The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-05

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ogv to offer therefor. II the people
Of rIgccrgub e county want anything.
he said. il sS to fares Nothing ~ts
cugendsr IS Fauch social feeling. ~
said. rs 20 nut all classes Of people a2
one chr. lie declared rs people want
twsa fares. and II they can't Ert That
they want a twa aud one-AaG rcdu-
ton. thinking anything less than thAt
would b. an injustice = ~" railroad
Mr.. Graham Informed the senate
that whatever re saw hfs .ufy &C. oc
ne sought u discharge ~ The goo3
or the i'll viii u people we're ian mat
ter with him. lie said. and Il sn tae
discharge OF his duty h should tn-
cur the enmity of ans persons tns
people would love hlu3 FIR the enc
mics he Snould make
Mr.. Drewry aros. and said Il WAS
one OF the original senators on lHts
noor who believed ia tno fares /
voted for the Graham bill. but after
hearing the matter discussed. aft"f
referring the matter Il the c'nf"
ence committee. and after the confer
ence committees report 81 been r'-
ceived. / made up INV mind during inc
day that IL WAS best Tor he people
of North Carolina, and best for M
IL support \ two n on~c-quaFtcF
cent rate. | believe that rat" -
probably going farther than IL should.
vet. under an the circumstances, THIS
rate should be adopted. However. !
do not consider the rate the h'NN
rious thing in the report Of the cor
ference committee. The sixty mile
Limitation is the hardest thing I'm IN"
bill. The Raleigh and southport
Railway is o4ly sixty-four miles IN
length. and is a little road that
scarcely makes expenses.
Mr.. Daniel: "when was that road
built ."
Mr.. Drevry: - few months ago :
Mr. PANEL. Don't YOU see that
hat road is escaped by the confer
ence bill? 1t is"
Mr.. Drewry: Well then, the'e
are other roads. Admitting that tn"
Raleigh and Southport Railroad IS
escaped. there are other roads in tn
state in a similar condition. and be-
sides, it is unfair to be forced 10 aC-
cept a bill we cannot amend. II We
could get in an amendment to pro-
tect the smaller roads | would th"n
cheerfully support the conference
committees bill and the two and ono
quarter cent rate. ! want 70 say -
the conference committee that If the
provisions were extended 70 roads ~
100 miles in length. I would vote for
the bin. but as It IS | viii not vote
for it."
Mr.. Daniel: 4 would ask tn"
Senator from Wake If that
would not except the Atlantic ana
North Carolina Railroad
Mr.. Drewry: q don't know"
Mr.. Daniel: That Is so. and YOU
see who is unjust There IL only one
road in the state which would be
hur. by the bill in the least w;lN. and
that is the road Of Yhi.h the senator
from Castor. (Mr. Mason) spoke
ana we would not haze permitted ;hat
hut We did not kroN where [ iiitd
Igures which wou'l eliminate this
6re ~nstancc Nr. paaie Sp2Lc OF
the ~inaccuracy the Raleigh Times.
- -.;1 - .l,n,,tI No. fa1 - AI - tho
facts before it SPOKE Is II did IN the
subject.
President WiE<:la St-'ain."i.
The appeal of Il. M"Lean IRON,
the decision Of the chair WAS put be
fore the Senate and Mr.. Danicl CALI
ed for the ayes and noes.
President Winston Nstated the qu"s-
ton. He said that neither the House
nor the senate had the right to altar
or amend the report of the conference
committed. and that the Senate could
either receive the report by its adop-
ton, or reject it and direct the CON
ference committee to proceed further.
or it could discharge the conference
committee The chair ruled that I n
report and the bill Of the confcreGt"
committee arc Instrument and t1lt
not be altered. The gentleman tlpn
RoDeson appeals from this rullng. ne
question is whether the ruling 81 the
chair shall be sustained. The gentle
man from Halifax calls for the ayes.
..he call is sustained lafter tn sutf-
cicnt number aroSe.) Those ; majors
who vote to sustain the ruling 81 ~"
chair. will. when their names are r3ii-
ca say aye; thos. Il oppose NiiI'
when their names are Calle,. sly
mo The clerk viii call the roll
There was deep silence wheu iilC
clerk began to call the roll. The vote
was as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were:
senators Aycock. Ballinger. Brccse,
Brown. Burton. Carter. Daniel. Davis,
Dickey, Greer, Harrington, Holt,
KluttZ. Long, MCLAUGHLIN. Mitchell,
Ormond, Pcrrett, Redwinc. Reid.
R%einhardt, Rives. Seawell, Thorn",
Turner. Webb. Wilson. Woods.
Those voting in the negative were;
Senators Beilamy, Blair. Burleson.
Buxton, Drewry. Etheridge, Godwin.
Graham, Hicks. Howard. King, Mason.
Mauney. Mclean, Odell, Pharr. ok
Stubbs.-1S.
There was Ions continued applause
at the announcement Of the vote.
Until during the call of the names
near the bottom of the list there had
been intense silence, and the prOlix
explanations Of the senators voting IN
the negative seemed oppressive to the
crowd which bgeathlessly awaited the
result.
Adoption Of the Report.
The chair announced the vote, say
ing its ruling had been sustained, and
stating that the question before the
Senate was the adoption or rejection
of the report Of the Conference Com
mittee.
Mr.. Webb moved the previous ques-
ton. which cut off debate. and it pre-
vailed by a large majority.
Mr.. Graham called for the ayes and
noes, and the call vas sustained.
The report was adopted by a vote |
of 38 to s. the roll call vote being as
follows:
Those voting in the afirma-
tive were senators Aycock, Bal
linger, Rreese' brown, Burton.
Buxton, Carter. Daniel. Davis,
Dickey, Drewry. Greer. Goodwin. Har-
rington. Hicks, Holt. Howard King.
kuttz. Long. MCLAUGHLIN, Mclean,
Mitchell, Odell, Ormond. Perrett.
Pharr. Redwine, Reid, R~einhardt,
Rives, Seawell. Thorne. Turner, Webb
Wilson. Wood-39.
Noes: Senators Bethany. Blair. Bur-
leson. Ethridge, Graham. Mason. Maui
new. Polk. StuhbS q