The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-18
THE PEREMPTORY
CHALLENGES y BILL
Passes the House BY a
Large Majority.
RATE BILL NOT TABLED
Senator Sinclair Filed Minority Re-
port, With an Amendment, and
Consideration of the Bill Was
Postponed Till Thurs.
day.

The bill restricting peremptory
to twelve on the part of the defend
ant and four on the part of the State.
passed the House yesterday. after an
exhaustive discussion. by q vote OF
&c to "a. Speeches indicative of care
ful preparation, interesting and cast
ing needed light on the provisions of
the bill, giving information to those
who were in doubt as to its good ef-
fectS, were made by the ableSt MEM
bers of that body. The lobbies We're
crowded, and strong interest was man.
ifeSted in its successful passage.
The Wilmington Pilotage bill also
passed the House. after attempts TO
defer action and side-track ii We're
defeated
The proceedings in the Senate
aside from the usual routine
were uneVentful The only bill of
more than ordinary Importance on
the calendar was that reducing the
railway fares to three cents per mile,
and abolishing the second class fare,
which received an unfavorable report
from the committee to which 1t was
referred The minority, however
filed a report, and claimed that a
quorum of the committee was not
present when the bill was considered.
The minority held that there was q
large and increasing popular Senti-
ment in favor of reducing railway
fares, and to prevent the tabling OF
the bill, moved to make it a special
order for next Thursday at 12 O'Clock,
and the motion carried.
Mr.. Sinclair in submitting the min-
ority report said that the Committee
OH Railroads and Corporations at q
i11e IN Gf uf xuI1 frll
only six members out of twelve were
present. reported unfavorably by q.
vote of 4 to l the Foushee bill TO
reduce railroad passenger fares to 3
cents and abolish the second class
fare.
Senator Sinclair, member of the
committee, voted to report the bill
favorably, giving notice that he would
file a minority report. The bill was
reported unfavorably by Senator Bur-
ton and Senator Sinclair filed his
minority report, recommending that
the bill be amended SO as to retain
second class fare and reduce passen-
ger fares from Ia cents first class
TO cents and 2 3-4 cents second class
to 1-2 cents
Senator Sinclair said that there
was not a Senator upon the floor who
did not know that there was a. wide
spread feeling all over North Carolina
on railroads and that the effect of
reporting the bill unfavorably would
be to carry it to the table. under the
rules Of the Senate. so that the Senate
would have no opportunity to consid-
er the question at all. He said that
he filed the minority report because
he did not believe that this great
question of public interest should be
strangled and killed in a committee
room so that ii could not come before
the Senate and be considered and act
ed upon by the Representatives of the
people who had been sent there for
that purpose.
Mr.. Webb introduced a bill reouir-
ing that all packages of liquors for
shipment into prohibition territory
shall be marked SO as to show their
contents. The violation of the act
would be q misdemeanor.
Mr.. Webb also was the author of n
joint resolution authorizing
bond issue of $234.500. payable fifteen
years from July 1st, 1905, for the
better protection and care of the in
sane of the State. and for the inn
provement of the various State Hos
pitals and Asylums for the insane. Or
this sum $122,000 would be given to
the Central State Hospital for the
to the Morganton Insane Asylum, ut
Morganton: and $4,000 would be
contributed TO the insane asylum To-
Gated at Goldsboro.
One step in a worthy cause was
taken by Mr.. Moore. Of Pender, when
he introduced 2 bill to appropriate
and consolidate the annual appro-
priatlonS of the Moorc's Creek Battle
ground Association. The bill carries
al appropriation of $200 to keep the
ground cleared and build a lodge for
the protection OF visitors. The asso-
citation is now agitating question OF Il
national appropri2 tion, 1t being rep
resented that there should oe suita-
bic memorials on the field in this
State. where native North Carolina
troops first triumphed over the Eng
lisb III the Revolutionary War.
The Duls substitute JOINT resolution.
members of the Legislature. two
TO investigate the South Dakota Bond
Judgment and the Schafer Brothers
Eonds and renort TO the General As
sembly whether in their opinion. any
legislation whatever should be mauc.
was unanimously adopted.
The bill to increase the salaries of
the pages from $1.00 per day to $3.50.
and the pay of the chief page to $500
per day. after several amusing
speeches. passed unanimously. The
pages have been industriously at
work creating sentiment in favor OF
their bill for several weeks and now
believe and consider themselves TO be
great lobbyists. They are extremely
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