The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-01
lie WOULD REPRESENT TIL
RAILROADS RATHER THAN
TIE PEOPLE

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Would Mr.. DrcWIy represent the pco-
pie Or the railroads. / do not host
tate 10 sly that for myeolf vauIa
I prefer tc see col. =. l.. Andrews of
J the southern Railway. chosen ae G.n-
t&t"r from Wake. lie would. of course
vote for the railroad. buf everybody
would cXprct him to do that but lac
might be Ti2nt Ola other questions. Nj
DrcWl% would serve the Interests Of
the railroads just IS effectively as
Col. Andrews. and in every other cor
pol~tc matter where the interests of
pubic service corporations couGictcd
with the Interests Of the people.
he would represent corporate in
forests. Why do | entertain thai he
lIi"l? Because. 50 far as | have OBJ
served, that has been his record.
]. As chairman Of the street Com
mittce Of Raleigh ne made q contract.
which failed, by which the Seaboard
Railway could close up Johnson street.
so rCpCrt of suCh contract was made
to the Board Of Aldermen. and there
fore if failed. but that does not affect
his position.
,. When The railroads. in their de
sir" to control the Supreme Court OF
North Carolina, WaGCd u vigorous war
fare TO defeat Justice Walter Clark for
EChicf Justice, Mr.. DrcWrN's paper was
one of the haIf dozen i'm
the state. that ~ViCiousIy attacked jus
ticc Clark and sought to prevent his
nomination. 1t WAS impotcnt. hut il
showed that Mr.. DrcWrY's paper was
in sympathy with the attack. Every
body knew why the railroads wished
10 compass Clark'S defeat.
3. When McBcc, FINCH and Co,
conspircd to steal the Atlantic and
Moth Carolina Dad. Mr.. DreWry's
paper advocated putting that road in
tn" hands Of Il receiver, appIauded
Judge PurncIIS high-handcd and out
| ~ 20. a., ~ ."t 49, a. rE,., 90 q H..
proceeding until Chief Jutsice Fuller
saved the road to the state. Mr..
DrcWry's apc was upholding and sup
porting the policy of McB"e. Finch,
Furnc!l and the other conSpiratOrS
against the interests of the State while
Governor AycOck was fighting to re
tain the railroad in the control of the
State. If the McRCc-Finch & 90. con
SpiraCy bad succeeded, the a. d n. G.
X. +. would have been sold under the
hammer and the state and private
stock holders would have lost the
money invested. In the issue of Mr..
DrcWrY'S paper Of March Bird, when
Governor ANcock was earnestly fight
ing the recoiVcrShip, which meant de
struction. Mr.. Drewry's paper pre-
dict1d that it would be made perman-
cnt, saying: "Thcrc is. as we say,
little doubt that the roceivcrship will
be made permanent ON February
10th, it gave this sweeping approval
OF lUllclt, whose ;ltllOn was the most
h~igh-handed and uniuSti1iable con-
duct in any Judge since the days of
Jcffreys, ana whose acts were set aside
by higher courts:
This matter will be settled,
and justly settled, toe, without any
calling out of the militia, or the
application of any extraordinary
civil proceedings. The record of
Judge Purne!! has been such as
to dc him great credit as an eN-
Founder Of II law. and "a Il man
whosc findings nave been free
from any partisan faint.
And in the present matter we
| have no doubt his action is what
he believed the law and he facts
justify, and really there is no just
ground to that anybody's
interest is to suffer unjuStlY."
SO strong did MI. DrcWry's paper
| stand up for the McBce-Finch grab
| game that when the Democratic State
Convention of 1909 passed Il resolu-
ton in favor of legislation to prevent
Il recurrence of ''receiverShipS design
| ed to wreck the properties and trans |
fer them from their rightful owners
To the possession and control of fin
ancial ad~vcnIurers," it criticized the
| action Of the State Convention. In its
| issue of sumo 21th, Nj. DTCWrN'S pa
per printed the following resolution
| adopted by the Democratic State Con
NcntionS. as follows:
"CorporatipnS being creatures of the
law should be Hnticr control of II
sovereign and ~antrpabic to the law.
.;ut being useful and necessary incl
dents Of business, ri! their rights
should be guarded and protected by |
the law. Like other citizens they
si,ouId be protected from wrong and
oppression. Especially should they he
protected from ,>uit~ iii form to pro-
rurc rcceivcr~ilip~ designed to wreck
| tIA, .n,x ,D nj ia .xxl fr. - t.vs 'Hns tsnZ l
,hCir rigitful owners to the possession
and control OF financial aiNc!ituE'cI..
we cal upoN Congress to enact
la clearly defining the powers OF
Federal Judges in tic appointment OF
| receivers and to protect corporations
against improper and Illegal appoint
nfCnte.'
After printing the above resolutions
passed by the State Convention. MI.
prewry's paper said editorialIy:
"Thc passing of the above reSo-
luton and the reason assigned for
it, is. we think. u rather remark
able action for Il Democratic con-
| NCntion. LEGISLATION. for q Spe~
ciaI purpose. while it may at times
be necessary. often brings trouble
by affecting interests not thought
of by its enactment.
"FVidently Whist WAS IN the
mind of the originator of the
above resolution was the matter
of the Atlantic and North Caro-
lima Ttai!road."
(. The next Legislature must settle
the demand for reduced passenger
rates. How does Mi. DreWry stand
with reference to that demand2 In
non" of his letters does he commit
| himself. In the last Legislature Mr..
observation-disclosures introduced a bin 10 re
luCe passenger tareS. It VAS sup
ported in committee and in the House
by Mr.. Olive, who is the peoples can
iidate against Mr.. DreWry. whose re-
cord shows him to be nearly always
against the people and for the rail
roads. During the discussion over The
observation-disclosures bill, Mr.. DreWry'S pa
per vigorously opposed it. In its issue
Of February 18th. his paper said:
The railroads have their ups
and downs. Sometimes they