Weather To-Dayi RAIN.
VOL. XliT. NO. 154.
Last Hoiirs ot Congress
THE FINAL SESSION ENDED AT
NOON YESTERDAY.
1—
The Sitting Had Been Prolonged Twenty-
Five Hours —Passage of General De
ficiency and Naval Bills*
Washington, March 4. —Vice President
Hobart declared the Senate of the
Fifty-fifth Congress adjourned without
day eight minutes after 12 o’clock today
after a continuous session beginning at 11
o'clock on Friday with the exception of
one hour’s recess during the forenoon.
The day of final adjournment broke
with the Senate in executive session,
disposing of a large number of nomi
nations. When the doors v ore opened
there were seen but a handful of tired
and haggard looking Senators who were
waiting for the final reports from the
conferees on the two bibs yet in dis
pute. Finally Mr. Hale appeared with
both. The Deficiency Bill was quickly
passed and then came the final and
closing tight on the Naval Bill and the
price of armor plate and for an armor
plate factory. This was finally over,
and the weary Senators took u short
recess.
t pon reassembling the Senate took on
a new appearance. The chamber had
been cleaned up and the Senators came
back to the closing meeting with a more
spruce appearance. Some few attempts
at legislation were made, but all were
unsuccessful.
Then the galleries filled with gaily
dressed visitors who were there to see
the final ceremonies. They were not
long permitted to enjoy themselves, as
an executive session drove them into
the corridors, where they patiently wait
ed for the doors to he opened. When this
was done only five minutes remained
of the Congress, hut the hands of the
< lock were turned hack ten minutes to
give them time for the usual compli
mentary resolution and the address of
the Vice President.
President McKinley and his enthe
Cabinet had come to the capitol and
were in the President’s room back of the
Senate chamber, where the various hills
were hurried for signature. Finally the
last big appropriation hill had received
the President’s approval and everything
was ready for the close The resolutions
thanking Vice President Hobart and
President pro teni Frye were adopted,
the Vice President responding in an
appropriate address, and the Senate,
which had been in a turmoil for sev
eral days, quietly came to an end.
It was 3:30 o’clock this morning be
fore the River and Harbor Bill was dis
posed of. The House refused to agree
to the Senate ameidment making ar*.
appropriation for the construction o!
reservoirs at ihe head-waters of the
Missouri River. Mr. Warren (Rep.,
Wyo.), who had fought for the reten
tion of this amendment, yielded and the
report was agreed to.
Following quickly upon this agree
ment. another hone of contention was
tossed into the Senate in the form of
a partial report on the Naval Rill
conferees. Mr. Hale (Maine) in charge
of the report, said the conferees had
been unable to agree upon the Senate
amendment reducing the price of armor
Plate to S3OO a ton and that authorizing
the construction of a Government armor
plant in the event of the refusal of the
armor companies to accept the price
fixed by the Senate.
Mr. Hale moved that the Senate con
ferees recede from the amendment. This
motion created a lively debate, Mr. Hale,
Mr. Tillman (S. (\), Mr. Chandler (X
H-), and Mr. Butler (X. C.), being the
leading participants. The Senate voted
down Mr. Hale’s motion and sent the
hill back to conference .
At 3:30 Mr. Allison (Idwa), presented
a partial report on the Sundry Civil
Bill. The conferees still disagreed upon
several items, principal among which
were the public building amendment
and that providing for the construction
of the Hawaiian Cable. Roth of these
amendments aroused discussion.
The partial report presented by the
conference committee was then adopted.
On motion of Mr. Allison the Senate
receded, after considerable discussion
from the Senate amendment inserting
several public buildings projects, the hills
tor which had not passed both branches
of Congress.
Mr. Allison then moved that - the Sen
ate recede from the remainder of the
amendments in controversy, including
tin* Pacific Cable project. This motion
was vigorously discussed by Mr. Petti
grew, Mr. Chandler, and Air. Butler.
