The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-27

we can begin Monday morning with u
perfectly fresh start.
| Yesterday too marked the passing
Of the twentieth day OF the session,
| one-third Of its life now being gone.
| Ii is notdblc that SO far very few laws
! Of general application have been en-
| actcd, the heavy work on the big bills,
! remaining yet to come. The long and
| earnest debate on the repeal OF the
anti-jug law, as III former debates,
| the temper ct members was adj
nirable j was entirely tree from eA-
cited or incorporate language al
! though the question had politics and
mora lity mixed in it. from} the view
noiut Of many. Mr.. McNiEch who
Introduced an amendment OF sub
| stitute, which in effect nulliited the
act of repeal, must have been greatly
surprised as member after member.
| who We're in perfect sympathy With
| the PRINCIPLES Of the Anti-Salcon
League arose. and advocated the i'm
/ mediate and unconditional repeal OF
The law. Mr.. McNinch yielded grace
| fully TO the inevitable Withdrew his
! amendment and made Il manly state
ment of his position in the matter.
wncn II" headed off the staurede OF
amendments. adding county after
county TO the original bill. Perhaps
two o. the mos impressive reasons
for voting the way they did, and pos
sbly a. sincere ds any. were those
given by two of the Oldest members of
the House Mr.. Powers. Of Ruther-
| ford. Democrat. SAID he Nctcl against
reneaI because Ne bciieVed Il bird in
hand was worth two n the bush. and
Mr.. Meekins. Republican, of Tyrrell,
who said he voted for repeal because
Tyrrel was n prohibition county ana
BY reason Of the present law some Of
his bibulous but worthy friends we're
seriously nlconNenienced about getting
their dram.
Whether the debate on the bill IN
troduced by MIR. McNinch to enact an
anti-iug Law for thcSState wi be as
courteous aud free from acrimony
when it comes up for passage, as was
that OF yesterday remains to be acen.
The vote on the bill yesterday on
roll call was as follows:
AYES: Messrs Alexander Alley,
Andrews Austin. Ballard. Barco,
Biggs, Bowman, Branch, buchanan
Byrd, Campbell, CowleS, Cox, Crisp,
Cunningham. Daniel, Davidson. Davis.
of Burke: Davis of Haywood; Ehring-
haus Etheridge. Finney, Fisher,
zelIe. Bayle Glenn, Gordon, of Gull
ford; Gordon, of Stokes: Ora ham OF
Alam2nce: Graham, OF Granville;
Grant; Hall Hanlxins Harris, Haril-
son Hasten. Tawes Henry, HolloWeu
Humphreys. Hutchison Joyner, kirk,
Kconcc Laugniughouse, Lockhart
Meekins. Mitchell Morgan. MorphcN.
Murphy. of Buncombc Murphy. OF
Rowan. Mcfarland. McNinch. owens,
Patterson, Perry. Pinnix, Pitt Rector
Riycs Robertson. Roberts HC2ei's,
Rvburn, Shipman, Simpson, OF Gates
Simpson, of Union; Sledge stewart
Stickley, stokes. Taylor. OF Bruns-
wick: burlington, Tulnef. u%lel.
VestaI. Waddill Warburton Warren
Winbolne Woo,h:rd. of Pamlico.--S".
Noes: Canady, Feimster, Cover.
Graham. OF Lincoln, Jones, McCilL
Mcqueen. Olive, Phipps, covers,
Reddng, Stronuch, TAYLOR. of Vance:
ThaggaYd. Wade, Webb West OF
l3Iaden. West of Cherokee; Williams.
Wood, Young. III.
Those not present or not voting
were. Boney. Butler Chesson, Coheld'
Dobson. iIailbrook, Little, EedTinc.
Sentcne White and Woodard. of Wiz
SON
Proceedings in Detail
The House was called 10 order at
II O'Clock by Speaker Guion. Prayer
WA offered by Rev. McNeely DuBose
rector of st Mary's School. The read
ing Of the journal was dispensed with.
The following petitions were intro
duced:
Mcqueen: From merchants of Car
thage asking enacting law against OBJ
taining goods under false pretences.
Perry: Merchants of Beaufort
Patterson Merchants Of BrySon
CITY. all for law against obta ming
goods by fraud. judiciary Committee.
Kirk: From $50 members Of
Stanlv Baptist Association and 500 Vot-
ers Of Stanly county, praying that
Watts law remain Us it is, or il chang
cd. 10 be made more stringent
Bills Ratified.
70 amend the charter of l.ittleton.
no validate a deed from the state
TO J. H. Hughes.
no exempt the town of Fountain in
Pitt county, from operation Of law
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