The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-07-30
(Snecial to The Messenger

(Special to The MessengerO
Raleigh, n. c., Juy 27.-It can be
safey said that Governor Glenn OIL
flee was today the center Of attention.
not only of North Carolina, but or
the United States. The line be-
tween state and federal sovereignty
had been sharply drawn and the sit
uation was tense in the extreme.
The tension was as to whether the
state should win or lose in the rate
case and there was no happier man
in he country than Governor
Glenn when at seven O'Clock this
evening he announced 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 the latter. There was
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 UniversitUty for WO-
men at Raleigh, present Robert T.
Vann.
The incidents of the day began
with the unannounced arrival this
morning of private cars on which
were the two general counsel of the
Southern Railway, Alfred P. Thorn
and Alexander z. Humphrey and
President Thomas NJ. Emerson,
General Counsel Alexander Hamil
ton, Assistant General Counsel Geo.
B. Elliott, of the Atlantic Coast
Line, and George Rount1%ee repre-
sented the Coast Line stockholders
These osdcia land attorneys con-
ferred together and wished to have
a conference with Governor elena at
} eleven O'click, but his attorney, Ex-
1 Governor AycOck, and Speaker JUS
tice, of the house of representatives,
were not present, SO the time was
fixed for this afternoon. President
Emerson had to leave two hours be-
fore the conference. The meeting
was In the governors office. The
governor desired that TepOroers
should be present. but left the mat
ter to the railway people, who OBJ
jected, so he requested the newspa-
per men to retire. The conference
lasted three hours, each side with
drawing to prepare papers for sig
nature. At six-dhirtv O'Clock they
left the governors office. all smiling
Speaker Justice was the first to an
nounce the results and he said to
the eager reporters: "AT is settled
except three law suits and the
two and q quarter cent rate goes into
effect as soon as tho Southern and
Atlantic Coast Line can figure out
the SCHEDULED
: A quarter of an hour later the gov
ernor came out. and read to the
eager little audience the agreement
reached, this being as follows:
The following is signed by Thorn
and Humphrey for the Southern
Railway and by the governor for the
state: first the railway puts the two
and a quarter cent rate into effect
not later than August Sth next
Second the state to appeal from
Judge Pritchard's order dischargfng
parties in Asheville on writ OF habeas
corpus.
Third the Southern Railway to ap-
peal to the state supreme court in
the Wake county case and if the
case is decided against it, TO take
1t by writ of error to the United
States supreme court.
Fourth, that both sides Cooperate
to have said cases advanced and ar
gted together and speedily deter
mined.
Fifth, the state at it's option to in
dict the Atlantic Coast Lne in one
case
Sixth. all indictments and prose-
cutions now pending to be dismiss
ed and no others to be Instituted for
any alleged violation of law up to the
time the new two and quarter
cent rate is put into effect. as far as
the governor can control the same
Seventh, the governor to advise