The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-02

tell us. II therefore they were busy remo,sna
before the act and quit after the act was PAS.
and stayed quit for a number Of years. thar 20.
TO the mind Of a close observer would be more
than a coincident. II would not Just ham,
so-not on your life.
The pith Of this matter is not what offc.rs -
the Coast Line now think. It IS what rr4v
thought when the bills were passed. Probably
no officer of the company went before a COM
mittee. Somebody must nave made statements
to members OF the committees, whether G. rot
they appeared before the committees. Some
friend or counsel or some one interested. Sur.ly
a measure Of that import could not engineer l.
self through the General Assembly. We guar.
antee that both House and Senate had n il =
able and honest men as the State ever gathered
in the capital. Somebody was on the watch
tower, else why this proviso-"That any and
all corporations consolidated, leased or organ
lied under the provisions of this act shall he
domestic corporations Of North Carolina and
shall be subject to the laws and jurisdiction
thereof Will Mr.. Kenly tell us whether lis
company had those words put in the bill the
company had typewriter and sent to Raleigh?
If they were in the bill what were they put
there for? Were they meaningless? Anothe-
thing we ask Mr.. kenly, and it is this, When
your various consultations took place did Your
company know that language vas in the Oil?
If SO, please let US know what you thought It
meant? If you can't say what it meant then.
what do you think it means now? The matter
cannot be disposed Of by any high sounding til
butte Mr.. kenly may pay to the reputation 4
his company for integrity and good faith. He
says those are an asset it values and prizes.
Every time the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
nox-oc y % fro tho Cto+o oo,r4t ~ r. T-,t-,l
States Court on the ground that it is a foreign
corporation it lessons that asset.
We come now to the matter that vitality con-
Germs the State and its sovereignty. When The
State parted with its authority to control he
various lines composing the Coast Line and allow
dangerous consultations. mergers and leases. t
at least thought it was safeguarding it's people.
1t was trying to be just to the roads and at he
same time protect its injured citizens from *
pense and losses incident to trials a long ways
from home. 1t thought the consolidated com.
pany was to be a North Carolina corporation.
That is what the Legislature said it was 10 be
And it "ain't been it, according to Mr.. kenly
There is then but one course for the State.
Repeal the acts. In connection with the last
clause in Mr.. kenly's letter we will say We have
received a letter from a member Of that Legis-
lature, who was prominent in it's deliberations
and it contains this sentences:
IF ] had known that the bill did not do what
was freely stated on the floor Of the House and
| before the committee it would do, stop removal
Of suits and place the consolidated companies
on the same footing as those Of the component
parts which were North Carolina corporations.
and make it in deed and IN fact a North Caro-
lima corporation, | should have voted against I
and spoken against it. One word OF doubt OF
that proposition and the bill would have been
defeated. I had no agreement with any officer
or the railroad. ! simply took what was said
on the floor of the House by gentlemen | be-
heVed then and believe now knew what they
were saying and | voted for the bill"
We repeat that it is now what the State viii
do! There should be no hesitation in the mirl
OF any legislator about restoring to the State il.
lost sovereignty. It seems to have lost it in The
shuttle; but not lost it so it cannot be restored
At least put the State back where it was. re
peal the acts
Five days silence by Harry Kendall Thaw i