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Morning Post. ri .XJLJLL. No 46 RALEIGH, N. C,, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1901 li ill Bights and Powers of Corpor ations Discussed ELECTORAL COLLEGE Meets in Casts Senate Chamber and Vote of State Elo quent Speeches New Bills .and Measures Passed . 1 sin rendered, its chamber .t.,i-al 'college yesterday, a lew ft. v bviu. called to order, and until the work of the elec j',Vsj,K'i.t and "Vice President .idol. ,,t.iinp- of the college will be ,ii .', in fall below. Several -N.Ti hfs wire - M .'elivered in -rsT I'.ryau and Steven- 1 1 ibling and the introduc s ami th.;- passag- of a ; on the calen.iar, the in a warn diseiWs'on cf nvers oi corporation: Hi ,;iri :T.' ... I .-n;0- was based on th d s- ihe iiill amendatory if the ti,.' Whitney Reduction Coai ni'i Hill, liowan. -county. :.ml ipated in by Senator Morrison it Senator Jioiton. Hend.?iso-i ititr the Mil. it wa.i o p.ir- in that it was sought. to set a precoucnt ny wu.o.i :r, would be larg.dy g,vein. d in dealing with applications is by such corporations. - Koii'lfivou Morton, Wood- ri;.:.i.. Ward and others expressed -,',.- vi.-w that capital should be enco-.u-at.Mi t.y 'all legitimate, and proper mea: s ;: u North Carolina, and taut y,yi restrictions as wouki deter its r.p-i-M-iuuiivo? -from investing; here should I, (it !f employed. .s!iiit .Morrison said he did rot op-" I'.sf the t-iitfv of capital.' l-ni',hr wotild rut v.eiioiiK- any company representing it that asked such largir powirs as til's )'.) -(.ow-tv which hr.d hvt n gi anted i; : )"; !-- dt her companies by prev uus 1 cislntw's. it was true, !ut th ;t d d lii't v,;r.h it rU'M. II" tl,(i;ui t tne present Senate should tint iiAhw in the footsteps of it ; p e ii rir in this, rcspet t: that 1 1 V - usual ; prih-r'-s s:n-l powers granted hercto-l-r; -h ul'i i- r-uitaded hereafter, c: r uinh in i?;'-.ip.n;tinj? new companies f,i' :n ;-:-t!'i-' upon applications for sn:-n.iii:- r.t to cliai ttrs of 'old .ones. I i" S' .;;. nut atlo.t this vi 'W, Iiuivcv, :-, ! : bill passed'. wit;i only tiiVii- v.itcs ia i ae negative. i'.' ft at 0:30 'this mon'iiic. changes. Two new committees ave pro vided for, viz: Committee on . Congres sional Appointment and Committee on Senatorial Districts.- Also provides th .t it require two-thirds to dispense with leading of Journal, Also that, in report ing bills, from committees it mv.st be sotted ou jacket of bill that a majority of committee were present and voting when hill was acted upon. There was some criticism of this laft-r rule and of several other s.iggestior.s. and it was linally deeided to recom.nit the bill for further action t'ueioa i:i committee. In meantime 100 topies of rules, as at present recommended, wer? ordered printed for use of Senators when the report of comuiittee con es up ajiain for adoption. -. Senator Henderson thought, it would not "be advisable to require-presence of majority of committeemen at meetings; it would often prevent holding of meet ings and delay legislation, etc. Senator Justice thought it a wise pro vision. Hint ought to be enforced. "It will be eaded if adopted." added Senator Henderson. "I have had con siderable legislative experience an! my remarks are based upon that experi ence." , The question will be settled Iat;jr by the Committee on Itules. Senator Gudger reported a numbvr of bills as properly engrossed. Senator Marshall (Committee "on Ranks and Banking). Bill amendinj: Chap. 2, Acts 18S0, amending chatter of i?ank of IJendersonv'dle: favorably. House bills 51 ami .118 were -received 1 torn the House and placed. on the cal endar. New Bills and desolations By Senator Woodard: S. B. 5S, for the relief of J. 1'. Arrington, late sheiiff of Xash. Finance Commktee. By Senator Fouhsoe: S. B. ."9. to amend Acts ISSo-ST, in relation to the public sehools-o the city of Durham. Committee on Education. By Senator Warren: S. B. 00, to sup lly J( M's coun ty with copies of "Supreme Com lieports. By Senator McAllister: S. B. 01, fto amend sec. ll?85 of the Code, in reference to sale or mortgaging of property of husband or wife, when one i's insane, by the other. The proposed amendment read s as follows: "Amend see. 128T of Code as follows: "(o) If cither party shall be confined for a period of twelve months in either of th.' State ho.