The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-02
TAR HEEL LEGISLATURE
Work That is nei1J Gone By the
North Carolina Lawmakers.
Ent'-ius Law Repealed.

Enti-ius Law Repealed.
! In the Senate bills were introduced
o require the use Of broad wire and
! lot barhcd along the side Ct roads; to
| 'rohibit the sale Of liCnor IN Ave
! niles of Gold Hill Bills passed
iboIshing the three days Of grace and
| making negotiable laws uniform: for
| ne relief Of county commissioners re-
| sarding the ycrifcatioa Of claims.
House bill repeating the law refundlng
| y Treasurer LACY 1914 stolen by
| Clerk Martin. was first referred To
| nc claim committee. then placed on
! he calendar. There was argument
IN the bill regulating fishing in the
| great sounds and connecting waters
ana 1t was made the special order for
! Thursday. The Senate then took up
| he special order, namely. the bill IN
creasing the salaries of iudgea TO So
! 800 and repeating the act allowing Su-
| perior Court judges $3.50 for expenses
for travelling. Mr.. Williams asked
what had become Of the bill allowing
$1,000 10 the Governor for expenses.
! saying II this were not allowed. he
| would oppose the BILL Mr. Scales said
| the present bill was unanimous
| compromise. Considerable debate fol
| lowed
! IN the House a petition was filed
from 1000 members CT the Baptist AS
| sOciatiOn and 500 voters, that the
Watts law remain as at present. or if
| changed, be made more stringent
Bills were introduced TO allow Spencer
to Issue bonds for schools and electric
| lights and to establish graded schools:
TO amend the law regarding deeds of
| trust; TO incorporate Tuckaseegee
hallway, to amend the law so that the
| executor Of an estate shall not be cx-
! ecutOr OF the first tCStatOr. The House
| took up the special order namely the
anti-jug law Of 1903, the bill being to
| repeal It, except as to Cleveland, Ca
| barrl5, Castor and Mitchell Mr.. Nc
Ninch offered amendments incorporat-
! ing the State anti-jug law into the
| Watts law, section 2, saying he had
no desire aud the friends of temper
ance had no desire to take advantage
| OF accidental law, hut by the passing
OF the bill with his amendment. this
accidental law would, in effect. be re-
| pea!ed, and al the same time q straight
anti-Jug law be enacted. Mr. David.
! of Haywood. chairman CT the commit
teemen Of liquor traffic. moved that
| the bill he referred to that committee.
| debate followed.
| The House took up the special Or
der, this being the bill to re,eal the
anti-jug law Of 1903. except as to Cleye-
land. Cabarrus. Mitchell and CASTOR
counties. McNinch offered an amend
| Eent Incorporating an anti-iug law for
| the State into section Of the Waits
| law, saying he had no desire and the
trends OF temperance had none to
! taEe advantage OF an accidental law
| but that by passing the bill of his
amendment, this accidental law would
iii effect be repealed at the same time.
a State anti-iug law would be enacted
| Davis, Of Haywood chairman of the
! committee on liquor traffic; said that
aS the amendment injected entirely new
matter, which was not considered by
| the committee when II made it's origi-
| nal report, he moved that the bill be
| re-referred. Murphy. OF Rowan, object
| ed to this re-commitment, saying he
| thought members ought to meet the is ..
sue squarely and be willing to say
whether they desired to take advantage
| OF an accidental law Or not. Wineborne
| said he introduced bill for repeal, ex-
| cept as to the counties above referred
| to-, which are named in the acts of
1903, and that the bill was so worded
| placed within the anti-jug law terrific
ry. He added that it was a well-known
! fact that the anti-jug law bill, apply
ing to whole State was defeated in
| 1903, and hence that it was nothing but
| proper to repeal any law which had
| been enacted by mistake. Graham, OF
/ Granville, favored re-cOmmitment OF
the bill, as did Stewart, Of Harnett,
| and Alexander, Of MecklenDurg. KOonce
| OF OnslOW. opposed pOstponement, say
ing it was generally understood during g
| the campaign, and he had so stated to
| his constituents, that the law would
| be repealed because it was tainted with
| error, if not with fraud. He had the
| authority Of the distinguished chair
| man of the Democratic committee for
| be assurance that as a matter OF course
| the law would be repealed. Warren, OF
| Jones, said the law was not made an
| issue in the campaign IN his section,
| because it was universally considered
| that as matter of course it would be
repealed. This is the only manly course
| to pursue, and then, if it is desired,
another bill giving an anti-iug law to
| the entire state could be introduced
| and stand on its merits. lien high in
authority in North Carolina had led the
| people to believe this law will be
| promptly repealed sc far as it related
to territory not included in the bill. He
exposed any pOstpOnement Murphy. OF
Rowan, said he had no objections to an
| ant1-jug law of those counties whose
members desired it, but was not in ia
vor Of pOstponing action in repeating
| the law covering the whole State. The
| people expected to see the law re-
| pealed promptly, and yet here it was
| the goth day of the session, and the
| bill to repeal had been held back and
| now it was proposed to still further
| postpone it. Mitchell. OF BERTHE. favored
! the repeal without any further post
| ponement, saying il was well-known
how he stood on the temperance CUES
ton and now the liquor influence trie3
| to defeat him in the last campaign. bit
! he could not rest contented z moment
without voting the repeal OF the pres
ent law. passed inadvertently. He be
| lieved an anti-jug law could be passed
! b. this Legislature 70 cover this whole
State. but whether that was SO Or not.
it would De unpardonable and un-
manly to allow the law as at present
construed by the Supreme Court to re-
| main CT the statutes, Robertson said
he would vote for e. aoti-jug IL" fer
| the whole State. but was unalterably
opposed to delay another moment III
voting to repeal the present law. He
felt that the construction placed by the
Supreme Court making the law uni
versal, was good law, yet at the same