The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-22

ing for the dismissal of the pend
 ing litigation as aforesaid, there is
 to be no liability upon the rail-
 road companies or either of them
 growing or arising out of the bonds
 they were required to give on se-
 curing te mporary restraining orders granted and issued by the
 court in 1913, on the filing of said
 supplemental bills in the suits
 aforesaid, nor on account of the
 failure of the railroad companies
 to put into force and effect the
 standard passenger rates pre-
 scribed by the commission prior
 to the respective dates fixed by
 said court upon the denial of the i,
 applications for interlocutory in-
 functions as prayed for in said
 supplemental bills." (Signed by
 the railroad commission, approved
 by the governor and the attorney
 generally
 And now, please note the similar clause in your agreement, which was paragraph nine, reading as follows:
 "Ninth: It is further under
 stood and agreed that in the mak-
 ing of this settlement and the dis
 missal of the pending litigation,
 according to the terms of the yer
 bal agreement between the parties
 hereto made contemporaneously
 with this instrument, there is to
 be no liability upon any of the
 companies herein named growing
 or arising out of the bonds said
 companies were required to give
 on securing the injunction hereto
 fore issued in the pending litiga- tion. It is further understood and agreed that the companies here
 in named shall under no circum- stances incur any liability on their
 bonds heretofore given or incur
 liability for any damages on ac-
 count of their failure to put into
 effect the disputed rates covering
 the time from the issuance of said
 injunctions up to the first day of
 October, 1907, when said com
 panies, by an agreement with the
 state of Alabama heretofore put
 into effect the disputed rates in-
 volved in the pending litigation, and further, that the defendants in the rate bills filed by said rail road companies in the federal court at Montgomery will consent
 to and aid to have entered such de-
 crees as may be necessary in the premises (Signed State of Ala bama, by B. B. Conner, governor) I will not weary you with further discussion. Now, I have not intended to be unkind or disrespectful. I merely want to hold you up in your true light. Don't imagine that you can throw sand in the eyes of the peo- ple, CT to use another choice figure, muddy the waters. They understand that your platform was tottering be- heath you. and ito save your hide," it behooves you to create an issue.
 The thoughtful men of this state | are eoing-to shortly make their selec- 1 tion of governor: they are sick and tired of political rough house. they know and appreciate that the future policy Of this state hangs upon the wisdom of their choice, and they do not propose this time to commit a blunder The eyes uf Alabalna are focused on 1 CHARLES HENDERSON as her faith full son who will redeem her credit and espouse her cause. Our people are locking to his steady hand and cool head to pilot ihe ship of state through the breakers just ahea,i.
 | lieyou are too much prooccupied with the stump. llease ask your ex. attorney general, who is running your campaign, to reply: and please do me the courtesy to reply without abuse on |villification; we want arguments. not l1enunciations.
 Very truly yours, RICHARD V. EVANS, Henderson Campaign Manager Jeffer- son County.