-pkals for irhe insane, ami the supin'intentient or general man ager shall ceitify uiidc-r oath that the person so-confined is incurable " By Senator Airington: S. B. 02. to pay jurors in certain cases. Judiciary Com mittee. By Senator XJicna: S. B. 03, to incor porate Eagle Hose Company No. 7 of Grt-Mmsborc. Corpora tions Committee.. By Senator (Juagar: S. B.. 04, to estab fish a national park. Federal Itelatious By Senator Speight: S. B.. GTy to re lKal chap. 150, Acts 1S87S and extend corporate limits of itown of Whiitaker's. CoTutie, Cities and Towiis Committee. liv Senator Thomas: S. li. 00, to pre vent sale of iiipuiJr "near a. certitin church In Davidson county. Propositions and (irievancs Committee. By Senator Michae proviumg for paymen apol'icants for charters to define more definitely just where and when they pur pose building such railways. How do wp know that Ithis company may. not take a notion to parallel the Western North Carolina Kailroad. for instance?" Senator Henderson (smilingly): "Hard ly, with a capital of only one million. ' Senator Morrison:- "But they can in crease it. and apply for a still further increase. Senator Henderson: "And this General Asernl.1v c.ni at anv tlme, revoke its i charter if it saw fit. It can do it within five minutes after granting it if- we thought proper." Senator Morrison: "I object to he power given to build telephone lin-?s anywhere, also. With ten millions capi tal they could buy and control and cre ate a monopoly of all the telephone lines in the Stare." Several Senators, including Messrs. Ward of Washinston and Pinnix of Yad kin, so'tio voce: . ! ' "I wish 'they would come to my county and build a railroad or telephone line. We would welcome them." i At. this stage of the argument the Senators wanted their dinners, and on motion the Senate at 2:30 itook a recess rill -3:30 p. m., at which rime the argu ment was resumed. Senators Henderson, Morton. McNeill. Pinnix and others fol- lowiug Senator Morrison. S?nator McNeill asked Senator Morri son if he did not know that the Yadkin Development Company was granted even larger powers and privileges than this bill contained. Such il the fact, he added. Senator Morrison: "Such a precedent should not l e permitted to govern this Senate. It is rim to stop ut." Capital Should Bp Encouraged and Welcomed Senator Morton dheu5 -'?d the -substitute bill, which the Corporation Commit tee '(of which he is a member) recom mended, intelligently and dispas'Io'nately. He did not know anything about th? personnel of this company, was not ac quainted with one of Its ofit?rs even by name, and had no personaT int?re.-t ill the bill. But it -appears ito be the pur pof ? of the opponents of the measure to i'et a precedent fr this Senate in deal ing with corporations. He favored giv ing corporations the same rights-as are given to individuals. Corporations are artificial individuals. Individuals are given the power to construct street:, elec tric and other railways. Why not this company or any other company apply ing for such privilege V Tbe po"-. ?v asked for is not exclusive. "Wo can, in two minutes, give oth; rs the same right. If we gave fifty the privilege and only one took advantage of it and built a road, that would be letter than if we had I! BS11 Governor's Salary Bill Passed the House AND IT IS NOW A LAW A Lively Debate Lasting Three Hours in the House Yester day Republicans Voted Solidly Against the Bill The bill increasing the governor's sal ary from $3,000 to ?4;000, won by a close neck in the House, yesterday. It was a sensational finish and when the result was announced---55 to 53 the House rang with applause for several minutes. Able members of the House discussed the bill in an interesting debate tnat lasted three hours. The Republicans lined up solidly against the measure and thirty-six Democrats voted in opposition to the bill. Judge' Graham of Gran ville, led the opposition', basing his ob jection to the increase in 'the governor's salary on Constitutional grounds. A number of Democrats were Of the opin ion that the bill itself is Constitutional, but took the view that it is unconstitu tional in. its application to the incoming governor. Others opposed the measure on the ground that more meritorious subjects demanded aH available appro priations. - -f Rom-esentative lJ.ayes-.-or vnatnam, Joint resolution -of pensilou of a, year 1800. Pen- it' i .li ngs of yestt-rday follow Proronn; in '-ailed to ord'.r lid; by Lieut. -Go. 'IK Daniel of taut .,:; IT T ij n .i ' v iy ltev '. " ; iaii courch. ' r Ji-Ntic,. an. so at this juriFture "1 tliat this was the day (s;"C "iidny iti January! on' which th- T i!,, State weie to hobl their ii- .