The Caucasian., 1895-11-21

N their charters which would si.rtle
the people II they sew aware 81
thea This abuse uugh; 90 Dc
speedily rcmedied by our ncIi l.sss-
lAiur~.
How far the lecislA,ur, nav GO.
will be seen by al extract frOn
Doyi.'s case.
The eS.c; OF our decision. sAys
the court, '-Is that the State NAV
compel the foreign companies 10 al
stain from the Federal courts CT 10
cease 10 do business III the State.
IL gives the company the option.
This Is JustihAble because IN" com
plAirAnt has no constitutional night
10 do business IN this STATE. The
State has authority TO declare. At
any time. that IT shall not transact
business there"
Our State can .naot that no rail
road In North Carolina shall l.. op-
Grated under lease until the lease
has been first submitted to th. Rail
road Commission and approved ~
IL. OF, IL the railroad commissloners
should deem the lease uuwrs. or
against the interests of the State.
they can declare II void.
The books are full of pr.c. dents
for all this clssS 81 l-ri.latiou
There will be No difficulty IN finding
them.
The objection WAS mad. io tn"
antl-removsl statute that II ~As un-
constitutional IN It's object. In an
swer TO this, the court said:
IF the act done 10y the Stat. D.
legal, IL Is not IN violation 81 al.
Constitution or laws OF tn. United
States, II Is quite out of the power
of any court TO inquire what was th.
intention of those who enacted the
law"
Of course, In newspaper article,
| cannot embr ace n legal essay; huI
If ii is deemed desirable ! can fol
low up these principles and expose
other doings of this corporation,
which is seeking 10 swallow up all
smaller roads and, where tnai Job rs
too large, TO destroy them by unfair
competition. However, the dose nj
ministered TO them by Vice Presi-
dent st. John may deter the r.peti-
ton OF like oppression again. TIE
people know the old Richmond q
DanviIle" and they see that iis sue
cessOr is worse than II was.
| ! was amused at one reason given
for the lease, to-wit: the threat by
the Southern to parallel and ruin
the traffic Of the North Carolina
Railroad, by building the gap from
Mocksville to Statesville.
The legislature has the night not
only to forbid this, but Ito repeal,
alter or amend" the whole Midland
charter, and TO prevent its building
one mile of that gap, and If il get
sassy" and made any more such
idle threats the State could kick /,
out of its borders in short order. /,
comes into North Carolina as n
stranger-comes within our gates
: to remain as long as II behaves.
If it "cuts up," we can expei il.
The Southern is also boas,ing that
if suit is brought against il 10 en-.
join the lease it will remove the cas-,
to the Federal courts. This is AL.
other idle threat. Any lawyer know
ING his business can prevent IN,
removal of the case, even as our law
now stands. Don't let the people b,
afraid Of this giant. The law j.
greater than it, and the people max,
the law.
/ have been giving the subject o.
railroad legislation much though
with view to restrain the furtheI
aggressions of these corporations oI
the rights and liberties of the poo
pie, and have other important sug
gestions which / may make in th'
future>if your twenty thousand READ
ers approve of this article.
What the people of North Carolin'
need is leader on this line o
thought and, above all, free an,
brave newspaper which will publisi
the facts and arguments. Ii is yer,
:, difficult for an editor with a pocke
full of passes TO do justice between
the people and corporations, and
too often, the railroad officials O
their agents hold stock in newspa
pers, whereby its free action
cramped.
believe THE CAUCASIAN is inde
pendent and free and, as il has III
largest subscription list in the S'afe
| seek Its columns to vindicate ii
truth and the law.
More anon.
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