The Robesonian., 1908-02-03
HOUSE PASSES RATE BILL.
The Senate Compromise Measure
Passed by the H0u1e of Repre-
sentative, with the Buxtem
Amendment Killed Everybody
Pleased With the ActlOn.

sentative, with the Buxton
Amendment Killed Everybody
Pleased With the Action.
Ra eigh Special, Jaa. slst to Charlotte OBJ
server.
The House by vote Of 50 to so
passed the Senate compromise
passenger rate bill after striking
out the Buxton amendment, ,
which placed the rate-fixing in :
tie hands of the corporation
c )mmission after January 10th,
1909. This vote was on the sec
ond reading, the vote on its
final passage being unanimous.
The House Immediately adjourn
el until tomorrow morning. The
Senate will tomorrow agree by
practically unanimous vote to
strike out Buxton's amend
ment.
Buxton tells me this is entire
ly agreeable to him. He. said:
II am willing to be clipped to get
the bill through" Ex-Governor
Aycock said: II am much pleas
ell. The bill is along the lines
of Governor Glenn's agreement.
l believe it will result in good to
the State and have the effect Of
providing harmony between the
State and the railways and that
the railways will learn from it
that the best asset they have is
obedience to the laws of the
States through which they
pass.
Governor Glenn is pleased at
the result. Speaker Justice said
to me: Il am as we'll satisfied
with the bill as with the Weaver
bill, except that the latter as
amended by me gave freight re
lief and required the railways to
put on sale mileage books at
cents and inter State tickets at
IL cents. | am unable to see
why gentlemen who had talked
so much about wanting freight
relief refused to accept it wher
offered"
Railway people generally ex-
press pleasure at tonight's Al
tion. Many of them are here.
Elk Lieutenant Cover rnol
Doughton is gleeful tonight. H'
, said to me: We have won out.
y One Representative said to
newspaper man: Il see the raj
ways are we'll pleased. Thi
makes me a little suspicious.
Many House members said th
moral effect of the. Senate's az
u ton upon the House was mari
y ed.
} The Senate had a very brit
session tonight and practical
all the Senators went over to tt
-, House to witness it's proceeding
- Excitement was high. Thel
was a burst of applause whe
" the rate bill passed it's thir
" reading, this coming lively. fro
y floor, lobbies and galleries. Ra
way officials and attorneys We
plentiful. House members kne
the Senate would recede fro
90 Buxton's amendment and
there was a regular love feas
''' 1t was remarked by many th
- Governor Glenn had won OF
=, His recommendations are all ca
''' ried out in effect and he certain
has cause to be pleased at :
eongratulatory remarks in Giro
- lation tonight.
y SENATE S NIGHT SESSION.
The Senate tonight dispos
"' of minor matters. It pass
er bills validating all acts done
m the Assistant Attorney Ge
M eral; to authorize the commi
I'd. sioners of Pender to cancel &C
ow tain railway laws; to provide
rt- paying the clerk of Scotia
if county; to give Lincoln the /
IT. against public drunkenness;
MN make it unlawful to keep into
,o cants for sale in Moore a
:: Carteret counties; to proli
" disorderly conduct on put
!" roads in Robeson; to allow !
10" Raleigh dispensary board to
pose of it's stock of liquor "a
stored in the city hall; to anne
Ise- Concord's charter; to prohi
re- the sale Of liquor at Pine Lee
CHI Johnston county, this abolish
sh- the dispensary there; to amt
liIe the law as to salaries of Colt
up bus county officers; to prot
ire banks which issued scrip dur
,ou the panic; to allow the trust
nm of the A. & M. College at Rale
o. to contract for water sup
for the relief of tRo SONS of {