French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-03-06

AAoASAHS E1r0s
Raleigh, March 8, 1919-The Gene
raj Assembly is due to adjourn next
saturday night. 1t will have been in
session sixty days at that time and the
members must serve without compen-
,sat1on if they work overtime. 1t will
probably be Monday or Tuesday be-
fore all the bills can be enrolled and
ratified and quorum is likely pro-
liability until the 11th. After that time
the people of the State will have a re-
spite from the nervous tension and
anxiety usually created by a body of
men, inexperienced to a large degree
in public affairs, seeking to save the
State without any well developed
plans as to how it should be done.
But the agony will soon be over anG
the 1919 legislative period a thing OF
the past. II
The Henderson county road bill, in
troduced by Representative Jackson
in the House, passed final reading in
the Senate on Friday and is now law
This bill encountered stubborn oppo-
sition in the Senate which delayed its
progress for more than a week. Pc
titions and counter petitions came
from the home folks and Senator
Cloud was overwhelmed with letters
and kilograms from both sides to the
controversy. Finally an agreement
was reached and the bill went on its
way rejoicing" Proponents of the
measure consented to the appointment
of two democrats on the ROAD commits
sion proposed in the new bill and pre-
sented kilograms from two members
CT the board of county commissioners
r1edging themselves to that course.
An understanding was also reached
to the effect that the dem Ocratic mela-
iars of the commission af1 to be re-
.nplmended to the commIss iCntrS fer
appointment b. masseneeIing "-
G. rnocrats The. thItd nIeL1h'9H vial TO
r:pubIican selected by tnN " N:.t%
Gu missioners aIG the three uenhers
cI t. road co nEli&sr1al are authCrlG"O
II employ a suI time superTiS;r The
act n ovides foc a bond lSsI" an. G1:-
:rr q $4,000 y he expended for n.a;n-
t,.sl ce. Printed copies Of the la "
-. be forwar. I to the county cob1-
r, ,,ss:urlers so N after the adi'iu:"m'nt
o: lie General Assembly.
Al. sly. Er"sol, who E'~12 ar"
.x.I in OPPOSITE, to, the h:i1. MS IN
sew York w:I'n thA compromise WAS
~ he'd by Hl-cl two democrats are
r. we memb <rshir ON the road COM
mission. He reached Raleigh Thurs
dav on his return to Hendersonvlhe
and looked in on the Legislature for
several hours. While prefering his
own bill, Mr.. Bryson appeared 10
yield gracefully to the decision Of his
friends to accept the solution outlined
above. He rightly feels that the fight
he made has saved his party from the
humiliation of a complete surrender
of the road system of the county to
the republican commissioners. I'VE
gain more than we lose," is the way
he figured it out in a message sent to
a Hendersonville friend soon after
reaching this city on Thursday. He
did suggest an amendment to the bill
before it's passage on second reading
in the Senate providing for submit
ting the bond feature to vote OF the
people, but advocates of the measure
objected and no effort was made to
force the issue.
Many of the letters received here to
the road fight make interesting read
ing. Some of them would not look
well in print. The home folks were
evidently worked up to a state OF
genuine excitement. A few took from
four to six pages of typewriter mat
ter in the effort to prove that they arc
real democrats. But the fight is over
now and a democrat is democrat
still.
The bill providing for the election
of school boards by the people
throughout North Carolina went
through the Senate on its third ana
final reading on last Thursday and is
resting with the House committee on
education. Little opposition dcVei-
oped to it in the Senate and the House
viii have to Wrestle with the pToo-
lem. this week. The members realize
that If that blll gets through it means
a serious break in the edueotE'nAl
system Of the State and radieal
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