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Mr. McKinley will Call Congress together in extra session on the 15th, a week from to-morrow. The prima ry object of calling) It together this eaily is to pass a new 'tariff bill, for that is the way he thinks prosperity 4s to be brought to the country, j Judg ing from his inaugural address he will not invite the special session to con sider the money question, which he does not seem to think can help the country muchuntU the new .tariff comes to start the wheels of the in dustries to running and pat " the workless to work. As far. we think. as he will be willing to go on the money problem will be to favor the. appointment of a commission to con sider it and report as to the defects in tnV present system and the remedies they j would suggest. Such a " cootmissipo, if appoint ed, would require some time to thoroughly investigate that ques tion and come to an agreement on some plan of reform, and the fact that he refers favorably to such commission is a pretty good indica tion that he is going slow on the money-question and is going to put off its consideration as long as he can. ' He is a firm . believer in the recuperative power of a protective tariff, and he is depending in a great measure on that : to offer a way out of the financial wilderness. He dors not wish to and he will not as long as he can help it,! get tangled up on take a positive position one way or the other without, encountering op position in hts own party, and hence in his naugural he leaned towards the' gold standard advocates! and then in! turn leaned towards the bi metallists, for he has them both to ueai . wun lnsiue oi nis own pany and he: can not safely antagonize either. ... "'j y: : . ! it he confines atteitionj to the tariff question at present, and, relegates the money4uestton, which be is not in a condition to deal with at present, and . cannot touch without forcing issues that both be and his associates are anxious to avoid, until they get a better look into thi future. On the tariff question ithe Republicans, whether gold standard or bimetal lists are pretty well agreed. (They may differ more or! less! as to details, as to the rates of duties; to be levied, out in the main purppse revenue and protection olentv of both there is no do difference between them. Even the bolting1 Republicans who left the party last Summer be lieve in a protective tariff although in view of the closeness ofj' the vote in the Senate they may make demands, as a consideration for their votes for the tariff bill that may be presented to Congress. ' ' j ' . ' V; j ' "' They may, however, :oncIude " to suppDrt it, believing that it will fail to bring the promised prosperity and that the failure will help the cause of free stiver, aal it undoubt edly would. They count on its fail ore, and may take the chances ot its being a failure and support it With out imposing conditions, while Mr. McKinley and bis friends believe it wi'l be a succiSs,.and are basing their' hopes on that of- an escape from the fiaanclal trouble which they dread. It may tuira out o be their salvation, and thsy have; doubtless made their calculations """pretty shrewdly. " ' . 1 - " the new tariff br ngs in the amount of moUj to the Treasury hich they figure upon it will make lle Treasury easy and obviate the necessity of issuing bonds to keep UP tae afold reserve. There is not much probability of any serious1 uraios upon the reserve, for more ond issuing would be disastrous to the Republican party in the . next Jectior),.and the men who put Mc K,aley in the White House will not Put clubs in the haads ot the silver mea to. drive him oht. To combine , dS tney did durinz the Cleveland ad m'nistration to run upon1 thejTreas-; , we are pretty near the .bo '.torn, and caoaot go much further. There are hundreds of milllonsof dollars locked up in the vaults of the banks of the country, especially in the large banks of the East, which are earning nothing. The owners of this' money are getting tired of this state of affairs, and as they have "confidence ta the , new administration with a banker as Secretary of the Treasury; they will : in all. probability; soon be seeking Investement for;some of ( . their . Idle ; millions, and be less particular about . the sections they send them into than they are now.; Every dollar that is turned loose' will help that, much aud if there are many dollars it will help a good deal. This will stimulate busi ness and enterprise. Then if the new tariff has in the meantime come into operation ; its I advocates -- will claim that it was this that wrought the change, put the wheels to turn in?, gave ; the workless work and opened the way for prosperity. They will exclaim: "Behold-our prophe cies verified and the prosperity we promised you!' : ; ;;V -, This is what Mr; McKinley is counting on and this is why he is naturally anxious to "stave off the financial question as long as possi ble. If there should be a material improvement in the business condi tions and more money flow among( the people it will have a tendency to dull the edge of the' financial agita tion, for that j like nearly all other questions is the result of necessity. But the tariff may prove a failure in bringing in the revenue counted on and then what ?T That will put Mr. McKinley and his party in an awk ward predicament.; - KIHO& HSHT10B. ! Dunn's review of trade for the past week notes ' an improvement in business, caused