The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17
LEGISLATURE
Continued from First Page.

Branch-To incorporate the Humane
Society m Washington.
PILOTAGE BILL
The DILL known as the pilotage bill.
abolshing compulsory pilo.age on the
cape Fear river came up with a favoia-
Die report A minority report was Of
fered, signed by Rector, Reeves. Uz-
zeT. Wade and Dobson. The bill was
made a special order for Friday a.
noon.
INCREASE IN JUDGES SALARY.
The special order OF the day was the
BILL Increasing alaries OF judges from.
$z,o0e 10 so,ov0. Warren onered AL
amendment making the figure s., go
and spoke in its favor. saying he was
willing to pay more If the state could
afford 1t. Graham. of Granville, offer
&c a substitute bill making the salaries
5000. Redwine said he vas unwilling
70 vote to increase salaries when Sd
rlany u~nfortunateS we're uncared for.
He moved p-ostponement OF considera-
ton Of the bill until the 2Sth, after the
committee on appropriations makes its
report and when the members would
be better able to vote inrelligently.
Winborne favored the bill, saying ala
ries were the same as 50 years ago.
While the judges, especially those Of the
Supreme court, were unable to live on
their present income. He declared
$500 little enough and offered an
amendment making the salries of Su-
Irene court judges So, 500 and of Su-
periOr court $3.50. Cotiieid opposed the
bill. Cunningham opposed the motion
to postpone and SO did Biggs, Mitchell,
and Murphy, OF Rowan. Strickley said
he was for the bill, but wanted the
matter postponed. Graham, of Grdn-
vile, move to amend the motion to
Postpone, by making the bill a special
order for February 22nd. Postpone
ment was defeated by a large majority.
Graham, of Granville, spoke in support
Of his amendment making salaries 49,
coo and Winborne in favor of Ills
amendment making the increase 3,oaG.
F'eimster spoke against the bill, saying
the people should be told of what was
planned and if they desired it then
he would favor the increase. Cunnin;
ham spoke in advocacy of the bill. Nj
Winborne withdrew his amendment, a
it was identically the Same as the
amendment Of Mr.. Warren and the
substitute by Mr.. Graham. Mr.. War
rem hen withdrew his amendment in
favor of Mr.. Graham's substitute. Mr..
Grant. the leader of the minority said
his party was too broad and too great
to make politics out of the matter and
the salaries should be increased. Mr..
Holbrook askedxMr. Grant if he was a
Republican, and if the Republican con
vention did not declare against the in
crease of salaries. Mr.. Gram said that
this bill was right, and he was broad
enough to vote as he thought, irrespec-
tive of the party. MI. Mitchell and Mr..
Cover supported the bill. Ballard said
he was glad to have the nance to vote
for it. and that his people would not
censure him for not voting for more.
burlington read a petition from citi-
Zens Of Statesville asking him and his
colleague to vote for the increase. He
said he thought it just and right and
therefore would vote for it. Biggs said
business men, cotton mill superinten-
dents, solicitors and sheriffs received
nearly double the salary of the Chief
Justice. He called for the previous
question. The call was sustained.
Coffeld demanded the ayes and ZOE
and the call was sustained. The Ora
ham substitute, making salaries $4,000
was adopted So to 40, and the bill pass
Gu StCOltu ItdufIlS IN ulSS "SiC ouS-
pended and it passed third reading.
The bill allows $3.50 annually for expen
.ses of each judge.
HOUSE NOTES.
A favorite method of killing bills is
what may be called the Fabian tactics
ofcirc umlocution or delay. The first
step is generally a motion to postpone,
the next is to load a bill down or scat
ter it's forces by amendments. In the
House today the friends Of the plots
who were hit so hard by the report OF
the committee on the bill abolishing
compulsory pilOtage or the Cape Fear
made a stand for a long -postponement
Of action, by moving to make The bill
a special order for February 22nd. This
failing, with as much grace as possible,
one days delay was gained by agree
ing to max the bill a special order for
Friday, instead of Thursday. A minor
ity was submitted which favors the
law remaining as at present.
Another effort to kill a bill was as
to the judges salary increase, this being
to postpone until February 2Sth, the
struggle being a long one, and to the
surprise of everybody immediate &C.
ton was agreed on.
The only important general bill in
troduced today was one by Graham
providing for participation in the
Jamestown Exposition by appropriate
ing $4,000 to be paid in three years;
$4,000 for a building for the state ex-
hibit; a board of ten commissioners
one from each congressional district
to be appointed by the governor in 81
days, to take charge of exhibits, etc.
to serve without pay, but only x
penses, and to provide a great exhibii
and supervise all expenditures.
The Jamestown Expos. ton.
= Washington, February 14.-Repre-
I sentative MAYNARD of virginia intro