Ihe last named denounced the action
of the House in delivering “ultimatums”
to the Senate as “cheek concentrated
and gall compounded” and an “insult to
the Senate.”
The Senate then voted on Mr. Alli
son s motion to recede from the remain
ing amendments in dispute, and it was
carried, only three or four voices being
heard in the negative.
Ihe final conference report on the
District of Columbia Appropriation Bill
was agreed to without division.
On motion of Mr. Hansbrough (X.
p.)» the Senate then at 7 o’oolck went
into executive session.
At 8 o’clock the Senate resumed busi
ness in legislative* session. Soon after
ward Mr. Hale (Maine*, presented the
conference report on the General Defi
ciency Rill and the report was agreed
to without debate.
At 8:33 a. m. Mr. Hale presented the
final conference report on the Naval
Appropriation Bill and it was submitted
to the Senate.
The News and Observer.
LEWS ALL NORTM CAROLINA HUES 11 NEWS AND CIRCULATION.
I Air. Hale explained that the report of
the conference committee fixed the price
of armor for the ships authorized by this
bill at S3OO a ton, no contract for the
hulls to be made until contracts had
been made for the armor. The num
ber of battleships, armored cruisers and
protected cruisers are as fixed in the
House bill. The Secretary of the Navy
is authorized to contract for armor for
the ships provided for in the Naval
Appropriation Bill of 1808 at S4OO a
ton.
“That,” said Mr. Hale, “is the meat
of the whole proposition. The report
of agreement leaves out the provision
for an armor plant because we could get
no recognition now from the House for
such a proposition. lam frank to say
that the result of the conference does
not suit anybody very well. It does not
suit me, but, Mr. President, it is the
best we could do.”
Air. Butler: “Will we conclude any
[contracts for new war vessls under the
pending hill if it becomes a law?”
Air. Hale: “No, 1 think not. I be
lieve we shall do no more than get
out the plans and specifications for the
authorized ships and decide about tur
rets ynd the like. Os course, the Sen
ate conferees had to yield something.”
Air. Tillman: “But we seem to have
yielded everything and the House noth
ing.'’
Mr. Hale: “The Senate conferees
canmd settle this controversy alone.”
Mr. Tillman: ‘But the Senate can. We
can place on the House the responsibili
ty for an extra session. I was never
so strongly tempted in my life to say:
‘This Dill shall not pass and become
a law,’ but I have had assurances from
gentlemen on this side of the chamber.”
waving his hand toward the Republican
side, "that they will help us out at the
next session and 1 am willing to accent
those assurances.”
Air. Butler denounced the proposition
for the construction of protected cruisers,
saying they were of little or no account
in war.
After some further discussion, the
conference report was agreed to without
division.
This was the last of the conference
agreements on the appropriation hills
to be acted upon by the Senate, and its
acceptance caused a general sigh of
relief. The action did not, however,
cause an immediate restoration of that
harmony which had been expected
as a result of the disposal of the sup
ply measures.
Air. Pettus (Ala.), moved a recess un
til 10:30, which Air. Mason (Ills.), an
tagonized.
Air. Alason desired to secure the print
ing of the testimony taken in the inves
tigation of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, and when Air. I’ettus insist 'd
upon his motion intimated that there
was some motive to suppress the testi
mony. He called for the ayes and no s
on the motion and it looked at one time
as if a quorum would not be secured.
The Senators, however, straggled in one
by one from the committee rooms and
at last the requisite number was se
cured and the recess ordered by a vote
of 2t» to 21.
When the Senate reconvened at 10:30
Air. Mason renewed his motion for
printing the testimony taken in the in
.vestigation of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing. The motion prevailed.
Air. Fairbanks moved tfie considera
tion of the bill extending the immigra
tion laws to the Hawaiian Islands. Air.
Pettus objected on behalf of his collea
gue, Air. Morgan. The bill was, how
ever, taken up and Air. Pettigrew spoke
upon it.
