The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1893-03-02
Prayer was offered by Rev. DR.. F. L

ouie0Isl;teo persons from filling pbYsl
clsn's prescrik tiOns.
Nj. B-llamy. t, incorporate the Caro-
INA L'gt t, Water and Sanitary Construc.
tion company.
Mr. Parker, t, make abandonment
ana failure to support a wife for wo
years ground for div, rec.
Mr.. Spruill, to allow the Wilminet, N
aud Weldon railway t, consolidate with
any otner railway with which it NAV
connect directly or indirectly.
Bills passed third reading to allow
Wlnst IN to control its wet r works.
To incorpor.te the Rutherford and
Polk Cou, tv railway
To amend the cha. ter of the Bank of
Henderson
To amend the charter of TIC James,
vile and Washinet N railway,
A bill lncorpora ting the Virginia and
Carolina railway was ,bled.
Tne b Il prep red by the committee
on education, providing for an increase
OF the colored normal schools from 6 to
8, passed
The los alton of all the schools are t,
be placed IN the hands of the state board
of educ ton Mr.. sprull and Mr
Cook and Mr.. Allen ,ok ground against
the bill, on tle ground that the scho ols
could not be efficie. tly maintained for
81, 600 year and that they ought net t ,
ne moved from present location. Mr.
X tahen spoke In support of the meas
| ure, saying that add.t tonal schools were
called for. Mr.. Allen said that the bill
gave the board of educ Ion power t,
| change the location of any of the schools
and asked Mr. K tchen Wh,t he thought
of that. Mr. K t:hen said he approved
a change of existing school locations
| Mr.. Crews offered an amendment that
none Of the xistIng locations be changed
This was adopted and the bill passed
second and thId reading
Z The bill to break up the tobacco trust
Fcame up as special order. Much inter
est in it was manifested. Several repre-
sentatives of the state tobacco assoc.a-
ton and Of the large markets were
present.
Mr., Watson spoke in support of the
bill, of which he is the author He said
in 1889 an act had been passed against
a tobacco trust to reduce the price Of to-
bact o, and under its provisions arrests
we're made, but the parties escaped
through loup-holes. This bill is intende d
10 stop the Sc loup-hoes. He believed
strong enough, and the pla,nest proof
hat it was so was the opposition in the
lobbits and on the streets. This bill
would injure no persons save those who
wished to 60 upon warehouse Fl ors and
suppress buyers and reduce prices. No
oili prepared only to punish criminals
ever brought SO many lobbyists to Raj
eigh. The sight was sad one, to see
men coming here when bill prepared
for such purpose was being
considered by this Legislature
NJ. Watson sent to the clerks
uesk and had read an edito
rial in the Charlotte Observer, commend
log in earnest words this bill, and in al
lud ng To the article in question spoke ir
the highest terms OF Nc. Cald we'll, of the
COS, rver, IS q high nj nded, honest
typ ca and true North Carolinian. NJ
Watts n gave q sketch of that gigantic
octopus, the American Tobacco Com
p.ny North Carolina produces go pc
cent Of the bright tobacco in the c"un
Try, and this great company con'roll, g.
, per cent of that. The bill will enabi
: the stale to thwart the purposes of thi
trust.
Mr.. Ray asked why plug tobacco wa
: left out Of the bill, and Mr.. Watson sai
there was no plug trust. This bill pickle
out q target and shot directly at it.
+ the course of his remarks Mr. Watso
took occasion to denouuce In vitrioti
words an editor who has been seen her
in the very shadow of the capitol, an
who is the .creator of the trust" ma
n upon whose features God hs
. clearly and indelibly. applause
As to sthe need of this bill: had it nc
been direct in purpose, would, these loo
hylst have been here 2 He answered nj
NJ honest company is injured. Th
bill only strikes at robbers. 1t may di
turb trade for few months, but this
y an eating cancer and must be cut ou
g g The lobbyists say the medicine is to
: strong. but vet they admit the patier
= is dying He read extracts from tt
Richmond Tobacco Journal, to show tt
feeling against this terrible combine 3
;. asked who it was who was able to sun
- mon by wire from all parts of the sta
~ men to come here to lobby against tn
bill. Some men were here as the cres
. lures of the trust; others were afraid
= the size of the trust and came because
, fear. He declared that these lobbyis
io had touched the elbow" of every men
ber within the sound of his voice. A
, plause.
l. He said if the bill passed factori
would rise up and our golden tobac
s would be manufactured by our ov
people. The argument has act lall y be-
Of made that if tle bill passed the farme
s. would actually GO outside the sat
D. sell their products. How absurd! T.
0 conventions of the political pa ties ha
1T each convention denounced this trul
TO Shall this democratic Legislature fail
in carry out this denunciation2 Mr. w,
son spoke in cutting words of the l
and said he proposed to rear in each
lis palaces black shaft of infam
J. (Applanse People had come befo
re- the committee and said the tru,t exist
, { and yet tuck ed to it. Was this wort
Il of brave North Carolinians who in tn
to past had never qu.iled in the presence
- any ent nv no M tt ,r what his Ze.
ID Mr.. Merritt said he wanted to offer
W am. ndnent to include plug fact ,ri'
to aad ask. if one plug fact Dry was r
j. now IN the t ustI
ne NJ Wstson said there was one,
:" Louisville, and added tn t he did not
a tie lea>t objeet to the amendment, viii
Do was then adoLt d.
u. Mr. Long. of Alamauce, expressed
y regret hat this house had not discuss
W W this bill earl er. H. off red an amer
20 20 ment to strike out section and 10.
-, said he did not represent any tobat
,s company or manufacturer. ispositi
nt -, WAS therefore, particularly disiptere
VI I'd. The effect of this bill would be
-. -, stop competition. He rebuked
81 ct Watson for his expression regarding
,o 20 trust and the lobbyists. saying those
10 marks. while suitable to the hustiI