The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-04
NORTH CAROLINA.

~,,r ,~o,er ,rrpr FRIGHTENED INTO Inn
TRANSACTION OF THE PUBLIC BUSINESS
PARKER (pEPumIcAN) sEATED-No flIh
pAssEs ron PUBLIC sERyANTs-TbE "b'i
rRS NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD BILL.
r. orrcsnondcnce OF the Richmond pispatcni
R.ry,Gu. N. C., March 3. 1885.
pv d,,t NJ ners,,asion and obstinacy the
Democrats induced the Republicans nos ~
obstruct the public business ana 70 peln,,s
the cumbrous code to become the law VI
the land. This was done mainly tnrousn
the fear of having to remain here ai'c' '"'
9Th day OF March at personal expense.
THE i, legislature was disposed to treat tue
r,a,ter az adjournment in patronizing
md cavalier way for while, but whcn
they discovered that the Governor had no
;dc3 of calling an extra session at puDilc
oxnense there was such spur to doing
well that the business has been pushed lot
ward amazingly. Last night Colonel SAM
Tate. chairman Of the Finance Commune,
got his revenue bill put upon its tn,,u
reading. This was clever stroke: lnc
object of members with private bills was
10 rotard II. because when il has passed ana
tbe hill redistricting the State becomes
law there can be sine die adjournment, 10
the ioy OF all, especially the Democrats.
As predicted in a letter written some
timo ago. Parker, Republican contestant,
vos seated i'm the contested-election case OF
PARKER rs. PEBBLES, OF Northampton. Inc
democrats became all OF q sudden such SIM
orlIarly-pure politicians that they voted
AGAINST their personal wishes to seat claim
ant who. 30 the committee reported, had not
produced any legal evidence OF his right
70 s,t in the House. They discarded all law
anG became a law unto themselves. Like
the Jews, they are a peculiar people.
Whether they Will be the chosen people
next election we shall see.
Mr.. Dortch has created quite ilutter by
Introducing and passing bill making u
mjsdemeanor in n railroad corporation 10
Grant free passes to executive, Legislative,
and judicial officers OF the State govern
menf. editors Of the secular press, dele
gates to political conventions. &C., and
misdemeanor on the part OF these pro-
scribed persons TO accept such pass. III
also forbids any railroad To contribute TO
campaign funds OF any political party.
Exactly what right the Legislature has TO
forbid editors and citizen delegates from
accepting free passes does not appear, and
il il equally transparent that members OF
the Legislature are not legislative officers.
This may be very grim piece OF humor
on the part OF senator Dortch, who is
very wise and solemn-lo0king senator, to
show the people what an absurd miriu for
regulating everybody and everything can
hatch out when it has sufficiently incu-
bated.
A clever railroad friend suggests that
free Dasses have become such drain on
the resources OF the companies, and has in-
creased travel in such diSproportion to re-
cents, that this bill Is in the interest OF the
roads, and ought to be entitled "a BIZ to
Raise Revenue and for the Relief OF OPP
pressed Corporations" II il noticeable
that no senator was bold enough to deprive
the peripatetic colored preacher OF his pass.
The Western North Carolina railroad
bill was the special order yesterday in the
Senate. Ii is the bill which the House
passed last week. There are two reports
on it. The majority report is virtually
hostile, as it tries TO smother it with useless
The minority report, it Is
claimed. really represents the sentiment
OF majority OF the committee and the
Senate. The bill with few amendments
OF no great importance will become
law. The main fight will be to choke of
so that it will not have to
go back to the House.
THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
BILL PASSED.
RALEIGH, y. C.. March 3.-The North
Carolina Legislature to-day passed a.bill
giving relief 70 the Western North Carolina
Railroad Company, allowing that company
to market its bonds, and relieving il from
its contract to build it, line to Murphy.