Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-20
ILLNESSES Arb MUM.
SENATE OUT OF IT'S JURISDICTION


49,. O.. Jan. 1.-THE invest.
. asn into the charge Oh nator,al
f auv with the recent o.. No
'0nns's', coached crisis tonisn'' ,,,,,
.seuo" .,,hat may be the final resu
natter N we" there will iikeiS
o Wv ayoral witnesses arrested 10, s s,,h
n,' They had seven witnesses . s,'ers not
temp emp for tonight, but they wer. nm, ~,
penaeu tined ay because none OF them
could testify. ,.., ,,cht ex-
tined samuel Pentiand' prop
al .%e Nel house; Frank p, Ross man
w. Of the Telephone company V"
assa .,,asdale. manager of the fos.a'
f. ID company, and Shepherd NJ
Teee'1 ororer of the Western Union
Ta,srraph company, who the'i ISM ~
nfer with their attorneys anu
TO eo' avcused until tonight TOT tn.
Wele when they appeared to,'s 81,
l XVI, said their attorneys neiu va. .ha In.
they san had no Jurisdiction In the IN.
senate hr n the alleged bribery OF
ves llsa. NJ the house, and had advised
menlpsi to answer any further ques'
thenl 70 the committee. They all ioi-
tons IN ~ advice of their attorneys, as
laNeu y" uoIlenbeck, who was not on
ga Ma, last night. When the com
NE ss" So,lnd that he advice OF at
in,.m was being followed uniformly
,o i ~ witnesses called. the open ses-
v;or was closed and the coniinl.,,ee
wont into executive session " many
p r senate chamber was crowded
utns the committee in open session
N v.,nn,ntsd TO examine witnesses, ana
.aV ne,ion Of the witnesses caused defn-
uls ..satinrs Of diversion. The witnesses
,ls not decline to tell the name or
W.T. counsel. and their replies showed
AZ, most eminent lawyers had been
engaged In the case. ,.,
Tbe members of the house investiga-
,ion committee were present ny ihVita-
,ion and they were requested 10 ASK
questions, but none OF them 'ooh any
part. =, 10, sa,vad
,s,b distinction on the bench at Gin
slnnati Is a member of the senate com
rnI,tee and Is prosecutor. He wore hlrn>
sat ant asking questions and getting
the monotonous reply, "On the aavice
n counsel 1 decline to answer CHAIR
man Burke, Senators Lang and FINK
dd their best to draw out the Wit
nesses. but to no avail After the -FOUR
others took their turns, Senator Gar
asd would close each examination by
asking. DO you decline to answer
questions because your attorneys say
This committee has no Jurisdiction In
this case, and have so advised YOU
The reply was In the affirmative ana
the witnesses were excused.
Each witness was told that he was
held under service by the committee
and should report tomorrow night at
1880 or sooner II called for.
AS the committee will make partial
report to the Senate tomorrow,a lively
time Is expected The committee will
ask the Senate to punish the witnesses
for contempt and TO give the investi-
gators full authority.
A. d. Hollenbbeck OF Carbon, au.
ditor Of Geauga county. and member
Of the Republican state executiv,
committee, was among the witnessed
called. Hollenbeck was asked repeat
eddy II his son was not in the employ
nent Of Senator Hanna. and II his sol
did not carry funds from Columbus
to Cincinnati. Representative lis re
sides in Cincinnati, and II tn
charges under which the investigation
was instituted. He invariably refuse,
to answer these questions. doing so
he said, upon the advice Of his attor
neys.
Shepherd N. Dunlap. manager of tn
Western Union Telegraph company
was asked specifically for message
signed H. D." Mr.. Dunlap. too, de
elined to make reply. Frank +. Ross
manager of the Telephone company
was asked about II. II. Boyce, 5. d
Holenbeck and others being called III
al Cincinnati, but he declined to an
swer.
In response to subpoenas, Justii
Wight and Harry Elllensworth, tele
graph operators, who worked the wir
a. Senator Hanna's headquarters in tn
Aeil house, were present to testify, bu
me committee decided at 0 y. IN. no
10 proceed with any more witnesse
VINO were under the Instructions of at
torneys
Inc committee then went into exec
utye session to consider the extent u
Ihelr jurisdiction In the investigation
ana especially In the matter of punish
hs witnesses for contempt The com
mluee was In executive session from
II o'clock and adopted, by a vote q
70 l. Gariield voting in the negative
4 resolution to refer the whole matte
. yaek to the Senate and ask for fur
uer instructions and power.
IN me House today there was ties
VOC o. the reorganization and II re
suited IN vote Of IS TO 10 against In
isopossd change, Speaker Mason, /
sminS some Hanna men the best chair
.no,nshlps, had quletcd the rerrgani
zation agitation