-a-t iho vote of North Caro !';: the candidates for J're-iJent Va -( l'rcsirlcr.t : that it. was their '-, to niec i;. the Senate chamber 'ii- ; :ir;io-c. Her therefore moved S.riMic adjourn till .1 o'clock. .rooi.f.rjinjry 0f tnf, electoral ' v all he found reported bt low, at t Sciiat- proceedings. Senate resumed its session upon irmiient of the electoral college, o'clock. : i-1 ; -1 i of Saturday read and ap- f'1 ;1 n ri.. a:ri;:-,. (d!il:t-i; - .V-nr. Ki-,; 'ns and memorials were nreseiit- l'"l!ow: . iiaror Uoodard: Petition against Mt. Pleasant townsl'ip iu ""ijity: also same in reference t a I'dtioi" of territory in stnie denied it to all and secured no new s mileage at all. The Supreme Court will! , Vmw were the attend to tho coiiHritut.ionnl feature, , auu uuu -- ofth which the Senator from Richmond (Mr. leaders on the floor in advocacy 01 ur Morrison) is so anxious alwtrt. I be-', meftsure. Heprsentative imms os lieve the General Assembly has the right Wake, ably supported them in a splen inherent to grant the right of emin-ut dia speech which was his maiden effort; domain to condemn private probity fur rsimnas was 'the-recipient of many, such puriwses as have been discussed c0ngjatniations after he: had" conctniled here. , ii-; i1.-Ith- Bi--.rh. '. t ' he. General Assembly of 189D was: - SQOU a,the JaiRa pasA-'ItS-' ible Wly . of-man, Avith a immbcr ' t reading the enrolling clerk took xeeilcnt lawyers among its mem- 5:UI,a rl? Miin .,. 'nOni.t-s bership." Mr. Morton then raid ex- u i.i cimige aim "-" "yt ; i.., a.i uv thereafter it had been ratnW and was legisla ture to th- CafTe Fear Develop-, a law of the State of North Carolina nu-nfTrnmnnnr -chf-rfvni tth" n;!rht to eon- Wvptt - 'Rennblfean' save Mcintosh rlumn l-uid' for use in erectinc buildin gs. ! vnn,v vntoi, sie-aii-st. the measure, and etc.. for that pialit. by tlie usual legal . , dUi no)- vote. Eleveu Democrats au of I:-. T-.-I. 3:.o, i Clmn: Petition from Deep ' icty of Friends asking for bet- ''' in.Mgent insane now confined -ii'i : linshouses. Also a petition "i of Guilford county asking iufTnent of .fessrs. Clapp and '' he justices of the peacel Reports of CommlUeeit 't la nk (fi-om Committee on 1 't Banking): Bill to incorporate ll-indh man; favorably, bong Committee on Banks ' ' in'orpornte Bank of t: favorably. ,iso i,in to incor-lb-nfof,i Banking Company; fa- r McNeil! (Committee on Pro - : n l ' Ji-i'f-vaueess) : To prevent " i lands of another without "i owner in Washinirton coiir.tv: i "ard (Coaimittee -on Banks . : i 1 1 - r i : incorporating Bank , ;:th; favorably. Henderson (Committee on --ns): Hip aii.endru.x rS-r?ferred !i'!iiig charter Whitney Reduc- ' t'.vorablv. ' - 3W Senate Rules Senator Arlington (Committee on Juil's: lot-ted set of rules framed by ''''rinsit-..i;. for -riv-i-iitupTit ct - Senate. efl that 250 copies be printed 'i Sennit i'nffpv nlrtnt!nnl. ih' r.Hv rules are chiefly. the-old-rules a by the last Senate, . with -some I.-K-r i -.'i I,:-; ' , t:.'!) (' Mrs. Watson for ions Committee. By Senator Curric: S. B. 07. to incor porate the Bank of Clinton. Committee "on Banks and Banking EI-! t.cd The calendar was then taken up. and S. ii. S. providing graded schools at Rocky Mount passed its several readings and was ordeied engiosywl and sent to the House for concurrence. The bill providing for the repeal of that proviisiou in the general law pro hibiting the chartering of -orporations or companies with a ' capital exceeding i. 000,000 was reached, but it was re placed on the calendar at the request of Senator Morrison. Whitney Reduction Co. Rill Aealn The substitute for the original bill amending the charter of the Whitney Utduciion Company of Rowan county, as r?ooried by the Committee on Corpo rations (to which it was recommitted iast week), was. , next taken up. The substitute was read and it. was explained by - Senator Morton of the committee that -sec. 3. regarding the con demnation of private land for use by the company (through the usual process of a jury to assess damages, etc.). except in building railways, had been-stricken out, as there was some objection on the part of a Senator, and tnat as tne oni now lead no unusual powers were "granted the company, none that are not granted in dozens and scores of chanters issued to other companies now doing business in North Carolina, such as the right to build tram or electric railways, telephone line- etc. He hoped the' Senate would &ee fit to pass tlie ih. Senator Morrison said that he was free to admit that the bill contained no pow ers not granted to some other companies; still that did not make it right. He thought that previous Ijegwlatures had been too liberal in this respect and had clothed coroorations and