mainly by specula tive buying of products, chiefly wool, which is in demand in anticipation of the duty on wool wb'ich will be pro vided for in the new tariff.' By the time the new tariff goes Into opera tion, the probabilities are that the bulk of the clip which is within their reach will be in the hands of specu lators, and they instead of the wool growers, will profit by the "protec tion" to wool, just as the specula tors in wheat last Fall who bought up the balk of the exportable crop got the benefit of the. rise in prices. There will ' also, 1 doubtless, be large stocks of domestic and foreign woollen i - goods - bought up -in anticipation of . the advance in pricei which will, follow the new tariff. . The probabilities of a Euro pean clash over .the Cretan question may encourage speculation on food stuffs and advance prices some. Under these conditions trade ought to look, up some. ; But as .the winter draws to a close it is reasonable to I look for some improvement, for with I and other lines, suspended In winter, will resume and give employment to many people. Farmers will have to buy more or less of agricultural im plements, fertilizers, . etc., j to get ready for spring plowing and plant ing, and in laying aside heavy winter clothing, lighter clothing must be purchased, all of which will Increase the volume of business and put more money in circulation. We may. therefore, reasonably expect some improvement. . The incoming of the new adminis tration and the approaching extra session of Congress has revived the often discussed question of changing the term of Congressmen-elect so that the new Congress may convene soon after the election instead of fourteen months after as now. It does look like an anomaly that men who are voted out on issues of vital importance in which the people are interested and on which they-have declared themselves by their ballots, should continue to enact laws and carrv out1 the policies' which had . . v j .. - been pronounced against Dy tne con stituents which they had been chosen to represent but which they have ceased to represent. The Congress man who is relegated, to private life, although h may have been a repre sentative, is no longer such, and he should not have it in his power to thwart the will of the people for fourteen months. The term of Con cress should be so fixed that the out going Congress should have its work fi nished bet ore the ; election and the Congressmen elect ;do the legislating that is to be done after the election at which they were chosen. .". That was an edifying performance in the House of Representatives at Haleigh Friday, and is another chap ter added to the record that rare as semblage has made for superlative uniaueness as an amusing or disgust- ine owinz to tire ; temperament of the auditors collection of Solons. A Antr.arM whirh would delight the "a , 1 " , - t - coarse-fibred man would shock and Aiaernat th man of finer mould. This racket was on a little larger scale than the several which had preceded it and already given this legislature Conspicuous notoriety as a disorderly State and little for itselt. The cause of the fracas in this instance seems to have been the North Carolina rail road lease matter, in which both parties i-frlends" and enemieshave shown a 'disposition to take short turns and any advantage they could of the other from the start; resorting to" every device, , parliamentary or unparliamentary, even to attempts at bribery, as publicly charged on the floors. Taken as a whole it has been a;;. disreputable -Legislature, but while its performances have been hu miliating to the State they are quite in keeping with I the mental .and moral calibre of the majority, which is responsible for these (disgusting exhibitions. .. -A. Chicago man's life was saved a few nights ago because the robber's bullet struck, a package of Jaundry bills which . he h aa" in " his ' pocket. We have read of a man whose .life was saved in a similar way by a pack of cards, but on the strength of this we would not advise every young man to carry a package of laundry bills or a pack of cards. Pennsylvania claims to have the patriarch baggage-smasher of this country who has been in the business continuously since 1850. He says he has in that time travelled 3,300,000 miles, but respect for the feelings of the public and - perhaps consid eration fog his posterity, if he has any, prevented him from telling the number of trunks he smashed. A Washington dispatch said there was ' an unprecedented demand for good quarters in Washington' for McKinlev s inauguration. There is always! an unprecedented demand for good quarters when a , Republican administration goes into power, ' That allusion to Trusts in Mr. Mc- t - 1 . -. Kinley's inaugural address must not be taken in dead earnest He was expected to make some remarks on that line. The Trusts are not pacK- ingup their plunder preparatory to going but of business. - vMr. Sherman says that as Secreta ry o,f State he will pursue a "vigor ous foreign policy." . As a financier statesman that's the kind of a policy he has been pursuing all the time and that's what's the matter with the countiy now." i I ny There seems to be no scarcity of doctors In Japan. A lady there in a recent illness employed 433 of them. Strange to say, the imparter of this information fails to say whether she survived or succumbed. Another daisy statesman has come to the front in Kansas. He wants the ten commandments