Air. Morgan had entered the cham
ber* at this juncture and moved an
executive session. The motion prevailed
At 11:43 the doors of the Senate were
opened, and the Senate began its last
legislative session of the present Con
gress.
j Air. Hoar offered a resolution to ap
point a commit to of two Senators to
join a similar committee of the House
to wait upon the President to inform
liint that the Senate was ready to ad
journ and to inquire whether or not
he had any further communication to
offer. The resolution was adopted and
Senators Hoar and Gorman were named
as the committee.
Air. Hoar reported that the commit
tee had waited upon the President of
file United States and had been instruct
ed by him to say that be had disposed
of the public business which bad been
laid before him by the two houses
and that he had no further cumin •mira
tions to make; that the two houses have
reached the end of it very aborious
and important session and that tie wish
ed the members a safe return 10 their
homes.
Air. Cockrell presented the usual reso
lution of thanks to the Vice-President
and Air. Vest that to Senator Frye,
President pro tempore for the very
able, courteous and impartial mum r
n which they had presided over the de
liberations of the Senate. Both resolu
tions were unanimously adopted. Vice-
President Hobart then briefly addressed
the Senate, speaking of the immense
amount of work done by Congress and
thanked the members of the Senate for
RALEIGH, N. C.. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1899
the kindness received at their hands.
In conclusion he said:
“For the Senators who remain and
for the Senators who retire from this
body, I desire to convey my thanks for
the kindly sentiments expressed in the
resolution just adopted, and it only re
mains for me now, in the exercise of the
duty devolving upon me to declare that
the Senate stands adjourned without
day.”
There was no demonstration whatovi r
in the Senate. There was general hand
shaking among the Senators, and many
expressions of regret were heard that
many Senators whose terms expired to
day were not to be here when the Sen
ate met again.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, Alarch 4.—Wearily the
House sat through the silent watches of
the night, recessing from time .o time
while awaiting conference reports upon
the appropriation bills. The floor of the
House was littered with waste paper,
which drifted ankle deep about the desks
and made the hall look as if it had been
swept by a snow storm. Still the weary
and heavy-eyed legislators kept at their
posts, through the night. The leaders,
upon whom the strain and burden of the
closing Lours fell most heavily, and the
Speaker, who had the greatest responsi
bility of all. remained constantly in their
[daces, watching vigilantly the progress
of the contests between the two Houses.
The final agreement on the River and
Harbor Bill containing the compromise
on the Nicaragua Canal was secured
about 3:30 a. m\; the Sundry Civil Bill,
in which tin* House forced tin* Senate to
surrender the provision for the Pacific
Cable, about six; the District of Colum
bia, with the provision for sectarian in
stitutions eliminated, about 7 o’clock; the
Deficiency Bill at 8:30 o’clock, and the
final conference report upon the Naval
Bill at about 0:30 a. in.
The hall presented a sodden, bedrag
gled looking scene when the daylight,
sifting through flu* ground glass ceilings,
dimmed the yellow lights this morning.
Outside a fine drizzling mist was falling,
conlpletcly shrouding the top of the dome
and gluing the wet, half-masted flags
over the two wings to their staffs. The
red-eyed members sat listlessly in their
seats, the few persons in the galleries
slumbered jteacefully.
About 7 o’clock • Mr. Henderson
aroused the House by an electric speech.
It was one of the most eloquent of this
Congress. The surroundings added im
pressiveness to his utterances. The dis
hevelled members and the wreckage of
the night were about him. It was on
the question of sectarian institutions in
the District of Columbia, provisions for
which had lteon stricken out of the Dis
trict Appropriation Bill by the conferees.
With force and pathos he denounced the
bigotry of the conferees, who, he said,
were willing at the behest of a secret
organization, which did its work in the
dark, to turn the homeless and friendless
into the strpets. The scene was‘drama
tic in the extreme when Mr. Henderson
recalled the dark days of the war when
the white-capped sisters of mercy were
ministering on the battlefield to the
stricken and dying soldiers.
