The news & observer., 1901-01-17

Mr. R. II. Zachary, member of the
House from Pennsylvania, has been called
home by a telegram announcing the seri-
Gus illness of his only son with diphthe-
ria
Go from home to learn the news. 1t
Will probably be news TO the members
OF the General Assembly that it is think
ing about passing a female suffrage bill
but Col. Thomas J. Timber. OF Raleigh,
(Who is Col. Thomas J. Timber, OF Ra-
leigh. and where does he hibernate0 is
quoted by the Washington Post as saying:
''The question of comforting the right of
suffrage upon women is just now agitat
ing the people of North Carolina. If is
likely the legislature. which is now in ses-
sicn will be petitioned to pass a female
suffrage bill, but l doubt very much
whether the law makers of the State are
yet ready TO comply with the request. 1t
yet remains to be seen how widespread
is the desire for suffrage among North
Carolina women. Ny observation has
been that it is not SO much the number of
women who favor suffrage as it is the
noise its advocates make that gives the
know personally large number of women
who are openly opposed to having the
right of ballot conferred upon them, and
l do not believe l have the personal ac
quaintance of a single woman who favOrs
Il"
1t looks like the Washington Post has
been imposed upon, for nobody yet inter
viewed has heard of the existence OF
Col. Thomas j. Timber. of Raleigh Is
ne fake or is it another case of Dink
Bolts?
Senator Foushee says that the Private
Corporation bill, introduced by him yes
terday and ordered printed by the Sen
ate. makes no radical changes but states
what powers private corporations have
and places certain safeguards about them
and restrictions over the directors. In
speaking of the bill which he has so
carefully prepared, Senator Foushee said:
Its purpose is to give the State an ade-
quate corporation law which any lawyer
especially knows is not the case now"
Senator Foushee cites this extract from
the Secretary of States report on the
subject
''The law for the formation of corpora
tiops IN North Carolina is imperfect. and
in many respects behind that in force
in other States. AS it now exists, it is
an imperfect piece of patchwork, and
| have no doubt that revision of the
whole will present itself to the General
Assembly as expedient."
Senator Calvert has bright little son
nine years old who sent him this plain
tive little note: 81 have begun The third
reader. Papa if you cannot come home
send me your picture
The amendment yesterday offered by
Senator Ward TO the Jim Crow Car Law
provided that the Corporation Commits
sioners shall not exempt a line from the
operations of the act unless lit shall ap-
pear by full and fair investigation by
the Commission made by the examination
of witnesses under oath, that the usual
and average number of colored passen
gers travelling over said line or lines
does not exceed ten per cent of the total
volume of travel"
Snator Ward says that his antitrust
bill offered yesterday is modelled after the
similar laws of Texas and Nebraska.
The Senators were all glad to greet
Senator James on the floor Of the Senate
yesterday Although he has been de-
tanned at home by sickness until yester-
day, still his interest in the session and
the work before him is keen. His first
act was the introduction of a bill to pro-
vide for indexing the acts of the present
General Assembly.
The Judiciary committee is expected to
meet this afternoon at 4 o'clock and Sem
ator Londons libel bill, which has the
endorsement of the North Carolina Press
Association, will be considered.
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Among the ladies who are members of
legislators families, who are in the city
are Mrs Jas. d. Glenn, Mrs. Fl. l.. Ward,
Mrs. J. F. Foy, Mrs. NJ. S. Willard, Mrs.
Francis d. Winston, Mrs w. H. Yarboro,
Mrs. j. A. Long and Miss Long, and Miss
May Cavert.
A joint ME ting of Finance commit
tee of the Senate and of the House was
held yesterday afternoon in the State
Treasurer's office, and steps were taken
to go at ono to work in providing a
proper machinery and revenue act.
There was d general interchange of
opinions an3 suggestions made by diff
ferent members of the committee and
it was decided to appoint sub-com-
mittee, composed of two on the part
of the Senate and three of the House
to consider and report to the full COM
mittee the hest methods they might de-
wise of raising the needed revenue. The
subcommittee appointed, on the part
of the Senate is composed of Senator
London, of Chatham. and Senator Long,
of Person; end on the part of the
House, Willard, of New Hanover, Page,
of Montgomery, and Duls, of Mecklen-
burg. This committee will hold its
first meeting tonight at eight O'Clock,
and go at once to work with the de-
termination of preparing a revenue bill
and machinery act that will be consld-
cred by the General Assembly while it
has time to discuss the plans fully. AS
a rule the preparation of the revenue
bill and machinery act is deferred un-
til near the close of the session when ii
is of necessity rushed through without
time for careful consideration, and that
accounts for the mistakes that in recent
years have so married the revenue laws
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