Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-06-02

or the secretary to AVOID iurtner pup
licity.
Leaving the case without any at.
tempt to meet the charges contained
IN the Kerby testimony has left a de-
cidedly bad impression. The kerby
testimony 10 uncontradicted and the
revelations of the stenographer unex
planned. II what Kerby said was un
true there was no reason for failure
to call Mr.. Massey, the other stenog
rapher. He was no placed upon the
stand. Massey, however. 1t Is under
stood, was put through the third dc.
gree" in the department.. and the fail
ure to call him may be due to the fact
that he could not remember the de-
tails of the preparation Of the Lawler
memorandum TO be different from
those presented by Mr.. Kerby.
v~ertrecs Afraid OF Testimony
Don M. Carr, Mr.. Ballinger's private
secretary, played a conspicuous part
In the preparation of the memorandum
n had an intimate knowledge OF
Secretary Ballinger's correspondence.
bue Mr.. Vertrces did not believe 1t
prudent to put him on the stand.
Mr.. Ballingor has not come forward
with any explanation of the correspond
ence he had with George NJ. Perkins.
OF J. Pierpont Morgan & Co., relative
to the purpose of the latter to Tex.
plot Alaska" The large financial In.
terests Of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
syndicate as testified to by their own
engineers make the confidential rela.
tionship between the secretary of the
interior and the manager of that syn
dictate a matter of grave public con
Germ. To close the testimony without
any effort at explanation Is accepted
In the capital as an admission that no
explanation that would be plausible
can be furnished. or OF fear lest
further cross-questioning would de.
velop the existence of evidence even
more damaging than that which has
been brought to light.
Aidrich Proposal Rejected.
Senator Cummins' amendment to
the rate bill by which no increases
in rates are to become effective un-
til the Interstate Commerce commits.
sion determines the proposed in.
creases to be reasonable, was an.
other rock upon which the AL
drich machine ven to pieces for the
time being in the senate. While the
amendment was pending Senator AL
drich made a desperate effort to ar.
rive at an agreement with the Dem.
ocrats in regard to fixing a time for
a vote.
A written memorandum was pre-.
pared for the Democratic members to
sign. Under the agreement the Dem.
ocrats were promised that a statehood
bill such as they favor would be
passed by the senate. This was a
strong inducement to the Democrats.
Statehood for New Mexico and Art.
zona in all probability means the ad.
dition of four Democrats to the United
States senate Some Of the Democrats
argued that they would be justified
In doing anything In order to get th
measure, but wiser counsels prevaile
The agreement also included no.
only the fixing of a date upon the bill
but that no amendment should be &C.
''I)ttU OtHtT IMAM tlOSe WHICH were
proposed by the committee and that
all the pending amendments Of other
senators should be voted down. II
was also provided that Sections 10.
II and 10. the capitalization sections
Of the bill, which are particularly OBJ.
jectionable to the Democrats, should
be eliminated. There were some Dem.
ocratic senators who were perfectly
willing to agree to the Germs.
Progressive Tactics Succeeded.
The success of the continued at
tacks of the Progressives Is due to the
fact that they have not permitted any
part of the bill to be accepted without
full discussion as to its effect. They
have not secured all that they want in
the bill, and they have not succeeded
in making sufficient changes thus far
so that they can say with absolute
certainty that II will be In such form
as to permit of their voting for 1t, but
they have improved 1t and they have
improved 1t in the face of the stub.
born opposition of Aldrich and his
friends. The tory organization of the
senate was compelled to give way up
ON the merger section, upon the traffic
agreement section, and upon the long
|, and short haul section. They were
/, compelled to make concessions upon
t the question OF the right of the ship
:, per to appearance In court in proceed
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