The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-30
THE RAILROADS NOW
BOW TO STATE LAWS
Their Representatives Came Into Conference Ready
for Governor Genn's Terms Proposed After
Sanfords Conference.

you in your idea of taking the princi-
pal, the interest, the costs and q
| liberal allowance for attorneys fees
Governor Glenn asks that it be stat
| ed that on Monday he Will issue
| letter to the judges of the State ask
| ing that all indictments on the rail
way rate litigation be dismissed, and
that the people refrain from bring
ing penalty suits. That until the let
ter is issued he asks that all proceed
! ings be held up.
The Conference Begun.
1t was at 3:25 yesterday afternoon
that tht conference began, though
the attorneys for the railways had
asked for this at half past eleven
| O'CLOCK, these attorneys having arriv-
ed from Asheville and Wilmington
during the morning. Governor Glenn
declined to hold the conference at
11:3o, as he desired to have present
Ex-Governor c. B. Aycock, of colds
..oro, and Hon. +. J. Justice, of
as counsel, and they could not reach
the city till about three o'clock. They
came in on the afternoon trains and
at 1925 the conference began.
Governor Glenn had stated during
the morning that 50 far as he was
concerned the conference might be
public, with reporters present, and
at 3:15 there were a number in at
tendance. The railway attorneys ar
rived, and after Governor Glenn had
told them of his statement as to the
reporters being present, the confer
ence was an open one. It was in
dicated to Governor Glenn that the
railway attorneys did not favor this
and in Difference to their wishes the
reporters were asked to withdraw.
At the conference there was. on the
part of the State. Governor r. B.
Glenn, State Treasurer B. r. Lacy,
and the counsel in the rate cases, eX-
Governor Aycock and Hon. f. J. JUS
| tice. For the railways there were
present Mr.. Alfred p. Thorn. of Wash
ington, and Judge Alexander p. Hum
| phrey, of Louisville, general counsel
! for the Southern Railway; Mr.. Alex
! ander Hamilton, of Washington, gen
| eral counsel for the Atlantic Coast
! Line, Mr.. George 3. Elliott of Will
! mington, assistant general counsel of
| the Atlantic Coast Line, and Mr..
! George Rountree, of Wilmington. who
represented the stockholders who had
! enJOined the Atlantic Coast Line from
! putting the IA cent rate into effect.
| President T NJ. Emerson. of the At
| lantic Coast Line, came to Raleigh
! yesterday in his private ear. but had
to return to Wilmington before the
| conference. The private car of First
Vice President Andrews of the South
| ern brought the Southern'S attorney
here. but neither President Finley or
! Vice President Andrews appeared in
Raleigh.
| During the deliberations in the con-
! ference there came now and then
/ from behind the closed door some of
| the gentlemen who represented the
| State in the matter, but not one word
| would they utter. Their appearance
| however. indicated that the State had
won, and was so construed. When
| finally the announcement was made
! that an agreement had been reached
| there was great rejoicing among those
| present and congratulations were ex-
! tended to Governor Glenn, eX-Cover-
| nor Aycock, Mr.. Justice and State
| Treasurer Lacy, upon the notable vic
| tory which had been Won for the
state. a victory which says to the
world that law is supreme in North
Carolina, victory which will be an
incentive to other States in which
railroads and other corporations may
seek to ride rough shod over the
rights of the people of the laws that
are made.
With the putting into effect Of the
A cent rate the other matters set
out in the agreement can now pro-
ceed in an orderly manner, and the
points at issue can be passed upon,
so that at as early a date as possible
| the supreme Court of the United
States may settle the matter at issue
between the state and Federal courts,
and the railroads which have been
defying statute of the State of North
Carolina.
A Victory for States Rights.
Governor Glenn considers the vic
| tory in the matter of the State against
| the railroads as one for States Rights
| and the peoples. There were many