Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-08-01

as reported in the ARGUS kilograms,
the following is the text of the message
wired by the Governor to solicitor
Brown at Asheville:
Raleigh, n. c., July 25, 1907.
Hon. Mark w. Brown.
Solicitor 18th District.
Asheville, n. c.:
Referring to your telegram OF the
23rd containing suggestion of Mr.. San
ford as the basis of settlement between
the State and railroads, / have to say:
cannot accept Mr.. Sanford's PROPOSE
ton. It annuls the State statute by
suspending the rate.
Section 8. Article l of the Constitu-
ton of North Carolina provides: ''All
power of suspending laws or the exc
cution oflaws, by any authority, with
out the consent of the representatives
of the people, is injurious to their
rights, and ought not to be exercised" :"
I suggest the following as a basis of
settlement:
1st. Let the railroads put the IA
cent rate into Immediate effect, pend
ing nnd1 determination OF Cn0 legal
questions involved.
End. The State to appeal from the
order of Judge Pritchard discharging
parties in Asheville on writ of haheas
corpus.
3rd. The Southern Railway to ap-
peal to the Supreme Court Of North
Carolina in the Wake county case, and
if the case is there decided against it,
to take the case by writ of error to Su-
preme Court of the United States.
4th. Both sides to cooperate to have
both of said cases advanced and argued
together and speedily determipded.
9Th. The State at its option to indict
the Atlantic Coast Line in one case.
9th. All other indictments to be
stopped pending final determination oi
the case.
9TH. The Governor to advise all peo-
pie against bringing any penalty suits
pending final determination of the
questions involved, and to ask the peo.
pie as whole to acquiesce in this ar
rangement.
8th. The suit pending before Judge
Pritchard to be diligently prosecuted
without the State, however, waiving
any question of Jurisdiction.
r. B. GLENN,
Governor.
Being asked as to his interview with
Mr.. Sanford, of the Department OF Jus
tice, the Governor stated that the sub.
stance of said interview was contained
in the telegram of Mr.. Brown and his
reply to it. That having to leave be.
fore the reply could be reduced to writ
ing, Mr.. Sanford requested the answer
be wired him at AsheviIle, through Mr.
Brown.
The Governor says that Mr.. Sanford
stated that while he did not represen
the railroads, he knew the officials o
the railroads would be glad to see tht
Governor if he desired it. The Govern
or replied thatif the railroad authori
ties desired to see him, he would bt
glad to meet them at any time anC
enter into any arrangement consisten
with the terms of his telegram, but i
would be useless to confer unless they
Were willing for the rate to go into eff
feet pending litigation, cited in his tel
egram, to annul the viii of the Legis
lature.
Asked what he would do if the rail
roads refused the terms offered anC
still insisted on controlling the Stat
courts through the Federal courts, tn
Governor replied that he would con
tinue as best he could to enforce tn
State law-doing nothing revolution
ary himself, or out OF the legal course
and advising no officer to do SO, bu
simply in legal and dignifed way. a
he had already done, upholding tn
Constitution, and laws of both the Stat
and the Nation. He said he wanted n
conflict.
The Governor said it now looked t.
him inevitable that an extra session g
the General Assembly would have t,