The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-15
(SnpciaI 10 The Messenger.)

AJPNtl"A
raleigh, \. C., March 1.-The senate
met at s:3s.
Tho senate took up 1t once the WorA
3as3tnr Ails. IL H. io':cWIhS
passed:
To extend lie limits OF Wsi|sbO'o'
to allow the people a vote on 4 OohC
issue in aid OF the Bladen & Northern
ysiiwaz; 10 allow Currituck to leVE a
ssocial tax 10 build a county home; TO
allow Old Fort to issue water WOfks
bonds.
Bgease submitted d report on bchalt
Of the cenlEaittee on the bill regarding
service en- foreign corporations. The
repsrt was adopted.
Stubbs introduced a bill to amend
tRe one fOrbidding the sale OF 'lquor
wi asn 200 feet Of any church or Schoo!
in the state. his amendment adding d
section eliminating certain counties
aeIa che provisions of the bill, the s'h-
ate having refused to pass the bili
itself.
Long submitted the report OF the
conference committee on the antitrust
hili stating that the committee mao
Spen nnablc to agree. Howard moved
that the report be received and the
committee discharged. Mason SAID ne
thought this was not the proper thing
TO do. He said the matter ought not 20
he PASSED over. President pro I'm
Webb ordered that the bill be put Oh
the calendar.
The bill increasing the salaries OF the
supreme court justices and superior
court Judges to $3.50 was passed.
The house substitute bill known as
the antitrust bill, prohibiting. conduct
in h state which interferes with trade
and commerce, was laid before the
senate. Webb Offered an amendment,
allowing solicitors a fee in case OF the
conviction of a corporation. McLeal
offered an amendment to strike out
subsection F of Section l, winch
struck out the Justice amendment. lie
called the previous question. WepD S
amendment was adopted and that OF
Mclean the latter by a vote of - to 10.
THE bill was then put on second read
fHSf and passed, 81 voting for it ana
S~Kne against it. 1t then passed Its
tAifd reading by a viva voce vote.
Hoxse bill forbidding railways from
selling more han 25 per cent OF coal
B instead of the present 10 per cent, was
passed.
The bill amending section 918 OF the
~revlsal regarding the investment OF
trust funds in banks by superior court
clerks was taken up, it requiring snch
funds to earn at least 4 per cent. BuX-
ton called it up but it again went 10
the table.
The senate then took up the Justice
house bill, supplemental to the autl-
aust bill. Mclean said he thought he
had heard that within less THAI hour
certain statements had been made III
she house by Speaker Justice that ne
would go to the next democratic state
convention and read out of the demo
cratic party the men who did not Dc
his bidding today. Mclean said he
treated with sCOrn and contempt Sucr
6rats from Justice and wanted t
Nov who had mad the speaker the
dictator of the democratic party. He
criticised Justices English composition
and declared hat Justice was the only
ma guilty of a combination IL
said that if the democratic party ha.
reached the stage where it must DO IN,
bidding of One man he wanted 10 0
that fact. He charged that justice ha'
nut the word attorney general III a
of his bills because he was a candlI"f
for that office and because he Wante
tn disrupt the business and industrlt
of the state. Holt asked Mclean
J1sfice hads announced himself a cal
sidate for attorney general. McLed
replied that he had heard it so state
and had never heard it denied. McLea
at first refused to permit Holt 10 Tea
a statement from Justice, but consen
ed when he found that II statemel
was to withdraw the assertion mac
by Justice on the floor OF the hoG:
concerning the reading out OF the par
e those who opposed his supplement-
bin. Mclean made a statement 10 u
AFect that Holt and Reid were una
sthe wings of Justice but withdrew u
- statement as Reid rose to reply.
Lean then asked who had made Ju
iee who represents the case worke
and the insurance trusts the guardis
of the farmers of this state. Flemll