companies of this charact'er with -too much power. "I had not read the bill Saturday, when I criticised some of its provisions, and I am sorrv I was drawn into that discussion. I hare "no hostility- to capi tal coming into North Carolina, and I despise the cheap demdzogery which has urevailed to some exfent m North Caro lina in years agoue and which still ex ists to ('some extent, which gives voice o opposition to capital. "When I said 'this was the most out neeous bill ever, before the Senate of North Carolina' I- did not know- that the distinguished Senator from Rowan (Mr Henderson) had drawn the bill. By 'that '-expression I meant to express iiv feelings at wlnft I conceived to be the- --attempt of this company to (Secure such unusual and exclusive powers as .... . ,,'n Lnnfun 3 nf the onelin.-ll ws contains n .7vv--" " " -" --- ,1,.., ft the condemnation of private prop ertv bv a private company, foa- private purposes. That is a wrong principle, and should never have been granted, as I find' upon examination and inquiry, tt his been- granted in the past by previous lTia-iui. vlQ.,.Q 8a bv the usual method appointment of commissioners to : a upraise its valuation and fix price to! be naid, etc. This is only on? of a hun dred and more similar raises. j "We should treat corporations and all j representatives fr.hiy. We need them and their-money, and the results both accomplish in North Carolina. We should welcome them with a hearty ; greeting. It is neither just or politic to treat them unfairly. They should re ceive the same .treatment at the hands of this General Assembly that we accord to private citizen-- and all others. I , trust the Senate Avill record by its vote' of did not vote, some or tnem oeiug uucoi. Those who voted for the bill, 55 in number, were: Messrs.- Alexander, t Allan of Wayne. Baldwin," Bannerman, Barco, Beilding field. Bivcns, Blalock, Blount, Bradsher. Carr Carlton. Connor, Daniels of War- i-p.1. Tnujrhtridiref Duls, Fields, G:Utis, Green, Hall. Hayes, Hoey, Hood, Lane, Lawrence, Little, Mann, Mason, Mc Iver, McLean. Morphew, Nichols, Nich olson, Page, Roberson, Robinson, Ross, Rountree. Seawell, Shann'onhouse, .Shvl- ...... .... i i . - . . . . l . . . rr,v.rt.- on ttms hill its willingness ani etermiiia- i tollt ghums. Kpainnour, cuBnau, tion to do -so; and let us induce, by every: gQn ycich, Whitaker of Forsyth, legitimate and honorable means, all the; ;vh'itnl nf Guilford .White of. Halifax. capital we can to invest among us and,v, . , vvilliams. Wilson, Win- assist m sources of Senator Henderson developing our State.' the splendid re- Closes the Debate Senator Henderson (who is an ex Congressman of eight years' service, and a former Code commissioner, a lawyer of tine ability), who drew ami introduced the bill, closed tlie debate. He referred to the impression that Senator Morrison seemed to think he (Henderson) should not have drawn such a bill as thia. But he had sonic acquaintance with the Con stitution of North Carolina, 'and some forty -other lawyers; possibly as learned in itlie law as the Senator from Rich- i White of Jones. Williams, Wilson, ston. Pearson, W right. There were 53 votes in the as follows: Messrs. Allen of Columbia Barnhill. Benbow, Blythe, Brim, Brit t.iin riurlison. Burnett, Caloway, negate e. Car- roway, Carson, Coleman, Collins, Curtis, Dean, Duncan. Ebbs. Ellen, Gaither, Garrett. Graham. Harris, Hartley, I shell, Long MacKethan, Mastin, Mau ney McCulloch,' McFarland, McNeill, Morgan, Morris. Oliver, Owen of Samp son, Owens, Patterson, Payne, Pearce, Petree. Reinhardt. Richardson, Roth- Sheets, Sniitn, Stevenson, light -plant, sewerage system and other purposes, passed its third and final read ing. The bill Authorizing the commissioners of Iredell county to levy a tax to pay in debtedness in building a new court house passed its second reading. The bill for the relief of certain teachers of Caswell county passed all of its readings. Bills Introduced n. B. 102, by Williams, directing the keeper of .the. Capitol to unfurl tha na tional flag at the dome of the Capitol. , II. B. 103, by Carson: An act to amend Chap. 11, Sec. 34, Public Laws of '99, as to allow manufacturers of spirits to sell in quantities of one quart. II. B. 104, by Stewart of Harnett: An act to repeal certain Sections of Chap 5, Vol. 1, of the Code of North Carolina. . II. B. 105, by Stewart of Harnett: An act to make the offense ol bastardy a misdemeanor, punishable at the discre tion of the court. II- B. 100, by AVhitaker of Guilford: An act to appoint R. S. Williams, just ice of peace, Oak Ridge