enacted into law in that State so that when peo ple break them the constable can get after them. . , Grover Cleveland may go fishing and ducking npw as often as he ment vessel he will have to hire a boat. I or getf his friend Benedict's .1- . : . ' yacht " : ri' ' ' In a Mexican town three thousand people, men and women, attended a bull fight, at which four men and six horses were gored to death, and they wildlv applauded the bulls for their buiiy fight, i - j . Russian recently won $40,000 at Monte Carlo at one sitting and didn't have a rabbit foot either. The Chicago man who insisted that he could live on one dollar a week, did it but it took several dol lars to inter iilm. City Matkata. I i There was the usual supply of coun-I trv produce on the . market vesterday. Eeet sold for 10 to 12: per dozen. Prices of other articles as lollows : Poultry Chickens, dressed, 60 to 70c per pair; live, 80 to 60c per pair; turkeys, dressed. M to 15c per pound. Vegetables Lettuce, 5c per headj rad ishes. 8 to 5c per bancb; spinach. 15 to 25c 'per . peck; cabbage, small. 5c per head; collards, to 5c per head; tur- nips ana ruiaoagas, y io oc per. Dunbu, - a LJ ' . t-. kale.- 50c per bushel; celery, 25c per bunch; ereen. onions, 5c per bunch; sweet potatoes, i to 20c per peck. Meats Pork, 10c per pound; sausage. 10c; steak, loin; c; round, 10c; chuck, 7c; stew, 5 and 8c . j ! - Qysters Best New River, ; 80c to $1.00; Myrtle Grove, 50c; Sound oysters, 40cJ Oysters in shell, 60 to 80c per bushel. Qams in shell, 80c per bushel. Fish Shad, 40 to 90c; mullets, imau, lOcj per bunch. '"' ':: ZTo Criminal Ooqk. TJotU AprtL In replv to a telesram. Col. F.W. Fos terj chairman of the County Commis loners, rcccivca wner jcicruy iiuiu Governor Russell, stating that under a recent act of the Legislature he cannot appoint a judge for the Eastern Crimi nal Circuit Court until April 1st; conse- auently Wilmington will have no court thU week. In anotner column win oe found a notice from Col. Foster notify iag jurors that they need not attend. A 'Wmt Industry. ' Messrs. Bagley & Fulford have estab lished an enterprise for the manufacture of rubber stamps two doors eatt of the Star office".- andl we are glad , to note thev are doing well. This is an indns- try that will keep lots of money at home, and the Star ! is Informed our mer- oHanta can be supplied at short notice at i Jaw orices as it they sent . HOWLAND HELD FOR COURT. Preliminary Xximinstlon Befcrs ttas Mayor -Inn and Interested Crowd Pre , - aent-Trstlmooy ot .WiuiaK- Defendant Commuted to Jail.' ' .. in Oefenhoi $1,000 Bond. The case against Fred. P. Howland, charged with arson, was called in the Police Court yesterday for the third time. As on the day before, another large crowd was present. The defendant en tered the court accompanied by his at torneys, Mejsrs. Marsden Bellamy and Herbert McClammy, I A.G. Ricand, EsqM counsel for' the Stater said that there were a few inform alities in the warrant which, b.owf vet, could be changed in the higher coart if the case went there. He then announced that .the State was ready, and Mr. Mc Clammy replied that the defence was ready. The witnesses for the State were then called and swornU j; - Clarence Pridgen testified as " follows : '.'! am 18 years old and a resident of Pender county, Kentucky ' township. which is about 85 miles by water from Wilmington. , Between - the hours or midnight Tuesday and 8 o'clock Wed nesday morning I : was on a flat at the Power House wharf j (toot of Orange street). I was asleep when the fire broke out at the rosin yard, south of : the flat; my father awoke me and then; went to the fire. I was standing On the cabin of the flu when I saw another fire at the tar yard below the flak J saw a man strike a j match and hold It up over his head; the match went out and he struck anotbrr, which also went out.-- He then struck a third match and dropped it between jtwo barrels, and flames commenced to blaze up, which died down only to blaze up again. Tne other fire was blazing and lit np the scene, and when the man struck the .match and held It up' in front of him I saw his face. I have seen the man. since; be is now in this court room, and there he sits (witness pointed to Mr. Howland, who was sitting inside the railing by the side of his "C3unsel).i The first time I saw him after the fira he came into Mr. Kuck's store and called for a pound' of coffee. I also saw him atterwards while I was on mv way to Mayor Harriss of fice. I never saw him before the fire, and have no feelings in the matter. I am positive he (Howland) is the man." The following facts were developed on cross-examination: fi am a son ot La fayette Pridgen. After the man threw the match down between two battels, another man, who was standing on the wbarf. halloaed to him and asked him if be was hunting tori it. I turned and looked at the man on the wharf and rhen I looked around tne otner man hid gone. I was standing on the cabin. which, according to jthe position of the flit, was on the northern end. The flat is between sixty and seventy feet long, the nearest end being about twenty or twenty-five feet front the fire. - The man had bis back to the first fire and stood facing me. The next witness was Mr. Albert Mintz, who testified! "I am an engineer at tbe Power House: of the Street Rail way Company. I know the defendant, Fred P. Howland. jl saw him last Wed nesday morning about 2.15 o'clock, before tbe Robinson & vKing