The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-03-04

| WHICH the senate look UP LHo OAo-
cussion Of the anti-jug bill of the
North Carolina Anti-Saloon League,
which has already passed the house,
Senator Gillian suggested that four
hours be devoted to the argument,
"as most any little private bill was
debated three hours. Johnson of Du-
plin wanted to limit discussion to one
and half hours. This was with
| drawn.
The bill was ready and the opening
speech was by Senator White, who
explained the bill, discussed the need
for such legislation and demaned for
| it, recalling the Watts bill II years
| ago, the subsequent Ward bill enact
ment. He credited great educational,
industrial and moral progress as re-
sulting from past prohibition meas
ures.
The great volume of petitions for
| the bill that have poured into the
| legislature was mentioned as evil
dence of the demand for the legisla-
ton.
Senator Speight, although fearful
| that the bill was too advanced, said he
was not Democrat during the discus.
| sion, but a citizen Of North Carolina.
He urged the senate to vote for the
bill.
GAS between Judge F. A. Daniels
| and Rev. Mr. Davis, which had you
rather follow for public morals?" Sen
ator Gillian asked. Qualifying the
! question by saying that he did not in
tend to reflect on either, Senator
Speight said he had no hesitancy in
following Mr.. Davis.
When the session of the senate
| opened, 1obbies and galleries We've
! crowded with spectators eager to hear
| the discussion of the anti-jug bill. Soon
| after the discussion opened Senator
Co1foon invoked the senate rule that
excludes from the bar of senate all
except senators and any others in
vited by the senate. He stated after
wards that this motion was for the
reason that Supt. r. L. Davis Of the
Anti-Saloon League had entered the
bar and broken a senator's seat and
that he was tired of what seemed to
him officious domineering methods of
the superintendent in his dealings
with the legislature. He said he ex-
pected to support tn BILL but that he
would not stand for such methods.
Mt. Mitchell Park Bill Passed.
One Or VITO matters required con-
sideratable time. Particularly was
this SO, when the proposition to &C.
quire a portion of Mount Mitchell for
a site for a public park came up.
| Senator Weaver offered the bill. It
has the support of Governor Craig.
In fact, the movement which resulted
in this bill was initiated by Governor
Craig after visit to the mountain.
Instead of being impressed with the
work of Transforming the waste places
into Industrial centers, and instead of
being gratified that the mountains
should yield so abundantly of timber
for commercial purposes, he was
shocked, hurt, and moved that the
forests of Western North Carolina,
| the picturesque mountain sides, aud
the impressive scenery should be sub
jected to the hand of the despoiler.
It was upon his urgent request that
the future inroads on the mountain
sides leading to Mt. Mitchell were de-
layed He felt assured that if the
patriotic pulse of North Carolina were
touched, if the people of the history
loving and the history-making state
should knew what was happening to
historic part of this commonwealth
the state legislature would take the
matter in hand with effective rene
dies.
The Governor did not think wrong;
o% noCk 20 ~
concerned. After Senator Weaver had
made an earnest appeal for the con-
servation of the peak and the sur
rounding territory, the last resting
place of the scientist for whom it was
named and who lost his life in explor-
ing it, the Senate enthusiastically
voted down the amendment of Sena-
tor Muse to reduce the appropriation
for this purpose from $40, 900 to $12,-
500, and straightway passed the orig
inal measure.
Progressive Step in Road Building.
Somewhat battered the State High.
way Commission got through the
House and now goes to the Senate for
consideration. The original bill car
ried with it an appropriation of $685.
900 annually and had favorable re-
port from both the committee on pub
lie roads and turnpikes and the appro-
priations committee, the house re-
duced the appropriation to $4,000, and
still 81 members refused to vote for
the amended bill but SO favored it's
passage and it passed third reading.
McNairv Succeeds nAvcock
William McNairy of Mcdowell coun.
ty was chosen by the Senate as clerk
to succeed w. A. Aycock, who lost
his life in the accident that so serious
ly injured Speaker Wooten. He was
nominated by Senator Giles and Sec