The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-02-26
ARE IN FINE FEATHER.
ntl.Dispensary People Highly Pleased at
Failure Of BpRcOmbe County Bill.
SUBSTITUTE FOR RAILWAY LEASE BILL
Senator Grants NJ cnsurc fl n Distinct
ComprOniisc-lt VIII Probably
Pass tho Legislature = Increased
Appropriations for Public schools
Hills Introduced nnd Passed,

A'seSS TIC leS1SiuSurO - INcFenScN
Appropriations for Public schools
Ellis Introduced nnd Passed,
Raleigh, N. c., Feb. 25.-(Special)-
The nnti-dispensary people are delight
ed at the ''back eye" the committee
gave the Buncombe county dispensary
bill, which is favored by both the rep
resentatives from that county The
bill will be heartily sustained, however,
when 1t come up. The committee eN-
pressed q Willingness to let AsheVile
vote OH q dispensary but 1t opposed let
ting the whole county vote. The fact
Is that outside Of Ashevllle the county
Is prohibition. a reason urged for not
having q dispensary ut Goldsboro, Is
that no whiSkey will he sold Mt night
and that farmers who haul tobacco
there will not be able to get 81 drink at
night and hence will take their tobacco
to Wilson, IL rival market The was re-
argued before the committe yesterday
THE NORTH CAROLINA LEASE.
The debate in the Senate tomorrow
OH the bill to annul the lease OF the
North Carolina railway will attract gen
eral attention. 1t was stated some days
ago that there will be offered amend
ments and Senator Ashburn will offer a
y substitute for the bill. 1t is today
learned that this substitute is put In
Ashburn's hands by Gov. Russell. II is
also learned that this substitute merely
4 provides for legislative authority. to
bring. suit to test the legality Of the
lease. This Is quite a retrograde move
ment on the Governors part. / would
appear to layman that he has now
the power to instruct the attorney
general to bring suit to test the leases
legality. To use the phrase of Il leg
n M f1yr n tf,1-
REVERSING CHARTERS.
Judge Ewart spoke with great salts
faction today Of the defeat Of the bill
to annul to charter OF Wilmington. He
is q typical Western Republican," He
said, I'VE beat the Wilmington bill; we
will beat the New Berne bill, too, In the
Senate. Lots OF Republicans in the
+ House would have voted against this
latter bill had they not known that it
would be defeated in the Senate. West
ern Republican will simply not let these
bills pass"
THE COLORlGD BROTHER.
The negro members OF the Republican
caucus, or rather some Of them, are Civ
ing their party no end Of trouble. Sen
ator Person is the most violent of them
all. The negro members are rather n
thorn in the side Of the Republicans
This IS shown in q number OF ways.
The Popullsts are hopelessly divided.
Some of them now vote regularly with
the Democrats on any question which
comes up.
FIGHTING EXTENSIONS.
The fight against the bill to charter
the Wilmington. Salem South Bound
Railway, which began In the House last
night and which was made BY a Repub-
lican, was quite n surprise to Lieut..
GoVernor Reynolds. whose special bill
THIS Is. The road proposed Is rather an
! extension Of the Roanoke Southern.
me assertion was made that it parallel
ed the North Carolina Railway, ana
hence would 1n1ure the States interest.
MORE MONEY FOR SCHOOLS.
! The joint committee on education this
evening decided to favorably report u
Dill giving the colored state normal
schools $4,000 more annually. also n I'M
to give 100000 additional to the public
schools, this to go to townships which
ny local taxation, raised an amount
eoual TO the amount the state allows.
Inc committee reports S165, 900 on hand
OF educational funds
GOV. Russell Is reported to be en-
e Geg to induce Representative
sutton, Of Cumberland to be Railway
commissioners, SO he can appoint Wal
ter Henry Judge.
GRANTS COMPROMISE.
The following Is the text Of Senator
Grants compromise substitute bill re-.
garding the North Carolina Railway.
The North Cnrolina Railway compnnv
IS hereby authorized and empowered to
tease It's property and franchises to
any railroad company connecting with
II directly or indirectly and to make
execute and deliver any lease or con.
Veyance necessary to carry into effct
(, the power above granted by and with
the consent Of majority of It's stock
holders in general or special meetn,,
assembled.
Provided that the term OF said len 60
shall not be greater than thirtv.si~
years. The lease executed by the North
Carolina railroad and TO the Southern
railway In 1896 is hereby ratified CON.
hrmed and approved, subject to the lin.
ltaf1on of time mentioned above BIT
this shall not take effect until and IN.
less the Southern Railway comnanv
shall on or before the first Of April newt
make execute and deliver to the North
Carolina railroad company by appronri.
ate Instruments it's assent TO q 70.
mission or modification Of the lease IN
1895 whereby the duration of such lon ca
from the date Of its execution shal1 hs
reduced from the terms Of ninety-n,no
years to term Of thirty six. IJnon
failure Of the Southern to assent To si,ch
modification on or before April 1ut &
n 4 J., \.