The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-02-15
SUFFRAGE BILL WAS
DEFEATED IN HOUSE.
VOTE GOES 40 TO IS AGAINST
ROBERTS BILL AFTER SIREN
Gus ARGUMENT.
WlTHIHE STATE LAWMAKERS
Resume Of the Doinss OF the State
General Assembly During the Past
Week Told In Brief and interest
ing Way for Our Many Readers.


Week Told In a Brief and interest
ing Way for Our Many Readers.
Raleigh
The bill by Roberts, of Buncomhe,
to give the franchise to women in
municipal elections where the major
ity Of the voters so petitioned, went
down in defeat in the House by vote
Of 40 to SO after a most strenuous
argument, heard by suffragists and
others, who threnged the galleries.
The House took up the debate on
the Page bill to provide machinery for
electtng county boards of education
by the people where the people SO
petitioned. Speaker Murphy urged
brevity as so much time had already
been taken up.
Representative Holding argued
against county election, insisting that
the records show that those counties
been hindered in their educational
progress by this change from the state
system. This was challenged by Mr.
Kittrell, who insisted that Holding did
not know what he was talking about
Mr.. Kittreu launched set speech in
which he rejoiced in the fact that he,
Mr.. Page, Mr.. Beasley and others had
been designed "agitators''' in this mat
matter. Neal, Abraham, Moses, Christ,
Martin Luther, Woodrow Wilson, Ay-
cock and Joyner were recognized as
"agitators," while the Egyptians, Phar-
isees and Saducees were typical stand.
patters. He was for local self-goVern-
ment and denied that the Republicans
had any patent on this real democratic
product.
Representative Matherson, of Ire
dell, said his county elected its county
board and was making remarkable
progress.
Representative Brummitt was the
last speaker He paid tribute to Mr..
Doughton, but insisted that he had
opposed the statewide primary law
just as he was opposing this election
of boards and the statewide primary
had not hurt his people in the noun
tains. Mr.. Page moved the previous
called for. The vote was 40 for and
81 against the Page bill.
President Gardner laid before the
Senate the bill to allow BERTHE County
to elect her board of school commits
sioners as special order. 1t was ad-
vocated by Senator Burgwyn. He
charged Senator Oates with having
striven to block the bill all along and
he wanted that Senator to explain
why $500 Democrats in BERTHE could
not be allowed this elective privilege.
Senator McCoin wanted Senator
Burgwyn's people to have what they
wanted, but he didn't want the we5-
tern Republican counties to have the
privilege and he wanted to be consis-
tent. So he opposed the bill.
Senator Brenizer thought that Bor-
tie should have the privilege asked, as
it was purely a local matter and not
complicated with any state school sys-
tenn. Senator Little favored the Oates
bill to let the Democratic primaries
nominate the boards.
Senator Oates insisted that there
was a state school system that must
be maintained.
Senator Jones, of Buncombe, could
not understand the much-talked OF
debt of gratitude to western county
Democracy The Democracy does not
he insisted, require him to be incon-
sistent and dishonest. Democracy can
be maintained by being just. He be-
lieved that any set of county officers
who wrecked the school system of the
county would be thrown out of office
He wanted fair play. He would not
sacrifice a principle to keep mountain
counties from going Republican.
The roll call vote was % to "a
against the bill.
Judiciary Committee No. 2 Of the
Senate agreed unanimously on fav-
orable report for the bill of the after
noon newspaper association TO regu-
late and increase the charges for
legal advertising. The bill had favor
able report from the committee on
printing some time ago, went to the
floor of the Senate under this and got
reference to the judiciary. Promoters
of the bill are now confident OF It's
passage.
House bills passed final readings as
follows: Amend the primary law in |
Yadkin county; amend the Graham
primary law; relief of Mrs. Bessie |
Wright, of Scotland county; incorpor-
ate Philadelphia church, Union cOun-
~.
The House also received the State
Anti-safoon League bill, limiting re-
eipts of liquor to two quarts q year
instead of two a month, with unfav- :.
orable report from the liquor tranlc