The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-21


There vas q heated DISCUSSION In
the House Tuesday over the bill Of
KltehIn to allow Scot
Iand Neck TO vote On he whiskey
q ue-iion The last legislature pAz@ed
d law making IL dry town without
the matte. 10 q vote Of the
residents Mr.. kitehins' bill, which
pzs-eI the House BY > vote OF 81 TO
%, will allow the people Or Scotland
Neck 10 vote on the question Of sa-
looms or dispensAry. The discussion
over the bill was one Of the liveliest
Of the session.
MIR. Kiichin said the principal
man who had made charges against
him Was q democrat, 20 lar a. he
knew, In Halifax County, who
walked up 10 ballot box aud voted
for 9 negro. II developed that the
person referred 10 l. nov the treas
urer Of Halifax County and that
Mr.. Kitchin also stated that be
would vote for anything the demo-
cratic primary would put up.
1t was also incidentally brought
out that the attorney Of the Anti
Saloon League in Scotland Neck &C
copied q fee and appeared in behalf
of the operator of "blind tiger"
when he was hauled up before the
court, Several members bitterly OPP
pofed the bill allowing Scotland
Neck to vote On the whiskey qnes-
ton, Following these gentlemen
Mr.. Galloway, Of Greene, said he
thought the citizens OF the town
should have q right to vote on the
liquor question. Continuing, he
said:
"a great deal Of fanaticism had
come unto the land. 1t was not
known before the war. /: came 'llke
hog cholera and chicken cholera ,
Roars Of laughter. J 1t was mi
grafton to this country from New
England. 1t landed with the Pill
grim Fathers on Plymouth Rock,
and | for one wish the Plymouth
Rock had landed on the Pilgrim
Fathers. They prayed to God, fell
on their knees and then on the abO-
riginees They were pious, and no
10 an could be pious but themselves
When a man says he is not for pro
h sri OF ia
everything immoral and irreligious
Religious fanaticism is the worst
form Of all despotism. A flea knows
when to stop hopping, but the reli.
gious fanatic never stops. Why, in
some places there is a law prescrib'
ing how much liquor man car
keep In bis house. If he has more
than one gallon woe unto that man
If I lived in that county l should
certainly ask for an occasional fur.
Tough to hell
1.-THE Gar Of Russia. the Shah OF
Persia, the Sultan of Turkey or the
Sultan of Zulu would not put 9
thing in this way on his people when
they did not want it. Prohibition
was a Mohammedan doctrine.
"That was the only religion that
actually produced prohibition. We
had the Jewish and the Christian
religion, and now they were trying
to put Mohammedan on US.
"The gentleman from Wake had
said the Supreme Court of the United
States had declared the selling Of
liquor 20 be per se wrong. He woulG
bet ten to one that there was not {
man on that bench but took occa
sionally some per se wrong"
The bill was passed by vote Of
81 to 20.
Senate bill 743-Authorizing rail
roads to furnish free transportation
to Confederate veterans of State il
going to the Richmond reunion in
June, was reported unfavorably, al
1t is in violation OF the act of Con
gress; also the bill to regu ate Pull.
man car charges in North Caaolins
was reported unfavorably.
Reid-To establish a school OF
technology at Spray and provide fol
its maintenance.
Buxton-Joint resolution provid
ing for a marble statue of "Gov
error z. B. Vance, in statuary
hall, Washington Calendar.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Lockhart-For protection of per
sons whose property is insured
against loss by fire,
Pitt-Appoint two justices of the
peace in Edgecombe.
Dowd-Amend Revisal, relative
to qualification of dispensary com
missioners,
Taylor Of Brunswick Provide
for publication of ,apportionment oil