With the advent of the day the
House began to take on the appearance
of life. Alembers went below for baths
and breakfast, and returned refreshed to
their stations. As early as 7:30 the
people began to pour into tin* galleries,
the first party to arrive being a dozen
ladies who took their places in the pub
lic galleries. The important business of
the House had been virtually completes
when the House recessed for an hour
at 9:30. All that remained was the en
rollment of hills and the final ceremonies.
The engrossing clerks were now the
busiest people about the capitol, and al
most every minute one of them rushed
in with belated measures in his arms.
The last legislative act of the House
was the passage of a joint resolution
authorizing the acceptance by the Unit
ed States of a tract of land
from the State of Massachusetts. It
was now 11:43 by the clock, but at this
moment the assistant door-keeper ot the
House, armed with a long pole, set back
the hands of the clock It* minutes. This
raised a loud laugh. But immediately
afterward came a most dramatic epis
ode. General Wheeler, of Alabama,
who has carefully refrained from exer
cising his privileges as a member of the
House, pending the determination of
the question as to his right to a seat in
the House, arose from his old seat down
near the front of the Democratic side
and loudly asked for re: gnition.
“Air. Speaker,” “Mr. Speaker,” he
called.
The Speaker's face was flushed slight
ly. but he looked straight ahead as if he
did not hear.
“I ask unanimous consent to speak
for five mimics,” shouted the General.
But the Speaker disicgnnYd him. Ev
ery eye was n w riveted upon the dimin
utive figure of tb * grizzled old veteran
of two wars.
Tne situation was intensely dramat
ic. hut Air. Payne, the floor leader of the
majority, hurried to the rescue. He
moved a recess for ten minutes.
“Pending that 1 ask unanimous con
sent to speak for three minutes.” de
manded General Wheeler. The Speaker
then turned toward him for the first
time, and, looking straight into tin* gray
eyes of the General, ignored his request
completely, putting the motion of Air.
Payne and declaring it carried.
As the hands of the clock pointed to
seven minutes to twelve, although it was
really then three minutes past the hour,
the committee appointed to wait upon
the I’resident marched down the aisle.
The Speaker had retired to his room,
and Ah*. Payne, the Speaker pro tern,
was in the Chair. Air. Dalzell in the
centre, announced that the committee
had fulfilled its duty and that the Presi
dent had made reply that he had no j
further communication to make. “The
President requested us to- state.” he
continued, “that the Fifty-fifth Congress
had performed its extraordinary duties
manfully and he requested me to ex
tend In each and every member his best
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
NATIVES ROUTED
Wild SLAUGHTER
Gunboat Advanced on Them
Under Heavy Fire.
IT WAS A REINFORCEMENT
CROSSING THE RIVER NEAR
TOWN OF Gl ADA LOUPE.
ONLY ONE AMERICAN WAS KILLED
The Bennington SLtlls Suburbs of Malaborr-
Dewey Raises Admiral's Hag on the
Olympia and is Saluted by all
Ships in Port,
.Manila, March 4. 11:33 a. m.—At
daylight General Wheaton’s outposts
discovered a large body of rebels at
tempting to cross the river for the pur
pose of reinforcing the enemy at Gnada
loupe, and a gunboat advanced under a
heavy fire and poured shot, into tin
jungle on both sides of the river and
shelled the enemy's position at Guada
lou[R*. effectually hut temporarily scat
tering the rebels. The enemy's loss was
heavy.
Private John T. Oiz, of Battery G,
Third artillery, was killed.
On hoard the gunboat Privates Wil
liam Wheeler, Company L, and Louis
Barrien, of Company G, California regi
ment, were wounded.