township, Guil ford county. . '-,". H. Ii. 107, by McFarland: An act for the relief of J. M. Allhands of Poik county. II. B. 10S, by Payne: An act to in corporate the town of Andrews in C herokee county. H. B. 109, by Lane: An act for Ihs appointment of magistrates for Rock ingham county. H. B. 109, by Baldwin: An act to ex tend the time . for registering grants and cure certain defective registrations. II. B. Ill, by Mastin of Wilkes: An act to put the name of John Seld-rn of Wilkes on the second class pensiou list. H. B. 112,. by Mastin of Wilkes: An act for the relief of B. F. Absh?r, a blind ex-Confederate. II. B. 113, by .Mastin of Wilkes: An act for the relief of Miss Samantha Lyon of Wilkes. H. B. 144, by Ellen of Nash: An act to abolish fences iu Nash county. II. Jl.! 115,. Ivy Bradshu. An act to pro hibit the sale of spirituous liquors with in five miles of Concord church. H. B. 110, by Wright -of. Rowan: An net to place certain'. ox-Confederate sol diers and widows of soldiers on the pen sion roll. - H. B: 117, by Wright of Rowan: An act for the relief of Jesse D. Watts. II. B. 118, by Wilson of Caswell: An act for the relief of certain teachers of Caswell. H. B. 119. by Mcintosh: An act authorising the construction of roads in Yancey county. H. -P. J20, by Mcintosh of Yancey: An net nm.eada.tory of Chap. 211, Public liaws 1899.. II. IV 121, by Bernhardt of Lincoln: Ah act for ,lhe relief, of J.v Scott Low- -ing. II. B. 122, by Kemhardt of Lincoln:. An act for the relief of Sid 'J. Forney. II. B. 123, by Reinhardt o f Lincoln: An act for the relief of J. Dillinger. - II. B. 124, by Bernhardt of Lincoln: An act for the relief of Mrs. J. M. Burges. H. B. 125 by Ilottrock: An ret to prevent the killing and selling of par tridges between certain dates in Rowan county. - U. I!. 120, by Willard of New Han over: An act to repeal sec. J, Chap. 440, ol" the Public Laws -of '99, in regard to fishing in certain waters of New Han over. H. B. 127. by Willard of New- Han over: An act act to provide for the gov ernment of the James Walker Memorial Hospital of the City of Wilmington. H. B. 12S, by Wileon: An act to pro hibit hunting in Caswell county Without the permission of landowner. II. B. ,129, by Bivens: An act for the the relief of Jesse Roger's. H. B. 130, by Prim: An act for the re lief of W. R. Goulding. H. B. 131, by Carlton: An act to ex tend the time for registering grants." H. B. 132, by Lawrence: An act to put II. II. Johpson and T. K. Warren of Hertford on the pension roll. The GoTernor'f Salary Army . Bill Criticized in the Senate I'courts of the United i States , for tUe ; North Carolina, division of the eastern district was passed. . 1 ' At 5:50 the Senate adjourned. THE AYCOCK BANQUET ," , - . ' . Goldsboro's Olympia Club Does Itself Proud AMENDMENT DEBATED Supporters of the Bill Assert that the Army Will Be Re duced When Present Exi gencies Cease Goldsboro, N. C, Jan. 14. Special. Two hundred and fifty guests. attendccT the OlympTa Club reception and ban quet, and it is the general opinion tf citizens and visitors that the club fid j itself great honor. Governor Ayv-CK.-was assisted by Mayor "Peterson, .Cap tain N. O'Berry, E.' B. - Bordon, Tr. Joseph Rosenthal, Geo. C. Royall anc Ti G. Sizer in receiving. The evening pa.;. ed off most pleasantly. Tho legislative committee present were F. D.' Winston, W. H. Yarboro. Jr.. W. P. Wood,' T. p. Warren, E. Y. Webb. H. L. Green. R." H. Zachary and J. B. Whitaker.' Rab eigh Chamber of Commerce Was repr v sented my Mayor A. M Powell, A- d. Stronach, J. S. Wynne, G. T. . Norwood ' and . R H. Battle. Prominent amoh the visitoi-s were Congressman Charics R. Thomas, Judge W.' A.' Hoke, 'ex-Co a- Lgressman F. A. Woodara, ueorge ai. Lindsey, Capt. Swift Galloway, Capt. Owen Holmes, W. D. Pollock and Thos. Dewey. There were no toasts' or speeches An ode composed by Geo. M. Lindsey and dedicated. to Governor Charles B. "Aycock' and . read by Mr. Lindsey was one of the pleasant inci dents of the evening. ' . r . The chamber of commerce have named that the bill was entirely contrary to th; iwiowiiis committee oescorr in uu t , . , lV . ditiou to the governor s party: h. B. Constitution. "J.ne nisiory oi ice in- Borde Dr Jm F Miner, j. B. 1M; said he, is , . Washington, Jan. 14. The Senate to day resumed the consideration of the Army Reorganization bill, and a lively discussion arose over the clause which provides that the President, in lvis dis cretion, may increase the number of cor porals in any . troop oi: cavalry to eight, and the number of privates to 70: Mr. Bacon wanted to amend the clause by placing "during the present exigencies" after each item. He stated) crease of executive power, usually found in the history of the usur pation of executive power." Mr.. Hawley jocularly offered to cut off a thousand from the bill, and make the minimum 49,000. "There is too much levity indulged, in by the frame rs of this bill,"-said , Mr. Bacon. "It cannot be denied that a large standing army is proposed ' and this is a iv.enace to the institutions of th-s re public." Mr. Hawley -changed the subject, and argued -that the bill had been., carefully prepared by the committee. 