The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-17
THE eovERNoRs AND THE couRrs

When the Governors al Spring LAX
were getting ready the other day to
mob the United states supreme Court,
there was one voice against the un-
dertaking thu, OF Governor Kitchin.
of North Carolina. who voted NO"
According to The sun lie said that no
was IN sympathy with the idea, that is.
he protested against the encroach-
ments OF the Federal Courts upon the
rights OF the states, but lie Itdn't be
lieve the Governors Conference should
go beyond ;he purposes Tor which Il
was formed. and when the vote was
taken on the appointment OF com
mittee from the Conference to adyise
the Supreme Court what it should do
with the decision of Judge Sanborn in
tho Minnesota rate cases, Governor
kitchin voted in the negative Tina,
was tho proper thing for him TO have
done. The majority against him
was ~ to l." says the Greensboro Re
cord. This is Kitchin. There IS no
somfoolery about him. When he
'''eNSS up llilIiu ne VIII SUCK oven
II he sees he IS going to be slaught-
cred" Pity there had not been more
like him in the Conference at Spring
Lake. There was old Gilchrst. OF
Florida, who said that his State did
not need any help. did not think that
the supreme Court would let itself
be bulldozed." advised the Conference
TO sleep over the proposed action. and
yet voted with the majority when tho
test came
The Governors Conference pctored
out unexpectedly on Friday Its next
meeting Will be held in Richmond Al
an experience meeting before the nd
joutnment at Spring Lake. Governor
Tener, of PENNSYLVANIA. suggested that
better name for the aggregation
would be The Ancient and Amalpa-
mated Order OF Governors-The Gov
errors Union" That is rather long:
hut 1t Is taken for granted that the
Order, or Union. will have distinc
tive button and tho initials "a. A q
OF CT. q. L." would look we'll ON
N''N $50 S' 4tASSi GpdNS Oh sHe members
OF the Union We would sugges. that
the button be made of brass. the sign
of assurance, and that the letters he
put on IN red enamel, the token OF
anarchy. The "A. a. o. Of G." will also
require motto. and we would sug
Ees' line from GoldsmIth's Desert
ed Viliage"-"A breath can make Them
as n breath has made"
The Conference was upset and wan
dered Into the "insidious vagary" To
which 1t gave It's almost unanimous an
prevail under the inspiration OF Gov.
ernor Hadley. Progressive Republi
can OF Missouri. aided and abetted
by the violence OF Governor Aidrich.
MISC Progressive Republican" OF Ne
nraska. the breedlng-place. it would
seem. OF paramount issues and doubt
full ventures 'The question was as 10
the right Or tie Federal Courts OF
minor Jurisdiction to pass upon rates
made by the railroads In the several
states The contention was thar such
interference on the part of the minor
Federal Courts was in direct viola.
zion of the sovereignty of the sta+os
as 1t had the effect Of depriyinp Tho
States of the control of their own in.
ternal commerce. "lf the RICH, of reg
u!ation OF the rates OF transporta
ton in !ntrastate commerce shall be
oenied the several States" said Gov
ernor Hadiey. then there will be en-.
1oyed by The railroad companies the
right TO Ak Interstate rates Of trans
portatlon free from any supervision or
regulation"
There is doubtless merit in that
view. but IT does not appear
that the Governors went about the cor
fection Of the condition of which they
made complaint In the right way, if !,
was their purpose to accomplish any
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