The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-03-19
ANOTHER RAILROAD VICTORY.

HIN the railroad COMMISSION
w bill was defeated in the Senate,
the people were astounded. 1t was
known that the Legislature came:to to.
Raleigh prepared to- enact such a
measure. The House passed it readily
and with an overwhelming majority.
When it reached the Senate, notwith-.
standing the almost universal senti-
ment which favored it throughout the
State and in utter contempt for the
$4,000 Alliance men in the State
whose memorials had been presented
demanding it, it was voted down.
Many of the Senators whose action
was a surprise to the people, claimed
that the bill vas arbitrary-that it
was expensive, &c. :
Capt. Cooke then introduced in the
House a bill requiring the Commits
sioner of the Labor Bureau to collect
railroad statistics for the information
of the General ACCOMPLISHMENTS of
great general value. This bill would
have been of incalculable benefit to
the State and it did not cost the State
anything. It reached the Senate, and
of course the railroad officials and at
torneys were on hand. Senator Turner,
of Iredell, moved it be made the
special order for 9 o'clock that evening
friday. Senator Kerr moved to
postpone to II o'clock the next day
(the last day of the SESSION.. Senators
LIE Grand and Turner protested that
if the motion of Senator Kerr pre-
vailed 1t woud be ~eqwavalent to the de-
feat Of the bill. Upon a call of the
ayes and noes it was found that it was
a tie vote and Lieutenant, Governor
Holt in the chair, cast the deciding Vote
to postpone. The bill came up the fol-
lowing day and Senator Kerr moved
to lay it on the table, and called the
previous question and the bill was
tabled by the following vote:
Ayes-Banks, Rep) Barber, Oem) Bennett,
DEM Blair, Dem Briggs, Oem0 Brown, Rep)
Copeland, Rep2 Emry, DEM Falkener, Rep}
G GUs6ss, Ben Ben, HkS@ gFP' @en &eP Ring HV %en., Tk eInl
DEM Dem f RICE, R apHS' Thomas Rep:') NFf 1Fner Of Ca,
tawba, Oem.) Warters, rep White, Dem.) VIM
berly, Rep)-12 Dem, 10 Rep. Total Is.
Noes-Campbell Farthing, Leeper, LIE Grand
Lucas, Moore, Payne, Pou. Reid, Robinson, Stills,
Smith, Stubs, Toms, Turner of Iredell, Williams
of Cumberland, Williams of Pitt. Total 17-al
Democrats.
Thus again the "solid Republican
vote with the aid of a few Democrats
held the railroad fort against the peo-
pie and in defiance of their earnest
appeals and in utter disregard of their
best interests. Thus again, the cor
porate power asserted it's supremacy
over the people.
We suggest to u readers that
they clip these votes and file them away.
They will come in nicely in the future.
Letters and resolutions are pouring
into our Office from all sections Of the
| State and could some of these Sena.
tors see them "their hair would stand
on end" The people oOsU get be, heard
There are men among them on whom
they can rely, and hereafter they will
find them.
Doubtless all of them hope, Is some
of them asserted, that they "could &C
home and talk to the people and they
will be all right"
Thank God for the belief that the
day has come when the people will dc
more of their own thinking and will
not be. cajoled, deceived and hum
plugged as they have been. 49,