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,; .BEFORE f.EXT WEEK
Session May , Last Till Tuesday ' or
Wednesdays-Impossible ' to . Get
' Tlirongh Tonight Kesolutlon of
Thanks, to Tlalelgh's Postmaster.
Judges' Bill to Fay $100 Week
tor Extra Terms ot Court Defeat
a ed Many Important Bills Passed
and. . Borne ' lulled Today's Pro-
cepdiugs of the State Senate.
... ' The state, seriate today tabled the
. bill regarded as too radical to males
, more stringent the law of vagrancy,
. bringing down the age limit to six
- w . teen years and changing the law of
f evidence.
-.v. Another bill that was. carted off to
; the legislative dead-house with scant
'ceremony was that 'which sought to
- disfranchise persons for. giving or ac
ceptlng "bribes," making It a ,fel-
v, y . ony, .etc.. The lawyers In the senate
said the 'constitution was "agin" such
a constructed instrument.
-. A bill of importance to union labor,
that "to authorise and permtt house.
. holders and occupants to do their own
. ' .- repairing and plumbing on their- own
premises-; was 'finally amended so as
, to apply only to towns of 8,00ft tnhab-
v ; Hants and less;, and , then passed
, . ' i Iater It was reconsidered and killed,
I v. Another bill ot Importance ' passed
- 'T- ' was that -changing the . penalty in
. - i icamsa ef assault, With intent to com
- sia,, mlt Tape "front'tto- 18 -years- to r to
i J 80 voars, ' i
; The bill to restore the old law where
.i by the superior court judges assigned
to hold extra and special sessions ot
court be paid H00 a week, was de
, teated by two majority.
' The bill to change the method of
electing the insurance commissioners
provoked soma discussion, the bill be
ing up on a minority report.
--. , " - Chairman Drewry stated that th
. committee bad . understood that . no
, - -change was desired by, the present.
commissioners, and In addition It was
' . thought best on business principles to
let the matter stand as -it Is, In ths
hands of the governor. . All the Insur
ance commissioners In every state In
the United States are appointed by
the governors of the states,
.. Mr. Drewry paid a- tribute to Ifr.
Young's offlclal career and : private
character, and added that ha thought
.. the Insurance commissioner, would not
, object to the passage of the bill if the
senate sees St to do so. .: 5
, Passed and sent to the house.
The bill finally pased and the state
, convention -will name the Insurance
" . commissioner next year, and not the
; j governor. - ,
. The bill providing for the establish,
, mentUf a hospital and sanitarium for
..consumptives and. sufferers from tu
. borculosls In Moore county : was he
, . of the, most Important - matters that
-' . has commanded the attention of 'the
i senate lately.
. Senator Buxton - introduced a Joint
resolution and it was passed unanl-
mously., thanking the governor and
Postmaster Willis O. Briggs for. their
i . activity and good offices in securing
, a branch postoJBce. station in the cap-
Jtol building during the session ot the
- general assembly, which had been such
.'j' a great convenience to, the members
' ; of the legislature.' ,.:, ,. ,, ,
- Al to Adjournment, i -
" ' It la' evident that t the legislature
.'. an not get through Its work tonight,
''', and thai-both branches will be in sea
r , sloit Monday, and. possibly longer.. "
Senate Proceedings In Detail. ;,
Senator Brown ot .Yadkin led .the
state senate In prayer when that body
was called to order at 9:30 o'clock this
morning by the lieutenant governor.
The calendar was Immediately taken
up and a lot. of bills disposed, of; roll
call and otherwise. . Many of them
were of no general Interest whatever,
relating to some little township stock
'. law, school house and the like, :' :
v The bills of any importance will be
found reported in this account of the
day's proceedings. . v ....
