The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-28
CUTTING Down
THEF|GUREs
Bond Issue for Stale Building
Has Been Brought 10 sz5e. .oOe
increase RATES DENED|sENATE YET TOACT ON II

the Working Hours Bill Again
Postponed.
Raleiga. Feb. 27.---The senate judi
ciary committee set yesterday
afternoon as the time for hearing
of Senator Hobgood's anti-trust bill
entitled to prevent conduct interfering
with trade and commerce. His bill
to create two additional judicial dis
tricts and his bill protecting en-
lployees of common carriers and in
yolying the relief clause In the At
lantic Coast Line relief department
are reported without prejudice from
the judiciary committee.
The Barham bill. placing all graded
schools under the State Textbook
commission. and adding seven teach
ers as members Of the textbook COM
mission. receives favorable report
from the senate committee on reyisal,
with an amendment striking out the
provision which would place the
graded schools that are now operat-
Ing under special charters under the
textbook commission, thereby leav-
Ing the law as Il now is in this re-
spect. The bin was made a special
order la the senate today. At the
hearing before the committee Tues
day afternoon representatives from
graded schools In number OF cities
OF the state protested against this
feature. and the committee needed
their wishes in making the report.
The house last night passed the bill
for the state lreproof administration
building. with amendments cutting
down the bond issue to s250.0o0 from
the 100000 that the senate bad al
loved as compared with tee million
dollars that the original bill carried.
The amendments for s25ea0o, and
limiting the expenditures for the
building to this amount, were offered
BY Speaker Dowd. who argued that il
would be mistaken policy for the
legislature to concentrate the build
ing for the state In one great build
ing. bur that the policy followed by
the national different
buildings facing capital square as they
are needed vas the wise course.
Therefore he wanted the building
proposed In the bill TO be fixed for the
states lot at the corner OF Salisbury
and Morgan streets. at the southwest
c~~ner OF capital square. The bill
passed was lnade to do this by the
senate. II will pass the house on final
reading today and 20 back to the SEN
ate for concurrence In the cut to
s250.O0p.
Arguing Working Hour Question.
Senator lyey's bill to reduce che
hours of work In manufacturing In
dusiries from sixiy-slx 70 sixty hours
week came up In the senate last
night with a favorable report by the
committee and minority unfavorable
report signed BY Senator's Reinhardt,
Hawkins and Mcdonald. also com
mit,ee amendment for the law TO be-
come effective October 1. Senator
iyey offered an amendment fixing
January I. 1912. a. the time for the
Law to 60 Into effect. Senator Iyey
then began argument In favor OF the
bill. but had hardly started before
Senator Barnes moved 10 postpone out
Of respect 20 Senator Hawkins, who
signed the minority report and who Is
detained az home on account OF death
in bis family. Senator Ivey thought Il
would be no disconrtcsy to Senator
Hawkins for the senate 60 dispose OF
the measure now, and he proceeded
TO make an extended speech advocat-
ing the bill. presenting his conten-
tions clearly and iorcefuily
When ho concluded Senator Boyden
moved 10 postpone until next Tuesday
further consideration out OF respect 20
Senator Hawkins and for the reason
hat he aud other senator's desired 20
be heard and were not now prepared
10 discuss II. Senator Roscoe re.
GREETED the circumstances but said he
saw no good reason for postponIng.
and followed with an earnest argu-
meut for the bill. Senator Boyden
insisted on his motion. and Senator
Ivey said be did not wish to appear
dlscourteous 10 any one but felt that
the matter should not be delayed.
Senator johnson favored possponing.
Senator Long was for action now, but
Senators T,assctt and Hicks urged
postponement and scnasor Boyden's
motion prevailed. Senator Barnes stat
Ing tha, his reason for moving to post
pone at FIRST wns because Of consider
alton for senator iyey as well as out
Of respect for Senator Hawkins.
A large number OF local bills passed
their readings last night. and arone
those Of general interest that passed
and were sent 10 the house we're:
Provide for central highway from
Beaufort TO Ashcyille. promote main
tenancc Of public parks and drives:
incorporate the Farmers Educational
and Cooperative union, and relative
TO foreign executors