The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-08-01

Raleigh, N. c., Special. 1t can
safely be said that Governor Glenn's
office was the centre of attention not
only of North Carolina but Of the
United States. The line between
State and Federal sovereignty had
been sharply drawn and the situation
was tense in the extreme. The ten
sion was as to whether the State
should win or lose in the rate case
there was no happier man IN the
country than Governor Glenn when
at z o'clock in the evening he
nounced that the law was supreme
in North Carolina and that the old
State is the first in the Union which
ever resisted a railway and stopped
it. There was a rattle of applause
as the Governor made this ringing
declaration while he smiled like a
boy and people pressed forward to
shake his hand, the first being the
armless president of the Baptist Uni
versity for Women at Raleigh, Rob
ert T. Vann.
Officials Arrive.
The incidents of the day began with
the announced arrival Saturday
of private cars on which were the
two general counsel of the Southern
Railway, Alfred P. Thorn and Alex
ander P. Humphrey, and President
Thomas M. Emerson, General Coun-
sci Alexander Hamilton, Assistant
General Counsel George B. Elliot, of
lie Atlantic Coast Line and George
Rountree who represented the Coast
| Line stockholders. These officials and
attorneys conferred together and
wished TO have a conference with
Governor Glenn at IL o'clock, but his
attorneys, Ex-Governor Aycock and
! Speaker Justice, of the House of Rep
resentatives, were not present, so the
tine was fixed for the afternoon.
President Emerson had to leave two
hours before the conference. The
meeting was in the Governors Office.
The Governor desires that reporters
should be present, but left the matter
TO the railway people, who objected,
SD be requested the newspaper men
to retire.
A Three Hours Conference.
The conference lasted three hours
each side Withdrawing to prepare pa
pers for signature. At $50 O'Clock
the conferees left the Governors Of
fee, all smiling. Speaker Justice
was the first to announce the result
and said to the eager reporters: CAL
is settled except the three law suits
and the 2 IA rate goes into effect as
soon as the Southern and. Atlantic
Coast Line can figure out the SEIZED.
ule." A quarter of an hour later the
Governor came out and read to the
eager little audience the following
agreement which is signed by Thor
and HUMPHREYS:
The Agreement.
"First, the railway puts the 2 l.
cent rate into effect not later thar
August Sth, next.
"Second, the State to appeal fron
Judge Prichard's order dischargin!
parties in Asheville on writ of habeGI
corpus.
"Third, the Southern Railway t
appeal to the State Supreme Court il
the Wake county case and If the cas-
is decided against it to take it b.
writ of error to the United State
Supreme Court.
"Fourth, that both sides cooper
ate to have said cases advanced an
argued together and speedily deter
mined.
Fifth, the State at its option t
indict the Atlantic Coast Line in on
! case.
"Sixth, all indictments and pros;
cutions now pending to be dismisse
and no others to be instituted for an
alleged violations of law up to th
!. time the new 2 Ia cent rate is pU
into effect az far as the Governor ca
control the same.
!, "Seventh, the Governor advises a
. persons against bringing any penalt
suit pending final determination z
: the question involvek and asks u
people as a whole to acquiesce in til
arrangement.
Eighth, the suit pending befol
Judge Pritchard at Asheyille to
. diligently prosecuted without tt
States having any question of juri
) dietion."
: No Contempt Proceedings.
The Governor stated that Mess.
Thorn and Humphrey. also, as cou
sci for the Southern Railway, unde
take that it will not inaugurate co
tempt proceedings because of an
{ thing heretofore done nv anv of q