Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-07-18

stalled by Dick, on the Union and Kan.
gas Pacific lines. and the amount to ba
paid was $45.754,OOO, the debt being
just about double this amount.
This went along through thu
courts and an order of sale was OBJ.
tanned. The Mckinley administration
came in in March and Congress met
and not a word was said Cooking ts
any effort to stop this fraudulent ar.
rangement through April, May and
June. About the cath of June / in
PRODUCED resolution calling upon
the President 10 carry out the provis.
ions of the Act of March }, 1887, by
clearing off the paramount. mortgages
and suspending the proceedings carry.
ing into erect the agreement referred
tn. | succeeded in getting a majority
vote in the Committee, Senator For.
akcr voting with tire Democratic side
of the Committee, and | reported tn,
resolution on the Goth of June. / i'm
close you copy of the report which
briefly states the facts.
After that from time to time, assist.
cd by Senator Morgan, made effor
after effort to obtain consideration
of the resolution. 1t was filibusterec
against and showed aside in every pos
sible way by the administration lead
ers on the floor of the Senate, led by
ThurSton, Gear and Aldrich. We kept
pressing IL and discussing it clear
through until adjournment took place
getting into the Record" and before
the public all the facts in regard .tt
the matter
We never succeeded in getting vote
on the resolution because of actual
pain fiibusterng whenever there
seemed 10 be a chance of vote; but
the press of the country took it up
and after adjournment 1t became a
MATTER OF such notoriety and the OPP
position was so overwhelming that,
after repeated interviews which / had
with Mckinley and the Attorney Gen,
eral. (Mckenna), the latter at last
made up his mind to ask the ccurt
for continuance of the case until
Congress could meet and further conf
slider the matter. The ReorganizatioR
Committee did not dare to permit thii
and when 1t was done they stepped
forward and paid the full debt on thu
main line, letting the Kansas Division
SO over until later.
When Congress again met We again
took up the Kansas Division part of il
and made such showing that the At.
torney General (Mr. Griggs) agreed
positively to redeem the first mort.
gage and have receivership continued
In the interest of the Government. He
agreed publicly and personally to do
this and told me that he had draft
prepared for that purpose. Matters
went along for week in this way uni
I'll on the 18th of February, 1905. we
were informed that the representative
of the Attorney General had met in
st. Louis the attorneys representing
the Reorganization Committee and
had held a conference with them. the
outcome OF which was that the Gov
eminent. by the Attorney General
agreeing to accept S6.3OO.O00. surren
dering to the Company the balance oil
: the debt amounting to $6,624, 900.
Immediately on the 18th of Februar,
introduced resolution calling upor
the Attorney General to explain thil
change OF procedure and violation o.
his express agreement. The discus
sion led up to the passage of reso
,t'ion by the Senate on the 18th o.
hruary which was as follows:
Ersolyed. that the: sale Of tn.