The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-15

J saving he desired TO vote the whole
!, thing down. Graham joined I'm cp-
posing consideration and then Mitchell
| his motion. Tn" senate ON
| webb's motion adjourned until Frtasy
morning at IL
HOUSE.
The house session bezan n IL
O'Clock. speaker Justice presiding and
| Rev. E. Y. Pool of the Baptist church
Offering prayer. Principal Clerk Alex
ander Lassiter read yesterdays journal
and Mr. Morton of New Hanover call
ed attention TO an error in IL, that the
amendment offered by Mr.. Parsons
10 the resolution in regard TO the gov
ernor's address of the legislature joint
ly, this amendment being that the gov
ernor be invited 10 address the body
unoffcially. was defeated. Mr.. Morton
said the fact was that the amendment
was never voted on. The speaker or
dered the correction made.
A message was read from Govern0r
Glenn thanking the house for its inyi-
tation I him TO e his message and
stating that he would do so at the ap-
pointed hour The speaker announce
the following appointments OF laborers
and pages: Laborers. Carr Aston.
Benjamin Chambers, Claude Hepier.
W. W. Hockaday, j. j. Serfn. James
Harris, Henry Rudisill, John O.
Stuart. Charles Cochrane Of MeckIen-
burg, l.. o. Finch. J. r. Buie, NJ. W.
White, Anthony Davis. William ON
stead. Pages. Fullar Wishart, Vile
Rogers, Frank Bynum OF Wake, Davil
Hyatt, OF Haywood; Paul Sweed vi
Cherokee: Winfield Chadwick. of Car
teret; Henry Butler, of Rockingham.
ID. J. Whichard, OF Pitt: and Bryan
Murchison OF Guilford. !
Representative George Morton. OF
New Hanover. presented the following
protest, which. at his request was
reaf and spread upon the journal: ."1n
accordance with my constitutional
rights / hereby protest against the
chief executive of the state being per
mitted TO read his message to the gen
eral assembly. My reasons are that
it is a violation of the constitution, in
that ii fails TO keep separate and dis
tinct the executive and the Legislative
bodies and also that no one except
members or clerks Of the general as
sembly have a right To read or speak
on the floor during the official SEES
sion" Representative Swift Gallo
way of Pitt gave notice that he aud
several other members desired to Join
in the protest.
The next feature was the Joint s-s-
sion of the senate and house to hear
Governor Glenn read his bi-annuaI
message. About which matter there
was such prolonged and warm discus
sion yesterday afternoon and evening.
a com n1iffGa frnN,, thA hn,,un Inl .-.,
ed hat Of the senate in going TO the
Office Of the governor in order TO as
cort him 10 the hall Of the house. n
senate, headed by Lieutenant Govern
or Winston entered the house, the
representatives rising to receive the
senator's, Lieutenant Governor Win
ston going to the speakers desk and
taking n position on the right Of
Speaker Justice. AS Governor Glenn
entered he was greeted with q very
nearly applause from the members
and also by persons in the
Hobbies and galleries. Lieutenant Gov
rno Winston as Governor Glenn ap-
preached the speakers desk invited
MIN TO the speakers chair and he took
ms seat betwcen the two ofhcdiaIs.
he was then presented TO the Joint
BODY by Lieutenant Governor Wins
ton. There was renewed applause az
governor Glenn rose and thanked the
Joint body for the invitation to appear
II, aging ii had u to him
mat TO thus present his messaga i'm
person would do good. as there were
points in IL which he specially
to emphasize. He said he had
no u except for the good OF
Carolina and that In law ne was
not without his right to appear. ~
aoded that so far as reading his n
sage IN person went he had knraI
several governors who had dome tbis
nc VINO now did &c aud fAa. At.-s.
to him We're that the oIan
mad worked well and had been we'll re-
'elVed everywhere. After n few words
Eloquent assurance OF his great love
the state and his very high regard
or the members OF the legislature the
governor took the typewriter cory Of
message and read 1t in a very clear
'olce. Particular close was
oald to 1t by everybody and several
aSSaRes in II We're received with mark
d applause.
Governor Glenn commenced the
of his message at l:IO o'cIoCk
having Deen one hour and twenty
minutes in reading IL. At the conclu-
ION the general assembly applauded,
,oth n"ors and galleries. President
VIhston requested that all members
Mould arise n the governor i'm mo
IateIy left the hall. on motion the
ONT meeting dissolved and the man.-
or the senate retired.
IN" toIIowing were appointed the
on rules: Dowd OF Meclrnn-
.urg, Ninborne OF HEREFORD and Rovg-
Pr of Granville.
Inc senate resolution providing rar
rlntfng 500 capies OF the goverito-a
lessaSe was ~concurred in. The houzX
sSolutlon to a John II. Kerr per
lem IN mileage for organizing the
ouse. being sent back bv the senate
.Ith mileage stricken out. the house
q USES 10 concur and a nVNrnfff-. -
Cnlercnce was appointed. The housa
u!Onrned until IL O'CLOCK Eridau