Hickory daily record., 1921-07-18
DEFEND PUTTING
!. OFF SPECIAL.
SESSION
(BY MAX ABERNETHYl

Raleigh, July Is. Charges from
various sources that there was Il So
crct reason for fixing Decembe: &
as the date for the special session Of
tire North Carolina tcei.,'NtGra ;re
not subStantiated by the facts and
are being made in an effort to en
bariass the Morrison ADMINISTRATION.
This is the holief OF friends OF
Governor Morrison here who think
the charges originated with porso 1al
as we'll as political enerl'es of the
governor and some Of his advisers.
IN an effort to learn the facts an
investigation was made during the
last tarec days. the result being that
N every Lane tie charge was found
to be without any foundation whatso-
ever.
1t is alto, .,ethcr prcbab'e that the
colMnCS, Of state erred in voting
unanimously for the spe ..al session
and in greeing upon December 6 rs
the date, but there viii always be q
question as to this even. Certainly
it cannot BE decided finally IT this
time when less than tea days have
elapsed since the decision vas madc.
,Governor Morrison and the members
of his council cf state. I'll Of whom
Ner,' cicc,Gd uy popular vote are
human: their supporters do '2t say
for them that they are inf ''ibic. Bur
the facts in the case az this time 90
not warrant the charge tha. there IS
some highly secret reason for calling
the legislature in session on D2cem-
Der 8.
Who are these council of state
merbers who voted with Governor
Morrison to call the legislature back
to Raleigh in special session? Ihey
are fairly well known III North
Carolina and since each and every
one was put in Office by majoritles
around $4,000 it is reason
able to assume that tnev have the
,ight TO vote for the states citizen
ship. -,
treasurer Ben Lacy, probably the
strongest opponent OF special sess-
ion among the five council OF state
enters, says there was nothing
secret about the date agreed upon-
Attorney General James ;. Manning
saw, there Is no hidden reason, ana
Mr.. Mannings word is acce2ted
without reservations by well nl%h
everybody who ever nal Hea'ihS7
with him. j. Bryan Grimes. secre-
l..ly OF state. does not say ~
was anything irregular IL arriving
1t the sepcial session date nor ooe5
Baxter Durham, state auo't'f' a'o
hn4h gentlemen are members oe the
council Of state. :,
rha other member of, the council Is
Nv. s.. q. Brooks, state superinten-
tdeut Of nublic instruction. Nobody at
,+he canoital has vet heard Mr.: Brcoks,
sav there was anything elns'"e WIN
t3,n month of December CT the slNtii
day thereof. The state superlntehnr y
! dent thinks that most evcrybooy Whi
ho able to recognize both IN que
two and he has more tnan pass
inU interest in the speclal So
sion He wants an act passed "h'tn
viii cure the S65O,000 dencit IN the
states public school fund. ,,o
B., when the representatives OF tn5
municipalities came to Ralelsh c" ",'.
|anpealcd for the special session noe- '
nrnor Morrison at that time express
|oa tho belief that the fall or wih.e:
,yo,,Id he much better date 'hr t'e
coe.;on if there was to be one, tllali III,
- tbe midst of the suiGmer. nc
,n ,,,o,,nrs themselves rememh"r tHat.
''ISu B,,t there is dissatisfaction WIN
+ha Iateness of the date with kaielGl'
,'h;nh has a never ending del'cie
leading the procession; me IN ,t.''trt Tha
nai;t;cs e are no doubt hard put. ne
GOVERNOR and the eonrcl. OF Loea,,s- s.ns-
! snsnognizcd this and it was pecaua ]
of Il that special session was a9rooI :c,,al
; ~ - There l.. rothi1g schsa'''i.al :
hnvevar. y" in tn, opposition to the ';,'s G;.'.
since s'u every municipality needa,t- ntl
innis]ative I,o help had it's own ua.' ,.a,,
: n;cLnd rJ Tn deciding with one 1ne 10y hoa
nrnor and his council naturally :hars o''"
creed with ten or twelve otheis. -,
s'T The legislators themsa' yes are re- =,
nortcd as being we'll pleased WI, WI,
PRacember PU, ,rn because ten or twc1';
davs session in August or eariae ,aae
:, ;, would have been anything o0' p'-
q ant. with his daugh
b row Miss Angela Morrison, ana =, ~
e 'nc,o Rev. T.. Cameron Ct Henr.e1sa.
y nE,ahom. 1IIt left the capital SatuTo.. ..ro ~
!. NV automobile for Asheviiie W. WE. .
i, tGe S governor has leased cottage cotGGt,a a
n Grove Park Inn for summer s.,,:1 U,HI
ID members of the governor ,,,, IAN, ~, :,
It ,v;li mako the trip by train. inc gov
[c srnor will return to the. capital 1roi
20 t'mo @ TO time as his duties 'eqHre
but will spend the major portion