The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-05
THE REVENUE BILL
FIGHTING ITS WAY
Liquor Tax and DispensarieS
in the Contest.
NEW BUILDING FOR A & M
The Effort for Immediate Passage Failsd but
Made Special Order for This Morning
After Sharp Contest and
Warm Debate.

Warm Debate.
The bill to provide for an Agricultural
| Building for the A. and NJ College
started a live and hot debate in the
Senate yesterday
1t is the bill of Representatives Scott,
which went through the House Tues
day night. 1t appropriates $50,OO0 of
the funds of the Agricultural Depart
ment to erect the building and it was
received in a message from the House.
Senator Henderson moved to put it on
the calendar for immediate passage, and
on this motion there arose a commotion
| in the way OF opposition. Senator
| Brown said the proper course was for
| the bill to go to the Committee on
! Appropriations as it involved an out
| lay.
| Senator Mitchell spoke against this
and asked that the bill pass at once. In
| reply Senator Brown spoke vigorously
| against proposition which he character
| lied as an attempt to railroad the bill
! through the Senate, and criticized ex-
penditures for buildings made at the
| college.
| Senator Mitchell said he did not stand
| for all the expenditures, but that he
saw the necessity for the building asked
| for, as all of the lines of work taught
at the college the agricultural was
1 alone without building and the pit
| tance for this should not be refused,
| Senator Brown declared that it was not
the fault of the State, that it had appro-
| priated a sufficient amount for neces-
sary buildings.
Senator Justice urged that the DilI
| go to the Appropriations Committee, and
| Senator Brown remarked that the plan
to put the bill through was part of
| general scheme for the appropriation
of money. In continuing Senator Justice
said there would be no exception and
| that the bill should go the regular route.
| He declared that the farmers were not
| putting themselves in the proper light
| by the present action. He spoke of
| $500 spent at the A. and M. with
| $4,000 on money borrowed. He said that
| $4S,000 already used, 5000 for the col
! lege and $4,000 more for maintenance
was $SS.O0O and that now $4,000 more
| was asked for. He compared this $685.
| Geo with the s125,OO0 given to oMrgan-
! ton and nothing to it for buildings.
The Agricultural Department he said,
was as much a department of the State
as any other and should not alone be
in the hands of the farmers, but all the
| people had an interest in it.
| Senator Henderson again spoke
against the bill going to the Appropria-
| ton Committee saying it had already
been virtually killed there. Senator
[ Brown insisted that this scheme should
! be heard by the committee, as did Sena-
tor Justice, while Senator Henderson
urged that it go on the calendar and be
| passed at once.
| Senator Brown inquired of Senator
| Henderson concerning his dep interest
| in the bill and asked if he was a farmer.
| Senator Henderson replied that he had
! 1000 acres of farm land and had an in
| terest in the bill, and in reply to Sena-
| tor Spence as to why he did not want
! the Committee on Appropriations to
consider the bill that it would kill the
| bill and that he considered that as it
stood it had nothing to do with it,
The previous question was called and
a vote OF 81 to carried this. Senator
| consideration of the bill, but this was
ruled out of order Then the rules were
suspended and the bill was put on the
calendar by vote of 81 to 9. On mo-
| tion of Senator Webb it was made the
| special order for today at II o'clock
Those voting in the negative on the
| proposition to put on the calendar are
! Senators Beasley, Brown, Durham,
H. 80 IlaI
lock, Pharr, Spence and Travis.
THE REVENUE BILL.
The discussion on the Revenue bill be-
gan with section g. which imposes a
tax of $25 a year on druggists dealing
in yiquors. The last Revenue bill made
the tax $50 and this cut it in half sena-
tor Hoey thought $25 a year too much
and offered an amendment to reduce this
| to SO, while Senator Wellborn (Rep)
wanted it 500. Both amendments were
killed and the tax was left at S25.
The distillery tax was next considered.
1t is a graduated State tax, $50 year
on daily capacity of to bushels, 800
from to II bushels. $50 from y to "a
bushels, $3.50 from "a to As bushels, $40O
year on each with a daily capacity of
4S bushels or more. The section made
the levy of a like tax by the county
mandatory, but Senator Gillian en-
deavored to have the shall levy
changed to "may levy" but this was
lost To make clear that a distillery,
rectifying business and wholesale busi
mes sand wholesale business all in one
should pay taxes on two lines an amend
ment by Senator Justice was adopted.
This provides that when a distiller
rnctifns his nrnduct and soils bY the