The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-01-31

sentation of reports from the pub
lie service corporations committee oil
the railroad rate matter, there being
three reports indicating serious diver
sity of opinion as to the proper course
to take. These reports were finall.
made special order for tomorrow
These reports are really bills which
lembody the views of the various com
mitteemen signing them.
Chairman Manning presented a mi
nority report incorporating the idea
of standing pat on the 2A cents
rate enacted at the last session and
Strengthening the position of the state
in connection with the pending liti.
cation. To this end the bill proposed
to eliminate al, references to the cor.
poration commission and attorney gen.
eraL the purpose in this being to
test the acts.
| There comes also from the commit.
tee report or bill by Yount, Weaver
and Preston much in line with the
bill pending in the senate for ~ cent
fiat rate, leaving the railroads to put
on the and 2A cent mileage books
under implied agreement. q.
The third report from the commit.
tee presented by Lockhart and others.
provides the 21s cent rate when the
railroads shall have put on sale the
and 2A cent mileage books, elimi-
mating from the proposed compromise
the acceptance of the s17,5O0 from the
railroads toward court costs.
During the morning hour personal
privilege statements were made by
Messrs. Farthing. Kennedy and Owens
that had they been in the hall last
night they would have voted for pro-
hibition, and Mr.. Morgan, of Polk, an.
nounced that he would have voted
against the prohibition bill.
Mr.. Harshaw procured unanimous
consent to introduce a bill to give
Caldwell county an extrp term of
court ALI other efforts to procure per.
mission to introduce new bills failed.
Mr.. Grant, Of Dayie, presented and
advocated In a characteristic speech a
resolution regarding the railroad rate
situation, calling on the governor for
a statement OF what effort he has made
for procuring better freight rate con-
ditions In connection with the fight
on passenger rates. the resolution set
ting out that It appeared that nothing
had been done In this direction, Grant
dwelt on the idea that the legislature
had been called here to act as II
were blind-folded on the rate matter.
when It was clearly the duty Of the
governor to lay before the members
al the correspondence and detail OF
tho negotiations leading up to the
compromise proposed so that the leg.
stature could act with all the intel.
ligence possible. sa*
Dir. Grant suspected that there was
a negro In the woodpile and he wantei
TO find him. Mr.. Manning took the
ground that the governors message
treated OF freight fates and Mr.. Win.
borne suggested that Mr.. Manning
take Mr.. Grant INTO some committee
room and teach him the governors
message. Mr.. Grant intimatei that
the committee on public service cor
porations dad not properly corsid'
cred his resolutions for statements
from the governor on this rate mat.
ter. Mr.. Yount, for the committee.
asked that the reso ution be sent to
some other committee.
Mr. Doughton and Mr. YOunt charg'
cd that the republicans were filerbus-
tering. and Mr.. Harshaw. republican
replied that the republicans were
ready to adjourn now, but "if the dem
ocrats have gotten themselves into
hold and want 10 eat crow, why
we viii stay here and see you eat
e."
Mr.. Julian presented and had read
petitions from four hundred employees
Of The Southern Railway COMPANY AZ
sniI fury and Spencer asking F1a'
the 2n cent rate act be repealed an"
che Old rates restored. the complaint
icing tfat the low rates hurt wages
ard prevented the Improvement Of
salaries. The petition was referre :
20 the committee on public service
corporations.
Representative Swift Galloway who
had been taken violently III during the
session lest night and was taken 4"
he hospital. cane 10 his seat and
was app auded Representative Ea-
rls stated for him that had he hner
in his seat last night he would have
voted for the prohibition bill. This was
ano'hpr occasion for applause from
the prohibitionists.
Quite a number Of bills passed final
reading. The first TO come up wa
that TO prevent the marger Of indie
pendent parallel competink railroads
An amendment by Mr.. Winborne that
the act DO not apply to roads OF .ess
than one hundred miles was accept
ed. Another by Norton that fertilizer
companies, Ice factories and other pub.
lie service corporation be prevented
from holding such controlling stock
was voted down. Mr.. Norton only
insisted on this feature because he
thought the house ought to be con.
sistent. Other bills passed:
Appoint additional school trustees
for Scotland Neck.
Relative TO service Of summons In
divorce matters.
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