The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-02-18

not have the right. he people have
said, clearly and conclusively, that they
desire u commission. Members who two
years ago opposed commission are not
now here; their places know them 10
more. The creatioH of a ommission does
not check railway building. What cap
itaIists who desire 10 build a railway ask
is, will it pay. Tnat Is 50 all over the land.
He had no desire t. abuse the railways.
but ali know how great Is the power of
the roads and how small is the power of
the citizen. This bill will equslze this
by lengtheniDg the arm of the individ-
udl and shortening that Of the railway
corporation. The committee had con
sidered every question before it. It had
adopted many suggestions made by rail
way attorneys. The substitute Of Mr..
Pritchard he thought fiilnsy affair, not
of d character to meet the demaDtS OF
the people, who have 50 plainly sad they
desire rate making q commission.
Mr.. Skinner sad his views we're de-
cided en- this measure. He believed in
as full restraint of corporations AS was
consistent with their chartered rights,
but he believed that such rights, where
existing. should BE- held invlolate. IL is
our duty to protect the rights Of corpo-
ration and of individual The railways,
he declared, had been sinned against q,
much as they have sinned He appre-
ciated the work and the efforts OF rail
ways in North Carolina rhe railways
had cheapened rates at points with water
facilities, while they had mos;
grossly Disseminated against the
interior towns, and ii is to this latter
discrimination that much Of the clamor
and prejudice agal, st railways Is due
There has grown up il the Safe an es
TRANCE ment between the rail lays and
the people. Tue latter believe they need
an arbIter TO settle a.. mattefs III dispute
between them and the rail- ways they
want protec ion against the encr zach
ments and the powers of the corp porations
Unless q commission has active powe .
it is useless He reviewed fully the his
tory of the bill. as prepared, amended
aud passed by the Senate, and paid the
special joint committee which had given
It such care very high compliment for
its earnestness AID It's desire to look at
the question from every point of view,
The Democratic caucus had endorsed the
bill. He declared against any and all
amend .nents to the bill, and said such
would be daggers in the hands of its en-
emies. He opposed the amendments of
made by the Senate making the salary
the Commissioners two thousand dollars.
The success of the commission de-
pended upon the men who we're made
commissioners. There was objection to
the amendment barring from the Office
mem bers of the Legislature. He was
unwilling to put such prescription
upon his fellow-membsrs. He had not
heard of a single member who was q
candidate for the Office.
Mr.. PEBBLES said he desired to thank
Mr.. Pritchard for his Information re-
garding the Supreme Court decisions as
to the right to change maximum rates
He had looked into the cases cited and
found they did not refer to the matter
in question at all. He did not believe
that the courts would ever carry the
Dartmouth College d cision to any such
length. he read reports showing that
10 Kentucky, with commission, rail-
ways have grown. and declared his posi-
| tive belief that railway interests would
prosper in North Carolina under a com
mission. 1t will stop the gobbing of
| little roads by big ones He earnestly
| favored the b;il.
Mr. Jones moved the previous question
upon Mr.. Pritchard's ub>ti ute. The
ayes and noes we're ordered, The sub
| St1tute tailed aye 10; noes 81.
| The following was the vote:
! Ayes--Messrs Anderson. of Render
son; Banner, Bryan, of Wilkes; Cobb
| Hedrick, Hendricks, Newsom, Phillips
of Watauga; Phipps, Prifcaard, Smell
| Thompson, Vestal, Watson, Of Vance
Zachary Ayes, 15
| Noes -Messrs Adams. Alexander, AL
ston, Bass, Beck. B )nd. Brake, Bridgers
Brinson, Bryan, of Wayne; Galloway
Chears. CoffieId, Cole. Cowan, Currie
Davis. Dickson, Earnhardt, Edmund
son, Foust, Franck, Gill, Gilmer, Cover
Grier, Hall, of Halifax; hall, of Orange
Ham, 3enry, Hickman, Hill, Holman
Hood, Hopkins, Hudson, Johnson, Jones
Kerr. Kirby. Long, of Columbus; Long
of Warren; Lowery, Mays, Mcclure, Nc
Gill, Middleton, Morton, Murdock, Nash
Oliver, PEBBLES, Perry. Phillips, of Nasn
Pickett, Pigford, Prince, Ray, Scott
Skinner, Sorrell, SGancill, otroup, Sut
ton. Tatom, Taylor, Upchurch, Walston
Watkins, White. Whitfield, Wiley, Will
fong, Williams, Wilson, Woolien, Van
cey. Noes, 43.
A motion to make $3.50 the hour of ad
journment to-day failed % to 46
A telegram was read stating that Rep
resentative Wood was sick
Al o'clock the House adjourned ui
| til 10 a N. to morrow.