The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-17
Under the Dome.

IOnUCE LlAC DOlIEC.
There was much mcrriment in the
Senate yesterday at the expense of the
| Everitt bill. Mr.. Mclean, of Scot
hand. one of its most ardent advocates.
had Just made q ferVent plea for 1t,
land in the course of his speech vail
,antly quoted the Bible, and made
lStrone SallieS against the Opposition
! (three in number) with formidable
numbers OF scrptural passages. Al
! the conclusion of his speech, Mr.. En-
| pie, OF New Hanover. addressed the
Senate After the delivery of several
sentences MIR. McKain did not approve
of. the fearless Scotlander asked the
New Hanoyerian if he would answer
lone question. Mr.. Empie replied
.'certainly l Will" and yielded the
floor. Then the dead silence. the eN-
preston on Mr.. Enpie's face and the
deep depicted solemnity on the counte-
nance of Mr. Mclean made the mo-
Iment dramatic. The ladies in the gal
Ilcries looked Mortified and some
shrunk back, while others. less timid,
Ebent over the seats to watch. The
StalWart members of the Senate ceased
| To breathe, and only the reporters were
quite at their ease.
| The moment for the climax arrived.
You could have heard pin drop on
! the brussels carpet. Mr.. Mclean
| flourished the Bible on high above his
head and shouted to the gentleman
from New Hanover: Where, sir tn
| this Book, can YOU show one word
which justifies the use of strong
! liquor?"
But Mr.. Empie cody replied: Take
a little wine for your stomach'S sake >
! Mr.. McLean's answer: Look not
iupon the wine cup when it is red
| nra no
confusion into which Mr. Empie's ag-
greSSiVe- reply threw the Senate.
| "Behold how great a matter a little
| fire kindleth," calculated Representa-
| tive Lockhart, of Arson, yesterday to
Il House reporter, evidently envbious
! of the great reputation Senator Nc
| Lean had but a few moments before
acquired in his temperance speech in
/ the Senate, showing surprising Ia
| miliarity with the Bible.
Mr.. Lockhart had a grievance, and
! it was q serious one. Some days ago
| it appeared in the House report that
/ he had introduced petition from
/ citizens of another county to prohibit
| the sale of liquor.
He said he had introduced no such
petition and the reporter had evident
! IN gotten some other representative
| name mixed IN with his. Now,
when a little matter makes a big fire
| comes in, said he, lis this wise. Ever
| since that name of mine was tackled
! on to something | did not do, / nave
| been getting letters by the score from
/ constituents who wanted TO knew
something about it. 1t seems to have
| stirred up a hornets nest in sonic To-
| caltieS, and | would be glad FOR you
| TO let it be known that it wasn't lne.
| Mr.. Lockharts Arson constituents
are surely keeping a sharp lookout.
| He is what might be termed 'WeD
! on the liquor question. and his re-
| ported introduction of even q petition
| for prohibition, caused alarm il NOT
| CONSERVATION among his wet friends
! at home
! REPRESENTATIVE Williams, of Duplin,
received many congratulations yester-
| day after his sensible solution of the
reXed committee clerk problem.
| While a group of admiring colleagues
were standing around him, immediate
/ ly after the adjournment of the House
giving him the glad hand, he shook
| with becoming modesty, and imme-
| diately got down to some other Kind
! Of business. Il appreciate your con-
gratulations gentlemen, and will ask
a favor" Name it," came in chorus.
Il want YOU to help get one of the
4 ii
at Warsaw The Board of Educa-
| ton is going to locate one in that sec
! ton Of the State, and there is no bet
/ ter place on earth for ii than in Dup
| lin county. Everybody comedies that
! Duplin is the best trucking county in
/ the State. and our people are pushing
rapidly forwards along other lines.
| Prior to 1903 there was not a bank
| i'm the county, and We have had three
| GRO nj cir q n ST
sembly, and they are prospecting
| Warsaw is the logical place for the
| test farm, being centrally located for
/ Wayne, Pender, New Hanover, Samp-
| son and the other trucking counties. >"
| Mr. Williams said a great deal more
than that, and said it we'll, getting
! plenty promises of assistance before
| he let up.
The Nashville Graphic says:
Hon. Samuel f. Austin, Nash coun-
tvs able representative in the General
| Assembly, has already shown his in
/ tention to have enacted measures
| which mean much to the people of
the State and especially Nash county
| The bill introduced by Mr.. Austin to
amend the laws of 1899 relating to
persons beating trains and TO place
such offense in the jurisdiction of
| justices of the peace, is a law sorely
needed and one which The Graphic
has long urged For the lack of such
a law being in the jurisdiction of a
| ma giStrate Nash county has suffered
many heavy losses, owing to the num-
! Der of such cases being yearly sent
to the Superior Court, thereby entail
| ing considerable expense for incar-
| ceration, trial, etc, without bringing
/ any returns.
| AS for Nash county the taxpayers
sincerely hope Mr.. Austin's bill will
be passed.
Those We're tremultous days and
nights. Delegations of Highlanders
| from old Richmond protesting and of
| lowlanders from the profound Scot
| land swarmed on the capital, and the
| battle was waged relentlessly, and
| Hector Mclean was always thickest
! in the fray. Finally he won his coun-
! ty returning the last time the proud
| and honOred representative from Scot
| land county. ut somehow he was
! never as happy after the fracas as he
| was before, and declined to come back
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