The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1919-03-11

sion from direct elections and tn
primary as we'll as the absentee
voters act remains law.
The General Assembly did no
pass the child labor law that 1t hat
indicated it's purpose to do; but !
is admitted that the Neal bill put
ting the enforcement of the chilt
labor law in the hands of the State
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion, the Secretary to the Stat'
Board of Health and the Commis
sioner of Public Welfare, isn't vi
tally crippled. The manufacturer
yielding to the principle of popular
control did fight the enforcement
of this act through the office of CON
missioner of labor and printing, but
there is no radical difference in the
power of the statute. The House
did decline to adopt the Fedora
statute as to hours.
The closing General Assembly
came nearer passing a woman suf'
frage bill than any Of it's predeces'
sors. That it would have submitted
an amendment to the State Consti'
tuition isn't to be doubted; but the
suffragists were opposed to it. They
did not eel able to make the cam
paign on account Of its expensive
ness. The compromise measure
municipal suffrage, carried in the
Senate overwhelmingly and missed
passage in the House by only five
votes. Had the House voted its IL
members 81 Of them had promised
to vote for it. The two houses vot-
ing jointly showed a safe majority
So rapid has been the growth OF
the suffrage sentiment that the spe-
cial session which meets in aleigh
in the sping Of 1920 to work espec-
tally on the tax problem, will in all
probability ratify the Federal
Amendment to the constitution Civ
ing women he right of suffrage ev-
erywhere in this country.
This is the view of very mild
suffragist, Speaker Brummitt, and
he does not expect to have any more
fights in the General Assembly. 1t
is the agreement of the members
here now. BY the time the special
session convenes it is universally &C
cepted that North Carolina will
have been overwhelmed by the
states which have adopted it. For
these good reasons the women of
the state have not sought to submit
bill. They do not think hey could
carry | now and they will be saved
the trouble Of campaign. Besides,
they expect to be voting in the gen.
eral election of 1920.
In material construction the body
which adjourns Tuesday has done
we'll. It has ordered a big agricul-
tural temple for the downtown sits,
but it killed the proposed extension
building in West Raleigh among the
group Of college buildings out
there. This represents the solitary
administration row. Governor Bic
kett urged the body to select West
Raleigh for the cite Of the new
building and send the depart
ments out there. For time it ap-
peaced that the Bicket recomenda-
ions would win. Not only did the
General Assembly fly in his face as
to that recommendation but it de-
clined to erect any agricultural
building a all at the College.
It voted literally on pensions as
liberality in spending public mon
eys goes and added much to the ap-
propriations Of the University, the
state hospitals at Goldsboro, Nor
canton and Raleigh. The order for
100000 to be put into the prison
quarters at the state farm and the
building in Raleigh means 500, 1000
spent and 100000 saved, the Pen
itentiary building being a million
dollar property.