The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-04-11
CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY
Ioto Governor Tn.nan's Telegraph,c
ConsorshID

WASHINGTON, April 3.-Gen. Gros
Yenor Of Ohio introduced the folloWins
resolution in the House this afternoon
Whereas, the following telegraphl
messages appears in the public news
papers of this city. to wit:
New York, April 3.
Fred j. Loudetce, New York Recorder
correspondent, Columbia, S. c.
Where are your dispatches? Moth
ing received up to this hour.
GEORGE W. TURNER.
Western Union TeIegraphic Office, 1S;
Broadway, n. Y, April 2.
George W. GHFheeff:- Your telegram
dated tonight to Loudette, Colum bia
). C., is undeliyered, the reason being
given that 1t fails to meet the approval
OF the military sergeant in charge
there. NJ. W. RAVENS
Manager receiving and delivery de.
partment.
Darlington, April2 2.
George W. Turner, New York.
The telegraph here is closed to all
newspaper dispatches. It Is impossible
at this hour to get anything through.
Matter was fled four hours ago. Rich
bourg says be cannot allow it to 90 un-
der his orders from Governor Tillman.
AUGUST KoHN,
New York Recorder correspondent.
And, whereas. it is generally report
ed and Is probably true that armed
bodies Of men purporting to act under
some civil and military authority have
taken possession by force and violence
Of certain telegraph lines engaged in
interstate commerce, and that such
force have with armed violence, estab-
lshsd or assumed censorship of the
daily and weekly press Of the country.
and prohibited the Transmission of
news dispatches to the newspapers of
the country; and with threats of vic.
lence and bloodshed have interfered
With the interstate commerce of the
country, and have wrested, by force of
arms, the means and facilities aud ap-
pllances Of Interstate commerce; and
that certain armed forces, pretending
to act under orders of some authority
claiming to have and to exercise para
mount authority in a certain State or
States over such means of commerce,
have seized with force and violence
certain railroad property, cars, locomo-
tiVes and other rolling stock and have
assumed to demand and exercise the
power to dictate the terms which inter-
state commerce upon such railroads
may be exercised and carried on.
And, whereas, it is currently assert.
ed that such acts have operated to sus.
pend the business Of the people, cut off
communication with all the people of
the United States outside of the dis.
trlct 80 affected and to paralyzs and
destroy all Interstate commerce of GER
tain portions of the country, therefore
be it,
Resolved, By the House of Represen.
tatiYes, that the standing committee of
this House on Interstate and foreign
commerce be authorized and required
TO make full and definite inquiry as
TO what has been done in the premises,
By whom and under what law or au-
;hority any such acts or doings have
taken place, and what, if any condition
of any such section Of the country,
made such acts or doings necessary, and
sssa lc~ c~S1Es- Of fha ITnitad States
whom and under what pretext; and
whether the people of any such State
have been terrorized by such violence,
threats of bloodshed and the presence
Of armed men in their midst; and such
committee Is authorized to send per-
Sons and papers, employ clerk and
3tenographer, and make report in writ
Ing, with any evidence taken by such
committee, and to report to this House
without delay ali the facts relating to
The said situation pertinent and proper
to be known under this inquiry.