'r-r1' Mr. Proctor assured that the Demo crats that when the emergency had end- Borden. Dr. J. F. Miller. J. is. JJdgcr ton. C. E. Dewey, F. K. Borden, N. O'Berry, George Q. . Royall, G. A. Nor wood, Jr., Dr. W. H. H. Cobb, M. L. Lee and Rev. W. C. Newton. On thU train besides the committee named -will be the K. of P. .--'Band, Company B, First regiment. Company D, Second rag iment, and a large numlirof Goldslor) citizens. ; , , Collector Took Bribes : Washington, Jan. .14. E. Y. Hatch, the collector of customs at St. Michael, "Alaska, has been summarily rerroved by the president on the, recommendat;o:i of the Secretary of the Treasury. He hijd held the office for several years and a few weeks ago his salary had been in , n ... -" . . - , . ( TOCIT -- mond. may have known, w mt u e y w ere ... Weaver, Willard, uoing wnen Tney.ucw Mimia. " ; " i , , ri,.,.. Yar- borough and Zachary. The members not voting were "Ardrey, Beasley, Craig, Uanieis or v auce, i '", r ar- have been nassed by preytous Legisla tttres of this Stato. . . . ltori T li-ioi. found itbe nrovtsion con tained in section 3 of this bill in' other i Tpnk ink Mcintosh, Moore, Nash, hills which had become laws years ago". Taylor and Ward. ' -V-. 1. I. 1 . n till- T 1 - I 1 1 ! I", n rt.f I ' in OrUl Ollllil, 1 IJlvirainj ii "I"" Jivrt. have inserted it in this bill. I will say that. . "The Con'Stitution of North Carolina does not contain anything to prevent it, notwithstanding the Senator's. fears. The Supreme Court has decided that every State is invested with the power . to exercise the right of eminent domain. So the power inherently exists in the State of North Carolina, and this Legis lature can grant, 'confer it according to the law of the land.' - "My county and a number of others in western North Carolina are improvr ing. The drift .of capital is our Way toward Rowan, Yadkin, Meck'lenburg, Stanly, Gaston. Iredell, Catawba and others. .We want to 'encourage camxal Tbe Hoaw Proeeedinst Rev Dr. A. A. Marshall opened the session of the House yesterday w.th prayer. , ... . The Speaker had read a memorial from the ministers of Winston-Salem, who petitioned for the establishment ot a reformatory. . Mr Mann of Hyde submitted a peti tion from 105 citizens of Cartret asking that dredging for oysters be permitted in certain waters of Cartaret county. Bv Mr. Alexander, a petition for the relief of B. F. Hicks of Rutherford. 'o-- injiii" liV iVll- JJUUg, n ; t want to Uj0rth Carolina and Virginia Christian all I am Conferenee for the establishment of a n -1 I to nil we can, and we do not hamper and hinder it. That lahAs. ff'r- 1 -JrRoberson oi! Guilford, a peti f Kr, ,.i.,.i from the Deep Kner docuty oppressively distasteful to our people make better provision for the insane aim and our interests. This bill asks no un- to establish a reformatory for youthful usual powers. 1, object, to the making criniinals of my oni a preceaeiiiC ior any propespa revulsion of policy in dealing with cor- Mr. Curtis ofl'.uncomDe ra.si.eo. iur leave of absence for his colleague, Mr. The Committee on Ruler, through fhairraau Craig, submitted its report, . .1 own Ttvonirn mere uu provision, in 'this substitute bill 'that is not trr-inted to some other companies fn exfstonce in NJorth Carolina, I cannot support it. - r Wanted Powers of Corporation Abridged "Ths power given (here and in the bills nassed by previotw Assemblies) to buuld PSSSr and tram railways is too broad.' It i true we were requiring such J porations seeking the investment of capi- j- tal in our midst. One Cause of Prosperity ' flpnntor . FnnahPo IlnrWr tho liberal .t which adopts the same rules that were attitude of the last Legislature towards observed in the Legislature of -'99. The corporations, and said Ithht to this fact following additional committees, were re was largely due the large number of " p-ted . by the committee : On Eectbrn new corporations during the last two '. f on Courts- and Cotirt Districts, on years-tha t. unfailing sign of Prosperity. ; nS8ionaJ Bistricl s, on r Senatorial "Let them come!" he exclaimed. ' "Let - "jl AXJHrtTimeiir of Mem them come to Durham. Let this com Districts, on ortwnJ t Ttany come to Durham if it will, and hers of the,HoSe of Lepiesfentatives. we will give it and all such a hearty Tbe-committee further recommended the welcome; ' ' , "' Mr. Morrison again ejcplamed hjs posi- The bill to increase the salary of the Governor from $3,000 to $4,000 being the special order , of the .day, was taken up at . 