The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-23
BREAKERS
TAKE WARNING
Those Who Offend Must
Take Consequences.
CRIME OF HiGH-UPS
Names of Principal Offenders Conceal
ed from Grand Juries and Ticket
Sellers Placed in the Position
of Scal.c Goats 10 the
Railroads
BY ANDREW JOINER.

Greensboro. \. c. July 20.-Hon.
z j Justice who has been assisting
as one OF the special counsel OF the
Governor in prosecuting the cases
against the Southern railway and Ag-
ent Green. in the Superior court in
Raleigh this week. returned home this
morning. and was congratulated on
all sides by the result or the trials.
Mr.. Justice says he has been authoriz-
ed by the Governor to continue to
assist in tne further prosecutions OF
all officers and agents. a well as of
railroad corporation persisting in vio-
lating the rate law.
Speaking of those agents who Vio-
lated the law prior to the decision
of Judge Long in Ralegn this week.
and the conviction and sentence OF
Agent Green, Mr.. Justice said that
those agents who disobeyed the law
has passed on it would probably fare
better than those who violated il in
the face Of the conviction OF Mr.
Green. He says that in the proceed
ings in Raleigh the State represen-
tatives are thoroughly satisfied with
the outcome. That the State is stil
a sovereign, it would he believed be
established beyond question, when the
highest court was reached should the
matter ever go as far as that But
in any event, he says. the questions
at issue can now be expedi:iously
taken to the Supreme court and with
out the delay, probably anticipated by
the railroads which brought suits in
the Federal courts.
Worst CTenCers Concealed.
He declares that efforts to conceal
from grand juries the names Of those
who have shaped the policy and di-
rected the course of the Sontheru rail-
way and the Atlantic Coast Line
roads. in defying the law. will prob
ably not he successful. Continuing
ne explained:
1T is not just TO the state or the
ticket agents. that these latter should
be made scape goats Of in order to
protect the real culpr Is higher up.
The Governor is determined in his
course that the laws Of the state shall
not be dened or disobeyed The con-
st+tutiOn of the State and the statutes
make 1t mis- duty TO use his office to
apprehend and have prosecuted Grim
inals. and any lawyer who looks into
the question can see that the Governor
is w thin his constitutional rights and
is obeying the plain requirements Of
the law. No governor could submit
to the destruction Of States rights by
process issued from Federal courts
contrary TO law. and maintain the re-
spect and affection of the people Of
the state. No governor who believes
that al power not expressly granted
to the Federal government by the con
stitution. could have done less than
Governor Glenn has done in these
cases and will DO in others should
there be others, without violating MS
conscience and his oath Of Office.
The Situation Defined
7 asked Mr.. Justice for some def
milton, or rather statement of the ex-
act situation Of the matters involved
10 which he replied:
The question is the one which JEFF
ferson pred cted would be presented
by the insidious encroacnment Of the
Federal judiciary upon the rights of
the State. If others disregard the
constitution, there is all the more rea-
son why the State authorities should
insist on its Observance The doc
trine that the constitution doesn't,
amount TO any thing between friends,
does not yet obtain IN North Carolina
This entire matter is serious one,
appeal TO law and reason as announced
by the highest courts. first the Su-
preme court of North Carolina and
then by the Supreme court of the
United States. There cannot be any
lack of firmness and should not be any
lack Of conservatism nor should
there be any undue excitement in the
settlement of the question"