fire. He went Into , tne engtne room ; ot tne . fQwer tiouss ana obtained some matches from ,Mr. J. P. Jones. He seemed, very drunk. After he got the matches he turned and went out, stopping at the corner of the engine room ontside. He then went towards Robinson & King's,' but did not appear as drnnk as when he was inside. I went to the corner of the building where he had been standing, j After he had been gone aoout ntteen minutes tne nre at Robinson & King sj broke out. l saw a man. strike a match, but could not tell who the man was. ' I went back to the engine room, spoke to the fireman and went down to tne wnart ana touna my cousin, John Mintz, putting out a fire at Robinson & fling's.' Oa cross-examination "When I saw the match struck I was standing on the wbarf at tbe end oi tne uat towards tne south, with a fence: between me and the man, whom I did not recognize. There were barrels piled , np along side of tbe fence After Mr. Mintz's edence,Mr. Ricand announced that the State would rest its case. Mr. McClammy said the defend ant did not desire to introduce any. tes timony. Mr: Ricand said the question of probable cause would only-then arise. Mr. Bellamy replied that they would not contest. l Mr. Ricand stated that there was no one who hated to prosecute more than he did, but he realized that it was a duty be owed the people; that tbe defendant had served under his administration as May6r, and that having been a police man, if he committed the crime charged against him, it was the more infamous. In conclusion he asked the Mayor to place the" defendant under a bond suffi ciently large to warrant his appearance at the high court Mavor Harriss placed the defendant under a $1,000 justified bond for his ap pearance at the next term of the Crimi nal Court. He failed to give bond, and wae once more committed to tall. The following were recognized tor their aonearance at the .Criminal Court Messrs. C. r. Pridgen. Aioert mihiz, J. P. Jones. C H. Robinson,Ias. Wells, E. T. Jones, John Mints -ai ind Tbos. Lossen. The case acalnst Martin Dixon, who is charged with a similar offence, will be called to-morrow at noon. Charged With Highway Bobbery. Julius Coachman, the colored man arrested Thursday by Officer Gore for robbing W, A. McQuillan, colored, on the public' highway of the city,; was' arraigned in the Police Court yesterday. He was committed to j ail without bail to answer at the Criminal Court. Coach man is from. Florence, S. C, and accord ing to his own statement is a bad char acter. Win. Bell,, colored, who also participated in I the robbery, "and who was connected with ' a robbery in bast Wilmington last year, has left for parts unknown. 1 -' B T ."T. : , . , . . ,. ... ...... i T1 1 ' "i i ' t " I Ik' V. uJr m' m . .1. ,..V,f Y1 EASTERN . JUDGESHIP. CHIEF JUSTICE FA1RCLOTH MEN TIONED- FOR THE VACANCY. Bapsrintendem of Penitentiary Besleaed "ttn, Avplteettone-Cnerlotto Polioe Bill Beparted Tnbvorably in the : flenete Lieutenant Governor . Seynolds Acq.attted. - . r. -'J. Special Sar Correspondmct :. ": w Raleigh, N. C March 6 Chief Justice W. T. Fairdoth is now being very prominently-mentioned for the Eastern Judgeihip. made vacant by the death ' of 'Judge Seymour.- Justice FalrcToth, so it is stated, will have the support of the Republicans who have tbe ear of President McKinley. White Governor Russell would like to receive the appointment, it is believed that cer tain conditions wonld work against him. The Senate's executive sessions are fakes pure and simple. The members do not try to keep their proceedings, qui?t. : : x..-- - J no. R. Smith is besieged with aoDli- cations for positions in the penitentiary; The present force will hot be disturbed for several weeks. ; ;: Tbe Charlotte police bill which Henrv introaucea in tbe benate, after the de- teat ol bis House bill, is rentfrted un favorably. Tbe Goldsboro delegation is here working bard for the defeat of tbe police bill for that fair city. - Lieut. Governor Reynolds is acauitted of the charge of trespass which ' Arbor vl ae" Swinson preferred against him and the' Speaker of the House. Swin son will have to pav the costs. Swinson is in tbe gallery of one branch of the Legislature or another from morning until night. He never appears in the lobby, as he formerly did. ' A. Calored Tomb Bobbed'. ' W. A. McQaillan, a colored youth about 18 years old, was "held "bp' in tbe city. shortly before noon 'yesterday by two colored men, who, it is said, are wanted by . the police oL Darlington, S. C, and robbed of $5.0Q and a pencil. McQuillan hails from. Federal Point, ana Wednesday night came to the city on. board his brother's boat, which was loaded with fish." Yesterday morning he got a check for $5 00 cashed and started back to the boat. h Near the corner; of Water and Market streets he met a young colored man who asked him to change fifty cents, wbich he did. The man then told McQuillan that there was a man up the street who wanted to hire him and induced McQaillan to accompany him to an alley watch runs from Front street to Second.. When tbey reached tbe alley auotber young colored man was there, and insisted upon McQaillan's playing cards, which he refused to do. The men then made McQaillan give them all his money, whicu consisted ot the 5. and a lead pencil. They threatened to k 11 him if he did not comply with their demands, and one of the men placed his band on bis pistol to emphasize bis threats. Both mea then ran off, leaving McQaillan, who went immediately and intormed Police Officer Gore. Officer Gore at once sertiut after the men and last night about 7 o'clock succeeded in arresting one of them. J alius Coachman, who was placed in jaiL . - - - -. Yesterday afternoon about 2 o clock a colored man ; from Darlington. S. C, went up to the City Hall and inquired of Sergeant R. F. Gore if the authorities here had been notified to arrest two men who were now in tbe city and who were wanted by the police of Darlington. His description of the two men wanted tal lied exactly with that of the men who 'held up and robbed McQaillan. MAX TON NEW3 ITEMS. .