The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-19
Mr.. Terry Talks About his Little
Bill in the House.
HE THINKS 1T WILL PASS
Though There Will be a Strong
Lobby Against 1t.
is CERTAINLY CONSTITUTIONAL
Will do Away With the Original Pack
age Idea and Allows Each State
to Deal With the Problem
as it Plea ses.

Terry, of Arkansas, touching his brief,
Misunderstanding little cigarette bill,
which subjects all cigarettes to State
tax, full reference to which has been
made in previous letter. | asked Mr..
Terry what were the chances of the
bill and if he did not take it literally
from the Wilson whiskey bill which
had been passed favorably upon by
the United States Supreme court. He
said he had taken it from that bill,
that it was copper-fastened as far as
that was concerned, and would hold
water until the COWS come home. AS
to its chances of passage, he said it
was his impression that the Wilson
bill had passed after some struggle
and by close vote, but that he
thought his bill would pass if it came
all right from the committee. / asked
Mr.. Terry what had led him to intro
duce this bill, and noted the fact that
it would be helpful to the growing
cigarette interests of North Carolina.
He said that, to speak the truth, he
had introduced the bill rather for the
purpose of discouraging the cigarette
industry than to foster it, that the
vile things; but that the bill would
only give to the several States local
option as to how they would severally
handle the cigarette problem, without
the bugbear of the Original package"
idea standing in the way; that under
the law, West Virginia would be per-
fectly in the way to carry out her
wishes to tax cigarettes out of the
State, if the State SO desired, and that
this was equally true of Arkansas and
other States. 1T is quite likely that
there will be heavy lobby against
the BILL
Senator Ransom changed his mind
under the pressure from friends, and
stayed over until this morning when
he left for home. Mr.. Sol Well, on
his way to New York, stopped over
yesterday and spent half day with
the Mexican Minister and continued
his Journey northward in the after
noon Mr. c. NJ. Parks, also, decided
to remain day longer and returned
last night.
General Harry Heth, OF Virginia, who
resides here, was talking a few
DAYS ago with friends over war times,
and several North Carolinians were
present, including Mr. Parks and Cen
eraI Cox, in whose rooms the CONVEX
sation took place. General Heth was
talking about North Garolinians, and
extolling their yaior during the days
of blood. ''And the women, too, they,
were drawer. if possible, than the
men," continued the old veteran Of the
Mexican, as we'll as of the Civil war.
81 remember" said he. las if it had
been yesterday, a young girl, think
her name was Davis. She's lived in a
small farm house near Weldon, and the
Federal lines had formed for battle.
She was there alone. | ordered her TO
leave the house, telling her that the
house would surely be struck. She
came out; the shells and shot were get
ting thick; / told her to get out of the
way; she began to walk away. Rum
/ shouted to her. Turning around
squarely with look of defiance in her
face, she cried No. sir; iii die before
I'll runi'' Mr. Parks told General
Heth that he fought under him and the
two men met for the first time after
all these years. "Yes," sighed the old
General, expressing his qualification at
meeting Mr.. Parks. There never were
better soldiers on any field than those
North Carolinians,' General Heth will
be remembered in Raleigh, where he
once resided.
The gentleman who sent that tur-
key to the President on New Years
Day for Bill Ingram, the Democratic
negro from Halifax, has received from
Secretary Thurber the following letter:
my Dear Sir:-I have your note of
the 18th instant, and by the Presidents
direction, have just written to Mr.. In
gram, acknowledging the receipt of
the turkey he was SO good as to send
him.
Very truly yours,
HENRY I. THURBER."
MIR. George S. Bradshaw, of ASHORE,
passed through last night en- route
home from visit TO New York.
Judge r. Cutler, who has been in
New York for several days, returned
last night on his way home. He met
his son, Mr.. w. w. Fuller, at the sta
ton, just taking the train for New
York. The Judge says ne will return
10 Arizona in February going by way
of New Orleans, where he will be join
ed by the Judge from Tennessee.
Judge Fuller was looking well, and
was busy greeting friends in the lobby
of the Metropolitan.
Congressman Shaw is away on ten
days leave Of absence, looking, no
doubt, into the details of his coming
contest before the Elections Com
mittee, No. 2.
1t is understood that the Secretary
of the Treasury contemplates the coin
age OF "A portion of the silver bullion in
the treasury. At the beginning of the
present administration there were in
the treasury %, 900 coined silver
dollars available for the redemption of
the notes of 80. Since then there has
been some coinage. The redemption
of notes of 30 in silver since then has
reduced these coins to $13,563,000. 1t
* the intention of the Secretary to
coin enough of the bullion held against
the notes of 80 TO at least restore the
onount ~ silver dollars tn what it was