The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-28
Under the Dome.

1. Il am temperance man and repre-
sent a prohibition county said Rep
resentative Owens. of Currituck, land
I l voted to repeal the anti-jug law be-
cause it was put on the statute books
by mistake. Now ! favor a straight
anti-jug law"
The capitol of North Carolina is an
excellent building, all that it needs is
! to be taken care of. To think for
one moment of spending two or three
| hundred thousand dollars of the peo-
| pies money on this building, when
| there are not places to protect the
| poor unfortunate creatures of our
| State who are insane is about the most
| ridiculously absurd thing we have
! heard mentioned. If the present State
| officers have not room to perform
| their duties, let the present Legisla-
! ture spend two or three hundred thou
/ sand dollars. and then the people will
send them out four years from now to
a place where there will be room and
to spare.-Catawba County News.
The Liquor Traffic Committee heard
Representative Patterson's appeal to
| repeal prohibition for Swain county
yesterday. Action was deferred II
is safe to say this Legislature will not
open the way for any contemplated
stills to debauch that county.
The Cunningham bill amending the
present child labor law Will have a
hearing before the Manufacturers
Committee on next Tuesday 31st
instant, and the occasion promises to
be one of the most interesting contests
to be had this session. The manufac-
turers are expected in full force, with
petitions from the operatives to let
the law alone. But DR.. McKelway,
who is urging the passage of the II,
claims that neither are representing
the factory children, or their best in
terests. He will make one of the
speeches in favor of the bill, but de-
clines to tell what else he has up his
sleeve. as it were. The discussion is
apt TO be of the Give Wire" order.
| The most remarkable thing seen or
done in North Carolina in the last cen
Grafton was a Republican member Of
the legislature last week standing UP
/ in the House of Representatives anc
| declaring that he and his party in tht
State were for absolute prohibition
| George Butler. of the County o.
| sampson, is his name, and the fac
that he is brother of Marion Butlei
may account for this pretense which
l lie IIidue. but what Is Slltl more re
| markable is that Mr.. Bowman, anothe
Republican member, and a brother-in
| law we believe, of Judge Pritchard
said amen to Buffers statements, ant
| further the nine Republican member
of the House voted for State prohibi-
tion.-Asheboro Courier.
! General James D. Glenn has arrived
| in the city and will next week take IL
his duties as secretary to the Cover
nor.
| II enjoy this cold weather" sale
! Governor Glenn yesterday. Il am jus
fat enough for it TO feel good and
! do not get cold So 1t will como
| about today that many will envy Gov
ernor Glenn his adipose tissue. The
/ Governor COMPLAINS. however that he
| has not enough work to keep him bus,
| and says that he gets restless. He is
a man accustomed to much work an6
the lack of things to do as Governor
is already at work on him.
| The speech of Mr. Harry Stubbs, the
| Senator from Martin, made THURSDAY
in the Senate in opposing an increase
| in the judges salaries is declared hv
many to have been the best piece OF
oratory of the session. it being couchee
! in elegant language and delivered
! most earnestly and ably. He was
warmly congratulated by his col
leagues. those who stood with him and
| against him.
The Legislature has taken whack
| at cocaine and morphine. Before the
session ends much will be done re-
! stricting the whiskey traffic. Alone
with these other evils, it might not
| be a bad idea for them TO take
! whack at the cigarette question, The
| little devils as one of our exchanges
| calls cigarettes, are doing more tc
ruin the healths and constitutions OF
the boys of this land than any other
cause.-Roxboro Courier.
We hope the present Legislature
| will create a new judgeship; so that
| the Governor can have a Judge at his
disposal to hold extra terms of court
| wherever and whenever needed and
| TO take the place of a judge when
| he is sick and not able to attend. We
| have seen the need of such an extra.
| judge demonstrated time and again,
and very recently in Nash county. AT
the last term of the Court which
| should have been held Judge Justice
| was too sick to attend. and the conse-
| quence was there was no court. The
| jurors and witnesses and litigants and
| lawyers were there, and no judge who
was unavoidably absent. And so the
county was pat to enormous expense.
and no results accomplished. 1t would
be economy to have such a judge, for
1t would save during the year any
| amount of money-Rocky Mount
Echo.
whats to be done about our
courts?" was a question we heard
several times last week during the
session of criminal court here. We
now have nine weeks of court every