The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-02

GUY between Messrs. Woodland and
McNinch, the latter thinking Mr..
Woodland In some remarks had meant
| that he was opposed to the bin be-
cause 1t would hurt n friend. AIR.
Woodland said not. and the matter was
adjusted.
Then n motion was made that the
committee express its views as to sal
airy or no salary and the vote was
eleven for salary. three against il, the
| opponents being Messrs. McNfnch,
Vestal and Alley. The chair named
as Il subcommittee to look into the
matter Messrs Graham. Winborne,
| Riggs. McNinch and Feimster.
The Judges Salaries.
The Senate bill making the salary
of each Supreme and Superior court
judge $4,000 was then taken UP ana
| a series OF addresses urging the adop-
| ton of the bill were made by Messrs.
| c. NJ. Busbee, n. Il. Womack, K. III.
Hayes, James Fl. Pou ana r. c. Strong.
| These gentlemen declared the judges
were underpaid, should have larger
salaries, that it would cost each man
in the state but three-fifths of cent.
| that the best talent could be kept on
! the bench, that at private practice
they could earn more, than many 0fn-
| Gals of less rank received more, that
| the state is able to pay more, that the
outgoing and incoming Governors had
both recommended this, that though
| said TO be an immemorial salary that
Supreme court judges in past years
| had never done the amount Of work
| now done for the same salary.
Mr. Woodland of Wilson, spoke ia
vorably of the bill. Mr.. Winborne. of
| Hartford, moved TO amend by making
| the amount $4,000 with $3.50 for eX-
| penses, that his people would be salts
| fed with this. that the number of
| judges had been increased to lessen
| the work.
Mr.. Laughinghouse, of Pitt, said he
would rather pay $4,000 and have the
! Judges attend to their duties. re
| inveighea against short hours and
short sessions of court. said this de-
/ layed cases, that the bill putting the
| judges at work at ii O'Clock on the
opening day and keeping them at work
was right. If the bill will make them
| do their duty God knows | would
vote for it," He said lawyers were
/ afraid to speak out but that he was
not. He favored the bill.
| Mr. Warren, of Jones. favored the
! bill. but Mr.. Graham, OF Granville, OPP
| posed it, saying that the insane, the
| schools, the Confederate soldiers must
| be looked after first. that il the State
could not pay all obligations TO these
salaries should not be increased, that
the people complained of taxes. He
thought that the best talent could be
/ had ON salaries as suggested by Mr..
! Winborne. That with $4,000 just
stricken from the receipts by the FL
nance committee he desired to know
where this $15,750 was coming from.
Mr.. McNinch, of Mecklenburg, ia
vored the bill to put the figures at 3d.
| 500. Mr.. Feimster, of Catawba, OPP
posed it, saying it was q bad prece-
dent shat every salaried officer in the
State would want an increase. 1t was
| inexpedient for party reasons.
Mr.. Biggs, of Durham, said it was
| significant that the opposition did not
come from the farmers, but from the
| lawyers on the committee. The JUS
tice of the measure he declared would
satisfy the people.
Then came a vote on Mr. Win
bornes amendment but this was lost
by a vote of Z to A. The bill was then
ordered reported favorably by u vote
of TO Z. Mr.. Cunningham, who had
lit during the meeting, had voted for
the bill before he left, this keeping off
q tie. The vote was: For the $4,000
salary sMcNinch, Woodland, Alley,
Biggs, Laughinghouse, Warren, Cum
ingham, Ehringhaus; against $500
Grahm, Vestal and Holowell.
| The close vote indicates a warm
| fight on the floor of the House over
! the bill.
| General James ID. Glenn, who be-
/ comes the private secretary of Cover
nor r. b. Glenn, will today formally
enter upon his duties, Col. r. Nj. Pear
sail having ended his connection with
! the office yesterday. By an act passed
by the General Assembly the private
secretary of the Governor. who is also
the Military Secretary of the Com
| mander-in-Chief, has the rank and
title of Colonel. The new official re-
ceives a hearty welcome to the Capitol.
The House Committee on Education
met yesterday afternoon and first
passed favorably on a bill from the
Senate for bonds for the Wilson
graded school.
There was a long drawn out debate
with regard to the bill for r graded
school at Pinnacle. in Stokes county.
Mr.. john Y. Philips opposed the bill,
while Messrs. Hall and Brown stood
for it. The committee finally gave a
| favorable report.
| A new departure in educational
| legislation is made by the bill, pro-
viding for a tax of five cents on the
500 of property, 15 cents on the poll,
| for building and repairing school
|
was acted on favorably, as was also a
bill which provides for an increased
/ local tax in Reidsville for the graded
schools, if this is found necessary.
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| For lack of quorum many commit
/ tees did not meet yesterday though an
effort was made. Among these was
/ the House Judiciary Committee and
the Liquor Traffic Committee.
A special session of the Liquor Traf-
/ fic Committee will be held today and
| the case of the town of Advance is to
be discussed. The session will be at
four o'clock and there may be some
action on in the anti-jug law also.
|
| In addition to other reports made
at the joint meeting of the Committee
on Insane yesterday DR.. James Mckee
for the State Hospital in Raleigh asked
for $4,000 for maintenance as against
/ $71, 500 last year and for $135.OOO for
! permanent improvements and lands
| With this he says he can care for 266
! more patients. There were present DR..
| Murphy and Mr.. j. z. Caldwell for the
| Morganton Hospital, DIR. Mckee ana