-.V ..-'mmmmmmmm- Max ton Blade.' - Mr. A. J. Cottingham will commence work at his planing mill near the fair grounds next week. The C F. & Y. V. Railroad bas rua a side-track to tne mill; the C. C. will also run one there. 'When he gets in shape Mr. Cottingham will turn out about ten . thousand teet ot dressed lumber every working day and will employ a dozen bands.' Mr. W. A. Lowe showed ns a piece of cloth and a hank of thread tbe other day which were more than one hundred years old. The cloth was woven and spun by Mr. Lowe's wife's great grand mother in tbe year 1777. Both are made of flax and tbe thread is as strong as it it were purchasea only yesterday.- tne cloth looks as fresh as If it - bad juit come from the loom. It has been in the family for 120 years. . Bmtll Tire Aoroaa tbe Btver. . At 2 20 o'clock yesterday afternoon the naval stores yard or Chas. A. Fore man, colored, across the river, nearly opposite Princess street dock, was dis covered to be on fire. An alarm was turn ed in from box 41, Market and Water stree's, to which the Fire Department responded promptly. In the meantime the tugs Marion and Comiton bad steamed over to the scene of tbe fire,' bat on account of their hose being too short were unable to render any assist ance. The nre was put out by tne em ployes In the yard throwing backets ot water on ' tbe Barnes. Tbe stores on the yard- consisted of rosin, tar and Ditch, which were damaged to the amount Of about $100, folly covered by an insurance policy for $1 200 with Col. Walker Taylor. Tne ure'was caused oy pitch leaking from a kettle upon the fire under it. Chief of Fire Department Newman went acroi s - tbe river, but did not deem it necessary to send an engine over. . - Heavy Bhlpmenta of Iiattuoe. Wilmington is at present one of the principal points along the, coast for the shipment of lettuce. ' Yesterday ' three car-loads of very fine stock were shipped. Of these one was shipped in the C. F.T. car 13.033, by Mr. Jno. F. GirrelL It was consigned solid to Messrs. Red field & Son, of Philadelphia, represented by Mr. Samuel W. Westbrook. Among the truckers having shipments in the other two cars were Mr. Sol. Jones, Mr. Smith, Mr, D. F, Klein, Mr. ; D. . N. Chad wick, Mr. S. W. Nobles, Mr. W. H. Mills, Mr. W. H. Northrop and Mr. J. W. Gay. Register: of Deeds r Norwood issued marriage licenses to one white' and three colored ' couples the past week. .! " -;;-v ' .r: . .: v. - - To the Editor : I have an aloitite cure for CONSUMPTION and an BrtmAialiThroat and Vang Troubles, and all conditions of Wasting a Trr Rtt itntimelT nse thousanoa of apparent- w htl8 cases have been permanently cured. So sitive am I of its power to cure, I will send RBB to anyone afBicted, UVV caj B to i iv to anyone amicxea, x j3.k.jva BOTTLES of my Newly Discovered Kemeaies, noon, receipt of Express and Poatofficeaaareaa. toff Aiwa' ,ya sincerely yours, IM, M.C., 183 Pearl St, tbe Dootor, please mentio New York.) Wban writina the Dootor, mutton this papec i jn89 Wly GENERAL ASSEMBLY.. HIGH-HANDED Proceedings in the house. , Vote- Prevented on tfeaata Snbttttotr For Iieaee BUI Five Men Manipulate Pro , L beedinas of 5ouie Ataloat Win of - of Oot. Boeeell-bplnioa pt '- Supreme Court oo Conetttu . . tlonality of Xioaso. , :;' Special Star Correspondence) .ir . Raleigh; March 6. The House met' at 0 40 and Rev. Dr. Branson offered prayer. The calendar was at once taken op. Bills passed: To amend the char ter of the Marion & Asbeville turnpike; to Incorporate Red Springs; Seminary; to regulate jcottob weighing in Edge combe. ' I . -i :; '-'T: i ' - . ; ? There was considerable discussion of Cunningham's bill to prevent the taxing of property : twice. Cunningham spoke strongly . in support of it as a fair bill; that he knew of cases in which, tax had been pai oh tobacco prior to Jane 1st, and thatpheoTafter that date the tax as sessors listed for taxation the money re ceived foir the same tobacco. Dockety said the bill wou'd disarrange the en tire revenne law. He said Cunningham was striving to arrive at a just conclu sion. He said that under the bill a town could levy no tax. Johnson said the argument and view of ; Cunningham was right, but the bill would upset he reve nue law.. He.