The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-02-18
Southern Rallway'in Hopes the tnnuIling
Bill Will Not Pass the Senate.
BUT IT'S ENEMIES ARE CONFIDENT
AN Extraordinary iIi-Cnntrol Oftiic
NruitrntinrS- Refused Car Trans.
icrs Hills Introduced Er.tcrtnY-
1Hc New title Of Supcrin:rNd.
cHt Of elections.

which Il was found was 10 be intl OdNced
to-day by Bryan, 4 boiling Populist. to
give the Governor instead Of the railway
commissioners the power 10 appoint the
clerk to the railway commission.
COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTIONS.
McCa:key, chairman OF the Populst
boilers. was interviewed this morning.
lie spoke again &C the matter Of electing
State supervisors of election and says
the law will At this Sc ssion be changed so
as 10 give the Legislature the election.
As the law noW stands the Secretary
Of State appoints. He says Harry Skin
ner and Zach Garrett want the position
OF PopuliSt commissioners OF elections"
for that IS 10 BE the new title. The
commissioner Will appoint the poll
holders ana REGISTRARS. lie says the
Legislature Will elect as commissioners
the men named By the Republicans
and Democrats. but Will ignore w Il.
Fountain. Popuist State chairman. The
boiling Popnlist$. rs has been stated,
assert that Fountain is really not chair
man at all.
The Populist boilers, aided, OF course,
by their Republican allies. propose to
start q paper here, about March 1st to
be known us the "Co-opcrationist."
THE n. c. RAILWAY LEASE.
There is naturally great interest rs to
what the Senate will do With the bill to
annul the lease OF the North Carolina
railroad Some of the Southern railway
people have said they feared the bill
would pass the House, but expressed the
belief that It would certainly be killed
In the Senate. If the PoDulistS are as
solid as their leaders claim they are, this
appears TO be an error. The odds just
now, 10 an outsider, appear to be largely
III favor Of the passage OF the bill.
AN EXTRA ORDINARY BILL.
The bill purporting to merely add
Cumberland county to the Eastern
Criminal Circuit, appears to be an extra
ordinary one. Solicitor II. r. Scovlle
yeste, day gave 1t a critical examination.
II IS very long He says 1t really gives
me Judge 5000 year; as 1t permits him
70 hold a special term each week ut 500.
Tie bill was drawn by sutton of Cum
berland.
Major James w. Wilson returned TO-
day from the Western Hospital Il,
Morganton where he yesterday saw
Rev DR.. Marshall, Of Raleigh. The lat
( ter, save as to weakness, has almos, full
~ uncovered. Dr. Murphy, the very able
superintendent of tile hospital, says DR..
Marshalrs improvement has been won
de:fnl, and that his permanent recovery
seems established.
Sutton. CT New Hanover, and Hancock.
OF craven, are two Of the busiest men in
the lower house They arc the Republi
can whips"
appears to be reasonably sure that
reformatory will be established The
on!S Thing initiating against 1t IS the
old cry of lack OF funds
There Il a lot OF talk about the OuhI;c
printing and its extra cost. Some of the
Eepuhlicans say they do not care nj all
ABOUT any extra cost, provided no Demo-
cratic firm gets 1t.
me san Jose scale" much feared for
lts INJURY 10 fruit trees. has appeared NJ
TOUR or tive points in this State
some Ve!y important insurance bills
nave Deen introduced in the LeGsla trre
particularly two by Senator Newsom
chatrilah or the Insurance committee
Al least dozen attempt have been
made a this session OF the Legislatures
TO amend the divorce law, but all have
failed. - -
Judge ". 4. IIoke. or the Superior
Courl, mas just returned from Baltimore
where he was given special medical
treatment. He is much improved.
CONTROL OF THE PENITENT1ATsY.
II was no trouble at all for the boiling
fopulists and the Republicans 10 mass
In the House last night the bills tal;in~
controi OF the peniten. larry ana the agri-
cullu!al department. They have plenty
or strength to do anything Maioiity
IopuilStS voted with the Democrats, and
+ the latter seem to be fast getting in line.
Senator Buffers paper saws to-tlav
that the Popul!st boilers and 1,epuhIi-
cams are Offering places to the regular
iopunsts as hush money" The latter
Il Sie isiosilS everything of the kind
oyer and over last night they declared
this. 800 GU
senator Buffers paper also saws thnt
one THOMAS +. Watson, OF Georgia =.
was most active and meadlesomo in ,na
interest OF Senator Pritchard. and tho
one NJ. a. Dunning was the go-be,waan
from Watson TO Pvitchard
REFUSED CAR TRANSFERS.
The Raleigh and Augusta railway "a
1used 20 transfer cars from the Aberdeen
and Rocktish railway to the Aberdean
and West End railway unless 81 ntr ~ =
was paid The Aberdeen and West E,n !
refused to pay anything save 50 for
transfer, az was formerly paid. The
+ Raleigh and Augusta said ii was undn,.
contract 10 pay the Aberdeen and RocI,
l1sh railroad So bonus per car The mar
ger came up before the Railway Commits
sion, which Issues an order tha. 5onlv
y switching charges shall be paid. thesa
being 81 for one mile, So for two Mills
and 81 for three miles.
NEW BILLS INTRODUCED.
The princapal new bills in the LerisIa
Il sure to-day were to make coha bitation
or whites and negroes punishable by 5000
me ana two years inpris onment This
Dill was introduced by a neg!o. To al
Eorce the Agricultural and Mechanical
college from the Agricultural College
ana give 1t separate board of directors
20 require railways 10 pay cost price o,
s5 GOODS IN case there is any gross delay in
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