The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
Governor Hoks Smith May Let
 Up In His Fight
COMPROMISE IS HUNDRED
Great Pressure Has Been Brought To Bear On the Governor For Freight Rate Reductions and Result.
 Is Yet In Doubt.

nouncement from WaSnlnBtOn Indt IoNei-
 nor Hoke Smith has decided to compro-
 mise with the railroads has caused wide
 spread comment here.
 The report has 1t that he, in common
 with Governor Glenn of North Carolina,
 has decided to assent to a rate of 21a
 cents per mile passenger fare in Georgia,
 and that if the railroads will assent to this the war on them will cease. This will be a decided concession to at
 least four Georgia railroads, if it goes
 through, because the rate on the Atlanta
 and West Point and the Western and At
 lantic was cut to 2 cents, while that on
 the Georgia road and the Atlantic Coast
 Line was put down to 2A cents. The Washington report has 1t that both Governor Smith and Governor Glenn are to demand mileage books at cents over
 all the lines on which reductions are
 made.
 If the Washington report Is correct, IL would seem to put an end to the hope for freight rate reductions which GOV ernor Smith promised during his cam paign in extenso.
 So great, however, has become the pres sure upon those successful politicians who modelled their policies after the Roose- l veltian idea, to let the railroads alone as long as they are trying to do the right 1 thing, that let-up Is expected In the war that has been made upon them. It may be that Governor Smith realizes l this and is ready to pursue any course that will restore the public confidence, even though campaign promises fall some l what short.
 The Washington report says that he will l make some definite annountement regard ing the matter upon hiss return to Att
 lanta. He will be here tomorrow, though
 there may be some delay in his statement l as to what he proposes to do l ITpon his return thare will be issued 1 promptly treasury warrants of $1O0O each | in favor of the district agricultural
 schools. which are anxious to get their 1 money.
 The Florida Life Insurance company. | Florida corporation. has applied to Comp | troller General William A. Wright. who is also insurance commissioner, for H. cense to do business in Georgia A rather knotty problem presents itseir | to the insurance coHiihiooAoHo' ~S suit of the application.
 The state of Georgia requires that all foreign life insurance companies as precedent to doing business In tnls state shall file with the insurance commisslon- CT a certificate to the effect that they have on deposit in the state In which they
 were incorporated, $10O,000 in government bonds or other valid securities, as a pro- lection to their depositors. mic fJa Iax n reouiren1ent as this, hence the company cannot furnish the required certincate' But so anxious is the Florida company to do business in Georgia that It mas asked permission to make the necessary deposit ln this state
 whether a foreign company can come into state which requires certificate Of eucb denosit when no deposit is re- orired in its own state. and there satisfy the conditions, is a question which con fronted Insurance Commissioner Wright,
 and he Is considerably purturbed over the question as to what is the proper
 view to take of it. He is still weighing the matter
 Forty-fve years ago today Gen. T. R. R.
 Cobb. father of Mrs. Hoke Smith, wife of Governor Smith, was killed in the battle of Fredericksburg.
 There are four present state house of-
 
 side in that famous encounter. They are Gen. Clement A. Evans of the prison com mission; State Treasurer R. E. Park, Capt. C. T. Furlow of the treasury depart ment and Capt. W. H. (Tp) Harrison in the comptroller generals office.
 These four and other veterans at the capital gathered in the state treasurer's office today and spent an interesting hour in the exchange of "reminiscences of the days of '63.
 What the President says will go with the republican officeholders of Georgia. While they are not talking for publication, enough has been said at the postofficc and custom building to indicate their regret that President Roosevelt has final l ly determined not to accept a third term. But their belief in him is sufficient to insure them that the next republi- can candidate will be of his selection. and they propose to staSd pat. It Is only the disgrunted element that is clinging to the Foraker hope, and as usual, that will hardly amount to much. If the President says Taft, 1t will be Taft with the Geor- gia delegation to Chicago, and If he should switch to Hughes it will be Hughes. Despite his refusal to be can didate, 1t Is apparent that Roosevelt still holds the fort with the Georgia republi- cans.