Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-26
RALEIGH'S BUDGET.
THE AyTr-DIsPENsARY PEOPLE
ARE DELIGHTED.
The Grant Substitute for the Bill
RevoiSing the North Carolina Rnii-
way Lease-The Wilmington Char
ter-PcrsonaI and General Mention.

way Iense-Ihe Wilmington tnnr-
ter-PersonaI and General Mention.
RALEIGH, n. c., February 25.-(Spe-
clal)-The anti-dispensary people are de-
lighted at the black eye" the committee
gave the Buncombe-county dspensary
bill. which is favored by both the repre-
sentatlves from that county. The bill
will be heartily sustained, however, when
1t comes up. The committee expressed
willingness to let Ashevile vote on a
dispensary but said 1t opposed letting the
whole county vote. The fact is that out
side Of Asheville the county is prohibl-
ton. A reason urged for not having n
dispensary at Goldsboro' is that no whis-
key will be sold at night, and that farm
ers who haul tobacco there viii not be
able to get drink at night, and hence
will take their tobacco to Wilson, a rival
market. This was argued before the COM
mittee yesterday.
A SUBSTITUTE BILL.
Senator Grant to-day introduced a bill
as a substitute for the anti-lease bill.
The following is the text OF it, 1.-THE
North Carolina Railroad Company is
hereby authorized and empowered to
lease its property and franchises to any
railroad company connecting with it di-
rectly or indirectly. and TO make, exc
cute, and deliver any lease or convey
ance necessary to carry into effect the
| power above granted, by and with the
consent of a majority of It's stockholders
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provided that the terms Of said lease
shall not be greater than thlrty-six years.
The lease executed by the North Carolina
railroad to the Southern railway in 1895
Is hereby ratified, confirmed and APP
proved, subject to the limitation of time
mentioned above. But this shall not take
effect until and unless the Southern Rail
way Company shall on or before the
LIST Of April next make. execute, and
deliver TO the North Carolina Railroad
Company by appropriate instruments its
assent TO a remission or modification Of
the lease executed in 1895, whereby the
duration of such lease from the date Of
its execution shall be reduced from the
term Of ninety-nine years to a term of
thirty-siX. Upon the failure by tho
Southern to assent to such modification
on or before April 1st it shall be the
duty of the Governor, by and with the
! assistance of the Attorney-General and
such additional counsel, if any, as the
Governor shall deem necessary, to cause
to be instituted an action for the pur-
pose of having declared null and void
the contract Of lease executed in 1895,
and the Governor shall be empowered to
pay such counsel such reasonable compen-
sation as he judge proper"
THE WILMINGTON CHARTER.
Judge Ewart spoke with great salts
faction to-day Of the defeat of the bill
to amend the charter of Wilmington. He
is a typical western Republican"
The negro members Of the Republican
caucus-or, rather, some of them-are
! giving their party no end Of trouble.
| Senator Person is the most violent Of
them all. The negro members are rather
a thorn in the side Of the Republicans.
This IS shown in a number Of ways.
The Populists are hopelessly divided.
| Some of them now vote regularly with
the Democrats on any question which
comes up.
Miss Margaret IredeH Cowper. daugh-
ter of Mr.. Pulaski Cowper of this city,
was married yesterday to Mr.. Robert
b. Hall, of Atlanta, Bishop Cheshire Of
| floating.
In the Federal Court here, Judge
! Simonton presiding, judgment is entered
against w. Il. Black, ex-postmaster at
| Carthage, and his sureties, for 1851, for
default on money-order account.
All prisoners sentenced to the peniten-
tiary by the Federal Court from this dis
/ trict will go to Columbus, o.
There are ten divorce cases set for
hearing at the Superior Court term Of
| this county, now in progress.
NEW BILLS.
The principal news bills in the Legis-
lature to-day were: To provide for the
| election of Railway Commissioners by
| the popular vote; to give the Railway
| Commission the right to prevent re-
duction Of wages Of any railway en-
ployee who receives less than 500 annual
| lv. to provide that no railway CLASSIFIED
as STANDARD" by the Railway Commits
sion shall charge over IL cents first
/ class and cents second-class; to make
/ IL a misdemeanor, punishable by tne or
| Imprisonment, or both, TO adulterate
shirts of turpentine with kerosene; TO
/ establish dispensaries in Cumberland and
Rutherford counties.
Bills passed to charter the winston
/ Salem South-Bound railway, and requir-
ing the State 10 furnish surveyors for
its line. and also to furnish conyicts to
grade H. the state to take stock In pay
ment for the convict labor, and whatever
else IL may expend on the road; to ap-
nronriate 5000 additional Annually Tor
water supply and Are protection at the
university. and $3.50 annually Tor an eN-
tension of the State Normal ana INDUS
/ trial School for Girls.