The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-01-31

iagreed on only one district composed
of Guilford and New Hanover counties
Senator Fleming. Of Pitt, then moved
t,1at the senate committee report al
bills unfavorably and this was carried
| The house liquor traffic committee
reported favorably on bill abolishing
the dispensary at Pine Level, John
ston county, this being the only wet
spot in Johnson county, and the near
est wet spot to Raleigh. This gives
the bill more than local importance.
! The railroad committee heard argu-
ments by request from Mr.. F. A Wood
ara, Speaker Justice anil Mr.. II. A.
Page. on the passenger rate question
and went into executive session. At
this session Lockhart's bill meaning
a practical stand-rat po'iry, received
seven votes, the noes being nine. 1t
was agreed that the committee meet
at 8 o'clock Tuesday when final action
on the report on the bill should be
taken.
Bills passed senate AT ending juris-
dc1ion OF Chadbourne; making it un-
lawful to keep liquor foc sale in Gas
ton county; to relieve STATE peniteHti-
ary from paying interest on peniten-
uary farm bonds 20 state Treasurer.
Bills passed the house to amend law
regarding salaries Of officers of Colum-
bls
Representative Blount tried to In
. troduce a bill to prohibit banks from
lending money to their officers, but it
was not entertained as the time had
passed for introduction Of bills with
out unanimous consent and il was
refused in this case. Bills passed to
allow vote to issue bonds to establish
graded schools at Beaufort and to in
corporate Wesley and Bailey in Nash
county. '#s
p FOR ELECTION IN APRIL
At twelve O'Clock the senate prohibi-
tion bill, amended by the house, pass
ed it's final reading by a vote of 80
to three, negative Albright, Grant and
Morton. The material amendment to-
night was changing the date of elec-
tion from August to the third Thurs
day in April by a vote Of 53 to 37
RATE HEARING IN SENATE
In the senate tonight petitions from
many railway employees were present
ed that the old passenger rate in effect
before last year be restored The spe-
cial order was the passenger rate bill.
Burton offered an amendment that af-
ter next January the corporation COM
mission shall have full power to fix
rates. Graham in charge of the bill
said the state had a condition and not
theory and that after full hearings the
committee on railways had reported
this bill. He declared he was willing
to yield anything for the democratic
party. He opposed any preference of
independently owned and operated rail-
would not uphold this. He said the
bill was drafted by council of state and
not himself. 1t had been published as
Graham's own bill. He opposed the
section providing that the rate for any
leased or otherwise controlled road
shall be controlled by the railway
which operates it. He declared that
railway men were going to be fac
tor in this years political campaign
and that if rates were lowered so their
wages were cut the polft1ca1 complex
ion of North Carolina will be changed.
He declared the railwaNagitation had
done good, as there is now better SER
vice and schedules than before the rate
legislation. Buxton offered an amend
ment that railways pay not over ST.
500 for costs of rate litigation. Bux-
ton said Judge Long had made a mis-
take in imposing $4,000 fine against
the Southern Railway. The supreme
court had made first correction of this
second correction. He believed the
state would lose its cases in the United
States supreme court and that the rail-
ways would win. Turner said he
would be delighted If the legislature
would adjourn without passing a bill.
kluttZ said he favored the bill, saying
rest and confidence were needed and
that after all this agitation a governor
was needed who could be silent in
seven languages. Graham said at the
last regular session he had criticised
President Winston and that he desired
now to publicly apologize.
President Winston rose and accept
ed what he termed the gracious apol-
ogy. Consideration of the bill will be
resumed tomorrow and it appears clear
1t will pass by good majority as it
comes from the committee.
No other organs of the body are
so essential to good health as the