Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07
THE RATE BILL PASSES.
The Scene in the Senate
Chamber Last Night
viii be Memoir
able.
Advocates Of Report OF Conference
Committee Win Complete and
Glorious ViCtOry--The Two
and One Quarter Cent
Rate is now the
Law in North
Carolina.
Raleigh News and Observer.

Raleigh News. and Observer.

The people still rule!
Platforms are made to stand upon
as well as get in on!
The Senate forfeited the confidence
of the railroad lobby last night and
won the approval of the people of
North Carolina.
The Senate Chamber was crowded
last night as it has not been crowed
th S session. The Conference Com
mittees report, including the bill re-
ducing rates Was the special order.
The opponents of rate reduction. were
ready to leave no stone unturned to
win. The platform keepers were re-
solved to win and redeem their
pledges. It was scene that will not
soon be forgotten. The House almost
adjourned and passed into the Senate.
Ladies filled tale the galleries and made
bright picture. The lobbies were
packed.
1t was the last battle of the many
that have been waged. Hardly had
the Senate been called to order when
OO9S$AAs ON~>~~O~S
chairman, clearly presented the rea-
sons that caused the committee to pre-
pare the bill submitted. The Lieuten-
ant Governor ruled that the report of
the committee must be adopted or re-
iected as a whole and was not open to
amendment. That ruling was expect
ed. In fact it was so plain that no pre-
siding Iofficer could rule otherwise.
But it was made the occasion the ex-
cuse for such a performance as is
rarely seen in the Senate Chamber, and
an earnest attempt was made to have
the ruling of the chair reversed. Why?
Not many Senators wished to go on
record as opposing rate reduction.
the report must be voted for Or against
they had to face the music and vote
ment, the flight against rate reduction
could be kept up until the Senate ex-
pired, with no bill enacted.
} The criticism upon Lieutenant Gov
ernor Winston brought forth speeches
that were full Of righteous indignation
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course and every utterance of ap
proval evoked applause from the gal
leries, the lobby and the floor. Ever
} the clerks forgot themselves and ap
: plauded tributes to Judge Winston
and once there was not only applause
) but loud cheers and hurrahs as sena
} tors spoke and replied to the criti
, cisms made upon him. It was tr1b
, ute deserved and it was pleasant to se
? that it was participated in by ladies il
the galleries as we'll as by mem bers o
the House and Senators. The peopl
, understood the true situation and they
, honored the man who stood for do1ns
the Right Thing in the Right Way a
: the Right Time.
!, The test vote was on the motion t
reverse the ruling of the chair. Th
l opponents of real rate reduction must
cred 18 votes to over-ruIe the Lieuten
1 ant Governor. That was the testin
a time. Of course some who voted tina
t way wanted some reduction, but mos
t of them seemed determined to hav
only the sort of reduction that suite
;. their personal preference or let al
g reduction fail.
9 When the fight failed, and it wa
i the IA cent or nothing, quite mum
: Der of Senators who had been insisting
upon their personal views voted for tn
: bill. for which % votes were cast.
It was hard fight and great vic
| tory!