. punishment for Assault to Commit
-, ',. Itaie Increased. : .
i The bill passed to amend the revisal
and change the penalty for assault
with Intent to commit rape. The pen-
' airy is changed from not less than five
and not more than fifteen years to not
ipsa man une aiiu uui muiv iiiau inu iy
veais. . 1 ' . . I "'.- - '. , . .
tnohllna Panftnlnh ftitintv trt InKlia :
bonds. . . t. . -. ; '. ' ' I
Enabling Wilson county to Issue i
bonda. . f
. Incorporating town of Cerro Qordo, I
Columbus county, t - v ' - " ' -;
i, Radical Vagrancy BUI Tabled. , t
.On motion of Mr. Pharr the bill re
lating to vagrancy and changing the
law of evidence . was tabled. it
broaght the age limit down-to six
teen years and wast, so radical as to be
objectionable to many senators. . Mr,
Pharr said he believed In puniBhing
people for doing something wrong' and
violating the law, but he did not be,
lleve . in punishing sixteen. . yeac..-al4
boys as vagrants for "doing nothing'
etc. (
- Another bill tabled was that to mako
bribery and the selling or purchase of
votes at an election a' felony and to
disfranchise all convicted , under- the
act. It was believed to be unconsti
tutional. It was drawn so as to apply
to Cherokee county, only, but went to
the table.
Relating to ths docketing ot Judg
ments.
Concerning appeals in forma pau-
perls. , -,
To allow householders and occupants
in towns to do their Own plumbing
and, repairing .. on the premises.
(Amended so as not to apply to Wake
county.)
Mr. Pharr objected to the bill and
Mr. Hicks advocated It.
Amended by Mr. Oraham to apply
only to towns of 8,000- or less and
passed. "
To create a fish commission. (Held
up -on motion of Mr: Stubbs.)
To prevent snatch-block fishing In
Cashle and Little-: Rivers. This bill
provoked a discussion between sena
tors Stubbs and Mitchell, It was ft
nally sent back to . the committee' on
flah and fisheries.
judges' Pay for Kxtr Terms Kc-
e fused.
The bill to restore the old law
which provided extra pay of 8100 a
week to Judges of the superior court
for extra terms of court, provoked
some argument, but with. . Messrs.
Blair, Hicks, Klutts, and Howard op
posing the bill and Messrs, - Buxton,
'Daniel, Mason, McLean, and Pharr ad
vocating it. The pill was finally do
rented by the vote of 20 to 17.
Election of. Insurance Commissioner
.'. ,- ; by the People,
The .bill., providing, for, the.jelotlou
ot the Insurance ' commissioner by the
people was next taken up on a minority-report
In Its favor. The majority
of : the committee - was adverse to it.
Mr. Aycock said the majority of the
committee - had reported the . bill ad
versely because It had at that time
been the impression that: the present
occupant did not wish .any change.
Now, he understood, Mr, Young had
no objection ' to the -passage of 'the
bill. ,:,
Mr. Blair favored Jt and Mr. Odeil
Opposed the bill, as did also Mr. Howard.-
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Mr. Drewry, chairman of the Insur
ance committee, Btated that what Mr.
Aycock had said was true and that
he thought Mr. Young -would have no
objection to the passage of the bill.
But he (Drewry) . and the maJorltyof
the committee were of the opinion,
that on business grounds, it was best
to let the matter stand where if now
la. .Every Insurance commissioner , of
every .state In the union, , added . Mr.
orewry, is now appointed by the gov,
ernor of his state, Mr. Drewry -paid
high compliment to Mr. Young as
man and official, and stated that ao
far as his retention In the . office was
concerned, he would fare equally well
either way In which he should be se-j
lected for the. position which' he has
tilled so creditably ever since the office
was created.
Mr, Pharr said that his desire was
to provide as far as passible a, guar
antee that this important office will
always have- a capable ahd suitable
head, and he therefore' opposed the
change contemplated In the bill.
Other senators expressed their " views
pro and con. The bill, on roll call
vote, was passed by the- vote of. 29 to
13. - Ordered enrolled.
The bill providing, for the Incorpor
ation and establishment , of a sanir
tarlum. and hospital tor . the treatment
of patients suffering from tuberculosis
and lung trouble and providing for
directorate state aid to the same,
enlisted the sympathy of 4 number of
senators,, and Messrs. McLean, Drew
ry, Hicks, Blair, Pharr, and others. . !
