The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-01
FOR FREE PASSES
TOSTATE OFFICERS
Senator Travis Wants This
Required of Railroads.
REVENUE BILL IN SENATE
Proposition for Voting on New County Seat
for Robson Stirs up The Senate and Af,er
Second Reading Made Special
Order for Tuesday.

SieSt wv tuSoday'
The most important bill introduced in
the Legislature during the past week
was bill to require all railroads to give
annual tickets to public officials. 1t was
introduced by Senator Travis, of Halifax
1t IS entitled
"A bill to be entitled an act TO impose
upon all railroad companies doing busi-
ness in North Carolina as an additional
Franchise Tax, the duty of furnishing
free transportation to for certain State
officers" and reads as follows:
Section /. That every railroad company
doing business in North Carolina is re-
quired, as franchise tax additional to
all taxes imposed by the Revenue Bill
or otherwise, to furnish, over its roads
within the State, free annual transporta-
tion for each year to all the executive
G ficers OF the State, and to all Judges
o. the Supreme and Superior Courts.
Sec. 2. That if any railroad company
doing business in the State shall fail or
refuse to furnish free transportation to
any of said officers, it shall be the duty
of the Corporation Commission, upon be-
ing notified by such officer of such fail
ure or refusal, to add to the franchise
tax of each company refusing to comply
with this act one hundred dollars for
each officer so refused to be transported
free, for the year in which such refusal
occurs. The amount thus added shall be
collected in the same manner as the
franchise tax imposed by the Revenue
BILL.
Sec. g. That this act shall be in force
from and after the first day of April
.1an2.-
The Robson live wire concerning the
proposed election in that county to see
whether the people desire to retain Lum-
berton as the county seat or prefer Penn
broke got twisted about the Senators
yesterday
The bill was reported lfavorably on Fri
day night and was made a special order
for Tuesday after the amendments of
Senator Webb, providing that there be
an issue of not exceeding $40 900 of bonds
to build a court house and Jail and ma
jority of the qualified voters be required
to ratify the act were adopted g.
Senator McBryde called up the bill
yesterday and wanted to have the action
by which the bill was made special or
der for Tuesday reconsidered. He urged
that postponement to that time meant
that the bill would be killed He was
told that Senator Goodwin was to offer a
minority report against the bill and
would not return before Tuesday, that
he had left with the understanding that
the bill would not be heard till then.
AT this juncture Senator Glenn came to
the rescue of Senator McBryde and urged
that he treated right, as the matter
was one that concerned his county. Sen
ator Spence here interrupted to say that
Senator Goodwin should also be consid-
cred. and Senator Glenn asked him how
he would like to be shut off from con-
sideration of the affairs of his own
county.
Senator Gillian moved to reconsider
the vote by which special order had
been made for Tuesday and this pre-
vailed Then Senator White moved To
make the election in August, 1904, in
place of 1903. Senator McBryde said that
the object of having the election in 1903
was to keep it out of a political cam
paign and to place it in 1904 would do
this. Senator White said his idea was to
let the people think over the matter
Senator Marshall, Rep), here moved
to make the election at the time of the
general election in 1904. Senator Webb
declared that the milk in the Republic
can cocoanut was to throw the question
into politics and cause division among
the Democrats. Senator Marshall had
apparently yielded the floor, but began
speaking again to explain that his rea-
son for desiring the election in November
1904, was to save expense to the county,
but his voice was drowned out by the
rapping of President pro- tenn Brown who
had recognized another Senator.
Senator Spence moved to lay the
amendment on the table. Senator Hicks
inquired if this would not also lay the
bin on the table and thus kill it. He was
told he was correct. The resolutions of
Senator Marshall was voted down and
those of Senator White and Spence with
drawn.
The bill then passed it's second reading
by vote of p 10 IA and was made the
special order for Tuesday on it's third
reading
For the bill: Aaron, Blow, Burton,
Conley, Glenn. Griffith. Hicks of Duplin,
Hunter, Justice. Mann, McBryde Milton,
Pollock, Pritchard, Reinhardt, Richard
son, Spruill, Thayer, Webb. Wellborn,
Woodard-21
Against the bill: Baldwin, Beasley,
Crisp, Gillian. Henderson. Hicks of
Granville, Hoey. Lamb. Marshall. Me
Loughlin, Mitchell, Pharr, Spence, and
White-14
There is a bill which will come before
the Senate on Monday which provides
that it shall be lawful for any lailroad
company in North Carolina to give a free