The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-09

Several Important Bills Mur-
dered In tho Closing
Days.
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The joint resolution for invsxsss
xating the fne Insurance companies
in North Carolina with amenamenss
that 40 member Of the Legislature
shall serve On the commission TO ea
appointed By the Governor. and that
the cost OF the Investigation shall be
limited TO si.ooo. passed the HOUSE
Thursday.
An amendment offered by Repre-
sentative j. r. Kennedy 90 lnseesl-
down by the House.
The House tabled the McPhani bin
to prohibit the manufacture and sale
OF cigarettes in North Carolina and
the Battle bill TO improve the admin
istration of the criminal Law in this
State by a change In drawing juries
for trial OF capital offenses. reducing
the challenge. etc.
The Senate spent over two hours
aruing the House bill to authorize
the State TO issue per cent bonds
and let the counties have the pro-
ceeds on s per cent bonds for road
building and finally defeated the bill
% to 10. During the heated discus
sion there were vigorous complaints
by Senators Barnes and Thorne. espe-
cially, that State officers were TOO ac-
tive In lobby work for this measure.
Thorne declared that these lobbyists
from the Stateo fices have the lobby
lists from the American Tobacco Co,
thei insurance companies and all the
rest Of the so-called special inter
ests" skinned a mile"
The Hobgood bill for Statewide
primaries for all parties on the nrsl
Tuesday in August each election veal
passed final reading 90 TO Is
Amendments by Bassett to exemp'
any party in any county by action ot
the Executive Committee prior &C
July 10, 1912, failed, as did AT
amendment by Haymore to exempi
the Republican party in the State
The bill was sent to the House. (Ths
bill was killed in the House,
/ The bill creating State Fish Com.
mission to control to commercial
fishing interests Of the State. passed
second reading and was re-referred
to committee.
The joint Legislative Committee oi
Agriculture voted to report unfavor.
ably the bill by Speaker Dowd FOL
the consolidation OF the State Agri-
cultural Department and A. & NJ
College and recommend that the Leg
islature provide committee TO In
vestigate the advisability of such
merger and report to the next Legis-
| lature.
At the afternoon session OF the
Senate there was a sensational turn
1
Kitchin and Bassett, near-fight fur
nishing the most excitement of the
session. II was over a committee
reference OF a local bill. The heated
dispute came SO near to blows that
both Senator'S were required by the
President to take their seats for US
ing unparliamentary remarks.
The dispute progressed. Senator
Kitchin remarked that he did not
wish to have trouble In the Senate
Chamber, but would be glad to meet
the Senator from Edgecombe on the
outside to settle It. To this remark
/ Senator Bassett replied that he would
gladly respond to the cali At any
| time
Nearly two hundred private bills
were disposed Of during the afternoon
session. the most notable ordered en-
rolled being to provide for the con-
struction and maintenance OF the
Charlotte-Wilmington highway.
Among those that passed and were
sent to the,House were: Pension bill
passed third reading and increasing
pensions from s450,000 to $780,
900.
The omnibus school bill passed
third reading and was sent to the
House. It carries number OF minor
changes in the State public schools
law. especially notable being author
ty to county boards of education TO
change special school tar district
boundaries.
The House Committee on Elections
voted to report unfavorably the Hob
good Statewide primary bill that
passed the Senate Wednesday
The House passed the Congression-
al apportionment bill with amend
ments that restore Cafawba County
to the Ninth from the Eighth Dis
trict and changes Randolph from the
Seventh to the Fourth.