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give them $22,500. The heads of these institutions should have kept their hands off the Democratic party at this session. It is not fair to the legislature. They could have waited two years until the country is in better condition. I favor taking $2,500 every year off the annual appropriation for these purposes.

Senator Glenn said the people of South Carolina were no wealthier than the people of North Carolina, but had given $250,000 for a normal college building and gave an annual appropriation of $35,000.

There were more than three times as many girls at the normal college as in 1893; the appropriation should be in the same proportion. There were no luxuries at the normal college: no carpets and brass beds.

Senator Cocke: "Is this appropriation to buy beds."

Senator Glenn: "No sir, the Senator objected to water this morning and now he is objecting to everything else. I, for one, am willing to vote this little pittance of $5,000 to make the women of North Carolina what they should be."

Senator Justice said it was presumed that the institution was to do a great deal for women. But he found that the president and men professors were paid from $1,600 to $2,250. Some of the women teachers were paid as little as $350. If so much was sought to be done for women why were not the women paid as much as the men?

Senator Glenn said one of the women teachers got $1,300 and three of them $1,000 a year. It comes with ill-grace to say that a judge should get $2,750 a year when a man who could build up such a school as the normal college should not get $2,250.

Senator Mason wished to vote intelligently. He had heard the speeches but had not gotten much information.

"It is not a question as to whether we owe the women of North Carolina a debt of gratitude; we all love them; the question and the only question is whether this school can be run for $22,500. When it comes to a constant drain on the State's resources it is time to talk sense."

Senator Hicks said it was sought in the morning to build a bath house for the boys and now it was sought to build a play-house for the girls. A report had been fixed up and when a legislator sought to oppose it he could not speak against it for the interruptions. There were plenty of schools in North Carolina. If a gymnasium must be built let it be built from the regular appropriation and let the big salaries be cut down.

Senator Brown said it was not fair to say that salaries of teachers were too high when other salaries had not been reduced. "The Senator from Granville calls it a play-house; I want to ask you if you are willing to expose a woman to the same weather as a man to get exercise? Are you willing to subject them to the highways in a city the size of Greensboro? If necessary I will pay the part of Columbus county in this tax," declared Senator Brown with emphasis.

Senator Lindsay said he had opposed appropriations all along. He had opposed paying the Wilsons $6,000 the other night; but he was willing to vote $5,000 for the benefit of the girls of the State. The institution belonged to the State and it was a plain business proposition to support it.

The amendment was put and lost on a division by a vote of 15 ayes to 26 noes.

Senator Franks moved to table and called for a roll call, but withdrew his motion.

A roll call was ordered on the passage of the bill and showed:

Ayes—Senators Brown, Bryan, Butler, Cheek, Collie, Cowper, Eaves, Fields, Fuller, Glenn, Goodwin, Hill, James, Jones of Johnston, Lambert, Lindsay, Lowe, Mason, McIntyre, Newsom, Osborne, Satterfield, Skinner, Smith, Speight, Travis, Ward, Whitaker, Williams and Wilson—30.

Noes—Senators Black, Campbell, Cocke, Cooley, Crisp, Davis, Franks, Hicks, Justice, Miller, Murray, Robinson, Stanback and Thomas—14.

The bill to change certain counties in the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Congressional districts, putting Cleveland, Gaston and Mitchell in the Eighth and Davie and Yadkin in the Seventh, was taken up.

Senator Smith opposed the bill, saying that districts were changed too much.

Senator Glenn said the gentleman had five or six thousand Democratic majority in his district, but was not willing to spare any of them to give the Eighth a fighting chance.

Senator Mason said he was from the county that was to be swapped and thought he should be allowed time to look into the bill.

The bill was made a special order for Monday at 10 o'clock.

Senator Glenn nominated the following to compose the State Board of Elections and they were elected:

W. B. Pollard, of Forsyth.
Cicero H. Johnson, of Sampson.
W. G. Lamb, of Martin.
R. D. Gilmer, of Haywood.
J. D. McNeill, of Cumberland
Walter H. Neal, of Scotland.
Senator Franks, of Swain.

The roll was called on the election of Railroad Commissioners chosen at the morning session.

Samuel L. Patterson, of Caldwell, was elected Commissioner of Agriculture.

The bill to change the charter of the North Carolina Railroad was called up. Senator Hicks opposed it, saying the private stockholders were afraid of any change. The bill was tabled.

BILLS PASSED

To allow the voters of Morganton to vote on dispensary.
To provide for the support and maintenance of the State Guard
To amend the charter of Warsaw.
To amend the charter of Mt. Airy.
To incorporate the Raleigh Warehouse Company.
For the relief of W. M. Peele, of Wayne county.
To provide for a cotton seed weigher for Franklinton.
To protect partridges in Richmond county.
To amend section 3410 of the Code.
To incorporate the Roxboro Cotton Mill.
To incorporate the Wilson Savings Bank.
To incorporate the Salisbury Savings Bank.
For the protection of executors of M. C. Ferrell of Person county.

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