-moved to table the bill. Cunbintham said the people of his county had complained of this double tax payment and bad asked him to in troduce the bill. The bill was then tabled, Cunningham voting no. - Freeman moved to take up the Public Printing bill, saying it was an important matter, but while the bill was being looked for Luik moved that the bill, tabled Marcb 4, to'increase the salary of the clerk ot the Attorney General from $800 to $900, be taken from the table. The motion prevailed. McCrary sup ported the bill and so did Lusk, saving a man fit to do the work could not be se cured for $600 Hauser said that tbe Legislature bad not reduced 'expenses one cent in any department, but that bills increasing appropriations fairly flew through the Legislature, while no one could get a bill passed reducing sal aries. Sutton of Cumberland antago nized the bill. Hauser demanded the yeas and nays. The bill passed. The vote was: Yeas 45, nays 42. ! Special Star Telegram Bills passed the Senate : To amend chapter i 801. Laws of 1891; to amend chapter 459.' Laws ' of 1891, relating to price for weighing cottony bill placing Cleveland and Gaston counties in the Eighth) Congressional district and Tad kin and Davie in the Seventh passed secor d reading, there was objection to the thud reading; to prohibit wot king females on the streets or roads in the State; to provide for a new road in Craven county, running through Car teret; to incorporate the town of Mayes vitle. in Jones county; to -establish an electric; light plant ta Fayetteville; to appropriate $50,000 to stimulate public school - educition for change of management in the three insane asy lums, L. Person, colored.whd has opposed the bill all the while, voted for It. He stated that he had fceen assured that tbe negro would be recognized. The reso lutloh for ! the purchase of a portrait of the late Senator Vance was adopted. The State appropriates $500 and the city of -Raleigh will give a like amount. The substitute to the original bill to amend the election law passed. The bill provides that Clerk of Superior Court. Register lot Deeds and Chairmtn of County Commissioners of each county 'shall appoint all registrars and judges of election without;; recommendation of any one.! It igndres chairmen of State and - county executive committees. It also provides for three ballot boxes, one for township officerj, one for connty ofBceri and one for State officers. "The length of; time to register is extended to tne fith Saturday until 12 o'clock. When votes are challenged the reason shall be stated on the registration books. It pro vides that each chairman of State and county .committees, of each political party shall file with the Secretary of -State and clerk of the court a 'dupli cate ticket which ! is to be used, in the election J with the names of all candi dates and with or without design or de vice onUhem; that any other, tickets shall be . declared counterfeit and tbe pirty issuing them shall be guilty of misdemeanor. Ia city elections the mayor sh ill certify the registrars and judges of election.. It provides that city registration books shall be kept open forty days preceding election. Honse Bills passed to establish a dis pensary at Rutherfordton; to establish a dispensary in Cleveland county if people at an election so decide.- ; ; ; Tbe bill which passed tbe Senate, giv ing the public printing "to Gay Barnes, of this city,' was defeated and' the report of the minority, allowing the Governor's Council, to let the printing contract, passed, 54 to 45. "' '-"fyX TX Grant's bill to appoint a police board for Goldsboro came up next. It is the b.ll Grant sneaked throu&b the Senate. Person! of Wayne, wished he had the time to tell the necessity of the passage ot this ' bilL - Twenty years . ago Vance . said ''there r is retribution in history." Russell said the same.' The Legislature of 1877 gerrymandered (goldsboro and denied it local self government: ? ) : Johnson, of Sampson, moved to amend by 'providing that . the ; mayor shall be elected by the people: "Yon hear a cry abont local government. I am sorry to see fojks called Populists trying to injure city governments. The element they propose tcr put in are not the men to ale. The bill shows there is " 'something rotten in Denmark.' ". Ward; moved to so amend that the board conld - not elect - successors. Parker ; moved an amendment that it shall not go into effect until voted on by the people, and that Jno. R. Smith's name be stricken but. Person . tried - to call Jthe previous qiestion. There was ,' a great uproar. ' Parker,' U of Wayne, demanded a hearing. Cook, person f and Hancock'; raised -, an other piece cf1 deviltry. The -doorkeeper tried to put' ' Parker in his seat. The members gathered around and a fight. was imminent for several moments. Sutton, of New Hanover wanted Parker tried (beforerthe bar of the Honse. - Jim Young arose and. said,. "I ask that the gentleman from Wayne be allowed to be heard." fAoDlause.) Person, of Way ne, demanded the pre- vious question. ; The uproar-went on. Parker raised a point of order, McLel- land arose to a poin of order, saying that a few months ago the chair ruled that no member could call the previous question. ; There were a few ,rayes" and a thunder of "noes." The prefious ques tion was not ordered by an overwhelm ing vote. Parker, of ) Wayne, moved to table. ! Person, of Wayne, raved and charged in his seat. The motion to table failed by 46 to 44. Parker, of Wayne, said , the jgall .and spleen shown on this bill . was wonderful The result of the vote to table was, yeas 51, nays 64. Mr. McRary demand ed the previous question On the original bill but the Speaker ruled against him.; He i replied . to . Person's poison . and venom." Suppose it j was. he said? 