Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-07-14


were about even that the Supreme
court would uphold the CONSTITUTIONAL
ity OF a law which would put migra-
tory birds under the care and protec-
ton of the Interstate Commerce Com.
mission. II was said by some Of the
older members OF congress that the
measure appeared on its face to be
freak measure. but there might be a
deal more sense in it than the sur
face showed.
Periodically the assassination OF
Governor Goebel of Kentucky returned
to plague the house Of representatives.
As everybody probably remembers
Governor Taylor of Kentucky went to
Indiana when charge was made
against him of completely in the Goe-
bel killing. The Kentucky officials
tried to secure Taylor's return so
that he might be placed on trial. but
the Indiana governors always refused
to sign the Kentucky requisition.
One day there was a veritable storm
in the house of representatives over
the matter of the refusal Of the Hoos-
Ter executive to honor a requisition
for Taylor. Lightning flashed back
and forth across the aisle which d.
vides Democracy from Republicanism-
The bolts were hurled by Kentuckians
and by Indianians John Sharp Will
liams of Mississippi. the Democratic
leader. doubtless intended to keep out
OF the storm. but it surrounded him
and beat upon his head dntil he felt
forced TO add his own voice to the
din.
The Hoosier Republicans had told
the Kentucky Democrats that IL Tay-
lor were given up to trial conviction
would come irrespective of his guilt or
innocence. They said that with the
feeling running high there was no
chance for impartiality In judge or
jury. They intimated that II Taylor
was innocent that to give him up to
the Kentucky authorities meant Civ
ing him up to be murdered
From the words of the Indianians
the Kentuckians drew the inference
that their state was charged with be
ing the seat Of injustice. They refused
utterly to confine the charges and the
insinuations of the Hoosiers to the one
case in hand. and they let 1t appear In
their answers that they held that Ken
lucky and the Kentuckians were be-
ing accused of all the ofenses known
to the laws of civilization.
Mr.. williams told the Indianians
that no matter how impudently they
might assume superiority they were
no better than the people to the south
of the Ohio He said to the Hoosiers:
There has been too much OF this ar
rogant assumption Of superiority on
your side OF the Ohio river and Of in
feriority on the other. In the forum.
on the battlefield. on the bench and In
literature Kentuckians always have
been your equals II not your super
iors."
The fact that the Democratic leader
did not claim superiority for the
southerner over the northerner. but
was content even in the heat OF argu-
ment, when something else might
have been expected. to lay claim
merely to an equality of ability, was
the means Of quieting matters. and
the row over the Taylor requisition af-
fair quieted down.
After It was over New York mem
Der went to an Indianian and asked
him why 1t was that when Mr.. VIII
liams intimated that Kentucky was
the peer of Indiana In literature the
Hoosier did not fire at him cata-
logue of the recent Indiana output In
literature The New Yorker told his
Indiana friend that II he had done
this he could have fioored all the Ken
tuckians. and with them the Missis-
sippl leader, with the quantity Of the
ammunition. even though In part Its
quality might be bit below par.