The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-02-01


ard evasive. One rather amusing but
momentarily startling incident occur
red. While Mr.. Rogers was testifying
photographer set off a hash4ig1t i'll
the back Of the room. The oil mag
nate munbled something, left the wit
ness chair and without so much as 81
"by your leave fed from the room.
After one days hearing Rogers took
the reporters into his confidence and in
formed them that the whole inquiry
was for a political purpose, it's object
being to make Attorney General Had
ley governor of Missouri.
Not Joke With Hadley.
Hadley himself has taken the mat
ter more seriously 1t is not a joke
with him, and he evinces a determina-
ton that before he is through with the
matter it shall not be joke to the 9th
er people The charge that he is try
ing to use the investigation as a lever
to elevate himself into the governor
ship he said he would not dignity by
answering Herbert S. Hadley is a
young man, was born in Kansas, edu-
Gated in the Northwestern university
and began the practice Of law in Kan
sas City. In 1900 he was elected pros
ecuting attorney of the county, where
he lost but one out of twenty-one MUIR
der cases aud but six out Of 1913 cases
in all. He was as interchangeable in
prosecuting election frauds as Govern
or Folk was in prosecuting boodlers.
While Hadley is Republican and
Folk Democrat, the two often CO
operated. Against his will Hadley was
nominated for the Office Of attorney
general. At the time it was regarded
as a forlorn hope, but he was carried
in on the Republican landslide, al
though the Democrats captured the
governorship. The young attorney
general had sympathized with the fight
Of his native state Of Kansas against
the Standard Oil company, and this
fact may have had something to do
with his taking up the cudgels in his
own state. When he discovered that
the Standard did no business in so
important a city as ST. Louis his sus-
picions were aroused When he dis
covered further that the state seemed
to be divided between two ostensibly
independent concerns he began to
''smell mouse" Following up these
Investigations, he concluded that these
two independent" concerns were both
owned by the Standard, bought their
oil from 1t and shared with it their
profits. AS a result he instituted the
present inquiry. Being from the state
whose accredited motto is you'll have
to show me-" he demanded to be shown
why foreign corporation could break
the laws he was sworn to enforce. He
is enough Of fighter that his desires
will either have to be complied with or
there will be trouble. He may not be
as old and deft as the high priced
Standard attorneys, but he is in ear
nest. Moreover, he has Governor Folk
and the great state of Missouri behind
him, besides being supported by pub
tic opinion throughout the country. Mr..
Hadley Is a rather tall, smooth faced
man, an accomplished speaker and is
one who is not to be bulldozed, over
awed or ridiculed from following a
course that he believes to be right
His case is before the supreme court of
Missouri, and he proposes either to
make the Standard Oil company obey
the law or cease doing business in the
state.
The independent company game is
believed to be an old one with Rookie
Teller and his satellites.
Garfield's Inquiry.
At the same time Hadley Is conduct
Ing his investigation Commissioned
Garfield, by direction of the president,
Is holding another inquiry into the
Rockefeller methods. 1t is predicted
that his report will be ready by March
], and enough Of 1t has leaked out to
show that it will make some startling
disclosures. Mr.. Hadley has had access
to this testimony to assist him In max
ing his own case. Mr.. Garfield Is said
to be following especially the subsidi-
airy concerns Of the Standard. The
ramifications Of the system" are so