The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-01-24
Our Raleigh Letter.
GORMAN NEWS BUREAU,
RALEIGH, N. c., Jan. 4.
LEFT over from last week. }

(Left over from last week. |
have never known the first four days |
OF the session of the General Assembly OF |
North Carolina in any year to have been
crowded with more interest than that OF |
the present Legislature during the past |
week. and the prospects are that this
will be the most important and interest |
ing session that has marked the progress |
and development of the State.
As in all years agOne the demagogue
and the political trickster is here again
and their presence will be felt in both
branches OF the LIE islature, but they are
greatly outnumbered by the conscienti-
Gus and patriotic sons of the Old North
State who have come here at the bidding
of their people and the call OF their State
to serve them and it for the welfare and
advancement of all the people and all the
interests of the State that stand for its
higher enlightenment and material and
moral advancement.
But in their views OF these matters they
will honestly differ and for a Legislature
made up as largely of the members OF
only one political organization there is
going to be wonderful lot of spirited
scrapping turing the next sixty days.
During the past week a number OF bills
were introduced that will provoke a lot
OF discussion. There has already been
an avalanche OF bills designed to "regu-
late railroads and other corporations.
Fully score of bills variously worded
have already found their way into the
legislative hopper calling for lower pas
senger and freight rates, and one OF them
even attempts to stipulate how and in
what manner passengers shall enter and
leave railroad coaches. 1t will not be
chr icin OF oil sf S,,,o ~
up before the session is much father ad-
vanced and Introduce little bill to COM
pell the locomotive engineers to sit on
the other side of their cabs and requiring
the firemen to occupy the side now held
by the engineers. Same way about the
radical and meddling tendency of some
OF those legislative sprouts with regard
to other important industries. They do
not confine their powers of divination to
seeing through the naughty and
b-a-a-d corporations OF every kind, but
will attempt to handicap the efforts that
the governor and an element is making
to establishing means for relieving the
labor famine on the farms and in the
factories of the State And still most of
them will really believe that they are
doing right, therefore it does not lie in
our mouth toimpugn their motives with
the bare possibility OF an exception once
i'll a while when he puts himself in the
attitude OF stumbling block to legisla-
ton in general.
The bills of Senators Blair and Ora
ham and SPEAKER Justice and one or two
Others in the House will provoke q
spirited contest in the committees and on
the floor. because they are regarded as
| most important of the character referred
to as affecting corporate interests and
corporate rights of public service corpor
ations-this Legislature in the formation
OF committees has drawn distinction
between private corporations and cor
porations in general and public service
corporations"
The Legislature will honor Gen. Lees
memory next Saturday on the Tooth an
niversary of his birth and Gen. Hoke, the
famous Confederate ma or- general, whose
modesty has kept his private life since
the end of the Civil war. has been invited
to be present at the capitol that he may
add honor to the occasion.
Senator Simmons will be renominated
for United States Senator by the Demo-
cratic caucus which meets tomorrow
night without opposition.
LLEWXAM.