The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-01-10
WITH THE
LEGISLATORS
REP. STEWART OF MONTGOMERY
died YESTERDAY BEER
TO RECEIVE ATTENTION
GOSSIP OF THE CAPITAL

Raleigh, N. c., Jan. 9.-George w.
Connor, of Wilson, was this morning
appointed chairman of House Judi
ciary Committee No. 1; Battle, of
Wake, chairman of Judiciary No. 2.
Connor was also made a member of
chairman of the Finance Committee;
Koonce chairman of Committee on
Propositions and Grievances; julie
Carr of Banking; Alspaugh of Agri-
culture, and McPhaull, of Health.
These are all the committees an
nounced today. The Speaker an
nounced he would announce the 9th
ers from day to day this week. Nc
Gill, of Cumberland announced the
death of Representative J. T. Stewart,
of Montgomery General Carr paid
glowing tribute to the memory of the
deceased as a Confederate soldier.
Raleigh, n. c., Jan. 9.-The Gener-
al Assembly began its second week
of work with the wheels of the leg
islative machinery well in motion, but
| marked with the shadow of a great
sorrow, because of the death of Rep
resentative Stewart, of Montgomery.
| which occurred on Sunday in this
city, and to attend whose funeral the
members of the customarmy commit
| tee were appointed, and at this writ
ing are gone on the sad mission.
| The delay in the House in getting
we'll down to work is, of course, part
ly due to the tardiness of the Speaker
in announcing the standing commit
tees,non having been appointed Tex
cept the Committee on Rules.)
| But the Speaker is not to be ad
versely criticised for this, because it
| is much safer and better for the
State TO adopt Davy Crocket's advice
and go slow (if found advisable) in
order to select the best man fitted re
spectively for the post to be assigned
to them For there have been some
notable "misfits'' in the naming OF
the chairmen of these committees in
previous Legislatures, due possibly in
some measure to the exercise of too
much haste in their selection.
The committees just announced by
Speaker Dowd appear to be fitting
| selections on the whole, and l have
| heard no serious criticism of the per
sonnel of the more important ones
At least not yet. That there will be
some unfavorable comments from
some quarters relative to the naming
of certain heads of committees is to
be expected. For it has ever been
] that way and no man in his position
has yet entirely escaped the scalpel
of the would-be censors of other
mems work.
Lieutenant Governor New1and's ap-
pointments, while promptly and expe-
ditiously announced, are fully as fine
and satisfactory as those of the
| Speaker. The President of the Sen
ate has served one session before in
his present position and is therefore
more familiar with the work he had
to perform-and besides, had less
than half the number of men from
which to select his material.
/ On the day preceding the assem-.
bling of the Legislature, I presented a
brief outline of some of the more i'm
portant measures that will claim the
attention of the present session and
in this correspondence from time to
time 1 hope to enlighten the readers
of this newspaper on the progress OF
/ the sentiment of the lawmakers as
they approach more nearly the dispo-
sition of these matters.
While It is entirely too early to
make accurate predictions as to the
final outcome of most of the "big
bills" (none of which has yet even
been presented), my association with
| the lawmakers during the past week