The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-27

Little OF wake: Amending char
ter of North Carolina Agricultural
Society.
Hobgood. b. request: Authorix-
ing County Commissioners OF Gull
ford to sell courthouse site and ad-
jacent property and purchase land
and erect new courthouse.
The following bills passed third
reading:
House bill for Lenoir County to
borrow money for roads on railroad
stock
The joint resolution TO send . sire
to President Taft asking him not 10
veto the Webb-kenyon bill struck .
snag when put on It's reading. and on
final reading Senator Evans OF Pitt
opposed on the ground that he did
not believe IL wise for q Democratic
Legislature TO make any request Of o
Republican President. also that Il
was very irregular for q legislative
branch of State government TO try
to mix In the executive prerogatives
of President OF the United States.
Senator Jones. after lecturing Sen
ator Wakefield for trying TO call the
previous question. offered An amend
ment, requesting the President not TO
veto any bills until he heard from
the North Carolina Legislature, and
| think. he added, there Ii just as
much sense in that amendment as in
the resolution itself" Senator Jones
then moved TO table. That cut of de-
was lost by 13 to 10.
Senator Jones withdrew his amend
ment and the resolution was adopted
and ordered to the House by special
messenger.
Justices Freight Rate Bill.
Representative Justice, member
of the legislative commission con-
ferring with railroad officials rela-
tive to relieving North Carolina ship
pers from freight determinations, in
| troduced a bill to prevent eXorbitant
| charges by railroad companies on in
| terstate freight to be applied under
| certain circumstances, being a bill de-
| signed to compel the railroads to adj
| just freight determinations com
i interstate freights.
| The bill directs the Corporation
. Commission to forthwith readjust in
terstate freight rates so that there
| g a no o. oh hnr
haul within the State than the pub
/ lished rate for longer haul over thu
same shorter haul route, whether ths
longer haul be State or interstate
The introduction of this bill comes OIL
the eve of the second conference o
railroad officials and Governor Graf,
and the legislative commission on tn
freight problem Wednesday of thi
week, and is evidently designed to b
considered in connection with thi
conference.
Mr.. Justice declares his bill is eco
nomically and legally correct, and in
sists that his Investigations as a spe
, cial commissioner during the past fe'
weeks has revealed conditions ad
verse to North Carolina shipper
wholly intolerable.
In his statement to the House b
cited the Cincinnati-to-Virgin cite
discrimination in Southern Railwa
hauls via Paint Rock to Selma, "a
miles, in North Carolina. Include
in the figures was the Is u cent rat
- on grain, Cincinnati to Norfolk vi
Asheville and Selma, compared wit
g. the 23-cent charge from Asheville [
Selma for interstate rates.
#, Night Session.
! At it's night session the House pas
Z ed substitute for the Senate resol,
y ton asking President Taft to NJ
veto the Webb-Kenyon bill, the sui
stitute being by Murphy, merely e:
pressing qualification that North Ca
DINA Congressman supported the hi
/ and providing that telegram to tn
= effect be sent the President. NJ
Murphy declared that to call on Ia
/ to not to veto the bill would be ran
presumption. The Murphy subst
tute was sent to the Senate and CO.
Cured in by that body.
n
r., That Antitrust Bill.
The Senate passed the Justice a
/, THRUST bill with several amendment
e, Little interest was manifested by Il
majority of the Senators. One of Il
n amendments adopted as it came fro
the Senate committee strikes out Il
words las much as fifty per centu
in quantity" from subsection D
Section 5, SO that it is made unla
I'd full to buy or sell any article to
jure or destroy.
Tuesdays Proceedings.
The first of the joint finance CO..
mittees' revenue bills with the N
chinery necessary to collect the tar
"a was presented in the General Asse
bly,, it embodying the features of
-, a