The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
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Major Graham then moved that tfisl
petition for the pension be Withdrawals,
The Senator from Watauga, Mr.. Lowell.
who introduced the petition, giving his
consent, that course was pursued, at.
ter the adoption of the suggestion OF
senator Webb, of Buncombe. that the
letter of Mrs. Jackson be spread uponi
the Senate journal and be made a parts
of the official records of the State ss
me lower House OF the General As.s
sembly had a spirited fight to- day over
the solicitors salary clause of the Bill
enlargtng the powers of the Attorneys
General so that he can control corpo-.
rations and making the solicitors OF,
the various judicial districts of the
State his assistants and putting them
on salaries instead of fees as at pres-s
ent. Tine fight resulted in limiting the
salaries to $4,000. where the fees
amount to that and in cases where the
Tees We're less than that the solicitor
should receive only the aggregate of
the fees.
In addition to regulating the salaries
OF solicitors. the bill. as passed. empow-
ers the Attorney General to investigate
corporations and ferret out and punish
combinations to control prices and obtain
monopolies. 1t is the bill introduced some
days ago by Speaker Justice
A. P. Thorn Speaks.
From D to o'clock last evening the
Senate Committee on Railroads aud
House Committee on Public Service Cor-
porations heard argument on the pending
bills for railroad rate reduction and rail-
road regulation, the whole time being
taken up with a masterful speech by a.
p. Thom general counsel for the Southern
Railroad Company.
Speaker Justice, OF the House. who
questioned President Finley, OF the South.
nd tod 1tyty
by requiring the administration OF tho
oath to Mr.. Finley in the midst
of his discussion. sent a COM
this evening to the joint
COMMITTEES. insisting that former Presi-
dent Barr, of the seaboard. DO communi-
Gated with as to Finley's denial that his
company had threatened reprisals on the
Seaboard Railway II it entered Greensboro;
also that the S6uthNtn be compelled to
show the salaries paid officials, each sail
airy, as we'll as aggresate; and amounts
spent for lobbying and invested in news
papers in this State since 1900. No action
was taken by the committee.
When General Counsel Thorn came for-
ward to speak. Williams, OF Duplin. raised s
the point of requiring him to take oath.
The Senate committee did not care to re-s8s
Quire oathS, but the House committee
did. Mr.. Thorn said: III the people of
North Carolina think 1t adds anything
to the credibility or gentleman to be !;
sworn am willing to be sworn" Where
he had practiced a lawyer was always
under oath. He proceeded without the
oath by direction OF Chairman Grahanl,
lie deplored the spirit OF animosity that
seemed to be growing between the peo-,
pie and public service corporations. In
speaking of officers of the Southern and
their interest in North Carolina and
the South. he declared that the work
of First Vice-President A. B. Andrews in
developing the roads in Western and Gem
trail Carolina would be a monument to
him in generations to come.
Money for University.
In It's report. just transmitted to ths
General Assembly the trustees OF the
University OF North Carolina ask an adj
dtional $4,000 annual appropriation for
the University for current expenses, and
$4,000 annually to BIO devoted to the cree
lion Of new buildings for which there Is
pressing necessity. These now buildings
leeded are enumerated the aggregate being
1865 900, and include new dining hall. new.
intirmary. medical build
ng, law building, biological laboratory,
pharmacy building, physical laboratory, VII
md geology mining and museum 5biiil1. 9sHS