The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-04

plause when the rate bill passed the
third reading, this coming alike from
floor, lobbies and galleries. Railway
officials and attorneys were plenti-
| full House members knew the SEN
ate would recede from Mr.. Buxton Is
amendment, and so there was regu-
lar love feast. 1t was remarked by
many that Governor Glenn had won
| out. His recommendations all car
ried out in effect and he certainly
has cause to be pleased at the con-
| tonight.
The senate tonight disposed of
minor matters. 1t passed bills vail
| dating all acts done by the assistant
attorney general; to authorize the
commissioners of Pender to cancel
certain railway laws; to provide for
paying clerk of Scotland county; to
give Lincoln the law aginst public
drunkenness; to make it unlawful to
keep intoXicants for sale in Moore
and Carteret counties; to prohibit
disorderly conduct on public roads in
Robson; to allow Raleigh dispen-
sary board to dispose of its stock Of
liquor now stored in city hall; to
amend Concord's charter; to prohibit
sale of liquor at Pine Level, Johnson
county-thus abolishing dispensary
there; to amend law as to salaries
of Columbus county officers; to pro-
tect banks which issued scrip during
panic; to. allow trustees of Agricul-
tural and Mechanical college at Raj
eigh to contract for water supply;
for relief of two sons of Confederate
veterans at Rodendam.
The senate concurred ir the house
q m tn of
1907, by giving the corporation COM
mission certain powers regarding the
rates of freight on short lines of rail
was, SO it can exempt these from
section 3 Of that chapter, thus giving
them higher rates. This was specially
asked for by the short roads,
Address by Anti-SalOOn League.
Chairman John A. Oates, President
Heriott Clarkson and Organizer R. L.
Davis, of the North Carolina Anti
Saloon League, issued their address
to the people today. They say that
a majority of the legislature decided
to submit the question of whether
there shall be the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquors to the
people at an election May 26th. AL
though the Temperance people did not
get the direct vote they asked for,
yet they did get a consideration of
the question, this concession being
declared a great victory for the tenn
perance forces, the bill being a COM
posite one compared by the best
thought Of temperance men in the
state. It Is not as stringent as some
men wanted it to be, but an extension
to the Watts and Ward bills of the
entire state. The anti-saloon league
especially thanks Senator Simmons,
Judge Pritchard, Governor Glenn, ex-
Governors Jarvis, and Aycock and
others for their great work in secur-
ing this election, and say the issue is
above party creed and nationality,
being a matter of conscience.
Glenn on Rate Bill.
Governor Glenn, when asked about
the status of the railway rate bill,
said he had absolute confidence that
the legislature would substantially
adopt the agreement he and the rail-
ways had made, and that he knew
and the legislature knew that if the
legislature materially altered it the
railways would not be compelled to
accept it. All the members are gen.
orally agreed that there shall be a
compliance to the terms
Of the agreement.