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AT THE CAPITOL News of Interest I'rom*the Legis lature Now in Session X. L. SH1PMAN. Correspondent Special to Franklin Times Raleigh. February 23.?"Monkey business" has had the center ot the stage in the General Assembly the past week and no great amount ot progress has been made in the enact ment ot general legislation. The Re venue Bill has been whipped into shape and is now under consideration by the committee of the Wholo In the House. The bill providing appropria tions to the State educational, charit able and penal institutions, pensions for the Confederate soldiers and wid ows; tor the payment of the interest in the State debt; equalizing fund for the public schools, etc., is to following due course. The finance com mittees have raked every available source of revenue with a fine tooth comb In an effort to comply with tbe demands of the appropriations com mittees. But "the call is-not sustain ed." There Is an appreciable difference between the two wbieh la- not likely to be "reconciled" it this session. Two days were given to the con sideration of tbe Poole resolution out lawing the teaching of evolution in State Institutions, which had been made a special order for Tuesday night. The bill was displaced, how ever, on account of the crowded con dition of the hall and galleries of the House which were jammed with people eager to hear the discussion. The question for debate was: "Resolv ed by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that It is the sense of the General Assembly of North Carolina that It is injurious to the welfare of the people of the Com. monwealth for any officer or teacher in the State, as a fact, to teach either Darwinism or othef evolutionary hy pothesis that links man in blood re lationship with any other lower form of life." The resolution came up on the House calendar Thursday morning as unfinished business and the "fire works" started without difficulty. The forces in iavor of the resolution were directed by Representative Turling i ton, of Iredell; the opposition by Re presentative Murphy, of Rowan. Mr. Turlington could Bee no harm in pro i hlblting the teaching of theories as 'facts and paid his respects to the i heads of State institutions who had appeared before the committee In op position to the resolution. He was ' sustained in his contentions by Messrs Madison of, Jackson. Hunter of Polk, I Bras well of Nash. Neal of Caswell, Miss Alexander of Mecklenburg, and Poole of Hoke, author of the resolu tion, who pointed out the dangers to i young minds of theories that are now being promulgated through the camo uflage of science in the high schools and colleges of the State. Mr. 'lur lington declared he had parted com pany with Dr. Chase and the Univer sity under his management after hear ing the doctors speech ^before the com mlttee on Education In opposition to the resolution. Representative Madi son sought to refute the suggestion of the abridgement of freedom of thought, freedom of the press and freedom of speech. Other proponents of the measure took much the same view I Representatives Ervin of Burke. IConnor of Wilson. Everett of Durham and Yelverton of Wayne, concurred in the opinion of Mr. Murphy in his appeal for religious freedom and kin dred influences. Freedom for every thing was the slogan of the opposi tion. Besides, they contended that the legislature is not the proper forum before which to bring the issue and the House finally concurred in this view by voting to table the resolution. Following is the vote on the motion to table. Ayes: Speaker Pharr, Bar ber, Barker, Bellamy, Bpinson, Brough ton, Byrd, Cates, Chamblee, Christian, Connor, Cook. Coulter, Council, Cox, Crawford, Davenport, Ervin, Erwin. Eure, Everett, Falls, Ferree, Foun tain, Franklin, Graham of Orange, Grant, Grier, Hawfield, Higgins, Horn, Hurley, Johnson, King, l>eggett, Mc Kinnon, Marshall, Massenburg, Mat thews, Moore, Moss, Murphy of Pen der, Murphy of Rowan, Neal of Mc Dowell, Nettles, Patton, Pittman, Pruden. Raper, Revis, Rogers, Rouse, Spruill, Sutton, Townsend, Turner, Tyer, Wade, Wakefield, Ward of Dup lin, Watson, Whittaker of Guilford, Wilson, Womble. Wright, Yelverton? 