The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-19
happenings GOING ON
At The CAPITAL CITY.
BRIEFLY TOLD BY THE Asso CIATE EDITOR OF THIS pa
PER IN HIS ENTER TANNING MANNER
PARTIAL LIST OF A NUMBER OF BILLS ENTERED
Number Important Measures Are About Come up the Leg
lature-NOthing Big has Happened Far

the house OF representatives. point
to one minute of eleven. The
aforesaid house looks like a de-
nartment store on bargain day
or after a healthy cyclone and
Teddy r. have visited a peaceful
community on the same date.
At eleven o'clock to the very
instant, Mr.. Speaker takes the
chair, and it is violating no con-:
fidence, Maggie, to state that
right then and there things begin
to happen.
Trump! goes the Speakers lit
the hammer, and cigars are
thrown away, hats are off, manly
feet find the solid floor. Thumpty-
thump-thump- then, 1.-The house
will come to order" and sweet
peace reigns where but moment
before turmoil and much talk was
supreme
And that s. the way it goes all
day. IF member breaks a rule
of the house, a parliamentary rule
or even the golden rule that little
knocker comes into play and the
gentleman from anywhere quits
his fussing Immediately. But
there's going to be new gavel
needed soon and by. all means let
the Commercial Club of Hender-
sonville see to it that it, stout
one.
The legislative grind may truth
fully be said to be now on Some
225 bills have been dropped into
the hopper and are now being
ground into meal. Some of these
little bills are going to have a hard
| time of it. While many will come
through as fresh and clean as
when they started, there s going
to be more than. several so badly
worn, slapped, kicked, abused,
cruelty trated, that their own dear
daddies wont recognize the poor
things when they meet 'em face to
face on the floor Of the house.
While no measure of Importance
has yet finally been enacted, sever
al are on their way. Past week has.
been notable for the neer-beer leg
islatiOn introduced. the number of
good roads bills, Ewart S denunci-
alton of his friend Marion Butler
and the adoption of the resolution
slapping Marion, the Western
Training School agitation, and the
warm discussion of the insurance
lnvesti cation resolution introduced
by Koonce of Onslow.
In fact this discussion reminded
you of the jab given a long -winded
orator who said to his audience:
Il am speaking for the benefit
Of posterity''
Yes" said little man in the
rear, land if you don t get
through soon, they Il be here!"
Henderson is especially interest
ed in the bills introduced by
EWart, including his road law
amendment A full list of Mr..
EWart' bills will be found else
where.
The new Corporation Commits
Sloners, Brown and Lee, with Au-
dltOr W. P. Brown, have been
sworn into Office during the week. |
The historic old capitol has been
the scene Of two notably brilliant
eFents-the unwilling of the Ran
som bust and the annual meeting
OF the Historical Society, ad
dressed by North Carolina s grand
Old man, Ex-Governor Jarvis-a
venerable and venerated gentle
man, link connecting the present
greatness of great state with
uays that were dark and stormy.
The coming week promises to be
more prolific of important legisla-
lOn than has the past. Princi-
pally the talk seems to be about !
!iSSulng bonds. In fact, the bond !
issue question, is something like a !
passengers first meal aboard ship.
It's liable to come up at any mo-
ment. +
You hear, too, talk of a great
apartment building for the state,
building, as Governor Jarvis
lays, commensurate with the dig
ulFy OF North Carolina. The Wes-
re a Training School bill will be
'elore the general assembly soon,
auu Senator Martin of Bun
sSuoe says he expects under any
%cumstances small appropria-
'On and If bonds are issued then
T. very substantial appropriation
VT this purpose.
Bills Introduced.
A69thorzing Mayor and Board /
commissioners of Rutherford