The necessity, for such a hospital was
emphasised and senators took the po
sition that persons afflicted with, the
terrible disease of tuberculosis were
deserving of the Sympathy of all. That
we have hospitals, for other afflicted
people, who -certainly were no more
deserving ; of help- than the class this
bill was designed to aid, so' many of
whom are financially unable to attend
the hlgh-prlcod private hospitals.
Mr. Fleming criticised. i. some , fea
tures of the bill and said there ought 1
to, be more -physicians on the board of 1
directors, and thereupon there, was a
rush of amendments, adding about, a
score of doctors to the board of di
rectors.! - 1 ,
Mr. Hicks objected to putting a Tot
of doctors from all over the. state on
the b6ard to pile up expenses lot man
agement and maintenance. He vadvo
cated the passage of the bill without
amendments . . , , .:..;,,,,!.
Mr. Webb thoughtUhe bill too crude.
drawn and should be perfected,
Mr. McLean' insisted that . such ; a
. (Continued to Page Two.) .. V
Poll Tax Limited to $2. Some
- Counties Excepted
..-v-:-.
FOUND A SNEAK BILL
Section of Messure as to Fishing in
Black Creek Would Have Repealed
Johnston County Prohibition Rill
for Statue of Vance in Washing,
ton Passed Fish Scrap.
The house met at 9:30, Speaker
Justice presiding, prayer being of
fered by Senator Brown.
Fish Scrap.
The session began with a small fish
scrap,, precipitated by a motion . of
Mr. Hooker- of Beaufort to recall the
bill . establishing a fish commission.
Messrs. Hooker and Jacob-son spoke
earnestly in -favor, of the motion to
recall, and Messrs. Vann and Whitley
against it The motion to recall the
bill was defeated.,'' . . .
--' f . Personal Privilege. e ,
Miv Douglass, arising to a question
ot personal privilege,, said the papers
had it this morning' that upon bis
election aa a Justice of the peace yes-,
terday he -Immediately resigned As
it .was 'somewhat ambiguous as, to
why he resigned,' he desired to state
that be resigned the position of -justice
of the - peace and not as a. mem
ber of the house of representatives,
enjoying as much as any one the joke
played on him "by the house, and In-
ferentlally by the reporter. '
Dills Passed.
For: relief of the commissioners of
tho city of Concord. . .
To. , require . attendance on public
schools. (Concurrence in senate
amendments.)
To amend the Revisal, relating to
inheritance- or deposit, of trjjst iunds
by nlerks of court.". , .
To protect game and fish In Bun
combe county;
The bill to amend the Revisal, re
lating to seizure of Illicit distilleries,
and to pay sheriffs $10 and expenses
for same, which passed the senate,
was,, , on- motion of Mr. Murphy ot
Rowan,, laid on the table by a vote of
42 to 12.
To amend the Gaston county road
law. - ,
To amend the law of 1905 relating
to domestic fowls.
Mr, Turlington moved to ; recon
sider the vote by which the bill pay
ing officers for seising illicit distil
leries was tabled. The motion was
lost by a vote of 42 to 37. . V
A Sneak Bill Discovered. '
Mr. Dowd sent forward a bill to
nullify, one section of a bill entitled J
To prevent fishing in Black -creek,"
which had passed the general assem-
oiy. tie saia mere was a section In
this bill which repealed the prohibi
tion, law for Johnston county.
Mr. Murphy said y the Dowd bill
ought to pass by a unanimous vote.
It was ; by just such indefensible
means that the anti-jug law was
sneaked through four years ago.
The bill passed unanimously.
Bills Passed. '
To- limit the admission of white
deaf children to the asylum .to resi
dents of North Carolina. .
, '.- To enlarge the powers of the cor
poration commission. - s
To amend the, Revisal relative to
franchises tor public utilities, and to
forbid towns and cities from Belling
or leasing . water-worka . or electric
light plants without a vote of the peo
ple. ; '(House amendment . excepts
Cumberland and New Hanover coun
ties.) . -
'-": H ' Vance Statue. . .. ,
. Joint resolution providing for the
erection of a marble statue of Gov
ernor Vance In statuary hall at Wash
ington, appropriation to be available
in January, 1911. (There being no
limit to the expense to be incurred.
several amendments were offered lim
iting expense to 10,000,.,to 25,000,
to $30,000, and to $50,000, but all
amendments were lost;, the bill being
ordered enrolled for ratification as it
passed the senate. ; This is Mr. Bux
ton's, senate , bill 1 and : Mr. Dowd's
house bill.) , vr, ,,
, To, amend the dispensary law for
Roxboro, .