67. Noes?Miss Alexander, Bailey of Washington, Batten, Realty, Black, Bowie. Boyd. Bsaswell, Bray. Brown of Wilkes, Brown of Stanly, Cobb, Currie, Davs, Dowtin, Eddleman, Gal loway, Gann, Goodson, Graham of Graham, Green, Harmon, Harrison, Hart; Hayman, Horton, Hunter, Lu cas, Madison, Makepiece, .Neal &I Cas well, Norman, Poole of Alexander, Poole of Hoke, Rideoutte, Simpson, Smith of Rockingham, Swann, Tark ington, Thompson Turlington. Ward of Craven, Watkins, Whitaker of Jones, Whiteside, Woodley?46. Defeated but undaunted is the sit uation in which the author of the resolution findB himself. But he de clared that the tight has just start ed.. The Humphrey resolution introduc ed in the upper branch by Senator Humphrey of Wayne, "encountered" no difficulty in running the gauntlet of the two houses of the legislature and the assembly will soon be in posses sion of a list of the employees of each State department and institution and the amount of compensation "doled out" to them on the first of each month. The statement is to be. filed with the chairman of the Senate and House finance and appropriation com mittees and with the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The number of automobiles purchased by the depart ments asd institutions' lor State pur poses, with cost of up-keep. is to be Included in the statement which the resolution calls Upon the State Audi tor to prepare for the information of the General Assembly. The Senate declined to compel John Smith to exhibit a light on any of his horse drawn vehicles when driving at night, or at any other time. In less time than is required to relate the story the House bill by Neal of Mc Dowell, requiring wagons moving along the State highways at night to carry lights, found itself on the table, after consideration- of .the mea sure began In the Senate. The House passed it by a good majority and-pro ponents of the bill expected the Sen ate to concur in its provisions. It was intended as a protection to thpse em ploying ancient modes, of travel, but "Johns" friends in the Senate balk ed. HUtosy is repeating itself, as it has during every re-curring session of the General Assembly Since the Demo cratic party resumed control of the legislative branch of the State Gov ernment in 1899. Representative Kluts of Catawba, was the first member: of the minority to feel the heavy hand of the majority at this session. The fight started when two local bills In troduced by Senator Shttford.- reach ed the House calendar, one to increase | the salaries of county officers and the other to provide a special election law for Catawba county. Senator Shu. frod hails from Catawba county, is a. Democrat, and the House passed the bill over the strongest k|nlk of pro test from the member from Catawba who had pledged himself in the cam paign to permit no salary increase by the legislature If In his power to pre vent But "politics Is politics." in the' estimation of Tam Bowie, and Repre sentative Kluts probably feels the same way about It bow. 'Representative Moore of Martin, ra cently introduced a bill In the House entitled "an act to create an advisory commission to Investigate and report upon the question of freight rate dis crimination and the question of the development of waterways." The Irtll, sponsored by Oovernor McLean would create a special commission composed of twelve business men anu shippers authorized and directed to work In cooperation with the Corporation Commission towards the adjustment of exorbitant freight rates. The mem bers of the commission would receive the same per diem paid the members of the General Assembly and have the right to expend the sum of $15,000 for . purposes of investigation. This General Assembly does not ? think well ot legislative commissions, but the Governor's prestige may pull the Moore bill" "through. Mr. McLean promised 4o aid In the development ot the Slate's waterways during tlie primary campaign last summer and be wanted make good that pledge The State wide game bill Is having rough sledding. It has been kicked and cuffed around from the moment Representative Wade, of Newhanover and Senator Blue of Scotland, dropped it into the legislative hopper, rhe proponents and opponents ot the "poor thing" do not appear to be any nearer In agreement than they were three weeks ago and the proposed measure has been placed in the cus tody ot a "special committee" with the view ot ironing out the differences. It Is expected to bob up again when the average layman In the Assembly least expects it That the .number of judicial dis tricts will be increased is a question yet undetermined. A bill by Senator Dunlap, which would authorlxe the Governor to appoint special judges to relieve congestion, has presented a brand new Issue In the fight for four additional districts. The district bill is yet in "status Quo" and there it may repine "for keeps." _ Public Bills The following public bills have been presented during the week. To amend public laws of the extra session of 1921 relating to tax the protection of animals and game in parks