11:10. Judge Graham of Granville, of the special committee' which Waf-5 ap pointed to eosider thijs bill, submitted the minority report, opposing the pass age of the measure. . The minority re nort was signed by Judge Graham and J. A. Collins. Representative Hayes, the introducer of the majority repoit, said he desired to repeat that this bill wras not of such overshadowing importance as ha'd b?en represented. -Mr. Hayes said that so far a;5 the Constitution of Nortth Caro lina is concerned Mr., Aycocfc is not Governor of. 'the &tdte. "Daniel L. Rus sell i's Governor of North Carolina. If a Supreme Court judge had died last nisht Goviernor R.ussell would have made the appointment to fill the vacancy, and no one would have fiuestioned his- right to do so. Governor- Aycock will be declared Gov-ernor of North Carolina to morrow by 50,000 majrity of the people of the State. We, as representatives of this majorityjili declare him Governor. The -term of Governor' cannot begin Jan uary 1. The Senate and House of Rep resent at ires are required to canvass the Governor's vote; and sub the -General Assembly cannot meet until he first Wednesday s iiu January, 'the Governor's term cannot Siegin until after the Gen eral Assembly meets. The election of the Governor is not complete until all thse l-equirements are met. They can not be met until after the Legislature "Now. as to the merits of the bill. I have seen only one member who ds op oosed to an increaee in'the salary of the K-m T c .--.l. .thin!.- -r ti chtt? i v rf-w- Viovernor. 1 " - ed the large army would be disbanded,- t creased and a leave of absence with pay Mr. Bacon stated 'that ino other Sen-' granted. Shortly afterward .reports w. re ator objected to the bill he would not. ' tiled at the Treasury XDepartmenr by Mr. Bacon : then defended his amend-, special agents prov in? exclusive ly th-tt rnent and said that her' hopsd that, it - the.Xcoilector had .accepted - bril.ia foin .would be adopted. "." j . Jt sleam.ship captins n-consideration' Y-f . rtl- ' Mr.' Foraker denied that the biH 'waS "lowingrthem'. to - overload-, their.' .ve sel unconstitutional and cited former stat- With, passengers during the . rt sh f ntes wherein Congress had empowered" miners and adventurers to-Nome.'Iiatch the President to raise a large ary. : was appointed from Oregon and is now ... ....... . . u4. cnA . Mr Haenn f emed this and siiowe.1i tuat there was" nothing in the 'former a e cited that had anj'thing in .common -With this case. "This bill," said he, "gives the Presi dent, not Congress, the right to fix the size of the army in future. l.t is an elastic proposition, and no provision is made for its repeal. No Senator who favors tbe subject dares' to "tell that he understands the purpose of the bill to mean that when the present emer gency ends the army Wipl . be reduced even 1.000. This is a proposition to put uncn the .statute books a permanent law giving the-President the power, 2n peace or in war, to call out "Mr. Spooner said that Congress could repeal this kiw at any time. In the course of the discussion on the amendment Mr. Allen asked whether the de facto, but not de jure, war in China came within the meaning of the phrase "present exigencies." ; ,. Mr. Proctor, speakinz for the Military Committee, leplied: "I hardly think - it 'tne Democratic caucus-for United States worth while to discuss that questioii i . : Senator ,t0 succeed Hon. Thomas II. J"mWLi undrstand Carter. There were 37 members" ores- li, i UlUWIUg 1UUVJ.L UCUCi. I , . T, ;,, ; -0 x " but Clark professes to believe he will receive at least 53 votes on tho 1 lire t lost on the Bar Wilmington,-N. Ci, Jan. 14. Specia'. Private A. E. North, si po.t tailor at Fort Caswell, where Battery, C. Fourth Artillery, is stationed, :leit the fort Sat urday afternoon in' a small " batieau "to go across the bar to the fishing grounds on Smith's Island ; at mouth of Cape Fear river. He failed to return and it was at once feared he was drowned. Boats have been searching for tho Isut two days, but have tailed-to fi. id the 100,000 .missing soldier. North was iEnglish and w ithout relatives in this country, . . Clark Gets the". Nomination Melena, Mont., Jan. 14. At 9:45 o'clock tonight W. A Clark, of New York and Montana, the well kno-vn min ing man, and oah&er, was nominated in ballot. ic (rrmvinir miifn. npirpr. i 'Who is to determine when the present ; exigencies shall have passed i , Mr. Allen persisted. VThe President of the United States," Mr. Proctor replied, "unless Congress shall direct otherwise. The w'hole mat ter is always within the control of Con gress." - . ' '.