The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-01-29
JASPER INDIANA. FRIDAY. JANUARY 29, 1897.

action till the committee calls on
him to do so. Its purpose is APP
parent. 1t is a means which is in
tended to effectua!ly put an end to
the investigation.
Senator Ellison got the floor de-
spite the president and said he
hoped the house resolution would
not be killed, as it was effective and
would do the work desired. Sena-
tor McCord took the floor and said
the general had told him
he did not desire to act with COM
mittees from the general assembly,
and Senator Ellison had time only
to say that the attorney general had
on the contrary expressed just the
opposite views, when Mr.. Haggard,
still carrying out the program, rec
ognized Senator Lafollette, another
attorney of the Pennsylvania rail-
road, who had been selected for the
craftsmanship of the committee,
and to make the closing speech.
Mr.. Lafollette said be was in favor
of the investigation, but did not
think the encouragement shonld
be called upon to act as a member
of a committee. The committee
was to ascertain if there were facts
enough to justify a suit to recover.
If there was to be litigation the at
torney general would have to con-
duet it for the state. He thought
the two committees appointed would
make a thorough investigation into
THE merits of the case and he moved
the adoption of the substitute.
Senator Shively and three or four
other senators were on the floor try
, ing to get recognition to speak on
the motion, but Mr.. Haggard re-
! fused all debate on it. Mr.. Lafollete
had made speech, and that was all
6 there was to be under his arrange
: ment with the interests involved.
He hastily stated the question and
! shouted out at the top of his voice
J. "All in favor say aye all opposed
= mo, the ayes have it," The whole
thing didn't take minute and the
!, program was gone through.
Mr.. Shively demanded to know
: why he had not been recognized
! whereupon the president said: "W
!. can't take up the senate's time dis
9 cussing such insignificant matters
. | appoint Senators Lafollette, Nc
! Cord and Drummond on the com
= mittee. y
! : Senator Ellison demanded tn
= = yeas and nays, but the president re
= fused to entertain it. The vote wa
scattering and there was clear viv'
,fIvoce majority against the substitute
!, : and it was this fact that caused tn,
= " disgraceful course upon the part o
= the Acknowledgements
: Senator Ellison tried to appeal
: but Senator Newly, the lieutenant
governors mouthpiece, said it wa
! too late, and the parrot-like lieuten
= ant governor reiterated "It is too
late"
: The whole proceeding was so ap
! parent, so fragrant, so brazen, tina
: : even republican senators, whose
partisanship has never been ques
;. toned, refused to countenance it
y and said that kind Of busines
j = would not do.
= 1t is a notorious fact that boil
1,ISenators Lafollette and McCord ar
: Pennsylvania railroad attorneys, AN
:, the scheme was to emasculate tn
! resolution, put no limit as TO tn
), ~ time for the committee 10 report AN
- then put it into the hands Of tn
:, Pennsylvania road. This was don
:, ~ and it was done by the lieutenant
9 governor.
.ATToRNEY-GENERAL's ATTITUDE.
!. Attorney.General Ketcham wa
70 asked yesterday afterooon if he ha
20 any objection to act in conjunctio
re with Legislative committees and re
" piled: "Not at all. am tn
h. servant of the legislature and of tn
"a people. am a public officer an
n. this legislature can command me {
c. any time"
he "Will you act in assisting this il
y vestigating committee?"
"a Certainly, if the committee call
al upon me to do so" replied the a
a torney general.
With two Pennsylvania railroa
,s. attorneys forming the majority
,;s the senate committee it does m
oh seem likely that the attorney-ger
nd eral will be called upon unless I'll
u house committee takes the prop
too action.
ch An enterprising schoolmarm
M Westbrook, Me-. seeing a fine roost
ses Choking to death on her way
hts school one morning, caught it, c
OF, open its crop, which was clean'
,,t thorouohly eaxcad nm the l