, 1879-04-05

II can rory well sce," said Mr. Winston,
uhov tho reporters canuot atIorl to betray their |
sources Of tniormatton; shonll they 90 90, It
would tend to ruin thcir professional rcputa'
il docs not amount to anything whatever. One
member Of tho House tclieycd that another nad
received bribe, and told a reporter OF It. The
reporter published the story. II any one bc
for libel. The whole thing 10 farccal ln
thc extreme, and | don't believe that Mr.,
NcYius will remain In constructive custody over
forty y-clEl,t hours. Meantime. hc can attend 70
hts business In the House. tukc his Meu!s at tic
Leland House, and he an object Of interest to
tho Hrrgcant-nt-Arn1s."
"lIas ii,e Legislature the power to commit
porson for rcfuang to answer questions pro
pounded to him eitller before tho Bar Of the
House or in Committeeman"
Untloubscdly. 1t is the prcroOatiro Of all
legislative bo,iies."
"for how long time eau person be held IN
clj8fUuy}" ....
II presume until the end Of tho session. That
"Can the person bs sent to common IallW
II unders.ad T. Is not tle Gu saston Insarec.
Capitol seems to DO thr rulc.''
Mn. EMERY 4. aronNs |
took strong ground In regaru to tto matter.
lie read tile publication whch WaH matle In TitE
TRIBUNE Of the 2lst ult.. anti which was az fol-
lows: "a large number Of atranEers arc 10 thu
Ss Sc, ''aSy ays,c @ IL ysroas s
measures pending In the General Assembly,
tilpse relat1ny. to insurance, interest, tcket
'svaiplng,' and uilttta, alnl the 1iquor.liccusa
The lobby Is neither snlal! nor Inactive ind It
uay bo said that It Is effective, from the fnct,
apparently we'll understood In Il certain circle,
tint q rather prominent member Of the House.
wess ws0 o. ' IN tndaeencn1 n t. Iim to III up on
Il certain measure which he Wus pressing, It Is
crc,litatle to tho Assembly, however, tint the
rIl. OF thieves Is cotlfucd to nbnut lve Senators.
Ths balance Of tho body is measurably holless."
"That," satl Mr.. Storrs, "is, as It Seems to
nc. rather lutle1ute. There are q good many
members OF the Legislature {tk3}; they nru all
md all tlsvir nnsnes are KNOWN md Gu tue pay.
roll. No t,alncs aro mentioned here, nild X they
wrro The part!cs aggrleyed would have tllclr
remedy at law against the paper. Of course, Il
Legislature Inns certain Inherent ryhts, 1t has
sho right In tho interest Of purity anl morality,
to p,iIgo itsolf nf auy 1neinbUrs against whom
bsibcry can be provell. It hns certain rights Of
uycstlgatiol, nl,l ius III certain cases power to
nlsu Tic right to compel tho attendance
Of suct, persous; tue power to slll,rlll carries
With 1t al,e power to astach for disobclicnce.
| Just how far thu powers Ut tho Legislature
certain claims, as,tl / SEQ that quito latclY tho
| Kansas Legislature got after d telegraph nun,
ulul lc1nnlttua that tie shaud produce private
cortcsponlence for theiF inspection That was
| all wro,g."
Tie reporter Suggested! that Ia the Kansas
enso the baekwoods lawmakers got left utll had
| to back dowu. Mr. storrs tlen sald tlat the
question Of tue bowers Of Legislative bodies ~as
aticntlon. They certainly hud no right to
taku up general rumoss regarding lnatters
not CONCERNING them, and blso thereon ail
Investigation. He thought that In thIs casc an
nI1n fH
Circait ehn Court At Springfield for Wit. Tie
ease should be put Into lhu hands OF qualified
attorneys, an!l time given for ite proper pre-.
srntat!on. !lo believed TINT the Court would
decide tliat the charges made were 80 genera!
tllnt an Investigation WAS not Justified. lu such
caso the wholv thing would be o nnllIty, and
The tlouse would have 10 power to comtnlt Mr..
any wrong hu could mot ba compelled to
testify whers his answers might tend
to crtnlinate him. Ho might hive
asclinsd s9 ans"sF ~. M any questions , on n tlat
wfato tlle vague and indefinite artlclo referred
tot 1t lniuht hu known tint ho was The Till.
uHE correspondent Ut sprlhgtielti, but al1 II
| foilow TINT he was nnswcrlbts for all that aE-
pcaEcl tn ta,e paper, either under tue heading Of
"SprIn.fulah nr any other!
III conclusion, Alr. storrh aald That he believed
ihu Legislature lad executed isa powsra 10 tllis
case. n'd l4u hoped 10 see Tho question scttls!l.
whispered TINT judge Of the Superior or Cir.
cult Court, any, Of Cook County had been
guilty Ut corrupt practices, Tho. Court
ssu!d not resolve tselt Into eody for the pug.
contempt The question a. to whclhcr tho Lug.
lslatues bud tue right to take, cognizauce oil
something which WIS slonu In Chicago brought
up the salno point Us was involved In some
q newspaper was called upon to allswur in ots
Of the courts, Tor something published In lal'