil. McRae. Newland Gilman
Parker of Halifax, Parker of Wayne,
Phillips, Price of Rockingham, Price OF
Stanly, Kicks. Robertson, Rucker, Scott,
! Shipman, Sler. Simpson of Perquimans,
Smith. Stevenson, Sugg, Vann, Waddell,
| Warren Watts, West Whitaker of Gull
| ford, Whitaker of Wake, Willis, Wood,
| Woodland,
THE LONDON BILL
| Next came the vote on the London bill,
offered as a substitute for the watts
| bill by Mr. Morphew, who demanded the
ayes and noes The result of the vote
was &C to 40 against the bill.
Those voting for it were: Messrs. Alex
ander of Mecklenburg, Bowman, Britain,
Billiard, Carlton, Curtis, Daniel of Vance,
Daniel of Warren, Foy Freeman of
Mecklenburg, Goode. Hall, Hamilton,
| Harrington of Moore, Hinton, Hunter,
Jarrett, King, Kinsland, Krecger, Leeper,
Love. Mason, Michael, Moore Morphew
| Morris of Polk, MCNEIL, Offman, Price
of Stanly, Rucker, Scott, Silcr, Simpson
of Perqumans. Simpson of Union, Thorn
as, West, Whitaker of Wake, Williams,
Willis.
Those voting against it were: Messrs.
Abel, Aiken, Alexander of TyrreIL An
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