. . PoU Tax Iilmit. " " a
, The bill limiting City poll tax. to $3
coming up, on its ;thlrd reading was
passed after, exempting New Hanover,
Halifax, Cleveland Burke, Catawba,
Randolph, Beaufort, Union, Orange, i
Edgecombe and Rowan counties,
. (Mr. Douglass of Wake Bald that
i (Continued on Page Seven.) ' v
Feelsljself Robbe Anti
, dieting AcqSiifa!
tI fians Of JEROME
It Is Believed Tliat He Will Eni
'deavor ;.t Obtain Prom Evelyn
Thaw., Letters From White and
..- QnestiontHer Aboot I'osiug for
Vnconventionnl I'liotographs.
, - (By ths. Associated Press.)
Ne 'Yorkv March 9. Another week
end gaps In, thr Thaw trial, brought
on by the epdden determination of th9 '
defense .tw end 'its case with a picture
of - the 'grief -Stricken mother on the
stand was a welcome relief to the Jur
ors, 'lawyers and others who have had .
to wrestle With expert testimony for ;
so many days.
The -defendant growled a bit over
the decision, to adjourn, as "he was
well v pleased with the manner in
which ' his ease has been presented,
and thinks - every day of dulay robs
him of t a day of freedom which he
feefa WIH. follow the verdict. I
Jerome )sv preparing a plan of re
buttal. It ..seems almost certain that
he wHl recall Kvelyn Thaw. He has
caused her' to be served with a sub- I
poena. He wants her to bring Into
court certain letters which White 1
wrote to tier-and which he believes
are, still "' in her possession. Jerome
may confront her with the testimony
of her brother. Howard Nesbit. and
may ask' her to explain how she for-
got to mention posing for certain
photographs and statues whi-.-h are
said to be rtpt so conventional as
thoss she spoke of in her previous
testimony. -. !
As an instance of the expense of the
defense. It may bo mentioned that Dr.
Evans la reported as receiving J20& a
day, Dr. Wagner ,JT0 a day,, Hammond
and Jelltffe J1W n day each. v A
" ' Theinfn-(fftnBBes' -.to'' 6r RaHed,
by Jerome in 'rebuttal besides Mrs.
Thaw are Dr. McGuIre, the
Tombs
physician; Drs. Flint, McDonald and
Mahon, alienists; V May MacKenzie,
Mrs. Calne and probably A. H. Hum
mel, Howard Nesbjit , and Charles
Ha'rtnutt. tr '
Jerome Studying Insanity -.Feature.
That Jerome Intends to devote con
siderable attention to the Insanity feat
ures of the Thaw case in the rebuttal
evidence bi came aparent when Drs.
Mahon, Mat-Donald, Flint and six other
Insanity experts new to the case had
a long conference with the district at
torney. The testimony given by alien
ists for the defense Was examined close
ly by experts under Mr. Jerome's di
rection. The statement credited to Howard
Nesbit to the effect that tho countess
of Yarmouth hoped to bring about
separation between Thaw and his wife
was denied today by Mrs. Carnegie.
PRESTON, A FORGER
COMMITTED SUICIDE
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, March 9. -That Leoni
das M. Preston, secretary and man
ager of the Timken. Roller Company,
had forged the name of E. R. Hewitt
to notes aggregating 1 $57,000 to
$100,000, was the . substance of a
statement made J to the coroner by
the counsel for Mrs, Preston. Pres
ton died suddenly . Thursday, after
drinking pnisslc acid-while members
of the company were waiting to ques
tion him about the affairs of the com
pany, it was alse-discovered that
Preston left a note, saying he had
been insane for some time. - . .
