The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-21

| out violating their oaths as legisla-
| tors. He also thought that the bill
would come under the section OF the
constitution requiring notice for thir-
| ty days to be given in al cases where
an amendment of the charter of q
private corporation was sought He
| read from Womack's digest the
| method of notice required, and gave
| notice that if the bill were passed he
| would require proof to be furnished
| that these provisions had been COM
piled with.
/ "They have no right to come here
and ask the passage of this bill with
out complying with the provisions OF
| the law.'' shouted Senator Ward.
Where did it come from? Who
asks its passage? -
AT this point Mr.. Munroe aroused;
1t came from me-" he announced
with asperity.
"On whose authority" shouted
back Senator Ward.
1.-The presidents" tartly replied Mr..
Munroe.
"Mr. Granger
Mr.. Lewis, of the delegation,
jumped to his feet: "He says not" he
| declared.
Tie did asseverated Mr.. aIunrroe
! @He says he didn't" replied Mr..
| Lewis.
This idea of perpetual charter is
| a New England product declared
Mr.. Ward.
40 it isn't" retorted Mr. Munroe.
Didn't ii come from Rhode Is
land?'
No replied Mr.. Munroe. II
copied it from the y. G. Railroad
charter and | got it from Frank Dan
| iels. too" Mr.. Munroe abandoned the
defense and took the offensive.
you read from Wonaok's book.
| Didn't that book also say that when
| the State had acquired the right to
| repeal a charter, the objection to per-
petuities ceascd?'
Mr. Ward was impcrturbable:
| Wasn't there q mistake which the
road refused TO correct until the taxes
were paid by the state, when the
| lease provided that the Howland
company should pay them *
NO" declared Mr.. Munroe. who
| then went on to give the details Of
| q. conversation with Governor Ay-
cock in which tho latter was reported
to have said that he desired the ex-
| tension of the charter to be made and
| that if it would not have been pre-
sumptiouS on his part he would have
| come forward to urge the passage of
| the bill.
WAS not that settlement made. .
persisted Senator Ward" because you
expected to ask the legislature a
| favor.
Mr. Munroe. who had gotten quite
hot in voice if not in appearance, now
became explanatory. Nov. let me
tell YOU" he began, but Mr.. Ward
continued and there was confusion Of
two men talking at once Now, let
me tell you he continued. We've
got to pay the taxes. Az TO the inter-
est on the debt, the Rowland Com
pany contended that occruing interest
meant interest being earned by them.
We resisted and they agreed to pay
the interest
Mr. Ward: Have they not arb-
trarily increased rates and have not
| mass meetings been held all along
the road TO express the indignation OF
the people? p
Mr. Munroe had not heard of these
meetings but. on being pressed said
that he had read something in q pa
per about meeting at kinston. did
you hear Of that at New Bern ?" NO. "
At Dover?' No
President Granger said Mr.. Mum
roe had asked him to go TO the peo-
pie who were complaining about rates.
I'D. Ills liidi tue CoiiOlliOilS VI tue tease
were that the rates should not be
raised and If Rowland did il suit
would be brought. He said that one
matter of compla intwas the shipping
of n sack of flour for 16 cents and q
barrel for 90 cents. These rates. il
had been found, were those printed
on q schedule of the old a. and y. c.
! road, which was not used. There
| was some question about lumber
rates, said Mr.. Munroe, which was SO
technical that he could not under
stand it. Being asked Us to whether
| he had given any notice Mr.. Munroe
replied that he had not. that he did
not think it necessary as lawyer OF
| thirty-three years experience. That
! the news of the provision in the lease
and in the papers at the time was
ample notice.
| There was again interruption of th1
argument by the chair and Senator
| Ward proceeded. An that the people
along the road asked was that the
| Rowland Company have the lease as
| they got it. for forty-seven years.
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