The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-01-02
( STRONG BoDf OF rARHEEl s

lSpc cial t, The Commonwealth
RALEIGH. Jan 1.With the Newt
Year today was ushered into the hote} I
nd boarding houses Of Raleigh the &c
rance auard Of the General Assembly
# 1917. and they constitute ''quite
ew,'' only, not SO many as have ben
seen and sounded on previous legisia
5ive-eve- years.
One reason for this is the early dtte
T. &of the opening session, the first Wed
nesday after the first Monday in ,Janu-
kary' this year coming on the fasseS'
Eschedule possible For had New Y eafs
aiay appeared on Tuesday instead o.
HMonday the assembling Of the law-r1ak-
! S,rs would have been in the nintf Ia
! stead OF the third Of the month--ahd
six DAYS means something to rsSaE o
them when they Immediately 1flo"
/ the holiday season.
Contest For Speakership
Page and Murphy are making warm
contest for the speakeSship Of 'ha
VHouse, with the far west cant- -etStle
backed by many adherents ais, ~
course the many friends of ea1e q
them are claiming the earth ami ''se
fulness thereof in the sway Of I'd IS u
the caucus tomorrow night Bu as |
see it TODAY, nothing is positiveI. Ss
t1ed,i for there are not enough tpe
''eleetors'' here to figure out We
tory for either candidate. But fI oRo
timistic tall5 and smiling counteAaaS17s
of the Page boosters are indicative OF
anything usual. it is plain thf rave
hope, Of least, Of pulling theiI cal-ll-
aata- through e.-~-
Fourth District Senator
Senators Long and FolderResq of
Hall FAX and Fdgecombe esd 5eetiveIv.
who represent the fourth Senatorial
district. are lucky in drawing spleu II /
seats In the Senate chamIe, Taev
have been assigned desks 4 an77 on
the first row, to the right of the Presi-
dent Of the Senate.
Halifax Representa- lives
Messrs f. NJ TAYLOR al,s ]. H. Oar
den, members of the Housk from Hall
fax, draw seats number 8B and 81. re
spectively, side by side. fThev viii be
found in the fourth row. nex+ "a sec
ond aisle, to the right OFF the sneaker
easily accessible to thos5 having busi-
from ''d down home' who caIl on them
while in the capital city this winter.
Spring Body of Id " Makers
There are not as 1na1k r. < old timers
in i s Legislatures as usual
Former Senator and fIiartnnant-o,oyey
nor Wilford. D. Turnef Of Irede1l. \. N
Scales Of Guilford, j A Oatoe of Cum
beriand, Beneham "a! !mero1 OF Durham
among the prominerft Of the Senator.
awho have served sr.a.ofhra in tha-
body-which does 4 OF meln +Fat the7
were all here last 81 ssion for +bev were
not. Most Of thf sana+brs are new
men IN the ''ah fte, though some @
them have serve in lhe House, al.
Will get then rst "try outs here
this winter. Ih re's always room o.
top for stron& II Ia and if they are here
the opportunity 10 make their mark vii
not be lacking, ffor this will be an i'm
d portant leg trature in more ways thar
one, as VII be recited in this CORES
ss$kE Gence * the session advances.
~ hi In The House
49, Daughton Of Allegheny /
~ 81 CONSPICUOUS veteran of promi
and real ability in the House
- I'd, the House would hardly lool
"A katural without the presence Of Ru
nv Doughton--he has been coming her
Hr since many grey-bearded me-
THE newspapers printed him a
# the defeated Just after the elec
but no one who was Ell suppo.
IN colonel Rufus and the votes Of hi
Hnty ever believed the false alarm
Uhank Ray Of Franklin is next IN OF
MSn2 as the veteran old timer, Will
&Ury Stubs of Martin - of course
~ Re again either in House Or Ser
this time in the House.
pt, as in the Senate, most Of ia
kver House, (Which soQetime
fes to have stronger men than tn
te) as in the "upper branch !
up of new men, who are yet t