DEWEY RAISES ADMIRAL'S FLAG
Alauila. Alareh 4. Admiral George
Dewey raised his flag as an Admiral on
hoard tin* Olympia this morning and was
saluted by tin* guns of the forts, of the
foreign warship*, the British cruiser
Narcissus and the German cruiser
Kaiserin Augusta, and by the American
ships in port.
The United States cruiser Baltimore
arrived here at 4 p. m. today with two
of the civil members of the Philippine
commission, Pnd'. J. G. Sehurmann,
President of Cornell University. and
Prof. Dean <'. Worcester, of the Uni
versity of Michigan.
PHILIPPINE COM .MISSION.
ALmila, Alareh 4.-10:13 a. m.—Gen
eral Otis hecompaniod by his aides. Cap
tain Murray and Lieutenant Slade, this
inorniug paid a formal visit to tin* civil
members of the United States Philippine
Commission, who arrived here yesterday
from llong Kong on board the cruiser
Baltimore.
A house on the Ermite water front has
been prepared for the residence of the
commission. Colonel Charles Den by, the
only one of the commissioners who has
not arrived yet. is expected by the next
steamer from Hong Kong.
The vessel which arrived here yester
day and was reported as the transport
Ohio, turns out to be the grfnboat Manila.
The error was caused by dense fog. The
troops brought by the transport Senator
are still on board that vessel. A per
manent cable lias lM*en established be
tween Manila and Cavite.
THE MISERABLE ROADS.
Almost Impassable—Farmers Late in
Preparing for a Crop.
Scotland Neck, X. C„ March 4. —(Spe-
cial.*—There is great dissatisfaction ai
the condition of the public ro-ids. \l
- every one who goes into the country
or who comes into the town, says tin*
roads are well nigh impassable. The old
system of keeping up the roads is more
of a failure now than the o *opl«* have
realized before. Farmers can scarcely
haul at all either wood <>r produce to
town or goods or fertilizer from town.
They have scarcely - made a move to
wards, making a crop this year. No plow
ing has been done: no manure hauled,
and practically the farmers are no more
ready to commence a crop than they were
at the end of the year. Tobacco farm
ers have still to plant their tobacco beds
in many places, and they are beginning
to fear that they will be late.
The smallpox scare is not so ntonse
as it was a few days ago. It does not
seem to be spreading in tin* county, and
there is a general vaccination.
Tin* Commonwealth suggested this
week tin* abolishment of the
Railroad Commission. and many
persons have expressed opinion
that it might la* wise. It has been a
source of some kind of unpleasant con
tention ever since its establishment,
they say. and there is a question whether
it has not done as much harm as good
in the State.
The News and Observer is looked for
as the paper that gives the news, and
speaks out what it thinks for the good
of the State.
On account of the existence of small
pox in the countv. there will he no Su
perior court at Halifax next week.
Aliss Sallie Brily. of this community,
was this week married to Air. Critten
den, of Newport News, Va. They left
the next day for the home of the groom.
OMNIBUS WAR CLAIMS BILL.
Claims From North Carolina Provided
For in the Measure.
Washington. March 4. (Special.)—
The conference report on the Omnibus
War Claims Bill includes a large per
emit of the French spoliation claims.
The conferees knocked out all claims for
rent of churches and school houses occu
pied by Federal troops during the Civil
War. The following claims.from North
Carolina are provided for in the bill.
To Peter R. Andrews, administrator
of Peter Andrews, deceased, late of
Jones county, three hundred and sixteen
dollars.
To Nancy*"AL Bass, administratrix of
William Bass, deceased, late ot' Wayne
county, $1,119.
To Thomas 11. Brinegar, of Davie
county, $230.
To Flora J. Campbell, of Harnett
county, s(‘>33.
To J. A. Burgnyn, administrator of
Dorsey 8. Deloateli, deceased, late of
Northampton county, $315.
To John F. Grantham, administrator
of Needham Grantham, deceased, late
of Sampson comity, $077.