Mrs. Preston testified before the
coroner that Preston was betting on
horse races throughout- his recent
visit to New Orleans . She said she
had supposed Preston : was - wealthy
until two days before his death.
...-The coroner -naid: he was of the
opinion that Preston committed sui
cide, and there , was no occasion to
continue inquiries. : . ,
COtP OF THE MERCHANTS-
AND MINERS COMPANY.
New York, March, 9. The report
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yiat. me "o miuera vW-
"i imw- roi 3 in?, ciass aenverea orations. i xne speaK-
Boston and Philadelphia Steamship era were: V - -
Company has effeqted. ar. community I ' James B. - Turner1, Johh W. Oreene,
of interest by agreement with, tthe Thomas Herman y Beverly J Walter- M.
New York, Newi Havett & Hartford j Weatherepoon and John Burdcr
Comp rwaa:'ottam.4oday4 "2 Tl -' r"vs "1 1 " ' '
is, understood ithat tke Ne .York.l;8",1" J"!Sb"BI theJfi!w'
New Haven and Hartford has recent
ly acquired larg tnterwrti.la he
Merchants and Miners Company. yH
Six Meet Instant Death io a
Sewer Ditch
THE BODIES RECOVEBED
While Men Are Excavating for Lay
ing Sower Pipes at StatesviUe a
Section of the Bank Gives Way
Burying Them Beneath Masses of
Falling Earth.
Special to The Evening Times.)
I etatesvllle, N. C, March 9. Six ne
groes were instantly killed here yester
day by the sudden cavlng-ln of one of
the banks of a sewer ditch in which
they were working on Race street, in
West StatesviUe.
I The ditch was to havo been dug to
' a depth of twenty-eight feet and the
men were working at a depth of seven
teen feet when the disaster occurred.
1 City Engineer Herbert Clarke, and
Street Commissioner J. I. Klmbal were
directing the work, Kimbal being In
, immediate charge of the men. In the
excavation, dirt was being thrown out
on either side, but no weakening of the
ground was observable, although the
street commissioner was giving the
matter his careful attention.
A section of the earth about -fifty
feet long, Ave feet wide a.nd . ten feet
deep slipped from the east bank.Of the
' Id sewer across into the new. ditch,
.burying the six men. City Engineer
! Clarke and Millen Walker, a youth who
was assisting him, were over the ditch
putting In braces. H. Clarke, father of
the engineer, was a bystander. All these
went In with the dirt, but were on top
of it and were unhurt. Some of them
were caught in dirt up to their knees,
but were able to scramble out without
help. '
'- Work began Immediately to uncover
the men In the ditch and while it
'was erTloed - a -Mtpldly Os possible
there wa aca'reety1 any nope"thtt"any-!
. of the men would be found alive.
A squad of convicts at work on the
Wllkesboro road about a mile away
were brought to help and these and the
volunteers, white and black, worked as
rapidly as possible, business men, farm
ers, and others who had been attracted
by the accident, lending a hand.
An hour and three quarters after the
cave-In, the bodies of the two men
who wefe on scaffolds were found. The
bodies were In an upright position, the
men having been caught as they stood
shoveling. It Is the opinion of the
doctors that death was instantaneous.
The cries of the women were pitiable.
The work of removing the dirt to
find the other bodies continued, and
about 6:15 & third body was found.
Two others were taken out before
etgnt oclocK, and the last one was
reached at midnight.
DEDICATE CHURCH AT
HIGH POINT SUNDAY
(Special to The Evening Times.)
High Point, March 9. The -First
Presbyterian church will be dedicated
here tomorrow morning. The princi
pal feature will be the dedicatory ser
mon by Rev. Walter W. Moore, D. D.,
of Richmond, the acknowledged leader
rn the Southern Fresbyteijan min
istry. The Ford and Johnson Company of
this city will open up a large varn
ishing house here. Mr. C. A. Cline,
secretary and treasurer of the Lind
say Chair Company, a branch of the
Ford and Johnson people, wll be in
charge, and the company expects to
enter the High Point market in com
petition for all the varnish trade. The
warehouse will be opened in the next
month.
