The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-20

and probably the court will be at la st
called upon to reach final decision
ms 10 exact amounts.
West Virginia, rs a State, has a
Capitol, State Library, penitcntiaries.
hospitals. real estate and other prop
erty which might be worth tho amount
OF Judgment of 100000 There
exists considerable doubt that pay
ment can be forced. but IL is not be-
lieved that any State which desires tho
Investment of money from capitalists
VIII repudiate judgments fastened up-
on IL by the courts. Immediately af-
Ter the decision was rendered, the
newspapers of West virginia vera 6u-
cd with comments on the anal nnd
inc greatest alarm was expressed. but
recently the subject seems to have
dropped out of mind, as the result of
the non action of the Legislature.
Stntc Gets Pnrt.
While the greater part of the pr,p-
s'pel VIII, when received go to certi-
hcate holders. there Will be n substan.
va recovery for the State. and Tins
VIII be considerably augmented by the
interest which Virginia will now claim
former Attorney General Anderson
ana Attorney-Genorai Williams. who
hau charge of the litigation. seem ,,se
~ to he called upon TO taks fur,ie
PROCEEDINGS i"' 'iier
Ever since the close of the War Re-
tween tho States. Virginia has heen
enoeavorlng to collect from West Viz
gina what the former claimed wns Tho
! t1 snare of the old State deh,
west virginia was said TO have o.
hhoWiedged her liability in tho or.
ann,,.. VI wheeling" before she was
adihitted to tho Union. and in her STATE
Constitution S' ''a'e
Goe. Into Court.
Deputa ton inter deputatio,
west Virginia. and Leg,s,at,,r. go
1eslsiature was appealed to 7, ho
came tho fashion to SEQ vbto,, ".
nina law-mnker could get fire. ~
INC clerks desk. at the openins
session with resolution dac,sr,,
'nat 'he state owed Virginia nothing
iast virginia brought suit fo-
out ohe-third OF the State deb, nc
~ 1861. estimated to ba
roIn,ss ~ N'''ooo'ooo. The court an
pointed Charles f. Iittlef.ld ~ ~
.heh Just leaving the House of Pa
resentatives. to be special mas,or -
examine into and report on tba -
SITUATION. He held many be.r,pn. a.
tiohnnono and elsewhere, and re1or,a,
10 inc court on March II. 1910 MI.
was four years after tho suit
brought ""i' was
rms report was a shock. r. iva,
Gated that Virginia was about - w.,
west Virginia papers accused The a.
torneys for that State, among vbon,
were FORMER Secretary of the Treos
ury John @. Carlisle and former c.,
ator John c. SrSoner. of blunderine
ana leading politicians were chorrsa
WIN having hoodwinked the neon,o
Later inc final argument was had -,
ashruch as Virginia had by Ieeislation
changed the amount to be anport,on.s
ana induced her creditors to eccant
sz1'oooooo as their share OF the debt
'ne claim was scaled to s7.1sp.5n7
Reliance on Honor"
On the question of Interest. Ius,i,.
Holmes said:
AS this is no ordinary comn.rc,.,
SUIT. but, as we have said. ouass.
International difference, referred 10
thls court In reliance upon tho horor
and constitutional obligations Of Tho
states concerned. rather than unon
ordinary remedies. We think /, host
AZ this stage TO go no further. but
70 await the effect OF conference
between the parties. which. wbetevar
the outcome. must take place II The
cause should be pressed contentiousI,
TO the end, It would he referred ~
master TO go over the hgures that We
let