The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-15

to treat this with silent contempt AID
to table the Justice bill. Webb asked
him to Withdraw his motion and Flem-
ing finally consented to withdraw that
part OF it regarding contempt, leaving
in the motion to table. Graham de-
| sired to offer a substitute that the bill
be not received. F7eming's motion to
| table was adopted. Mclean moved TO
put on the clincher, and this was done
by a vote of 20 to 10.
Holt introduced a supplemental bill,
affecting the machinery in the anti
| trust act. Mclean moved'to table this.
| This was lost Is to 20, and the amend
ment was adopted. The bill as amend
ed her passed it's readings and was
sent to the house.
The senate then took a recess until
$3.50.
The house met at ten O'Clock.
Winborne introduced a bill to pay
All judges $500 and placing them on
an eqaIity with ether state officers.
The bill passed and was sent to the
senate. 1t provides hat the increase
take cIttL lllllctildtt4N.
The senate bill to repeal an act
| ratified prohibiting the sale Of liquor
within 200 feet Of anT schOolhOuse or
| church came up for consideration, It
aTyI} ing 70 New Hanover. Pitt, b au-
fort, Washington and Martin.
A motion TO table the bill was de-
teaed. Amendments by Blount, Jack
| son and Hooker to strike out Washing
ton and Beaufort counties were adopt
cd and the bll passed the third read
ling. It's effct is to exempt New Han
over, Martin and Pitt from the law p;o-
hibiting the sale of liquor within
go feet # a church or school.
Another bill which passed is to pre-
| vent railways from cOnfiscating ship
! ments Of coal. and restrict the amount
| which a road may take to Topper cent.
Taylor of Brunswick said the edi-
| torial in Sundays News and Observer
| was false which stated that the re-
| publicans had lined up to defeat the
Justice amendment to the antitrust
bill and protect the trust.
The special investigating commit
| tee, composed of II. B. Williams, NJ.
H.. YOunt and Garland e. Midyette,
submitted its report i'll regard to the
| investigation of charges made in the
Raleigh Evening Times, March list,
| against the conference committee or
the senate and house on the railway
| rate bin. The report says in SUD-
stance:
That the special committee held an
| investigation March, 7thi and Sth,
! and examined all the conference COM
miJtees and also f. w. Simpson, II. E.
| c.. Bryant. Representative Peele and
Rev. Plato Durham. That it hndS
| from the evidence that J0sephius
! Daniels did not in any way, either III
person or otherwise, influence any
member Of the conference committee
in fixing the so mile exception
named in the railway rate bill, or in
any manner have anything to do with
! the committee in its elaboration
that the provisions in the rate bill as
settled by the conference committee
were not made at the investigation OF
any person or persons outside the
committee, or to punish any person
or persons, but were determined upon
by the committee in the spirit of JUS
tice and fairness to all persons and
roads concerned; that Simpsons refu-
sal to disclose any foundation for MS
dit0ria concerning the committee on
the ground that it might tend to in
criminate him and subject him to a
criminal prosecution is a subterfuge
to which he has reSOrted to conceal q
s~landerous and false charge made by
him. That the matter appearing IN
the Tines were repeated in a signed
article of the Charlotte Observer writ
ten by H. E. G.. Bryant, based upon &c
other foundation than the ~slanderous,
unfounded and false publication in the
Times, Bryant stating that he did not
intend to make any charge against
the committee on his W RESPONSE
bilitv but only to give the story as
rumored around Raleigh after the
publication of the charges in the
Times. f%M
That the said false charges made II
the Times were repeated by Rev. Plat'
Durham, a minister, from his pulpit IL
Charlotte, without any investigator
as to the truth of the charges and whel
called to testify before the committ7
) he was unable to justify or excuse III
conduct in making such charges. II
stated some persons had told him G
J the matters charged, which retiecte
; upon the committee, but declined t
! state who told him. The committee di
: not find whether or not Durham wa
ever told this, but does find that i j
l was told it is utterly false and that
2 he had been duly careful and considel
ate of the character and reputation
the member of the committee, h
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