High Point has asked for the Union
county law to be applied to this town
ship wherein a gallon of whiskey is
prima facie evidence of selling it. With
this law the offctals hope to run more
of the bigger blind tigers out of busi
ness,.. FIRST SENIOR SPEAKING
OF. YEAR AT'WAKE FOREST.
' (Special to The Evening Times.)
f Wake Forest College,' 'March 9. The
first senior speaking- of the yeat. which
was postponed fronv Deoembor ,: was
V. 1,1,4 In th XlTt In .U.mAri.l tJn 11
U 1 .... - v..B I 11 .V. , Q , . ..U1.
la8t night Five members of the senloa
.i.u i.. .i 1 1 "6 ,uu iiwn
Ute twelvei slx wlll be chosen by .the
faculty fcprwnt the class as speak
Jers at commencement; May 2jf-fA . vv
Statement Made by Cover
nor Glenn Today
WILL MEMBERS REMAIN
Tlie Governor Says He Believes
Members Have Patriotism Knough
to Stay in Raleigh Until All Nee-
cssary Bills Are Passed Exciting
Times During the Closing Days.
It was generally reported last
night that Governor Clenn was going
to call a special term of the legisla
ture for the purpose of giving tha
body time to pass certain bills and
thus fulfill all the pledges of the
democratic party. This morning the
governor was asked by an Evening
Times reporter if the statement was
true, and he replied that it was not
that only one bill had not been
passed and he did not think it of
Importance enough to put the state
to the expense of a special session,
He stated further, that he believed
the members patriotic enough to re
main here until the bill was passed.
Many of the members have been
heard to say during the paBt few
days that they intended to leava
Raleigh Saturday night and Sunday
at the .latest, so it is difficult to tell
what IS'-gbihg to be done. The only
important bill under consideration is
the trust bill, and to reach an agree
ment means through a conference
committee. The bill as passed by
the senate and the one favored by
the house differ very materially and
it la feared that the two houses can
not, get together in the short space
of one day.
There-has certainly been no ses
sion of the general assembly in re-:
entreheBr h.losing- days
hAve;beetjsriiynsja have
for the past week, v If some member
was not arising to a point of "per
sonal privilega," it was fiery speech
es on bills, which were under consid
eration, and along with it all the
"judicial investigation" on the part
of the house In the vain effort to
learn tha name of the person or per-
sens who furnished information in
regard to the railroad rate bill -con
ference committee. It has been gen
erally considered that the real ob
ject of the investigation was to learn
the name of the party or parties fur
nishing the information and the
manner in which the investigation
has been conducted and their failure
to do anything has. naturally, cre
ated much Interest both in Raleigh
and all over the state. So the legis
lature Is not closing its days calmnly
and peacefully but in a rather
stormy mood and with a great deal
of curiosity on the part of the mem
bers as well as the general public.
Some of the legislators have lived
under a vary great nervous strain
these sixty days and a few days
longer might cause some to suffer
nervous collapse.
CHARGES THAT THE
JUDGE WAS DRUNK
(By the Associated Press.)
Han Francisco, March, 9. At a meet
ing of the San Francisco Bar Associa
tion to consider the action of Superior
Judge Hcobard in granting a writ of
error to Abraham Ruef while tho lat
ter's trial was pending in a court of
co-ordinate jurisdiction, District At
torney Henry declared that Judge Heb
bard was under the Influence of liquor
when he granted the writ. One of
Iuef" attorneys denied that Oudge
Bebbard was intoxicated when he made
the order.
TAR HEEL TEACHERS
TO THE EXPOSITION.
(Special to The Evening Times.) '
Norfolk, Va., March 9. Tho James-
twon Exposition .management today
were "notified: that the North Carolina
teachers' assembly will visit the ex
position eight hundred strong immed
iately after, the adjournment at Dur
ham In June.. ; s . J
ARREST OF A; WEALTHY, v !
JAPANESE AT 'FRISCO.
(By the Associated Press.):
San Praadsc&rj&'arch $. Knran-
v,$.ti i known' fes H one of -the richest
Japanese lnCaMgorniar was arrested
today' rtr"thhaiigie- -of taking more
than $21,000 Under false preteMes -
Equalized at Fro ? 3,U h
J3,5Q0 all Arc::J ; .
t f ii
ALL FEES TO TBEASUjY
Considerable Saving to State Corpo
ration Commission Bill Passed.