'an outrage in 1877 to change Goldsboro's charter. This bill does worse. In 1877 the Democrats permitted aldermen elect ed by the people to elect a mayo;." The chair announced as special "or der the" North Carolina Railroad lease. The following opinion of the Supreme Court was read: I j . "Your resolution is before ui. Prece dent and the courtesy dae to a co-ordinate branch of the Government impel ns to respond to your request. Without expressing "any intimation of opinion either way upon the question whether-! the power to lease its road Is vested in the North Carolina Railway Com pany by its , charter, we are' of opinion j that j! the power, if it exists, is now vested In the stockhold ers and tho provision; in section 6 of the bill submitted to ui; which makes the validity of a lease dependent, upon its acceptance by the board of directors, would be an amendment of the charter, transferring power from nhe stockhold ers, and invalid unless accepted by the stockholders In general or special meet ing assembled. TV (Signed) - Faircloth. , I . Chief lustice, lor Court". . Cook, for committee, reported the bill without amendment.' Murphy said it made no difference what the Supreme Court said; that the . reference to that Court was wrong when this very Court mieht be called noon to oass noon this veryqoestion. He said the Court had never before passed jupon such a matter as this. ; Aiken submitted the majority' report for the special committee.- .This favored the substitute bill which passed the Senate. -f;' ;":.'-v: : .; Cookchairman of the committee, said it was said yesterdajr that the Supreme Court would ; not render any- opinion, and even when the; opinion was rend ered they contended that it was not valid. He said the Court's opinion wis clear; that if the bilj had been passed as it came from the Senate It would have amounted to a ratification of the 99 year lease. He said, further, if the di rectors agreed, the Governor e Mild not have brought suit to test the lease. Cook sent forward as a 1 substitute for the: whole the original bill which passed She House. The hour of 8 o'clock bad now arrived, cooks substitnte was first voted on. Cook said he hoped all friends of North Carolina would vote for his substitute. There were- cries A big hubbub arose, of "Vote. '. vote." Murphy insisted that his motion to con cur was before the House. The Speaker (Sutton in the chair) ruled this out of order. Blackburn iaid the record of tbe House of yesterday showed that an' or der; was made to vote at 2 o'clock to day on the Senate substitute. He de clared Cook's substitute was improperly dragged in.' The vote on Cook's substi tute was yeas 60, nays 63. The instant tbe reau't ;was announced Cook sprang to his feet and moved to adjourn. It was seen that he was defeated and was filibustering, and there arose a great clamor and cries Of ' That game won't 36k." "Vote it down." Cook demand ed the yeas and nays on his motion to adjourn. The result was yeas' 47, navs 65. ; "Cook then moved , to lay the amendment , and substitute on the table.. There was ' quite a" gathering around Cook, Speaker. Htlemaa being conspicuous and whispering to Cook. The opponents, seeing they were de feated, began dilatory tactics, and kept up their filibustering methods until one . minute after Is o'clock.' First a mo tion would be made to adlourn. Being voted down by the two-third' majority, another motion would be made to re consider the vofe. This procedure, which started about 8 o'clocky was! kept np until this (Sunday) morning. The opponents of the lease had the chair, and though two-thirds of the members vere ready and anxious to adopt tbe Senate substitute, they were given no recognition. Hiteman was not in tbe chair, and Sutton, of Cumberland; Cook, of Warren, and Lusk, of Buncombe, al ternated In presiding. Nqiriends of the lease were given the privilege of the ffoor.aod only fivs trusted members rep resenting the Governor were allowed to make a motion, j They were the two Sattons, Cook, Hancock and Schulken. One would movi to adjourn 'and an other td reconsider. At periods the Speaker would sit in the chair for half an hour deat to 'all appeals and mem bers, finally, exhausting "themselves in efforts to be recognized, would fall in their seats. The presiding officer read a newspaper and carried on a conversation with, persons behind a Curtain that is Immediately back of - the;, Speaker's cbair. Cunningham, McCrary, Black burn Dockery and all those who favored I the . lease plead for , recogni tion in order to make a motion to adopt the Senate substitute. --The Speaker In variably ruled J them but of order-or paid no attention '. to. their 1 demands Cook and his quintette bad the privi lege of tbe flxr at all times; Five men manipulated the proceedings of the House against j the will of 1 he majority. The disorder Was as great .as oa yester day, and little attempt was made to re store quiet. Such reolu i inary r and tyrannical proceedings were against all parliamentary practice and unheard of ? ' -SF m 1 M M. I I 1 I . -.