French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-20
LEGISLATORS WAKE UP
AS SESSION NEARS END
judges Salary Bill Passed-Sam Bry.
son in Raleigh With Big Petition
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Raleigh, N. c., Feb, II, 1919-The
General Assembly has just three weeks
left in which to complete it's work, but
it will likely finish the task before it
without working very long over the.
sixty-day limit prescribed in the Con-
stitution as the length to which a ses-
sion may go at the States expense.
Both branches of the Assembly have
| Ie"n !pIcing night sessions recently
and the calendars are practically
clear of local measures. The Reve-
nue. Bill has been introduced in the
House by Representative Doughton,
/ chairman of the Finance Committee,
and will be considered early this
week. The Machinery Act is soon to
follow and when these two measures
.rIerse from the hoppe: the end of the
session will be near at hand. Nearer
still will be the final day when that
i
! The House has passed the Senate
bill increasing the salaries of Superior
Court judges and Supreme Court JUS
tices. Under this bill the Supreme
Court justices will hereafter receive
$4,000 annually and a stenographer.
The Superior Court judges will draw
.es They have been receiving S325Q
sa,ary and $3.50 for expenses. The
vote on the bill was Sc to 80, twenty
Ave members, being absent FROM the
Hall at the time tie vote was taken.
y number of republicans we're in
Grecln Loso attending a conferences Of
I:.tde'S tailed to meet there for tie
! Tarl.Gs on deVising ways and means
tc Ieat the wicked democrats two
| gaa-s hence and thus save the ate
,om degradation an ruin. Repre-
sentative Brownlow Jackson went
ai,ng with the other brethren.
The suffrage issue HIS not 317n
CDR sidered. Nor has the bill providing
foe The election of members OF counLE
boards of education l,y the pe''2!'
emerged from the CD'nr1ittee to which
it was referred when Senator Warren
offered it in the Senate. Hearings on
the several child labor bills pending
in both houses are expected any day
and tie outc,Ine OF this fight is await
ell with interest The manufacturers
Iaro fighting the at-nlL 1strative fea-
lure of theSCoDnOT Saunders bill, pre-
pared by the department Of Labor 'nd
Printing. and insist that the Ia
shou:l be ADMINISTER I'd b. some other
branch of the State government. 1t Is
the same old story they have been
passing along every two years for the
mast decade and the aanIe insidious
hobby is oh the Job for the purpose OF
!, preventing any effective labor legisla-
ton from being enacted. The fight Is
at fever heat, with both sides standing
b. trir guns.
i !
displaced in the Senate by substitute
offered by Senator Stacy, of Robson.
The material Gifierence in the two
9 measures is the bond feature of the
. sr!,stit Ite. Instead OF meeting tne
;Federal road allotment by direct
tax on automobiles and other motor
vehicles. the Stacy Substitute PROVIDES
- for the issue OF bonus Lot to exceed
e forr and Il IaIf million dollars during
tho next two years for this purpose
IF also reduces the number of the per-
y sonnel of the State Highway Comm1s-
.eion and increases the present tax on
g a,+omohiIes. The House members
say that they are laying for this Dill
and what it will look like When tne
: Senate asks for a conference to ao-
inst sor-,a minor differences no one
1,on+ures q guess. The prevailing SEN
+iment amongst the House members
!, is decidedly favorable to the IDEA thal
d those who use the roads most shoulu
l. nav for them. The Stacy SUBSTITUTE
D, has got everybody guessing.
e Hon. Josephus Daniels, SecreIaiS
er of fhe Navy, addressed a joint-meer-
r ing Of the General Assembly on "eu-
needav and spoke to the North caro-
. lima Social Service Conference on tne
e. evening of the same day. He adVoca'-
E. cd progressive legislation along many
;: lines and related an interesting storS