The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-23
NOT ONE CENT SHOULD BE PAID.


The monstrous and preposterou1
claim that McBee, Finch or Cuyler
or their lawyers are entitled to lid
eral allowances for all the deviltry
they have created has astonished the
State. They have caused trouble ana
nothing but trouble by their attempt
to throw the A. & n. c. r. r. into the
hands of a receiver, who was In SYM
pathy with them. Are they to be palo
for that? They were willing to de-
stroy the credit of the road and the
road itself in order to carry out tnelI,
ends Are they to be paid for that:
They, or some of them. uttered vile
ISLANDERS against the Governor ana
managers Of the road. Are they to be
paid for that?
The original putin Of the road into
the hands Of a receiver after hurried
midnight journeying to Norfolk, had
no more warrant in decency or justicd
than it had in law, and later on tina
Judge professed to be highly indig-
nant" when it was published that he
had been Imposed upon" Is the mon
ey of the owners of the A. & N. c.
r. R. to be taken to pay the men and
their attorneys who Imposed upon
the confiding Judge? The second put
ting OF the road into the hands Of a
receiver was quite as indefensible. and
was a graver offence by the judge be-
cause he appointed as receiver
man under indictment for a felony,
Are they to be paid for that? Instead
of paying men for securing these high
handed and indefensible judicial
wrongs against the State and private
stockholders, the owners of the road
ought to be reimbursed for the ex-
penses incurred by the unwarranted
and illegal action, begun not by bona
fide stakeholder and for the purpose of
grabbing the property against the de-
sires and interests OF it's owners. II
the judge will tax the men RESPONSE
BILE for the whole trouble with the
expenses caused by his permitting him
self to be Imposed upon" that would
be melting out equity. But to tax the
conspirators and their lawyers for try
ing to wreck the property is propo-,
sition which makes every good man in
North Carolina highly indignant
The claim that the suits caused the
lease is as absurd as 1t is false. There
isn't boy in the State. who knows
anything about this whole transaction,
ceedings originated by these men and
their allies, and made a menace to
property by the unwarranted orders
of the Federal judge, delayed, en-
dangered ana threatened to frustrate
the plan of the Governor to lease tho
road. 1t is well known that the Gov
ernor was determined to lease the ROAD
long before either of the men nov
clamoring for liberal allowances
came into the State on their grab
or ruin mission. They drove away
one or more bidders by their wanton
attack upon the property and the de-
lay that judicial orders made neces-
sary But for their interference and
the judicial proceedings they secured
the Governor would have leased the
road before June. Are they to be paiG
for delaying what they now claim to.
have effected. when on Tuesday they
protested that they knew of better
bid for the property that would be
presented to the Circuit Court, but
would abandon their desire to compel
this better lease for liberal allow
ances?''
To pay these men a single cent by
order of court will be to put a pre-
MUM upon corporation wrecking ani
judicial wrong. 1t will be taking mon
ey out of the pockets of men to whom
it belongs and putting it in the pockets
of men who have already caused the
owners of the property great trouble
and expense Have we fallen so low ?
Every man who runs as a Republi-
can or IndeDendent candidate in North