The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-01

mot have the privilege of vote and
! now the Ward bill prepared 10 take
away their franchise SO far rs dis
tilleries were concerned from every
body who did not live in a big town.
Mr.. Turner was called down at the
eXpira ton of ten minutes Mr.. Muir
ply of Rowan. said that Yesterday at
the suggestion Of the Speaker the zen
minute rule was adopted. He thought
that on such an important bill as was
now under consideration. gentlemen
should not be confined TO ten minutes
IT was impossible TO discuss any i'm
portant bill in ten minutes Asked
by Mr.. McNinch il there was not an
| agreement when the bill was post
poncd last week that only ono hour
should be consumed in considerin~
tho bin, Mr.. Murphy said il was one
hour on each side was his impressions
McNinch thought not but a reference
to the Journal showed that it was ono
hour on each side. 1t was finally
agreed that Mr.. Murphy should have
the disposition OF the hour TO be
used by the opponents of the bill.
Murphy sent up an amendment pro-
hibiting the sale as we'll as manuflc-
ture OF liquor IN towns of less than
one thousand inhabitants.
Mr.. Murphy said he was opposed
| to the bill because he was Il Demo.
crat and believed in the right of the
pcoole 10 express by their votes their
convictions. He thought the Demo-
cratic platform was opposed TO the
Ward bill. The only tiiac tho right
Of local self-govrrnmcnt had been
abridged was when it became tbsO-
lntely Imperative To save the State
from anarchy BIZ negro domination
Since the adoption Of the COnstitu-
tional amendmcnt the people had y
right to cypect to be consulted on
their right TO vote. And yet two
them living in tho country had beer
disfranchised in this particular. They
calmly but sullenly submitted. Oh the
promise from the Democratic party
that the Watts law would not be made
more stringent in this respect. Now
three distinctions ana classes are
made Of the right to 20 to the ballor
box: Country people have no vote az
ALL city people tan vote Oh all oues-
tons but people living IN towns Of
less than one thousand cannot vote
Oh one Of the questions. This dividing
up the people into three discriminat-
ing classes was dangerous and revolu-
tionay.
Speaking to tho merits of the bill the
Speaker said there was no temperance
i'm il. Tt mad better be entitled bill
Carolina for the benefit If The Ken
lucky and Missouri whiskey trust.
(ApDlause.)
The bill simply sought by indirection
to do what the General Assembly
should have the manfulness to do di-
rcctly by simply saying that Williams.
Advance and Shore distillerieS must
go out of business. and acknowledge
that -hc act of the last legislature
which passed the Watts law, in giving
these places the right to distil liquor
was 2 mistake. TO do this. Mr..
Murphy contended would be
destroying vested rights and amount
to a conGscaton OF property. That
was why, in his opinion, the Ward bin
was concoctcd. TO do by indirection
and in tho name of morality what
would be iniouitous in the eye of law
and of equity. He referred to the
manner in which managers Of the
Ward BIZ! had kent mp 4 ceaSelcss and
Ureless lobby for- H. saving that not
content with getting promises and