The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-09
LETTER FROM SENATOR JARVIS
His Vote on the Fast Mail ltem---lle
Explains That it Was in the Interest
Of Public Economy.

of puhtir L.nnnnI
cnrrcsuoud.ut who writes in the
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h''"ch upon senator '''i''i9 n''''''o' Nv
voted against TIL" last mail + approprI-
alton OF S19G,OOo to the Southern Rail
way, the said CORRESPONDENT intlnatng
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icr"nt II ms "old client, the Atlantic
Coast Line, had been awarded the con-
tract instead And then tbo writer poes
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vi I" ii''i"'H' III Hi'a' "'"' ~ TAIN
equally as nncomplim"ntarH, ana damhS-
ing in characterize indeed the language
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HrtIcl" in question was considered OF
sufficient ;munrt,nrnl ,y Sruntor Jarvis
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an
position ana FORMER frlhuohS WIN Ihc
Atlantic Coast Line. which we find in the
,.Lo,I,,to (J.,.,o,. 81 .urd,v That
paper says:
The Ob.errrr is furnished by Mr.. E. A.
Mathews, Il letter TO him from Senator
.Jnryia. ns follows:
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-, ,hn 1854 1od ;", '',' ill., VI p,,s
rom the charlotte O0@"tcr signed
hoh""hlh' III winch that wei known
correspondent takes III" to task Tor my
v"l" against til" rulr"hd subsidy, ana
III "lIt"ll II" suggests hIh motives on my
part l"r 50 voting. 1t Is usually tn"
case thht men who ar" ever ready to
assign bhd motives to "ther people
conduct ar" themselves bad men, but
h"heininn may, Tor nught know, be
an exception To the rule. BE that us 1T
may, Will give You II frank and candid
answer I" III" respectful inquiries con
tanned III your letter III Tri"renc" I" the
ciihf i''iih'' ny MIN. nave ii" con
ctlIIheIl'S about anything DO or say
concerning public matters, ana ANY
rliizeh OF North 'hroIina VIII" DESIRES t"
mo" 'ne i'ic' 'hh anyways nave th"'h NY
ASKING Tor Them am Il cilhdldhi" l"r
'h' l""l'ieS support, ana 1 rAi"'i t"
iliik" II canvass Oh the STATE III III"
interest Oh thr party TO which i"ton@
us soon as can get away from i~iIIn@-
loh- "h'h go upon the stump hNIi"
any one, care not now humble h" may
DE, 10 ask me any question about Witch
ne desires Information, ana VIII CIV"
MN IL frank ana cahdld answer. Ir-
peat nave no concralIhrht. The I""r!"
are entitled To know, and they shall
Know, The truth about I'LL things affect
ing their interests so tar DIS the facts are
known to me.
But now to your letter and the news
paper clipping referred to. 1t is true as
stated, that | voted against the subsidy
of Sl9G. 900 to the railroads for carry
ing the mail | did so because | con
sidcrrd it II useless expenditure of the
ppOple's money. but do not desire to
discuss this view OF the question because
my colleagues in the SENATE and House
with other good men voted for if. They
no doubt did what they th0urht was
right and so did |. Each is auswerable
to the people for his conduct and if is
not necessary for ANONYMOUS newspaper
scribblers to seek to assign bad motives
to either.
am not the attorney OF the Whining
ton X Weldon Railroad Company and
never have been except III one mattcr.
The Gockcts i'm Pitt SiIprrior Court will
show that am and have brcnsin 1889
the attorney for the Plaintiffs in n Iorro
number of suits against the rounonv
The fax muttrr to which "Rohnmi,u.'
refers was simply this. When the Vii
mington 4 Weldon Railroad Comnonv
was chartered the State LprisIature
undertook to confer uDon that compony
II perpetual exemption from taxation for
its property. This was done n long time
ago. when we had M Railroads in Aha
State and when the neonlr did NOT INV
an nd ynlor.m tox In fnct th,v Mil
but little fax of amy Kind Soon nftnr
the ad valorem system of taxation was
adopted in 1865 thr exemption from
taxation enioyed hv this and nthn,. rail