The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-12
HOUSE SAYS THE
TOBACCO TRUST
MUST NOT ESCAPE
1t Restores the Famous Section a. to the Anti
Trust Act Which Was Removed by
the Senate.

WlnDOrne presented report that
after conference With the Senate COM
mittee on Conference no agreement
had been reached on the point at is
sue and asked the discharge of the
House committee.
Representative Harris moved for the
discharge of the committee and the
concurrence in the Senate bin which
had previously been refused This
was ruled out.
Representative Murphy moved to
ado pt the report and discharge the
committee This was done.
Representative Manning moved to
take up the House antitrust bill.
The Speaker ruled that this was
4 substitute to the Senate bill and that
under the rules this could not be
done From this ruling Representative
Manning appealed and the vote
was about to be taken on
this when Representative Murphy
moved that the vote by which
the House had refused to concur in
the Senate amendment b4 reconsider
ed. The Speaker asked if Mr.. Murphy
had voted with the majority, at which
Mr.. Murphy gave way to Representa-
tive Parsons who made the motion, as
he had voted to nOn-cOncur.
Is the House to Take water.
Representative stevens asked if the
meaning of all this was not that the
House was to take water and having
not cOncurred was now getting ready
to concur in the Senate bill and ff the
| purpose is not now to pass bill that
! is nothing but straw and which would
not fulfill the promises of the Dem
/ ocratic platform. He said: II am in
| favor OF refusing to concur in the
+, senate amendment and in going back
/ to the people With our refusak to en-
act into law bill that amounts to
| nothing.
Representative Parsons urged his
motion, and stated that ne did not in
peach the Democracy Of others who
had not voted as he had that he did
! not claim monopoly of Democracy
! His purpose he declared to be simply
TO bring some kind of trust bill be
! fore the House.
/ Representative Harris spoke in fa-
| Vor of the Senate bill. Representative
/ DoWd spoke for the Parsons motion
| Representative stevens said that the
Senate bill was nothing at all
! The Fault Is The Senatc-s.
/ Representative Preston said that f
! there was no trust legislation it was
/ the fault of the Senate and not Of the
! House, as it seemed that there was a
| threat of adjOurninS without an anti
trust law held over the House unless
! it accepted the Senate bill He op-
! posed anything that would so to agree
| with the Senate bill.
!
Julian he declared that without any
! bill passed he was willing to go back
! to the people and to. say that the
] House had passed an antitrust bill
/ and had refused TO accept from the
! Senate q measure that IS Il straw bill
Representative Peele asked if the
/ bill Of straw did not affect the trusts
and Representative Preston said that
/ II dld not affect the American Tobacco
company, which was one Of the trusts
| which ought to be reached.
The House Reconsiders Vote.
Finally the motion of Representa-
! i've PARSONS TO reconsider the vote by
/ which the House failed TO concur in
the Senate bill. There was roll call
and the motion was carried by a vote
| of % to 2S, as follows:
! Ayes: Messrs. Albright. Bovd.
| Brinson. Brutcn Bryant Burnett
| Carter, Cowles, Cox. Crawford. Din
ing. Doughton. Douglass. Dowd En-
| ringhaus, Gallert. CASTOR. Gordon
| Granr- Hanes, Harris HarshaW. Hcl-
sebeck, Johnson. of Johnston: Julian
| Laughinghouse. Mclean. McRacllen
/ Manning. Morgan. Morton Null Mur-
| ply. Neal, Park. Parsons Peele. Pie
| kett. Pitt. Pugh. Rector. Rose, RoNs-
ter. stickIey, Taylor, Of Bruins
! wick Taylor. Of Vance: Tilett Fur-
| iington. Washington, Whit. Win
| borne, Wood, -
j Noes: Mr. Speaker, Messrs Ave,r.
| blanchard. BlOunt. Bolton. BucIIaH.
| DAVIS. OF Carteret: Eddins. Galloway,
/ OF Greene; Gillian, Hampton. Hollo-
| We'll Hooker. jacobson. John. Jones of
| Pitt: koonce. McNeiH Mangun. Park
| er Preston, Price. of Union: Rodwell
| sharpe, simpson. stevens NestaI
Weaver Wells, Whitley. %
Seme votes We're explained Repre-
sentative Douglass said it seemed the
| bill was the best to be gotten Repre-
sentative koonce declared 30 men in
the Senate ought not to rule 120 in
the House and preferred no bill and
al appeal to the people. Park was for
some bill. Pcelc thought the wisdom
of the Senate should be regarded.
Pugh declared he was tickled To death
il voting for the Senate bill. Win
borne said While the Senate bill was
not what he desired Yet he wanted to
take the best he could get.
Speaker Justice gave notice that al
the proper time he desired tO file a
protest
The Fight Warns IN.
Tie ilNusc having reconsidcred its
vote to uOn-ConCuF Representative
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