Judge Wlnbome May Reply to Rev.
Plato Durham -House Turns Down
Senate Amendment to Anti-Trust
Bill. ' ' , ,
The first, thing considered, last
night in the house was' the bill sent'
forward b? Mr. Gordon ta equalize
the salaries of the state Officers and
turn over tho fees into the state trea '
ury. It puts the salaries at from
$3,000 to $3,500;5-Mr Gordoiivsaid
it would save to 'the state $2,000 A
year. The bill to go into enect, jan-,
uary 1, 1909. ' , ..
The bill passed second reading,'
and Mr. Neal objected to third read
ing. Rules suspended on Mr. Gor
don's motion. ' ' "
Mr. Clifford sent up an amendment ,
to make the governor's salary $5,000.
Amendment by Mr. Royster to make
insurance commissioner's salary $3,-
S00. Both lost, and the bill passed
its final reading. , . '-
The salaries are $3,509 for secre
tary of state and treasurer, $3,000
for auditor, attorney general, super
intendent of. public, instruction, In
su ranee commissioner and corpora-. '
tion commissioners. , . . . .
- Corporation Commission.
The substitute bill enlarging ' the
powers of the corporation ' commis
sion, as passed by the enat and ,
amended toy the house committee on
corporation 'commission, Was called
up by Chairman Lockhart of the com
mittee; MrJUockhartald the bill
as it stood .was t: not' so - stringent
gainjt : the raUroadS' as the one
passed by the house committee. ,
Mr. Lockhart explained how In the
conference committee both ' housr
had yielded-some points, and the
present bill was the result.
The bill was passed and sent over -..
to the senate for concurrence. '
Personal Privilege. x
Mr. Winborne arose to A question
of personal privilege in regard to the
evidence of Rev. Plato Durham be
fore the investigating committee. It
was well known, he said, that he had
nothing to do with the resolution
calling tor an Investigation.
If the report in The-Evening
Times of Mr. Durham's evidence is
correct," said Mr. Wlnbome, "and
after the present investigation is con-
eluded, it may be - that I will then
reply to this man who calls himself
a minister of the Gospel and uses
these terms to give weight to his
words. I will wait until I can Bee the '
official evidence as given before the .,'
committee, and If the official : record
is as reported in The Evening Times,
shall then make jeply," .
Freight Rate -BUI.
Speaker Justice' called up the
freight-rate bill and asked that the -bill
be put on its second reading. He
said he thought the senate would '
pass the house bill, and, therefore
asked that the bill be made the spe-r .
clal order for today at 12:30.,;
The bill' was passed on second t
reading and made the special order
for today at 12:30. ' - - ,
Revenue and Machinery Act, , ;-u.
Mr. Doughton reported tor the Con .;
ference committee on the revenue and.
machinery act.;. He said there were
very few differences- between the lwf
houses, and he explained the report.
he tax on state batiks was taken off, 4
according to the action ot the house. '
Anti-Trust Bill. v,.vi. .-i
When the anWarut hill vtame ttti ?
as amended by Senatdr MoLean, Mr:
Winborne moved' that the fcoufee do
not eonaur, and Mr.'--Manning- moved
as a substitute that the house di) con
cur. -
Mr- WlnborB,exnlalued,,that the ,
amendment,, of. the enate embodied' :
the i substitute jo ffered" In-i.ths house
by Mr Mannlngaiid.'Wtiioh waa re-. ,
jected by the house by an overwhelm-',,
fng ,'vote. Mr. (Wiiiborne) " declared'
that Mr. Manning In , the' house bad -deserted:
his dwn'i. substitute. He v
thought that there ought to bo cbn
ference, ,Vk k .
. Mr. ! Manning did not .-agro that ,
this, waavin ubstaqce hla substituta.
It did-seem to, contain some, ot the
provisions, o. hla kubsUtttta.., , J, had
passed the senate unanimously, ,
v Mc. . Doughton, dwelt upon the im- ,
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