To S. L. Wallace, administrator of
Alason Jones, deceased, late of Alartin
county, $535.
To Rachel McCormick, administratrix
of Duncan McCormick, deceased, late
of Cumberland county, $025.
To Fnrneyfold Alereer, of Jones coun
ty. $747.
To Richmond G. Shock, of Davie
county, S2OO.
To William 11. Mathias, administrator
of Luton Speight, (or Spikes), deceased,
late of Gates county, $125.
To Nathaniel K. Thornton, of Samp
son county, SO7O.
To J. C. Mareom. administrator of Wil
liam I’. Forest, deceased, of \\ ake coun
ty, North Carolina, $517.
To T. W. Long, administrator of
Thomas S. Long, deceased, of Catawba
county. North Carolina, S3OO.
To (>. F. Adams, of North Carolina,
the sum of $1,450, for services rendered
the United States Government during
the war of the rebellion.
To William E. Bond, of Edenton,
Chowan county, North Carolina, the sum
of $307.43.
The Post of this city says that in
view of his continued ill health, Judge
Simonton may shortly resign, and that
the names of Senator Pritchard and
Senator MeLaurin are mentioned in con
nection with tin* succession.
A TERRIFIC STORM.
* 3 •f - y ——(
’Jailing AI ills Unroofed, and Negro Nor
mal School Lifted From its Pillars.
Apex, N. ('., Alareh 4. —“Last
evening (3rd) the whole heavens
! were charged with electricity. A dense
fog shrouded the earth, the frefluent
jars and constant roar of thunder a
few miles away were evidences of some
thing unusual.
Then came a sudden down-pour of hail.
In two or three minutes the
ground was covered with hail-stones
from the size of partridge eggs down.
This lasted for only a few minutes.
Then came a lull —to continue for a
short time—a half hour perhaps. A
storm-cloud came from another direc
tion—southwest—accompanied by wind,
rain and hail. A tornado was on us.
Timorous women and stout men trem
bled, glass windows were shattered and
blown in, chimneys blew down, houses
were unroofed, and in some eases utter
ly demolished.
The planing mills of the Apex Lumber
Company were unroofed, the immense
smoke stack to their furnace carried
away.
The new negro Normal School build
ing was lifted from its pillars and now
sits lies flat on the ground.
The very large forage barn of Mr.
J. A. Norris is utterly wrecked. Numer
ous other buildings were unroofed and
glass windows brok n without number.
Two milk cows were crushed by falling
stalls. The oldest inhabitant says he
never knew Alareh to behave so ugly.
RICHMOND'S QUA RA NTIXE.
A Conditional One Against Norfolk and
Nearby Cities.
Richmond. Ya.. Alareh 4.—The Rich
mond Board of Health to-night directed
a conditional quarantine against Norfolk,
Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton
and Suffolk. An order was issued for
bidding railroad and steamboat com
panies to bring to this city from the
points named persons who cannot show
that they have boon vaccinated and are
unwilling to undergo this operation.
The house to house vaccination here is
about completed. Nearly 20,000 persons
have been vaccinated by the public
physicians. There is not a case of
smallpox here.
KILLED BY THE FAST MAIL.
A Negro Run Over on the* Southern
Railroad.
f
Greensboro. N. C., Alareh 4.—(Spe
cial.)—The fast mail, which arrived here
at 12:10 to-day, ran over and killed
Silas Young, a negro, near the coal
seliute. where the Cape Fear and Yad
kin Valley railroad track runs under the
Southern. The engineer says a train
was in the act of passing under the
Southern and the smoke kept him from
seeing the man.
DIRECTOR OF THE CENSUS.
William R. Alerriam. of Minnesota,
Named by the President.
Washington, March 4.—-William R.
Alerriam, of Minnesota, was to-day
nominated by tin* President to he direc
tor of the census.
The nomination reached the Senate
shortly before noon and was immediately
confirmed.
