The commonwealth., 1905-03-09
APPROPRIATIONS

Laughinshouse of Pitt SAID he could
not confent to its passage without en-
, terlng protest against the approl ria
tions .or the State Normal and Indus
trial College at Greensboro and the
Agricultural and Mechanical College at
Raleigh. He SAID at the latter college
bankers sons were being educated at
the States expense, while old, helpless
soldiers were being denied adequate
pensions.
He had 20 criticism to make OF the
teaching and work of these institutions
, for he believed they were we'll man.
aced, but they were organized for the
assistance of poor people, and 1t was a
damnab:e outrage on the one-gallus
taxnavers to have them filled with the
sons ard daughters Of rich men who
opoht to send their children to private
schools. ;" He was not willing to vote
t1ese appropriations wi it b out an
amendment compelling these institu-
tic n. to charge rich people enough for
such first-class education to at least re-
lieye the State from such enormous ap-
propriatlons and make at the same
tine more room for those who were
not able to pay.
NJ. Felmster said he thanked God
that the State had schools where the
ric h mans sons and daughters and the
ona-gallus mans sons and daughters
, eonld be educated together and stand
on their merits. The taxes that kept
taase schools going came from the rich
mon aud nobody could deny that. He
only wished that in his schoc! day
there had been such splendid instltu
tiun5 ailara boys and girls from every
sec,i0n 0f the state coud be educated
. On an equal plane, put on one common
! level Of raerit and good character.
The bill then passed its third and
final reading without amendment, anG
3 WAS sent to the Senate.
3 Its adoption without further debate
Or q single amendment was unprecl
dented aud was taken as q nigh compll
mont to the members of the appropri
2 atoms com mittee, who had given tht
m alter such assjducus attention 10
q the past month.
e FIFTY FOURTH DAY-FRIDAY, MARCH )
: News and Observer.
e SENATE After lengthy discusslo,
] the Senate passed the Omni
9 bus Appropriation bill without a dis
+ seft;ng vote, taking the same action a
= the House. The joint committee OF
i appropriations had considered the bill
s cautiously and consclentiously, ant
] had recommended the distributions al
: equally as possible, after a great many
long and toiisome meetings. In al
: the speeches Mr.. Mason of CASTOR
: chairman of the Senate branch of tn,
: committee, was warmly complimeEtet
0 for the eminent success he had met il
e providing bill that gave almost uni
e versal satisfaction, and when it fnall,
S passed without one Senator Opposing
d 1t. every amendment having been with
drawn, Mr.. Mason was congratulated
9 by large number of friends.
The Revenue act was taken up OF
its second reading and the first sixty
three sections were adopted, the re
4 msindel to be considered later.
a HoUsE-In the House there were
discussions on appropriations and OF
the school law. Many private bill
were considered, and some passed fina
readings.
o | FIFTY-sECOND DAY--sAT., MARCH 4.
News a::d Observer
n SENATE-The bill making the pa
4 for solicitors salary instead of fees
J. passed its final reading. The salary i
. fixed at 50 800
+ The divorce bill was passed.
, Considerable work was done on th
q revenue bill and many sections wer
! adopted.
|, HoUsE-In behalf of the House
silver service was presented to Speake
O GuIon as mark of respect and appre
J. citation for his services and his uniform
!. C ourtesy.
~ Remarks were made in presentin
o the silver service and Speaker Guio
II accepted it in appropriate terms.
The final vote was taken on t.
. $4,000 extra appropriation for th
hospital for the insane at Morgantor
=. The bill passed.
20 LAST DAY-MoNDAY, MARCH 6.
II News and Observer.
SENATE-The close OF the session il
j. the Senate was quiet and extremel
g dignified, there being no indulgence
g. in Joy oyer the taxation of legislatlv
!. duties, those Senators who felt impe
v ed to express their varied emotions o
~ leaving that body OF the House whe1
,e they participated in the happy demon
J. stration, and at one time there we're i
N the Senate chamber only two member
- | and one nawsna nor ren0rfer