The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-18
Says He and Perkins Should
be Hailed Before Bar of
the House.
SLAPPED CONGRESSES FACE
Few People See Anything
Cute in Carnegie's Evasive
Tactics.
Perkins Wouldn't D o r e
Treat a Judge as He Treat
ed Congress.

New York, Jan. 1S.-Victor Muir
dock. insurgent member from KAN
sas in the national house. of reprcs-
entatives, arrived in New York yes
terday and made known some of his
thoughts concerning Andrew Carnegie
Laird and Jester Of skRbo and New
York. and George w. Perkins.
Andrew Carnegie and George w.
Perkins should be hailed before the
bar of the national house of repres-
entatives without further ado" Mr..
Murdoch said. Both are guilty OF
gross recalcltrancy. And the time has
come when the house ought to real.
ize its powers and insist upon proper
regard for It's dignity as a legislative
body.
Both Perkins and Carnegie by t1eir
manner as WITNESSES slapped con-
gress in the face insultingly. One of
the crucial points is the steel inves-
tigation Is the complete clarihcation
Of the interview given out by Per-
kins on the night of October 81, 1907,
against Oakley Thorne's bank. Per-
kins should be made to clear that in
terview up.
Wouldn't Dare Treat Judge So.
There is no federal Judge In the
country, however weak and puny he
may be. that Perkins would dare treat
with the contempt he did the congress
sional investigating committee when
be was asked to reveal the reason for
the Oakley Thorne interview. There
Is no administrative commission. no
matter how limited the authority, that
would stand for Perkins refusal to tes
tIfy. why should congress knuckle
to man Of Perkins calibre?
so far as Andrew Carnegie and his
manner before the steel committee. Is
concerned, only Andrew himself land
limited number on his admirers see
in his evasivc tactics as witness any
thing cute. II was not numerous to
natly change the subject when di-
rect answer would Of necessity have
given real information There was
nothing particularly jocund In a man
OF his experience denying with an air
of fragrant innocence he did not
know of the existence of the Sherna n
antitrust law seven years after Its
passage. For It's fun the American
people will still turn to vaudeville,
He'd Make Andrew Stop Grlnnlng.
'Tn the matter of solution to the
trust problem there Is a great, deep,
serious national anxiety to know the
truth. Carnegie by his manner has
offended this national sense and there
would be no act that would meet with
90 general popular applause as one
that would follow motion in con-
rress to take the Laird Of SkIbo by
the scruff Of the neck and land him
fairly and sduarely, without the grin,
before the bar Of congress.
''Undoubtedly Carnegie and Per-
klns have Information thar woWd
clear up the matter the steel investi-
eating committee has been trying TO
ret at the bottom of aud they should
he made TO give 1t. Brought before
i1e bar of congress they would not
dare assume the attitude they did be-
fore the committee.
"Tt is not always easy to define hu-
NOR. particularly the Scotch variety"
concluded Mr.. Murdock, shut the
American people as whole are pret-
tv certain that paying interest Oh
three times the actual value of the
Carnegie properties taken over by the
steel trust is not highly ttillating.
The Jester should he made to laugh
out of the other side Of his mouth
What we need Is fewer libraries and
more justice"