The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30
RAILROAD PASSES
ARE USED FREELY
Legislators, Corporation Commits
sioners and Other State
Officers Have Them.
LIST IS MADE PUBLIC
House Now Knows Just Who
Receives Free Trans
portation.
ST is MADE PUBLIC
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Raleigh. ~ c.. September 2s.-There
came TO the House of Representatives
to-day from the Corporation Commits
sion list OF members Of the Lcgisla-
ture and State officers, as far as the
commissioners could ascertain. who
ride on railroad passes Tho list fol-
lows:
Senator's A. d. Ivic, ]. p. Cook. A. T.
Geant, O. +. Mason, George Il. Mcleod
j. III. Brdgcrs and p. w. Stubbs Rep
rcsentatives r. l.. Phillips. j. Frank
Ray. J. r. Foy II. +. Macmillan, II. A
Page. G. r. Coheld, D. p. Dellinger, A.
+. Sewell. w. II. Weatherspoon, Mark
AIajette. r. l.. Phillips and w. c. Dowd:
State Officers DR.. Joseph Hyde Pratt
W. j. Wood. NJ. l.. Shipman. T. G. Cobb.
Hugh McRea, and the members of the
Corporation Commission.
The commission explained that num-
bers OF these passes were on a news
paper advertising basis, or as directors
OF railroad companies, and others as
attorneys and for other relations.
Railroads Make Reply.
Another distinctive feature OF the
session OF the House was the presen-
tation by Represe Justice OF the
reply of the railroad companies to the
Legislative inquiry proposed through
Justice as to alleged "ambiguitics' in
the pending proposal for freight rate
settlement. Mr. Justice prefaced his
reading OF the reply with an hours
speech on tho rate situation in gen
eral and the development of events
Leading up to the amended proposal
The reply Of the railroads states
that the proposal means az TO rates
fro 20
proposed to be established south Of
Virginia cities will apply from points
west Of the Buffalo pittsburgh zones
whether based on the Ohio River
crossings or on Virginia cities; that
after acceptance OF the proposal by
the Legislature II will have to be sub
mitted 10 the Interstate Commerce
Commission when rates In detail have
been worked out but that certainly
the new rate will be applied just as
speedily as possible. and the applica-
zion VIII be made in the utmost good
faith: that no resolution is contem-
plated In the proposal as amended to
dcbar the state from punative or re-
taliatory legislation and the railroad
companies have entered the negotia-
tons In spirit of compromise to meet
the wishes of the people, relying for
their protection. not on any contract
with the state. but upon the sense Of
fairness and justice of the represen-
tativcs OF tho people, and II the State
should accept the proposal, such
courses hereafter will be pursued by
the. State will be In keeping with
the spirit Of the settlement and just.
fair and equitable under the circum-
stances
In the Senate bill was introduced
by Senator Ninr1ocks providing for
an Investigation OF the conduct OF IRE
( Insurance companies in North Carolina,
this being the outgrowth Of cam
paign 10 this end carried on in certain
quarters in this state since the regular
session OF the Legislature.
The Senate appointed Senator'S Coun-
ell. Nobgood and Parsons TO prepare
resolutions on the death OF Reading
Clerk r. NJ. Phillips. late associate
editor of the Daily News. Greensboro.
The bill passed correcting an error
on the 1913 revenue act. so that the
tax on capital stock OF corporations
viii be one-t~enty OF l per cent
instead of one-hfteenth OF l per cent
Report Is UnfavorabIe.
The Senate and House Committees on
Constitutional Amendments gave a
lengthy joint hearing this afternoon
on the amendment proposed prescrib-
/ ing that the use OF the Bible in the
public schools shall not be prohibited
in the State. The House Committee
later voted IA to S. an unfavorabie
report. The hearing was n lengthy
and spirited one. In opposition to the
measure Rev. Livingsto Johnson
spoke. and Bruce Craven. of Trinity,
favored IT. In the House Committee
Representative Dowde gave notice of q
minority report IN favor of the amend
ment The Senate Committee decided
to wait until Tuesday afternoon 10
take It's vote on the amendment