-C - ;,U' AbsdluiclPuro.: Celebrated for Its great, leavening strength' aud healthf ulness. . Assures the f ooit against alum and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap . . brands. - - ':''." ROYAL BAKING POWDER CoV-U - - ' New York. before. ' The policy of filibustering was ; ; pursued at the dictation of Governor-. Russell and his advisors, Capt. Day andV others..;:- v-' ,. -iTh ' Ex-Judge Avery appeared oa the floor ' of the House about 8 80 o'clock and gave Cook instructions when he began these tacUcs. : Editor . Josepbus Daniels de- . nounced the rulings as tyrannical. Ex Speaker WaUer denounced it as Czar rule - and . something never before at- tempted in any legislative body. The only opportunity the opponents were al lowed to express their condemnation and' disgust with the procedure was when they gave notice of their intention to explain their votes when the majority. a . made a motion to adjourn or reconsider. Blackburn denounced the rulings of tbe chair in the severest language on several occasions. ; He repudiated the proceed- -Incrs In behalf of the Reoublican oartv ' and said that that party could not be held responsible for the disgraceful con- .. duct. He said three Republicans were responsible for. the situation- and tha -they would have to answer, for. it. "Tbe Republican party has been id favor of majority rule since Its inception, acd . - tne Kepuoiican voters 01 tne dtate win denounce you' ; t .' " ' McCathey denounced Luik, who oc ; ' ' cupied the chair. "Have you no-con-' 1 science?" ne said. "Such outrageous -infamy has never been attempted. -. The people will resent such a damnable con spiracy and outrage." Late in-, the evening many' members sent for their' suppers and ate them in the halL '''John Cunningham' ordered a bushel of apples and nearly every mem ber disposed- of "several sandwiches. Three or four times all the members - I -left their seats and tbe proceedings were at a standstill for twenty minutes except for an occasional shout at tbe Speaker for recognition. Gen. J. Q. A. Bryan. tautug .v. t bi.uuihiuu, auui &nu mw. members who were grouped around - -him. His humorous spejehes broke the ' monotony. On ' one occasion - : he " ' spoke from the Speaker's stand and Lusk couldn't - interrupt bim.. The ' friends of the lease made many converts on account of the tyrannical rulings ot ' ' the various Speakers. Dockery, who -voted for the original bill, sided with the advocates ot the lease. He state d, in explainining h's vote, that yesterday f!onk had nledtred his ' word that ha ' would let the lease question come to a 1 square vote if the Hause would consent - ; to ask the Supreme Court for an opinion. . H aild that r.nak hH ' broken faith . ' ,! and gone back on his word. Both sides ; v here until June if necessary. Alex- . anaer ana iuapin came near ngoung on :' .' inn.ii w.t. nn and lnat mmhrt ' '.' talked', sung, laughed and every thlngt v . ' . . ' a ' flM, CISC .; unraiy huu unuruciiy. iuw . . passed the entire afternoon. Sutton, of : . . -Kesotvea, mai ice juuiciary vom- . -mittee be instructed to Inquire into tbe ; ' l. . . . M.I . . 1 ' r conduct or tne memoers 01 mis nouse -r-r :i who are charged with attempting to -. nnnrn the TMwrs and nrernoatlvea of tne speaxer 01 me nouse, 10 organize a .. icyuiuuuuaii saoww uu viy aaa wuayiy w the Constitution of the State and its : " - f lawi auu vvuiuii m ussjra(asa; wiwivu .-. th nrlvileaei of this Home, find thft j - whether said members ought to be cen-" ' : sured by this House or expelled from - it or exonorated of -this charge, and to . v ascertain svbo are sucn memoers. . . ... . - - . V.'i Mr.' duiton aavocarea. ine resoiuiioa .. in a innv ineci:a. . 11 was uvBrwncim - ingly voted down.' There were loud calls for Hileman by the majority. He fMsi f Aflft-4i4 aMff sm a Am a afafamanr LIUIG 1U1 WBIU M M lUBUli mm IS.IMUII.MIt -'"7 . nut aeciinea i? uksios caair. nue- : man acciarca oc ucsirca ids nouis j ,.-.: reach a vote, but thought the struggle - ;:. of physical endurance. He said he had , re examined the matter carefully and ; - . - found the substitute was not before the '' House, as It had not come from the .. . . a ' ft.1' . ' !nnTi in nrnner nrnpr. ne nee ana . that the previous question could not bo called, bv an v one save tbe Chairman ' " of the lease committee;, that a member : ui n aaa u ac c imiiviiij a m-vi w aww Hm w w f a right to can tne question on tbe sno- . v ". stltute. This was. an acknowledgment ' that the House was in the hands of- .' t . i & t 1 .1, , 1 . . was desirous 0! reaching a vote. - tie . said if tbe Southern Railway wonld " agree to give the State $60,000 annu- .. . ollv In nnnttlnn tn h nrMmt nnntrart : he would withdraw all obiectionf. and ' ; . vote on an amendments- to-cignt ana - - take a recess until Monday, and - then . ; ruies at . any nour agreeaoie,- ne - a A " m. a - '-' t t A ' 'i- . theJease objected. As tbe hands of the ; . clock showed that it was nearly 12. the . . - a . m a l m --':,' majuritj, wuu uttu uciu uuv mi oikui - . agaiotc aajournmcni, asreca 10 taice a , recess until Monday mfeer than be ia Mirfi flu Qnnriatr AI 19 fit o mnffftn ; vwiw wa v mi ar- . aai awiva mm uiwiiwii ' It Is evident that Russell and the oo-? M IWUCUM ui iug tens lULCUU lJ WUIIUUB . . thlr filiKrttttriftr maHiitfl. n.vt mrm)r - v . v . Alt - . . a . i - . iiuuis. . ana macaiacry aci is uciaiovl ti mt t.1 . . c , y tne senate ana mere js talk ot noiomg . - . 1 & . . 1 1 .1.. I 1 . 1. . f House agree to let the majority .rule. : There was strong talk. of impeachment of Hileman trwnioht. . . . The appMatment by the- Governor of the following trustees of the State Nor- -mal and Industrial School was confirmed by the Senate in execative session: A. ' -J. Moye. of Put; J.A. Blair, of Ran dolpb, and A. S. Peace, of. Granville. ? - - ' would be to do this rrintr vbU nn k rCSDCCt for . the abroad for them. - f . '
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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March 12, 1897, edition 1
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