The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-12-05
qet There Be 2ea=

lIuS
Ina to Come to Their Sober Senses
/ md Call Or the Radical Poli;i-
ciaps and Meddlesome Schemers
n their Wild Fight Against the
Railroads and Other Corporate
Interests.
4 ooa Of Nh. most timely aud vel
..;d.r-J ,rticles We have seen in "a
y,r.h .r,.tr., ,t,,'yspAp'rliTel, WIS
aIifortaI published inIh' Soith-
aorr HDrtH oiN Nnv 22nd.. u.id .r ne
i f,.,iin., of Let There br Prac-,' ns
bn)w-.
j Certainly the State hfs never ex
,,risu .,l -l.h \ lOrg period OF .u'-
f.pd AGITATION as has chHrdrter-
;,,J the past months of railroad litI-
-,,iou ami rhp almost continual
rarfarp d Il has been Wdg"d against
.ba railroads. on account of their ok
sri,ing their legal prerog ltive i'll
to.tinr tha cOnStitutiOnality of the
now IIx reducing passenger rates to
914 cents per MIL Th re j. but
on. r,.;,-,,u lDr he preS"nt nphe ~ n
/ ofrn- It IT,. on This question md II
N. rIIjri tfd uure ,>rnlbln ~tIud
ghi.L !tl- been taken bv some o. the
n.ysnlprr, Of the S'nte. AMOUNT
to almost s,n open and pr riice i
4ari1rn and assumption OF tlIe mOn-
gr.bial ruiz. III which the SuprriD"
and Supreme courts of hrStat~ h,tv.'
bppn Dictated toauh openly v bulldpz-i
N render an opinion i'll arcDri with
their yi.N- and dirtatAs. The policy
Of these newspapers and public off
eaIs--rrvsluts OF the people all-has
hpu dirtltOrial In the extreme and
tba future result can be- but most
disastrous To not only our North
CaroIiul rl!lrO IDS but to all present
state corporations and fufur. enter
prisrS
Just why the railroads have been
pracriraiy denied the right to test
lhr raiilry Of the rate law iSnO' ap-
parent. hut Snch i the r,ts'. W., do
nor mean TIN It they have baen Ipnied
tn. courts If Law, but that their
nsht, uJy" been jroparliZed. II lid
tIe III prrrr been treated in brDa i"r
and NOR. conservative light. without
tn hI4rIut and meddlleSOm. inter
hrrnrr uf these certai newspapers
and public officials, the question
would h.,v" been settled long ago in
an equltrbIe and just manner, with
out the expense and turmoil o which
The state has been subjected. .jHopard-
hng and practically stopping further
Fairoad building and Improvement
in the state, and worse than all, plac'
ing h" railroads in antagOnism to
the people. and rendering the service
to them inadequate and unsatisfac.
tory. Thus it is that the people suf-
fer because OF the ra iicaliSm that has
been shown. Had the papers and
others who so openly are fighting
the railroads been willing to tote
lair and let the matter be decided in
the courts, testing the validity aud
eOnsritutiona!ity of the act, they
would have done the state IL much
greater service than resorting to such
heroic and unreasonable me ,sur-s
1t is the prerOgative and duty o
the legislature to make laws, of tht
people to obey them, but first they
have tht right to appeal to the court
Of the commonwealth to decide as t(
whether or not these laws are or are
not III accord with the constitution
Of the state.
So We say Let there be peace ,
Let l'OyrruOr Glenn remain at the
capital and see that Justice is done
not only the state but the corpora
tons oi the state-Of the one as mucl
as tn" other he is the guardian, fol
the corporations are the people, tn,
people make them and support then
ahd own them, and when these cor
poratlono areantagOnized and tyran
med as they have been for the pas
lew months it is the people who sui
rf. We believe in the laws of The
Hate being upheld, but we argue tha,
lFSt allow the right thht EVERYONE
ulS, tlI" right to test the cOnstitu
uOhaIltr Of the statute in our su
Preme courts. Let the Raleigh morn
"- paper adopt new principal, tha
VI looking Mt Il question from bOtf
SUES and temper their radicali>u
WIN lu>' rr, for it has been somewha
II'on-h t,Htpappr' inStrumentallt,
ua' tiI' question has not been set
uri long ere this.
W. Doubt not but what the rail
roads would have abided by the lay
4S ilad', aud will do so if the court
%He'Idr They will have no OF he
a'prhatIr" although it cannon h
1'uo''u mat th' enArtinu OF thi
ttr III" Hl~ done the state irrepdri
"N ihNr}-thp full significance an,
,el'z z't'oI of which will nor be al
parent a' ourp bur more 80 MS tim
GOES by.
: "l"r the present conditions {
;.''"'tt' ~tringpncy which i opera
- d~dIa~' the further industrial de
.s,oPm"rt Tor some time to compru
IuH ,G Throughout North Carolina bu
n '"u. iI, We can scare antagOniz
r;l: ',r"1dS further. Keep theI
L':,' bounds, within-statp law. bu
b.u>'''' ""d equity be dealt out t
al 'H u.'E" enormous sums iuvps
lo"| 'hIuus obligations which r,