The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-24
GOVERNOR MAKES
REPLYTO ATTACKS
Denies Charges That He Has
Changed Attitude Toward
Trusts.
STATE GRANTS CHARTERS
Big Increase in Tax Values.
Inspections by Insurance
Commissioner.
STATE GRANTS CHARTERS
Especial to Tho Times-Dlspatch.l

Raleigh, N. c.. July Ex-Governor
Ntchin has issued his expected re-
ply to the attacks made on him in a
Raleigh paper through the NJ. L. AIisis-
heimer-J. A Lockhart letter, and the
editorial impeaching the sincerity of
the Governor in his antitrust profess
sion.. as contrndicted by his course
since he has been Governor. Tho re-
ply comprises eight typewriter pages.
u number OF quotations from his inau-
gural address and messages to the
Legislature being close lined.
The Governor denies tho charges In
toto and reviews his attitude ns shown
In his. inaugural address, his messages
to the Legislature and his conferences
with Legislators. He nays as to the
things that Lockhart claims took place
In the conference as to tho fate OF the
Lockhart bill in the Senate that SEN
ator Lockhart has simply been dream
ing dreams. and that tho things he says
occurred did not occur. He quotes
Senator Lockhart as having said In
that conference that ut would be hard
to put the Ten Commandment through
the Senate
Getting down to the incidents of tho
recent Legislature. the Governor says:
When the Legislature IF 1911 met
mads to 1t the most comprehensive and
drastic recommendations against trusts.
These were so clear and strong in their
effect that some time afterwards, when
a gentleman introduced q bill embody-
ing all my recommendations except tho
two most vital and sweeping ones, that
paper with enormous headlines pro-
nounced 1t q bill against trusts with
teeth"
The Governor continues:
His Change In Attitude.
MY attitude toward trusts has mover
changed. am as anxious to aid in
the destruction of private monopolies
and the punishment of offenders as L
ever claimed to be. I never said 1
could destroy the American Tobacco
Company or any other trust operating
throughout the United States II elected
Governor. I have always regarded the
great trusts as pillaging plunderers of
our progress. and l shall do what 1
can to relieve the people from their
oppression, under the Constitution OF
this State and the United States. These
commercial pirates I have fought from
my youth up to this day. 1 have al
ways thought. and still think, that rich
and great offenders should be punished
as we'll as others.
In this State the three departments,
the executive, judicial and legislative
are separate and apart. The Governor
of North Carolina is tho only Governor
in the United States that has no veto
power, and the Governor without power
to veto legislation can have little pow
er beyond the reason OF his messages
In securing legislation.
"A striking comparison of the movers
10
Governor of this State and the Cover
nor of New Jersey. who has the veto
power. who has tho power OF appoint
ing the Secretary OF State, the judges
or the Supreme Court. the clerk OF tho
supreme Court the district Judges
the Attorney General and the district
attorneys. Governor with this power
disposed to use the big stick, can be
very effective In legislation. and vat
tho Governor OF New Jersey has not
orlVen the American Tobacco Company.
one or It's chartered institutions. from
its borders"
Ihe special normal for the workers
VINO VIII lecture and demonstrate in
me farmers Institutes that are to be
neid during August in every part of
the State under the direction OF the
State Department OF Agriculture. with
1. q. Parker as director, closed q three
days session to-day. having scored
the most gratifying successes. Dig
cussions to-day in the normal for the
men included methods of !mpressine
on farmers the proper care of stock
and cattle. this being followed by n
final survey of best methods of con-
Quoting Institutes generally. There
VIII be six parties of institute work.
ers in the field going into every sec
ton OF the State They started out
the first week in July and will be out
all during August
Charters by State.
The Carolina Power and Light Com
pany. OF Raleigh, having absorbed
the Standard Gas and Electric Com
pany. Raleigh. and the Henderson
Light and Power Company. amend
ments to the charters OF these cor
porations have been filed decreasing
the capital OF each to the nominal
sum OF $1,000. the former from $4,000
and the latter from $4,000. The pur-
pose Is to simpl ymaintain organization
as subsidiary corporation.
The increase in tax values In Wake
county. exclusive OF corporations, I'M
der the reassessments just completed,
is about s7,o000O0. so that the total
property assessment is about s2i,000.-
600. while the corporation assessments
will run up to $4,000, 900. The per-
centage IS about 80 per cent. The
county board OF equalization meets
Monday to take up its work of adjust
ing kicks. While there will be num-
Der OF lively protests. and some of
them with Just grounds, the prospect
is for very general acceptance of the
assessments made.
Insurance Commissioners James r.
Young, who has just completed in
spections of buildings in Asheville and
Salisbury, as to their equipment with
fire escapes. says that while there are
something like 700 buildings In the
State equipped with escapes, there
arc probably as many more that are
not equipped. and are constant men
aces to tho lives OF many people In