The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-02-07

ute necessity of this measure in
order to ave the county from f.
nancial embarrassment, Taking
this view of the matter, the Leg
islature will pass the bill in some
shape and put the matter up to"
our county commissioners
There is q good deal of talk here
about the introduction of so many
radical" measures but be it said
to the credit of conservative heads
nothing has gone through that Is
calculated to prove injurious to
any interest in the State. The
democratic party is pledged to
certain reforms and it's represen-
tatives in the General Assembly
are in duty bound to respect those
pledges. A few extremists are
discovered in every deliberative
body and this Legislature is no ex-
ception to the rule. However,
statements as to the number have
been exaggerated and when the
smoke of the battle has cleared
away it will be seen that the In
terests of the commonwealth was
in safe hands and shall so remain.
about the most Objectionable
measure so far enacted into law at
this session is the bill passed on
Friday permitting a wife to OBJ
tain q divorce after having been
separated from her husband for q
term of ten years, provided she
= has no children, and sven this bill
} had 3 close call in the Senate, es-
pecially after the fact became sp-
parent that it was intended for
the relief of q special case.
Railroad matters are still en-
gaging the attention of legislat'
ors, especially members of the
committees on public service cor
poration, more than anything else
Numbers of bills providing for re-
forms in the freight and passen'
. ger service have been introduced
: but no definite conclusion will bt
: reached until all possible infor'
: nation is obtained bearing upor
these questions. High officials
from all the great railway systems
having interests In the State have
had their inning before the join
.committee of the two houses anC
each of them maintain that an!
reduction In passenger rates woulC
inure to their positive injury
that their credit would be impair
ed and needed improvements nov
q in progress and under contsmpls
- ltion in the service seriously re
- Iarded. 1t is their business t.
!, prevent any reduction if they cal
but the prevailing sentiment war
arants the suggestion that = rat
"a bill will be passed, based possibl'
= upon the earning capacity Pc
n mile of equipment. This, it i
claimed, would prevent any hard
ships upon the smaller roads no0
lin operation and those that ma,
hereafter be constructed. tn
popular rate for passengers ap
pears to be . IA and = "a base
as already stated, upon the earn
ing capacity per mile.
D. Representative Preston, G
p Mecklenburg, and Senator Rec
se wine, of Union have introduced
of bill providing for the establish
D. ment of . reformatory for youth
of full criminals and many friends {
in the movement have been given
IN hearing. A number of enthusia:
he tic addresses were made before th
er committee recently, the princips
az argumsnt being made by Mn
I'd Robert D. Johnston, of Alsbam'
ed who has been interested In similS
Sc work for o number of years, an
lyIwho is president of the board
,, trustees of the reformatory of ht
nj state She made an ELOQUENT an