Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-17
|NEW FUSION BILLS.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
AGAINST Trusts
10 PREVENT FREE RAILWAY PASSES
County Government system Dsnousesd By
Fasionisss- Incrsascd Capacity IN the
Cotton Mills - Assignments.

RALEIGH, N. c., January N.-<spe-
!ai.)--In the Senate to-day the principal
new bills introduced were to prevent the
issue OF free passes by railways; to In
corporate the Southern Manufacturers
Fire Insurance Company; to amend the
Constitution In regard TO enforcing the
antitrust law. This bill proposes to ada
to article II Of the Constitution the fol-
lowing:
"MonopoiIes and trusts shall never be
allowed In this State, and no incorpo-
rated company, co-partnership. or asso-
citation Of persons in this State snail
either directly or indirectly combine or
make any contract with any other incor-
porated company. foreign or domesuc'
through their stockholders or trustees
or assigns OF such stockholders, or Win
any co-partnership or association OF per-
sons in any matter whatever. for tho
purpose Of fixing the prices or for limit
ing the production or regulating tho
transportation Of any product or COM
modify. This shall not prevent farmers
from shipping the products OF peir
farms together"
HOUSE MEASURES.
In the House the chief bills were TO
prevent discrimination by railways
In giving free passes: to abolish the
office of County Superintendent OF PuD-
lie Instruction: to prevent lynching: 10
relieve building and loan ASSOCIATIONS
from paying taxes.
Ahvx n PODuIlSI
paper. was elected enrolling clerk.
There was a heated debate over a bill
TO require the county commissioners to
reduce the bonds 6 officers, In the course
of which the Fusionists bitterly de-
nounced the system Of county govern-
mcnt, and gave notice that 1t would be
entirely repealed.
ENCOURAGING.
Commissioner Of Labor Statistics Lacy
shows a rapid progress In manufactures.
cotton-mills, etc. In 1870 there were only
s3 cotton mills, operating 39,S97 spindles;
in 1894 there were III mills operating a.
Soi spindles. This increase Is very en-
couraging indeed.
The Mills Manufacturing Company Is to
increase its capital stock. and start a large
planing-mill here. The capacity or this
mill will be from 10000 to 1900 feet OF
prepared lumber daily. 1t Will begin work
In about sixty days.
In Jonesboro'. on Monday, McIver q
Dalrymple. merchants. made an assign
ment. They had been in business twenty
two years. The assets and liabilities are
not given.
Frank & Cough, OF Lumberton; A. f.
Johnson, Clinton. and ID. r. Morris. at
Vaughns, all made assignments this week.
Yesterday. at the home OF the bride
parents, Miss Dixie Murray was married
to Mr.. Weldon Smith, a rising young law
yer, formerly from Scotland Neck, but
now of this place.
THE RALEIGH'S TOKEN.
The citizens Of Raleigh are called upon
to seek and find'' the silver service that
it was proposed should be given the cruz
ser Raleigh" 1.-THE Raleigh" is ready to
put to sea, and surely 1t should have
some fitting token from Raleigh In appre-
cIation of its being named for this city.
FUSION KEYNOTE.
The event Of the week In the way OF
speechmaking was at the joint caucus
OF the Republican and Populists yester-
day. when Butler and Pritchard, who are
TO be North Cardinals next senators.
spoke. The keynote of their speeches Is
that both favor the continuance Of fusion,
and both are for a protective tariff.
Pritchard, the Republican. declared that
they stood on common ground In the
matter Of protecting southern raw ma
terials, nor did Butler make denial OF
this very plain statement Pritchard Is
q protectionist Of the straightest sect. He
left here to-day for his home at Mar
shall. and will return next Monday. Yes
terday he received scores Of congratula-
tory kilograms. He told me many of
them were from Democrats.
Editor Goshen. Of the Winston Re-
publican, said to me to-day that he was
as sure OF getting the public printing as
he could be. unless he had 1t already IN
his hands.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
LILY Richardson (colored). aged 70. was
killed here this morning by an electric
car as she was crossing the track. She
was deaf. This Is the first fatal acct
dent.