The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-30

hold them responsible for the payment of
the compensation of that labor If you
believe they have used that labor the
court will direct the receiver to proceed
against that company, and every member
of it who is an officer Of this Central Rail-
road company will be held personally re-
sponsible for the labor or material they
have used.
WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
II wish to say here and now, for the
superintendent and the officers Of this
company to organize a corporation and
deal with the corporation in the way of
furnishing supplies, and in the way of
contracting with it, is a thing that this
court will not tolerate for moment. 1t
is wrong, wrong in principle, and while
they retain their relationship to the
company that they now occupy this court
will not sanction transaction that will
be made with them. No man occupying
such a dual relation of duty to the COM
pany and private interest il an enter
prise that that company may serve and
promote can possibly be tolerated in
making contract with the company or
with the receiver. So much for that
AS TO THE SOUTH BOUND.
Gin reference to the next objection as to
Mr. Corners relation to the South Bound
railroad his relationship to the Central
railroad as receiver, and the acts which
have been complained of, think that if
the South Bound railroad and the re-
ceiver have practically acquiesced
in continuation of the contract that
was made between the Richmond
and Danville and the Central-if they
have acquiesced in the continuation of
that contract after the Richmond and
Danville Railroad company surrendered
tho laaua Of ,f,.al hot Nv fho
terms of that contract the South Bound
railroad or the president thereof, who /
understand is now different person from
the receiver, had a reasonable claim to
make that under and by virtue of the
terms of the contract, 1t had a right to
have its cars switched without charge
In reference to the Centrals road having
brought only 900 bales of cotton, during
certain time, while the South Bound
brought 1000 from Augusta, see moth
ing of mismanagement on the part of the
receiver in that. When he discovered 1t
he took steps to'relieve the situation and
change that result, and he effected that
change.
EASY TO FIND FAULT.
Gentlemen, in the management of
these great properties, it is a great deal
easier TO look back and find fault than it
is to have guarded against it. / see
things in this case that | deplore. / see
things in this case that have done by the
receiver that l would not have been done,
butoafter a careful consideration of the
whole situation I donot see that he is TO
be blamed therefor. He has made con-
tracts that l would not have made, that
would not have sanctioned perhaps but
they were made, so far as | can see and
Judge, in the exercise of an honest inten-
ton. / see no evidence in this case of
corruption. see mistakes that might
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court might naturally commit, but fail to
see any ground on which to put mark or
stigma upon the receiver.
NOT REsPoNRIBLE FOR THE COURTS MIS-
TAKFs.
''If mistakes have been committed by
the court, it was cowardly and unjust to
make the receiver a scapegoat and put
the responsibility upon him. The court
must take its share Of the responsibility
for whatever has been done, but in look
ing at the acts of the receiver | see
neither corruption nor gross mismanage-
ment. l, therefore, will override
your motion to discharge the
receiver. 1t would do no good to do
so just now in view of the early sale-in
view of the decree of sale at an early
time l do not think there is q man in
America that can take this property and
relieve it or do much better than is being
done
Il shall overrule the motion to dis
charge the receiver. "
HOW THE DECISION WAS TAKEN.
When Justice Jackson had completed
his remarks the spectators, in the court
room were again on the point of signify
ing their approval in an audible manner
Everybody looked at everybody else
significantly, some as if to say II told you
So and others as if they were thinking
81 did not pxuact If -
Mr.. Pat Calhoun seemed some
what worried over the turn his
case had taken, and no doubt
he had some reason to do so after having
argued for some two hours and half and
the court not even asking for any reply to
his argument. Mr. Calhoun had his vic
tory oh Monday, but yesterday he met
with defeat.
| ''The decision was somewhat of sur
prise to me-" he said. l thought at least,
| thata co-receiver would have been APP
pointed.
WOULD HAVE INDICATED ALL.
1t is said that if the attorneys for the
Central had been given an opportunity to
reply to Mr.. Calhoun they would have
brought forth facts and testimony which
would have fully indicated all the en-
| ployes now under Mr. Conner.
They did not have that opportunity,
however, and some things said might
have tended to create an erroneous i'm
| preston.
| AT the conclusion of the Justices decis-
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