William R. Alerriam was formerly
Governor of Minnesota. He was first
elected in 1888 and again in 1590.
Previous to this he had been Speaker of
(he Minnesota Hjpuse of Representatives.
He was for many years President of the
Merchants National Bank at St. Paul,
lie was a delegate to the National Con
vention in 189!*, and as a member of the
Committee on Resolutions was active in
having (he gold plank placed in the plat
form. '
Don’t try to climb a barb-wire fence
on crutches. j
Sixty Days Have ErAd
AND THE PAY OF THE / uONS
HAS SUDDENLY CEASED.
Though There is Yet Much Important Leg
islation to be Passed, Wednesday
Will See the Last of this
General Assemby.
The General Assembly of 1899 has
reached its constitutional limit.
Its sixty days are out and its pay
lias stopped, never to go again.
There is a home-longing in tiie hearts
of the members and it will be hard this
week to keep a quorum here. Already
some of the members have gone.
Yesterday they toiled like beavers and
tomorrow will probably find them re
peating the dose. For, there is much
I yet to he done.
j No appropriation bills to speak of have
I been passed by either house and there
!is still a heavy old calendar to he
■ run through. In the Senate the Reve
nue and Alaehinery Acts have not been
considered.
The day of adjournment may possibly
be Tuesday, but it will more probably
be Wednesday. It will not really be an
adjournment, only a recess to a day
certain. Just wliat day it will be it is
now inqiossible to say. A resolution
was yesterday introduced in the House*
naming April 4tn, 1001. This date may
In* adopted, or it may be some other
date.
It is certain, though, that when the
members of the General Assembly leave
here they will go with a definite day
fixed for their return.
ALL DAY SESSION IN THE HOUSE
Many Bills of a Local Nature Disposed
rtf and Alueli yet to be done.
The House was in session all day
yesterday and tnl nearly midnight, and
when it finally adjourned, it did so to
meet again th s morning at 11:10 o'clock.
'1 he morning session began at 10
o’clock and lasted till 3. The afternoon
session from 4 to 7:15 o’clock; and the
night session began at 8:30 and contin
ued till 11:15.
The day was, for the most part, de
voted to the passage of local measures,
introduced early in the session. But in
addition to these, several important hills
were passsed and elections held.
The school law was considered, and
put through on its final readings.
A bill was passed putting Cleveland,
Gaston and Alitehell counties in the
Eighth Congressional district, and Davie
and Yadkin in the Seventh.
An appropriation of $3,000 was made
for the Soldier's Home, to he used in
AIR. S. F. PATTERSON,
Os Caldwell —Re-Elected Commissioner
of Agriculture by the Caucus,
repairing and erecting buildings.
Then there was} the election of two
Railroad Commissioners, Commissioner
of Agriculture, Keeper of tin* Capitol
and fourteen members of the Board of
Agriculture.
These were as follows:
Commmissioner of Agriculture—Sam
uel L. Patterson, of Caldwell.
Keeper of the Capitol—C ,C. Cherry,
of Edgecombe.
Railroad Commniissiouers—Frank Alc-
Noill, of New Hanover; Samuel L. Rog
ers, of Ala eon.
Board of Agriculture—First district,
J. B. Grimes; Second district, S. L.
Hart; Third district. W. D. Smith:
Fourth district, ii. 11. Jones; Fifth dis
trict, J. S. Cunningham; Sixth district,
A. T. AlcCallimi; Seventh district, \V.
A. Graham; Eighth district, L. G.
Waugh; Ninth district, W. A. Dills.
State at large. J. B. Coffichl, W. R. i
Capehart, J. A. Stevens, J. C. Bunch, j
G. F. Winston.
ARE ELECTIONS DEFECTIVE?
The Proper Forms Not Observed by the
Legislature. t
It is beginning to look as if the Leg
islature had made quite a botch of some
of its elections.
Judge Allen called attention to this on
the floor of the House yesterday and
said he doubted if an.v <>f the elections
had been properly held.
