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Show GLENN, BORN FIGHTER NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR A PICTURESQUE CHARACTER. Has Become Widely Known as Result of War With Railroad Company Called "Too Democratic" by His Enemies. Now York. That Robert II. Glenn, governor of North Carolina, had tho bnckbono to stick through a light to tho finish did not surprise those who know him down In tho Tar Heel state. hatover his faults, n dislike for lighting light-ing hnd never been one of them. When onco ho took tho stand, right or wrong, that ho would force tho Southern railway to obey tho now statu law' limiting the passenger rato to 2 Vl cents n mile, only strangers, political po-litical adversaries and corporation followers fol-lowers foretold any outcome but victory, vic-tory, nt least temporary, over tho rail-toad rail-toad Interests and the federal courts. Glenn bud fought to get the Democratic Demo-cratic nomination for governor In 1905; forcing the support of the party politicians by appealing directly to tho voters In a campaign covering ovory corner of North Carolina, nnd then ho had pressed his caso against tho Republican nominee so energetically energeti-cally that he carried tho state by Its full Democratic plurnllty, barely less than C0.000, nlthough In recent years thoro haB been n tendency toward Republicanism, Re-publicanism, by reason of tho growing manufacturing Interests. Ilesldcs, nearly everybody In tho stato had heard his promlso nf tor tho election. "I havo an nmbltlon," ho hnd said, "to show North Carolina that a governor gov-ernor can do something besides par-ion par-ion criminals. With this nsHurnnco, nnd knowing his fighting Instincts, people n round him wero expecting "something to drop" nt tho first opportunity. That opportunity camo when tho Southern rnllway refused to obey tho rato law. Because of It, whether his sldo Is good or bad, his arguments sound or faulty, Glenn of North Carolina has come to bo ono of tho most talked about men In tbo United Stntcs. Long before Glenn got to bo governor, gov-ernor, ho lenrncd how to fight. As ho grew older, howovor, his combatlvo Instincts In-stincts woro limited to tho courtroom court-room nnd tho campaign. In both ho has been rarely a loser. Incidentally, ho served nls present foe, tbo Southern rnllway, as an assistant assist-ant division counsel less than llvo yeara ago. Ho also represented tho Wcsturn .Union Telegrnph company and other corporations. It was no secret se-cret .at tho timo ot his election, that tho Southern and tho rest of tho corporations cor-porations rejoiced over his success. They thought ho was on their sldo. Gov. Glenn was born In Itocklngham county, on Aug. 11, 1851. Ills father, a farmer, well-to-do and sprung from nn old family, was killed In tho civil wnr. His mother, who wn3 a woman of both culture and common sense, mortgaged mort-gaged tho farm to send her son to college. col-lege. Ho attended n high school nt Leaks-vlllo Leaks-vlllo and went to Davidson college. After that he took tho law courso at tho University of Virginia. Fiom tho tlmo of his marriage to Miss Nina Deaderlck In Knoxvllle, Tenn., on Jan. 8, 1878, Mr, Glenn practiced prac-ticed law In Winston-Salem, N. C. Glenn was elected to tho state legislature legis-lature In 1881. That was his llrst trial at politics, and he has been ut It con- Ofe GOV. R. B. GLENN. (North Carolina Executive Who Won Rato Fight with Railroad.) tlnuously over slnco. His term ns solicitor, so-licitor, an oUlcor who corresponds to district attorney In Now York, except that several counties nro covered, was In 18SC. Ho was a G rover Cloveland elector In 1881 nnd 1892, and Mr. Clovoland appointed him a United States district attorney. A sldo Interest, meanwhile, was tho stato mllltla, nnd Glenn helped to upbuild up-build the Wlnstou-Salcm riflemen, holding commissions as captain nnd major between 1S90 and 1893. : Kvcn his bitterest enemies call him honest. That ho has enemies has been attributed to his extreme democratic manner. "TOo little dignity," ono used In referring to him. Always clean-shaven, almost bald, weighing slightly less than 20C pounds, nnd Btnndlng just under six foot, Glenn Is tho plcturo ot soclabil Ity, almost Jollity. Ho talks woll, and seems to llko people, thoirgh ho lino tho reputation ot neither entertaining nor bolng entertained beforo ho wni governor. Ho has no hobbles In the way of diversions, unless long walks may bo catalogued. |