The gold leaf., 1906-04-19
HONEST GOVERNOR WARREN.
Michigan Executive Declines to be
Used 20 Insoive Ano.i1er State in
LitigatiOn-tiis Letters to Cove rnor
Glenn and the Committee of North
Carolina Bond Holders.

Gov. Warren Of Michigan decli"es
to be used by the committee of North
Carolina bond holders ~ regard to
the matter Of the proposed litigation
against this State as South Dakota
did. In reI " to the proposition of
this committee Gov. Warren wrote:
Il be. to acknowledge receipt Of
your letter Of March 10. Ny reply
to yOur communication has been de-
layed o5 desired t. secure some in
formation IRON the Governor of
North Carolina bafOre accepting the
offer made by your From
the report made to me by Gov. Glenn
am convinced that our acceptance
OF the bonds would serve no other
purpose than involving the State in
prOtracted litigation. That course
would have to be taken ii anything
was realized from the bonds. After
carefully considering the matter. |
have decided to decline your offer.
My refusal to do SO is based upon
my belief that the State would have
nothing to gain by its acceptance Of
a gilt that simply paves the way for
u law suit. The State Of Michigan
does not care to be placed IN a posi-
ton where it can be said that it is
being used to involve another State
in Iiti-ation For the the reason
given your offer is respectfully de-
clinrd.
The letter from Governor Warren
to Governor Glenn is as follows:
Il beg to acknowledges receipt of
your letter of March 20. Lave care
fully noted the contents OF your let
ter, as we'll as the one YOU wrote
80 Governor Higgins under the date
Of July :}rd, 1905. | herewith enclose
.0py of letter written to Louis NJ.
ogden, secretary OF the committee of
\Orth Carolina bond holders, dated
,IHrch n, 1906. My letter 10 Mr..
ogden states my positionin this mat
Oer. | have as yet received no reply
rom the committees, but YOU may
rest assured that no action will be
taken by this State that will cause
your State embarrassment or litiga-
ton
III connection with the same mat
ter. the letter of Governor Glenn fol
lows:
"MY DEAR GOvERNOR:-Iour letter
enclosing one to Mr.. Ogden, stating
that you would not accept Il gift OF
he bonds rendered by his committee,
Is the State of Michigan did not care
to be placed in the position where it
could be said that it was being used
to involve another State in litigation,
was received by me this morning and
it is needless for me to say that its
contents gave me great pleasure. If
placed in Il similar position, | would
have done as you have done, and
would never allow North Carolina to
be used rs cats-paW to involve a
sister State in needless litigation, es-
peciall " when the effort was to enforce
the payment of bonds which were
fraudulent and worthless, and from
which the State had received no ben
eft. Our people will greatly appre-
ciate the honorable course you have
taken. 1t is similar to that taken
bv other Governors, and entities you
and Your people to the respect OF the
citizens of our State. Assuring you
of my personal appreciation of the
position YOU have taken, and trust
ing that the time may come when |
can show you by act as well as word
how | regard your course III this
matter, | am, with great respect,
K. b. GLENN,
Governor of North Carolina.