“We should he more careful about it,
too,” he added. "For it is not unlikely
that there will he litigation over some
of these offices in the courts.”
Ihe defect seems to consist in the
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fact that the House and Senate often
do not hold the election simultaneously
or make proper reports, the one .body
to the other, after they are held. A
further defect is that the tellers have
been so keeping tally that the Journals
show only tin* numb r <>f votes received
by the candidates and not who east
them.
For instance take the Keeper of the
Capitol; for the entire situation is illus
trated by his ease: Friday morning the
House elfcted him, hut by an oversight,
the Senate did not elect him till yes
terday morning. When the House dis
covered this it was decided that the two
bodies must hold the election on the
same legislative day. So last night the
House decided to elect again. It did it;
also elected a Commissioner of Agricul
ture, and a Board of Agriculture. Then
Air. Moore, of Jackson, called attention
to the fact that the tellers had simply
kept account of the number of votes
and had not recorded the names of
those voting. The Journal, In* said,
had to show this. So the elections* wen
all held over again, making the third
time the .Keeper of the Capitol has
been elected In the House and once in
the Senate.
Verily he is a much elected man an 1
it does seem that by this time his elec
tion ought to he able to stand the test
of law.
The man chosen for this place, as
above noted, is Air. ('. (*. Cherry, es
Edgecombe. He received 51* votes, ami
Mr. J. AL Burns (Pop.*, the present in
cumbent. received 7 votes.
The Commissioner of Agriculture Air.
Patterson, of Caldwell, received 38 votes
and Mr. Hampton (Rep.), of tfurry, .o
ceived 5 votes.
It will be observed that two Railroad
Commniissiouers were elected—Mr.
Frank AlcXeill to succeed Major J. W.
Wilson as chairman, and Mr. Samuel
L. Rogers to succeed S. Otho Wilson.
This is done, though the Railroad
Commission Act has been repeal *d, for
thi* following reason: In repealing ’he
act Dr. Abbott’s office was abolished.
He is resisting abolition, though, and
will take his case into the courts. While
the members of the General Assembly
do not believe he will gain much uiere
l>y, still they want to la* on the sub
side. In ordejl therefore, not to he
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DR. AIeXEILL, OF BRUNSWICK.
Chairman of the House Committee on
Insane Asylums.
caught napping if the courts decide the
law unconstitutional they have elected
these two nun Railroad Commissioners.
To-morrow three Corporation C oniniis
siouers will he chosen. Tiicy will be
the two Railroad Commissioners above
named and Mr. E. ('. Ueddingfield, ci
Wake. They are elected and r the
Corporation Commission Act. which is
to take the place of the Railroad ( om
mission. It will thus be seen that Mr.
Bedd.ingtield's getting the office de
pends on the courts d> daring eoiisßtu
tional these two acts —repeal ot the Rail
road Commission and creation of the
Corporation Commission.
The other two commissioners will get.
an office, no liiattter which way it s de
cided.
The bills repealing the Railroad * oni
mission Act and establishing the ( »rp<>
ration Commission came over from tin*
Senate yesterday with amendments
making the Railroad Commission expire
April 4th and the Corporation Commis
sion take office April sth. These amend
ments were concurred in.
STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
Objections on Political Grounds to A.
and AL Trustees.
The election of the State Board of
Elections would have been held U l> '-
night had the Election Law which rre
ntes that board, been ratified. i 1"‘ *
ate, not mindful of this, did hob! tic
election. It will have to repeat the dose
tomorrow.
Following are the members ot tins
hoard, chosen by a special committee
appointed for that„..
State Boffrfcl of Elections— R- D : Gil
mer. of lllv wood: Walter H. ” f
Scotland: AT. B. Pollard, ot lorsyth.
Wilson G. funub, of Martin; d‘"nes I).
McNeil, of Otuniherlaud; Bicero 11. Jchn
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