The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-18
1P||lO'T I BILL
PASSED. !N1A0UsE
But Hard Eight Said 8t ts, wait
1t iii NORTH Carolina
pm Sss, Senate. Is 6 ID
THE EM |! I QUESTION " &; l('| Y
State Chairman Simmons Asked yt'
Interpret the the Det,llto 3
cratic Platform.
STAE MPERAhcE QUESTION ] E: 4 q \

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l$ IRA Ut1rGfI, N. u CT, Feb The House
devoted the greater part OF to:day's SEES s'sl'
Sion to The discussion Of the Graham m bllI
for tho regulation OF the trial Of capital
cases. rs II came over from vest " rdd Y 3
session, and finally passed 1t VII & Il
amendment that the Slate be allowed four
i challenges III making up the jurlcs I and ana.
d the defendant twelve, the State no. to be 20
allowed To SCI any "a I the foot Of the
Il panol The yylniingto pilo tagc BIZ came
UP ns special u order u and was Y passed
ii There remt1irs d hard fight FOR It IN tho
D Senate III at becomes law, IT VIII
4, m ako 4WiImingtonB practically " o. free port
t II, the Senate Mr.. w Obj introduced
e bill authorizing issuance by the State Of
&234.6OO bonds 70 the perrnane I'm rove
Il nent Of state hospitals for the insane
S4 SSs SOUTH DAKOTA BONDS
S88G The senate ia ssed the ,tton TO sap-S
point q, committee OF five, 81 two scnnt ors
Z and three reprcgcntntlvcs,StO cooperate
witt, the Governor in settling the South
IL Dakota bond s udgment and conf er Wit q
" Shutter Brothers. holding other bonds ofs
81 this class. M AZ II X q F5} ~
"a Bill was passed to allow county COM
4 nllssiollers to make mon thly pu bicatio ms
VI Of financial istatcn1ents. instead OF yearly.
'e IN a call was igsued tonight BY y nlt ;
a States Senator Simmons for a meeting Of
X tie Democratic State dvlsory Central
Il and Executive COMMIT tees, TO meet here
on the night OF r bruary q st, he call
being I'm response to the demand OF tn
4 nineteen n1ernbers " 10 Z met her "a !, 81
y night and forwarded a demand for the
meeting to- Senator Simmons a WASH
#iIngton. However, IN hey only ask ed e Tor
@ the Executives committee to DO convened
whereas the call Is for all three cornn1l t-T
tees. 3S
q ATTITUDE oN3,rDA1PERANCE 81
Tho object VI the meeting ~ to put m
interpretation OH the use OF he p emo
cratic platform declaring the attitude of
\ the party to tho temperance leglslatior.S
ii 1'hef hope Of hose who demanded the call
/ issthatgfthe committee will Interpret tho
Il plank toSrnean that the part y wi II stand
h hy tho Watts law, ns Ee ma ted two years
ago, but will decline to endorse the Ward
gsblll which has already passed the SEN
ute,$ us d pnrtys ,nea sure. ChairmanN Sim
mons being The a,t thor Of tho bill
restricts distileries TO towns Of not less
y than 900 hEhabi tants. whereas The Watts
act allows thenl4In any irlcorpo ed town
that has adequate police protec Ion.
Much dissatisfaction has been develop
ing In & the past few days among party
z leaders regarding what they concciY to
n be extreme tempe rance Legislation that ls
V .pcnd lng III the Etsl ature as Democ rattle
measures, a # s$a
4sf t5s AILR OADsREGULATIoN.
The Hutchinson bill, f5{w hlcll passed 3 the
House to-day. provides that abroad COM
pnnics shall adjust and pay claims for
freight charges In acco rdnnce with class
Il sificationa bj' the Corporation Commission
G within sixty days on shipments wholly
within the State and ninety days on
shipments without he State, the penalty
Il being $50 fine.5 the aggricyed party to
receive the fine. NJ n s5s5si, i
The Marshall liquor fight was Y a gain
4 last night before the House Liquor Traf-
+ fic Committee. and petitions for prohi BIZ
ton and for dspensary were present ted.
There were eght y- I've signers TO the dis
Lensary petition and sixty-flye to the
prohibition petition. Exa minaton showed
u that at least twenty-five OF the sgners
we're on both petitions, Az 8l9t .
Y The House Committee on Railroads con-
sldered yesterday the Laug hing house bill
10 fix railroad passen ger fare at two and /
y d half cents mile and abolish second
Vt class fare. "a fter hearing arguments by
prominent railroad men and others. the
= committee agreed that they would amend
the bill by fixing the rates at three cents
for tirst-class md two and a half cents
e for second-class fare, the Corporation
a Commission to have the fixing Of fares
ii for branch lines Of railr oad. ~