The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-02-12
lit TIE or 1T is LEFT
lot Much Remains in Bill TO Annu| North
Carolina Railway Lease.
THE GOVERNOR ON THE BACK TRACK
Etc Has Deliberately Changed His
Position Regarding the Riil--
nutlcr-LcSislnii ProccctIin.s--
Sensational Charges Made.

AZ Raleigh. N. G., February ll.--tspceinl),
Ihe hll TO nnnul the lease Of the North
and was laid OH the desks Of members OF
the Legislature to-day II has been great
~. emasculatod, SO much so that an eex-
s McCrnry. Republican, is very apropos. lie
said. Nothing is left OF the Ill now: save
! The fact Is that this very reflection cost
the bill four votes.
THE GOOD ROADS IDEA.
The good roads idea seems 10 be gain
!1ls some ground with the Legislature. as
and inspect the Nlncndalnized roads in
MecklenburE county shows.
. THE GOVERNORS POSITION.
+ A Republican editor remarked yesterday
( that Gov. Russell had found his position
regarding the lease OF the North Carolina
TAKE the back track. that 1t was Il daring
TING and an unusual one for the organ OF
a purity TO attack Governor within two
weeks after his inauguration, but that it
had been done, and successfully done
There 10 quite good story told at the
expense Of one OF the l'op,ilst members OF
the House. lie Is 4 doctor, but not Il l.ccn-
sed one, and two years ago took a special
! course OF study on the trca tmen, Of the in
intendency. OF the asylum at Goldsboro.
gut that plum falls to the negroes. SO the
:
Within ten days the survey Of the Moore
SGouniy and Western railroad begins.
1 This Is the road Just chartered, and It will
4 connect Aberdeen and Concord almost in
an air Inc. The company is now being or
I; Fan!2cd In Boston, and arrangements nrc
beins made with Pennsylvania steel bridge
The Legislature will within ten days he
. asked 10 charter a cotton mill Mt Concord.
which Will employ negro Dor cxclusiveiv.
i II IS an experiment which vii attract gen
In the spring bulletin. in the lists Of an
alystes OF fertilizers, the department will
gay mp to standard" III case samples
show that'to be the case.
Charles \. Cook, OF Warrenton, is ap-
pointed Inspector Of rife practice In the
general staff or the Stale Guard. with the
ranR or colonel, succeeding Col. Benvehan
Physicians report grippe as now abatng
III THIS section
ACCORDING TO BUTLER.
Senator Buffers paper to-day has sew
cial editorials signed by him. In one lie
IT will be noticed that one OF the terms
OF me PIE deal between the Rcpubl ca ms
anu the Hanna holters Is that the Republi-
cans get the Railroad Commissioners 1t IS
nismosi certain that this means that the
southern Railroad will get a commissioner
other evidence TO show the hand that the
So r Railroad has played IN the whole
,nfainons deal Hence the breaking of the
cooperative contract and between the Re-
publican caucus and the boiling l'opul.sts
This is distinct and signal victory for the
see this when he was advising Tie Repnbii.
cans and boilers TO go In ana make a dc al
h 30 Pu, f9W T ho nnd patronnse into his
ate this deal With his eyes open? BID he
Know when, he entered the deal with them
i 5. y Mcnia en,GansSr ne massage Of the
another Railroad Commissioner who will
pc against the people and be TOO friendly
.ssts Of the Southern Railroad? or Vas
Gov. Russell SO blinded BY his desire FOR
p9 ~ t ~, he was LED into TIE 'rap?,
Senator Butler says it Is wiscst and safest
70 substitute the WISCONSIN statute to
been sustained BY lie lie Un t T stn,e s sas
preme Court, for the first few sections or
G9y. Russell's bill: that 1t is worse Than
1oliy TO take any chances where such In rye
ana important interests are at stake: tina t
ne thinks the Governor should not he given
North Carolina railroad should on moi not be be
parallelled
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
The principal new bin introduced in the
Legislature to-day was one Ia allow n ma :
33oritS or Comm.ss, oncrs and Magistrates
In any county to order the alternative sys
tenn OF working public roads.
committees were appointed to 20 to
Mecllssnburg county, inspect the Macad-
AIMED roads there and report.
The House committee unanimously pass
ed q bill allowing employees OF railways 10
sue for damages and forbidd:ng and wa!Y-
ing Of said right.
BLACKLlSTS.
During the remarks on this bill it was
stated that b. r. Lacy, the State Labor
Commissioner, had influenced the com
anittee. and that for his advocacy Of It he
had been blacklisted by the railways and
on line in The South. That, LACY said
name.
jsis The bill to reduce railway fares to IL,
and cents. to elect Railway Commiss oner
ny popular vote and to prohibit the free
passes ana ranks was made the special
order for next Wednesday.
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