The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-13
COUNSEL FOR II. II. ROGERS IS
GRANTED UNTIL FRIDAY
TO MAKE REPLY.
LONGER TIME ASKED
FOR BY ATTORNEYS
Point at Issue Is Whether Standard
Oil Magnate Shall Be Compelled to
Answer Questions Of Missouri At
torney General.

souri,, was taken up before Justice
Gildersleeve in the supreme court
Wednesday, William v. Rowe and
Frank Hagerman, counsel for the
Standard Oil company, asked that the
hearing on the question whether Mr..
Rogers shall be compelled to answer
the questions be put over until Fri
day morning. Justice Gildersleeve
granted the motion.
The counsel for the Standard Oil
company informed the court that they
had not had time to prepare an an.
swer. They also requested that the
hearing before Commissioner Sanborn
should be held in allegiance until after
argument before the supreme court.
Justice Gildersleeve therefore ordered
that all proceedings before Commits.
sioner Frederick H. Sanborn be stayed
until Friday at two p. M. or until
after argument on the order to show
cause.
Two Weeks Asked For.
Attorney General Hadley was pres.
ent but was represented by Henry
Wollman as counsel. Lawyer w. ".
Rowe, representing Mr.. Rogers, said
that he has had no opportunity to con.
fer with his associates since receiving
notice of the order to show cause.
Inc questions involved were serious
and complicated, he said, and he could
not possibly prepare an answer or be
ready to argue the case in less than
two weeks. He declared that there is
no occasion for haste as the original
case in Missouri cannot be tried for
several months; that the taking Of
testimony here is only an incident in
the general proceedings and that he
did not want to prejudice his clients
by hurrying the matter.
Mr.. Wollman in answer said that no
postponement should be granted. All
that is sought, he said, is delay and
the questions involved are simple. He
declared that any lengthy adjourn.
ment will break up the present pro.
ceedings before Commissioner San.
born. The objections, he asserted, are
only captious He opposed any ad.
journment further than Thursday.
He introduced Attorney General Had.
ley, who while not a member Of the
bar here, was accorded the privilege
Of addressing the court.
Mr.. Hadley said the only privilege
Mr.. Rogers claimed in refusing to an.
swer was the advice Of counsel. The
question is, said Mr.. Hadley, whether
1ryifr IN
tions simply by claiming the privilege
that he or his counsel did not think
they should be answered. Mr.. Hadley
said there are proceedings pending in
Missouri that will be helpful in de.
termining the present case. Mr.. Had.
ley asked for as speedy determine.
tion as possible under the rules of the
court.
Probe Called "Fishing Excursion"
Frank Hagerman, counsel for the
Standard Oil company, declared that
the whole proceedings were a Fishing
excursion" The officials of Missouri,
he said, are seeking to find out the
ownership of the stock in three com.
panies and the federation, II any, be.
tween them.
Mr.. Hadley addressing the court
again said that all the questions in
volved had been admitted in testimony
in the state of Missouri. What he OBJ
jected to was. he seid. that the witness
should set up his own judgment on
what he should or should not answer
without giving any further reason for
declining to so answer.
Mr.. Rowe made another request for
delay. The court always gave the full.
est opportunity to prepare their de.
Tense, he said. and in this instance he
asked adequate judicial protection
against the officer of foreign state.
Justice Gildersleeve said that coun.
sci for the prespondents ought to be
familiar with the facts. They are en-.
titled to reasonable delay, he said,
but the question ought to be disposed
of. He then set the argument for Fri.
DAY. Mr.. Rowe asked for more time,
but this date was fixed. The adjourn
ment Of the hearing before Commits
sioner Sanborn till Friday afternoon
was agreed to by counsel.