The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-26

the books were very valuable and
thoughtfulness of Congressman
was nightly appreciated. The
erence in the Speakers room and he
Of them.
Mr.. Currie, of Cumberland, intro
duccd a resolution OF thanks TO Mr.
Page. The rules were suspended and
the resolution was unanimously
Message From the Governor.
A message from the Governor was
announced. it being notice of trans
mission of the report of the lnsur-
ance Commissioned.
Three Hundred Printed Copies Or
defed.
Mr.. Dowd. of Mecklenburg. chair
man ofthe Finance Committee, pre-
sented the report from the special
committee appointed by the last Gen
eral Assembly to audit and investigate
the affairs of the various State offices
and the Insurance Department.
Mr.. Doughton presented a resolu-
ton that sthe report be referred To q
select committee of seven to eXaHllnt
and report on he same TO the ROUSE.
This resolution was
Speaker Graham that ne
| hoped to be able to name the commit
tee before Monday
On motion of Mr.. HarshaW. o.
Caldwell, three hundre COPIES OF the
report were ordered printed. Mr.. Nor
ton, of New Hanover. secured an
amendment providing that when the
Special House Committee make IL
report. thirty copies of this report Dc
also printed.
select Committee Named.
e lust prior to adjournment Speaker
Graham the folloWlhs - a.
the Select Committee to consider the
report made by the Special Statt
Auditing Committee: Currie, Dough
ton, Dowd, Lee, Morton, Stubps'
+Snell.
No Date for Adjournment.
Mr.. Harshaw introduced a resolu-
ton providing for adjournment on
February goth. and asked for lmme-
date consideration.
He said he thought every man mere
had come for the one purpose OF tfS
inc to do all he could to help the best
interests of the State! lie coulo see
no reason Why all the necessary work
could not be done in 80 days /! ON
now. .'There is SO little for us to
do" he said, we are wearing our
selves out here every one OF these "a
hours, to know what to do with our
selves.
.vThere was a session here a year ago
ana a great dtdl VI *
was enacted. An the people Wanf US
to do now is to properly consider the
necessary legislation for the govern
ment OF the State and its institutions
And this we can do in 80 more days.
We are drawing four dollars d DAY
doing actually two hours q day work
That's $4,000 an hour, when there are
thousands of people in North Carolina
glad to get 10 cents an hour for thel1
work. If we will adjourn and &C
home February goth, we will save the
State $4,000. This could go to the
old soldiers or to the blind. that we
will hear a great deal about. Wher
appropriation bills begin to come II
and to hear the question asked: How
are we going to get the money. ano
where can we get it from
MIR. HarshaW declared he hoped hi:
advocacy of an early adjournment
would not prejudice the resolution. be,
cause he was d Republican. He hat
hoped some Democrat would offel
such a resolution.
Mr.. Dowd, of Mecklenburg, opposed
, the resolution. He said it was al
right for Mr.. Harshaw to sit arount
and wear himself out gossiping wit
his friends but almost every othe'
! member here were busy day and nigh
trying to attend to the States business
| MIR. Dowd recited how the member
VI tit 1oiItItllt(ttSs y VI lI1Ciiis WI
constantly in conference before com
mitteeS. He related, the importan
: work of the Finance Committee. am
!, said that all of the most important leg
: ~islation had necessarily to await tn
completion of this very serious work.
1t was impossible to fix any definit
> date to adjourn, but the people o
North Carolina felt satisfied that if tn
necessary legislation here could b
transacted before February 10th thij
General Assembly would adjourn be
fore ,hat time and go home, or the
would stay here six months if it wa
to the peoples interests to do so.
Mr.. Henderson, of CaSWell, brOugh
n rounds of applause and laughter by
humorous speech in opposition to ad
I journment, addressing the ladies Q
d the gallery and bringing down tn
house.
On motion of Mr.. Morton, Of Ne,
s Hanover, the Resolution was unani
e mously referred to the Committee o
Rules.
If Separation Of Convicts by Races.
e The bill by Mr.. Morton, of Ne,
II Hanover, requiring that all white an
colored convicts should be kept i
IS separate rooms, buildings or ten,
during eating and sleeping hours, wa.
n after some debate, at the request c
Is its patron, re-referred to the Commit
d tee on Penal institutions.
d When the bill was read, Mr.. Wi
rlacns-nf Gaharrns- said that while h
e was in perfect accord with the ide
of keeping separate and apart whit
3 4 and 4colored conyicts during The period
: kprovided in the bill, he was Statistic
Ithat in some counties the bill a
drawn would entail SO much addition
S al expense in the way of extra guard.
e it might amount to a practical break
n ing up of the working of county con
VictS in some counties.
Mr.. Rodwell. of Warren. moved t
q re-refer the bill to the COmmittee q
Penal institutions.
. 1hls motion was opposed by M,
Currie of Cumberland, who declare
e that no matter what the expense
white convict should never be made +
.e eat or sleep with a negro convict.
.e MI. Morton spoke along the sam
o me, giving an interesting history O
y tfe Dill he introduced two years age
along the lines of the present bill.
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