and game reservations; to amend consolidated statutes relating to hunting deer by firelight; to amend consolidated statutes of 1919 relating to lien on crops for advances; to amend consolidated statutes relating to foreclosure of tax certificates of county and other municipal corpora tions; to amend conaoljdated statutes relative to the amendment of charters of corporations and to the creation of classes of stocks; to amend consoli dated statutes in reference with the work on the annoyance of the stud ents of the schools and colleges for women in North Carolina; to amend consolidated statutes relating to emi nent domain; to amend the banking laws of the State of North Carolina as set forth in chapter five, volume three of the consolidated statutes; to amend the law in reference to rural communities; an act for the construc tion and maintenance of public roads in Ashe and Watauga counties; to re peal chapters of the consolidated sta tutes of 1919 relative to tax on water companys; to amend consolidated statutes relative to lien on crops for advance; regulating the licensing of attorneys at law by prescribing a high school educational prerequisite; to amend article 4 of the constitution relating to the judicial department; to create an advisory commission to investigate and report upon the ques tion of freight rate discrimination and the question of the development of waterways; to amend consolidated statutes so as to provide a license tax on motor vehicles owned by the United States officers and soldiers stationed in North Carolina; to amend consolidated statutes pertaining to re corders court; to renew religious lib erty in North Carolina; an act to amend chapter twenty seven article nine section 1564 consolidated statutes pertaining to the compensation of Judges and solicitors of county re corders courts, to call a convention of the people of the State of North Carolina; an act to amend chapter 256 of the public laws of 1923 In re ference to stop law; an act to amend subsection two of section 1079 con solidated statutes relating to free car riage of passengers on railroads; an act to amend section 203 consolidated statutes relating to argument in civil trials; an act placing all state charit able institutions in the same basis and to protect the Interest of the State and to require those who are able to pay to bear the expense of their cars, maintenance and. treat ment, and to inforce the same policy in all such institutions arjjl to pro vide machinery relating to the same; an act to amend section 7693 of the consolidated statutes relating to the examinations ot the amount and vouchers ot the Treasurer and Audi tor by a legislative commission; to repeal section 3857 of the consolidat ed statutes, and for other purposes; an act to provide for court stenograph ers and to promote accuracy in settl ing appeals to the supreme court; an act authorizing the Federal Govern ment to acquire lands in North Caro lina for National Park purposes; to change the name of the Slater State Normal School at Winston Salem to the Winston Saiem Teachers College; to amend statutes relating to the licensing of orphanages andother in stitutions; to amend statutes relative to foreclosure of mortgages on per sonal property; to amend statutes-re lating to the North Carolina Agricul tural Society,' to amend statutes so as to change their corporate names; to amend statutes of North Carolina and index relating to motions and orders for removal in civil actions; to abol ish corporal punishment of school children; to call attention of congress to the significance ot the battle of Moore's Creek Bfidge in the War of the American Revolution and request ing that Moore's Creek Battle Ground be erected and maintained by the Federal Government as a National Park; to require the deposit of all funds belonging to the State ot North Carolina dally with the Bute Teras urer; to extend the time for registra tion of State Grants; resolution re questing the Attorney Oeneral to In vestigate the fisheries products com pany ; to prohibit the careless and promiscuous use of camping sites along State Highways; to amend chap ter 87 of the public laws of iMl en titled "an act to encourage the co operative marketing of farm products and to authorlxe the Incorporation of cooperative marketing associations Jl,as to provide for withdrawal of members; an Set prohibiting the mak log of any false statement In writing respecting the financial condition of any person, firm or corporation with (Continued on pags throe) FREE With Every Box of Face Powder we ^ Give a Nice Powder Puff Free. 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