The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-01-15
Unexpected and Spirited
Debate
JUSTICES ADDRESS

Message.

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Of North 'ai"iIHa began us AeS9i'ii u
1907 at II O'Clock yesterday. Lieu
t.ryrf Governor Francis d.. Winston,
.. uhafr e., Tho Senate and cauad
'o'N l'' 1''''' ~ 'I'1 -
hour Principal Clerk Frank d. Hack
n+ 80 49,. ua,,go or ponrcsnrtatfyex
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called the House I" ofoer- 91Fei' -
hours were consumed in organizing
both branches Of the Legislature, and
,tctnonn sessions
the business Of the first day in the
Senate wa quickly dispatched and
with an absence of h usual orator.
cal displays.
There wore two notable events in
rnr House Of Representatives, enc
hail,, the address Of Speaker f.. j..
UIetfru after having been administer
Cd tho oath of office by chief Justice
clark. the other, an extraordinary
discussion which followed the an
nouncomeut that Governor Glenn
\1oufd read his biennial message to
he LEGISLATURE his morning at a joint
4e!on OF the Senate and the House.
Mr. J~ustjcc. upon his acceptance Of
his pos;tion as Speaker of the House,
rayr promise of discharging the deli
Catc duties imposed upon him as pre-
&lflllL. tlIllftI- I li'A'illN HAilIt ~ pen
tiaIftv. In discussing the legislation
IIkolv TO come before the General
Assembly during the present session,
he urged The REPRESENTATIVES to cx-
crc,en th,ir utmost wisdom and dis
crtni nation in deciding thc grave
oIIcetfnne which must necessarily be
ar,nd mon nc was clear and
ctrcnr in his %utt6ranrcs concerning
CORPORATION corruption and abuses,
and exposed the hypocrisy and
dared force the purchaser to
"etand and deliver when a price is
fixed He said their IMMORAL and
rcprchonsibIc should be un-
IawfuI
c,.a1ar r,stico advocated the
81 no nnu,c,s Of The
CnnoraI sayino that
rGioi, .%a,1J 30 civnn noyvar. to re-
|t,r 49, n"r[n,, ,,S to nrovide him
w|ith i'm for5natfnn of their affairs in
or,1n, tn know whether or not the
Iavrs arc heinr violated. The Speak
ar a~1rihrted Tho growth of sentiment
ut Wasbington in favor of a central
ed gnvernmcnt to the failure Of
STATE lcptsIaturas to exercise their
const;tutional poWcrs to correct
abuses ana to the failure of the
stot~s' n,osocntinp officers to- enforce
fuI He said the enforcement of the
law VIII dcpcnd unon the Attorney
General and his mowers should be en-
Iaread and he no given assistance.
The f~~IIowing is one Of the strong
oet naracranhs +, the Speaker's ad-
dress:
"Public service corporations should
be made to pCrrorm the functions as
signed to them mt their creation and
made to serve. Tho income should
he limited to q fan. return on their
Investment and for the skill and
.l:I.,- e 1,-- Il .,,,,+o tI,,,
DETERMINATIONS between persons and
nIarcs SIMILARLY situated should he
subject to such penalties that fear of
punishment would be stronger than
love Of gain. PROMPT and adequate
service in transporting passengers and
frcipbte and transnnittinn messages
sboIIId no ,hcolntaIv rao1Iirad
Cnncornina ins,'rance Iegie1ation tho
cneakor said thai domestic
should bc nrcfo1f,ad NV the Leeisla-
tho ana +bat actc ehG,ld ho n3ccad
t1 insure sound and conservative
business Nv, Tho ine,Irance ~conDanies
Trbn doh5t IN tbn uonea d,Irin~ the
aftarnoon so.sinp Ioiatiya 70 no Iaso-
b,tion -nrioinatina N no senate 10
bnId , in7nt Session Of tho senate
ana Hons, Of Renrosantatives
at 11:30 o'clock i'm the House
this morning was pleyiform
and surnrisioy M-bouv u1cxnacted
if c,o,tnd - sros,tcon in Tho Ganata
and heinz announced from, tho Presi-
dents desk tn Scnat Chamber was
nearly empticd. the Senators and visi-
tors rushing to the House to witness
the unusual discussion. The rcsoIu-
ion had naseed the senate without
remark, and the contest over Il IN the
naa~ % ~ - 80 ,l,+ar, of -
~'nn.ano had
NV ~ "1 - ~ ~ rata1in5 cinaa
tbo - nwoaitb emf loose as an
n5nnrn r" 49, ,. IT. sni,,it a.
d~PP'u"dSt . oS"I'!. me 9piit "
ancient Iandmarks noI. Violate tha
StatS,s Constitution >" hts o~nnnnan+s
heId Thai if was q danaarons i]nnova-
ZION ara vino toar+ hcr - = noint of
ioopardx tho cvcc1tiva and judicial
don,rtrn.pts
~ was cbo-ro that d+e+i,ui-bod
NON bad f,,nGnan+Iy haon in,+itnd 70