The St. Mary banner., 1911-07-29

| lug ana tnat the chances certainly
were about even that the Supreme
court would uphold the constitutional
ity CT law which would put migra
tory birds under the care and protec.
tion OF the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. 1t was said by some of the
older members of congress that the
measure appeared on its face to be q
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 veritable storm
in the house Of representatives over
the matter of the refusal of the Hoos-
ier 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
fnt <o
Of the storm. but 1t surrounded him
and beat upon his head until he felt
forced to add his own voice to the
din.
The Hoosier Republicans had told
the Kentucky Democrats that II 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 If 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 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 1ndianians
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
on the other. In the forum.
On the battlefield. on the bench and In
literature Kentuckians always have
been your equals IL not your super
ors."
The fact that the Democratic leader
lid not claim superiority for the
,outherner over the northerner, but
vas content even In the heat OF argu-
nent, when something else might
,ave been expected. to lay claim
merely to an equality Of ability. was
he means Of quieting matters, and
he row over the Taylor requisition a.
air Quieted down.
After 1t was over q New York men,
'er went to an Indianian and asked
i'm why 1t was that when Mr.. WILL
lams intimated that Kentucky was
he peer OF Indiana in literature the
Ioosier did not fire at him cata-
ogue of the recent Indiana output In
terature. The New Yorker told his
indiana friend that II he had done
MS he could have foored all the Ken.
lckians. and with them the Missis.
lppi leader. with the quantity Of the
even though In part its
uality might be bit below par. +.