The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-14

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ts9 The foltow wing TstateInent Uwas1 made
letter to- be sent to- gehe presidents Of
Fthe Norfolk e. 16onthernST EDrfoih and
Western Standardization and Allan
tic CoasD0Lines railroads, and that in
writing these. letters since TALL were
! exactly similapashe haG notTdeemed II
keep a9eoey Of each one,
but hat il would find: same among fi,es
I'm the snaps of a letter topBfft9 f. S.
Cannon president Of ths Norfolk and
lSouthern3sUithT notation ins one3eorner,
'same3to presidents 1of EariousafoadS.
| atGonce tt4ned to plis and asked that
| three copies b ihiade7 of same, direct
ing ITO 9Mr.9 IFanersuff instead3Jof Mr..
Cannoh.fv ThlsrShe MA & ette-ohes fef 'Tf.
Morton aandIssne 9ffeF any bic who
should desire it This she did, and COZ
oneI Morton got the letter in person
and thanked me .:to- it. He then ask
led to see my letters rom Mr. Roun-
tree. I showed them to him. He ask
yesterday by Representative George l..
Morton in reply to the interview given
out by Governor Glenn in: Raleigh on
Monday regarding the question OF
missing letters from the official files. ~
Mr.. Morton said: Tx f5#*' "
t""In reply to Governor Glenn*s state
1ment in the morning papers, 1 desire
TO say it is not question Of personal
dislike WITH me, but Of HIS official
methods of actions My first statement
IN this controversy was correct. l
visited Governors Glenn's Office three
times. On my first visit when the
conversation about, the letter to Mr..
Emerson took place 1 did not know
that Mr.. Elliott was III the city, and
could ''snh not W have said 50 70, Governor
Glenn. He could o find this letter
which demanded from the Atlantic
Coast Line the SIT, 800 for expenses Of
the legislature and not court costs.
did say he would write to Will,
and get a copy for me About,
an hour later l saw Mr.. Elliott in the
lOUDy, duu l. dOhSu Hill lOl q Cup III
this letter, but he Informed me that
he would not give it out unless the gov
ernor gays lis consent. l then paid a
second visit to the governors office
Mr.. Elliott accompanying me as far as
the door. and ON this visit Mr.. J.. o.
Carr of Wilmington, and I think Mr.
King Of Greensboro, being =. present
with the lgoEernor, | stated to him
that found that Mr.. Elliott was in
the city, and I could save him the
trouble of writing to Wilmington, If
he would authorize me to get a copy
from Mr.. Elliott. -4
Governor Glenn then said that he
had found this letter, and that if T
would come back that afternoon he
would have a copy for me, and that
he would look when he went to dinner
in his other court pocket at the man
sion, for the Rountree letters I had
asked for.
con my third visit in the afternoon
the oFe eEo fgs "a a copy Of the
Atlantic Coast Line letter, and read to
h e=Rountree correspondence, but
did not offer me a copy. onsthis Visit
Speaker Justice and others were in the
governors office. r 1@G
This is a correct statement Of the;
entire matter. 1t will be evident to
any one who reads the governors mes
sage to the legislature relative to- the
ST, 500, and then his letter to othe
Atlantic Coast Line On the same SUB
ject why he seeks to explain, but even
hssssstatemeAtxisEan acknowledgement
of my contention that important 4etE
tiers we're missing from the official files
atsn fImefwhen the members Of the
Legislatures were invited by special
message to the general assembly to
come to his office and inspect them. =
GEORGE L. MORTON."FnI
The statement made by Governor
Glenn as follows: air Z
The facts are these: Colonel Mop
ton called AND asked TO SEQ my file. I
handed same to him and he looked ov-
or it, asking for a certain letter to
MI. Emerson. 1 asked the nature of
tie letter and he gave me an outline
q ksszremaEkiRxsfhat Mr.. Elliott was
here and had the letter, but he pre-
ferred getting a copy of MY Meyer
then Hooked through the fies for the
letter, Bdt coulde not find the one he
wanted. but told him 1 was sure there
was a copy Of it +! then sent for my
sstepegrapher=and asked why copy Of
<suchy AN important letter was not
among the files. She replies that i
had dictated this letter IS q general
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