Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1911-07-12

were about even that the Supreme
court would uphold the constitutional,
ity OF law which would put migra
tory birds under the care and protec.
ton OF the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. IL was said by some OF the
older members OF congress that the
measure appeared on its face TO be a
freak measure. but there might be a
deal more sense in II 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 n veritabie 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 VIII
liams OF Mississippi. the Democratic
leader. doubtless intended to keep out
OF the storm. but Il surrounded him
and beat upon his head until he felt
forced TO add his own voice to the
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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 MT
| chance for impartiality in Judge OF
jury. They intlmated that II Taylor
was innocent that to give him up tt
the Kentucky authorities meant Civ
ing him up TO be murdered.
From the words OF the Indianianl
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
VI lbt W lUt On0
case in hand, and they let It appear In
their answers that they held that Ken.
lucky and the Kentuckians were be.
ing accused OF all the offenses known
to the laws OF civilization.
Mr.. Williams told the Indianians
that no matter how impudently they
might assume superiority they were
hau No panp1o In "a
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 Kentucklans always have
been your equals II not your super
Tors"
The fact that the Democratic leader
did not claim superiority for the
soutberner over the northerner. but
was content even I'm 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 quoting matters, and
the row over the Taylor requisition ar
fair quieted down.
After # was over New York mem.
Der went TO an 1ndianian and asked
him why II was that when Mr.. VIII
liams intimated that Kentucky was
the peer Of Indiana I'm literature the
Hoosier did not fire at him a cata-
logue Of the recent Indiana output I'm
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 Missls.
sippi leader. with the quantity OF the
ammunition. even though in part its
quality might be bit below par