The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-19

h anu HIS recommendations TO
the Governor and the General AS
sembly. Upon motion of Senator
BailOu this was referred to the In
surance Committee.
Third Reading.
The Following bills passed second
and third reading:
H. b. so, S. B.. IS. Relative IN mar
kets in Buncombe.
5. b. SO, To appoint F. L. Potter
Justice Of peace in Kenansville town
ship of Duplin county.
H. b. "a, S. b. IS, To allow the
board of aldermen Of Goldsboro TO
issue bonds
Improvement o. issue for the city
of Greensboro.
$. &. 81, TO create>a highway com
mission for Pasquotank county.
5. Il. 20, To allow women to hold
the office of notary public upon an
equality with men came up upon the
substitute recommended by the com
mittee to allow the Governor to APP
point women as nOtaries public
Eight OH the Measure.
This ended the legislation Of the
session, practically. All the remain
ing time was given owe to a discus
sion OF this measure, ending in the
adoption of the committee report
with an amendment by Senator Ward.
The Senator from Craven was in
the fight from the beginning. Upon
the reading Of the bill and the sub
stitute Of the committee, Senator Nc
Rae offered a substitute for the sub
Stltute. This aroused the Senator
from Craven and he moved that the
matter be re-referred to the judiciary
committee, giving as grounds for this
course the new matter composing the
McRae substitute.
Senator Gillian said there was no
difference in substance between the
original bill and the substitute of Nc
Preference, Senator Ward there
upon withdrew his motion.
Senator Miller, of Rowan, the
Trainer and introducer Of the bill, in
terposed his first remarks of the
morning ON the bill, saying hat the
form Of the bill was Of no particular
significance or Importance. The ques
ton was whether or not WOme1
should be notaries public, the under
standing having been had with tn
Governor that one notary public
should be appointed to ecure the con
struction of the court as to the con
stitutionality of the measure.
McMichael Opposes.
Senator McMichael, of Rocking
. ham. as he had given notice on tn
I preceding day, took the floor in op
pOSIllOu u the DdSSdSc VI liz III /
any form. The Senator explaine'
I that he is not an "obstructionist,
tina he is not "aginst' every measur
. just for the sake Of being "aginst' i
He thought he had convictions on tn
! subject, and he further felt it his dut
to air those convictions with as niue
force and pertinence as possible.
9" think" SAID ne profoundly, "tha
u any Senator who has convictions an
uhn cite c11nina1y nv whom If is cas-
; to follow the line Of least resistance
y fails to measure up to the high re
J. sponsibility reposed in him by his cor
y stituents."
v Then the Senator began to enumel
= ate those convictions, with compile
explanations. But by far the leadin
one. and by all means the one WhiC
y the Senator dragged out into the linz
light to preface his remarks "agir
e the measure, was the fact that tn
u measure is an entering wedge, a fea
some, threatening measure to ope
e the way to the Pandora's o Of mar
troubles, in the form and substance
&c equal suffrage.
$ The Senator did not see the nece
sity for women as nOtarieS public. t
=, had heard no demand on the part
u the m He did not believe tn
it would benefit any large percenta|
10 of the women Of the State. In fat
" he had a very clear picture Of Il
4 woman who would be a notary publ
and for the job he pointed out t
o. frilled and furbelowed stenOgrapE
VI miss that marches to the office unle
!. she takes a tax cab, robed out
furs with a slit skirt, and then TAX
VI fifteen minutes to disrObe in prep
ration of office duties.
What the Senator mainly did n
~ like was the idea hat under the pr
~ visions Of this bill, a lawyer will ha
the power of having in his employe
woman s~tenographer at the same til
a notary public and that in this re
" ton the st~enographer, confident
secretary or clerk would become
&c lawyers alter ego. Then, to illustrs
the dangers which might arise fro
this, he told of a similar Instance
l.. this nature in which the ~StenOgrapf
ne was prevailed upon to make chang
he in 4 probated paper.
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