- - . Mr. Hawley, chairman of the Military Committee, made an earnest appeal -to Senators to stow debate and to pass the bill. He showed the necessity for im mediate action in order tp supply troops in place of those to be withdrawn from the Philippine ' Islands. . Seventy thou sand men, hesaid, would have to cross ! the Pacific before the first of July,'. And; yet- Senators were discussing things that had. been settled long ago. " The pending" amendment went over till 'tomorrow. Sir. B?rr-i gav? notice of an amendment requiring the Presi dent within ten days af :ei. The passage of the bill to issue a proclamation dis claiming any attention - on the part of the United States to exercise any sovcr eitrnty. jurisdiction, or Control over tbe Philippine Islands except for the paci fication, and asserting its detormiautfou, when that is accomplished, to leav the government of the islands to thccontrol of their people. . Mr. Teller offered an amendment to the: section which authorizes the Presi dent to place upon the retired list any officer suspended from duty by sentence of- court martial. The amendment Is to take from the section its retroactive pur pose, and make it apply to the future. Mr. Teller said that the -section had been put in the bill so the President might retire General Eagan, but that as the President had taken another method salary. tion. and added that, m his opinion, Senator Henderson had advanced a nuni- (Continued, on- Second PageJ juminjg oi luiHt? iuito. report of the -committee was unani mously adopted. TEe bill authorizing tne town of Rocky 3J.ount to,ieue bonds for electric tive or rne oiu -ubv-v i Mm. thfpP was no reason why snow oy jmoi vouf. x uiii j , r, the RectlOD snoum remain. . The President had changed the ien tence to a suspension with full . pay, making it in facti 'a decoration apd n' t a suspension. Many believed that was a reward for a vile and miserable attack on the general of the army by a "miser able blackguard." . v The bill went over without action on Mr. Teller's amendment. ' - "- - r- The House bill to change' andfithe time for holding the oistrictaSd" circuit not afraid to meet' ray constituency onj this subject. roe ipuuutnus uu me cither end of the Legaslatnre foughtjthe moposed increise and. held that action Sp osa threat. I ri 'tp. all kindness to the Repubhcans have, that a rr"-.. ?ifi 000 oeople - sent us here Iknow ng tha t you would. liurl your threats at us MVe1 have the majority in this Legislatm-e ana . ,. Wrty. The people of jSorth Carolina ought net to shut the offleeof Governor (Continued on-Xhi Page.) Gen. Brooke Guest of Honor Pottstown, Pa., Jan. 14. General J. R. Brooke, U. S. A., arrived here t?- day ard was tonight the guest of hoiu at a receptiou and was preserved with u sword. General Brooke: was, a farms r toy in this district; Tomonow he w.'ll visit the iron works at Bordsboro, where he.packed nails in kegs prior tofhis tn- lisiment in the arms'. '" His relatives own the Jron works and hewill be their guest. - - Shot by a Moonshiner Winston-Salem; X. C, Jan. 14. Spec ial. Deputy Marshal T. A. -Royal was shot and mortally .wounded; in Yadkiii county this morning while making a raid on a blockade distillery. The moonshiner who fired the fatal 5 shot made his es cape and Is not : known, t The shooting occurred near the line dividing Yad kin and Davie counties." The wounded man was removed to his home today. Alien Fined $50 " ' ' Charlotte X. C., Jany 14.' Special. -Judge. Moore today, pronounced soDcne- In cases against W. H. Allen, an alder man of Charlotte, aad others, for, bath ing in the city reservoir. Allen was hned only $50 and part' costs, ; which is -er-haps less than, was expected, ibis closes one of the most sensational case's of the kind ever .known here. Debate Closed J w .3. - Washington, Jan.1 14.3-General dehat on the river, and harbor, appropriation bill was closed in the House at 2:10 o'clock this afternoon.. . --.r 5 At- 5:55 - witthe-bin vyet undisposed of tfce commIft9TOs-ianJ-theHouse adj3urid'unl tffiof y