The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-01-30

for the State Department of Agricul-
ture not to cost more than quarter
OF a million dollars.
When Representative Wilson's bill
providing drastic penalties for the vio-
-lation of the prohibition law in Burke
county came up for its second reading,
Senator Haymore asked for an expla-
nation of it's purpose, declaring that
sit is SO drastic that it should be in
some foreign country under o mo-
narchial form of government"
Senator Wakefield, who had object
ed to immediate passage, explained
that after talking with Representative
Wilson, who had assured him that it
was desired by majority of the best
people of that county, he would with
draw his objection. The difficulty of
enforcing the prohibition law in the
vicinity Of South Mountain was point
ed out by the Senator and he asked
that the bill be passed.
The House.
Twenty-three representatives and
four Senators, constituting a joint
committee on Propositions and Griev-
ances, decided to report unfavorably
the Mcguire bill introduced to reduce
the commissions of tobacco ware
housemen
The morning session of the House
was short and exceedingly orderly.
Speaker Brummitt went to Chapel Hill
to attend the funeral of Dean Marvin
H. Stacy and Representative Grier
welded the gavel-and WELD it he
did. Petty measures that didn't APP
pear to him worthy Of out-of- order
procedure were sent back to mem
bers and they we're requested, to bring
them forward again in due course. Y
Representative Everett introduced .
resolution asking for a suffrage COM
mittee to be appointed by the speaker.
The body he wants created would pass
upon the suffrage legislation, taking
it out of the hands of the Constitu-
tional Amendments or Judiciary COM
mittees.
Representative Cameron introduced
a bill in the House to validate the
Clark road act passed at the 1917 SEES
sion and eliminate the Objectionable
features. This law, if the Cameron
bill passes, can be used by the coun-
ties to raise their proportion of funds
for road building and maintenance
under a bill that will likely be intro
d9lced soon and will permit the coun-
ties the use of the states credit.
A bill passed allowing jurors in
capital cases $3.50 per day without
mileage where not accepted for SER
vice and So per day and mileage
when they serve.
The Senate.
Jan. 23-President Gardner con-
vened the senate at II o'clock. The
prayer was by Rev. Mr.. Barber, rector
of Christ church.
The Conner bill passed, providing
changes in service of summons amend
ing section 439 Of the revisal. A "fea-
ture is that officers be required to
leave copies OF the summons instead
of merely reading the summons and
that the complaint be fled before the
summons is issued.
Included among bills ratified were:
Invite President Wilson to visit the
state; appoint North Carolina memo
rial building commission for erection
of memorial building to those who
sacrificed their lives in. the world war;
COuuIy UOAC-o4y Low"
Bills passed as follows:
ALLOW county commissioners So a
day.
Increase the pay Ct the assistant
attorney general.
Amend the prohibition law so that
first offenses of distilling be a mis-
demeanor and the second a felony.
The Saunders bill for substituting
life Imprisonment for the death SEN
tence in capital punishment, came up
as a special order and after lengthy
discussion, passed with amendment,
by Bryant, of Durham, that death SEN
tence does not apply to cases of ar
son or burglary, this leaving the death
sentence for first degree murder and
criminal assault. Opponent sof cap
ital punishment characterized it as
relic of barbarism and patterned after
the Mosaic law which, they insisted,
had been superseded by the Christian
principle of forgiveness.
Representative Ray, of Macon,
raised notable objection to the bill az
being calculated to greatly increase
1ynchings He believed that it would
become impossible for sherifs and
others to dissuade, in any way, mobs
from efforts to lynch with all proba-
bility of the death sentence being exc
cuted removed by such a bill. He
warned the lawmakers that the re-
sponsibility for such results through
the state would rest with them. Pub
lie sentiment he considered to be in
no mood to undertake a reform such
as contemplated in the bill.
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