The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-11
Under tho Dome

MT. w. W. Zachary, OIL MduiSoh toUu-
ty, who represented Pennsylvania in he.
House in 1891, is here on business. Yes
terday as he, Senator Murray and Mr..
Bryan, the new director of the penlten-
tiary from Madison county, were stand
ing in the rotunda of the capitol, gen
tleman said: DO You see that trio of
Madison county Democrats! They are
the three fellows who made Senator
Pritchard make a house to aouse cam
paign in Madison last November, and
reduced the Republican majority 500"
The Committee on Salaries and Fees
at their meeting yesterday made ia
vorable recommendation of the bill IN
troduced by Mr.. John l.. Currie, of
Moore. The bill provides for a general
reduction of salaries of State officers.
Under Mr.. Currie's bill, the salaries will
be fixed as follows:
State Treasurer $3.50 from $4,000.
Chief Clerk in Treasurer's office, ST.
200 from 81 800.
Secretary of State, 1900 from ST.
600.
Railroad Commissioners, $500 each
from $1,000 each.
Superintendent of States Prison, ST.
500 from 5000.
Judges of Supreme, Superior ana
Criminal courts, $1,000 from $1,000.
State Librarian, $3.50 from $1,000.
Keeper of the capitol, $3.50 from 5000
Secretary Board of Public Charities,
$3.50 per day from $500.
Marshal and Lihraran to Supreme
court, 500 from 1000
Reporter to Supreme court, 5000 from
500.
Clerk of Supreme court, $500 and fees
from $500 and fees.
Superintendent of Deaf, Dumb and
Blind Institution, $500 from $4,000.
Steward for ID. ID. and Il. Institutions,
500 from $500
Superintend mt of Central Hospital,
1920 from $500.
Steward at Central Hospital 500
from $1,000.
Superintendent of Morganton Hospi-
tai, 1920 from $500.
Steward at Morganton Hospital, 500
from $1,000.
All Deputy Inspectors of Shell Fish,
$50 per month from $50 per month.
Mr.. CurTie says that he introduced
this bin because the salaries as fixed N
his bill will buy as much as the old s;la-
ries would when they were fixed, and
he thinks that this being the case This
reduction should be made in justice to
the taxpayers of the State.
Writing again yesterday of the Ste
vens antitrust bill, the Charlotte Oh
server suggests an amendment which
Mr.. Stevens has already accepted. 1t
says:
We had conversations yesterday with
wholesale merchants of Charlotte which
convince us that Mr.. Stevens antitrust
bill, now pending in the Legislature.
needs modification. Its general princi-
pie is sound Wherever a trust is
found it ought to be hit But it is to
be apprehended that certain provisions
in Mr. Stevens BILL in reaching after
the trusts will fail to get them, but will
injure certain North Carolina people.
which he, of course, does not mean
TO do. There are certain goods which
are placed in the hands of jObbers ut a
given price--thG jobberS being given Il
commission, only, on their sales--with
an agreement that the price is not to
be cut. TO forbid the signing Of this
agreement would be 10 transfer the
iobbng trade of North Carolina whole
salers to jobbers of other States with
out doing the trusts any harm. Our
merchants, wholesale and retail. already
bear heavy burdens. They not only
labor under the Ubiquitous Merchants
Purchase TaX-which5 is. in effect, a
double tax-but they are the prey of
solicitors for every cause, benevolent
and other, and they do not deserve to
have the present opportunity for living
that is accorded them abridged. We
hope that Mr.. Stevens will amend his
bill so that it will not wrong our North
Carolina people, and that in its amended
form he will press it through
The members are receiving petitions
from travelling men urging a Jim Crow
Car Law of the right kind. 1t is as
follows:
ITO the General Assembly of North
Carolina:
I'VE, the undersigned North Carolina
travelling statesmen, respectfully petit
ton your honorable body to enact Il
Jim Crow Car Law the same as the one
now in force in the State of Alabama.
From observation many of us know the
Georgia and South Carolina Jim Crow
Car Laws to be failures, for the reason
that said laws do not apply to all trains
alike. Respectfully submitted"
Mr.. w. c. Hammer, editor of the
Asheville Courier, is in the city. Speak
ing of the Winston bill to reduce fees