Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-05-31
SWEEPING PROBE
subcommittee VIII be Named
10 Visit Paint Greek Reion
SECOND INVESTIGATION
IN HISTORY OF COUNTRY
Governor Stands mot Upon pedes.
tall but 10 the PiIlory," Says senai
tor Reed--Minority Objection to In
reference With States Rights -
Root Outlines New LEGISLATION.


Root Outlines New LEGISLATION.
BY viva voce vote the senate last
night passed the resolution anthrix.
Ing a sweeping investigation OF condi.
tons preceding and accompanies the
strike of miners In the Paint Creek
region In West Virginia The resolu-
ton, flrst introduced In somewhat off.
ferent form by Senator Kern. has been
before the senate for month, the
subject of many bitter attacks and
scores of speeches OF commendation.
Senste's Wide Authority.
Under the resolutions authority the
senate, through the education and la.
Dor committee. will look into charges
of peonage In West Virginia; of VIC.
lation 81 the immigration laws; Of in.
reference with the mails and postof-
fees, and OF violation OF The Constitu.
lion and laws OF the United States in
the trial OF citizens by military tri.
bunal II will examine reported com.
binations among operators In violation
of the Sherman antitrust act, and al
legged discrimination by immigration
authorities at ports OF entry, and de-
termine whether arms and explosives
were imported into Paint Creek for
improper use
Second In country's History.
The terms Of the authorization are
20 broad that the committee viii be
able to inquire into anything and ev.
erything which flsl,red In the trouble
between the miners and the operators.
The investigation viii be the second
In the history OF the nation. 50 far as
senators have shown in debate, to be
made OF the acts or state by a leg'
islatiye branch OF the Federal goyedn.
bment. The strike in the Court d'Alene
mining region in Idaho was inyesti'
gated by Ho,fse committee in 1900,
Visit 10 strike Region.
The education and labor committee
will meet probably today TO begin the
work Of investigation. Its first action
will be the naming OF subcommittee
to make a personal trip to the coal
region to examine witnesses. Senator
Bcrah will be chairman and Senators
Shields, Swanson, MARITIME and Ken
yon will be the other members The
subcommittee report Is looked for
next month.
Senators Borah, Root. Sutherland
and Reed spoke IN behalf OF the $3.50
luton yesterday, and Senator Bacon
opposed IL on the ground that investi
CATION of the actions or a state courl
was an unwarranted invasion OF o
states rights 3if
Lead To Better Laws.
Senators Borah and Root maintain
ed that aside from any other good
that might result, the senate might OBJ
tain information which would lead tt
legislation more certainly 10 protec
the rights and liberty Of individuals,
"The governor of West Virginia
struck at the foundation OF human
liberty" declared Senator Reed dis
/ GUESSING the establishment OF MARTA
law and the trial OF citizens In a mil
litary tribunal Instead Of standing
upon pedestal, as | have heard I
! said on this floor, he stands in the pill
lory and IN my opinion he viii stane
there as long as men revere libert,
In West Virginia.
critlcise Courts Decision
Senator Reed severely criticised tbs
supreme court ofnppeals OF West Wiz
glnia, which upheld the governor ant
the military tribunal Il say" he con
tinued. there never fell from George
iii or any OF the ministers; there new
err was written In the infamous reigI
of Charles II doctrine more destruct
| i've OF human liberty and OF all Law
and order than the doctrine we arr
now confronted with. It is a doctrine
SO monstrous that it shocks the con
science and appaIls the Judgment Q
every man who loves his country
Senator Root, admitted that he di'
not know what might result from tn
a
inquiry, declared that It should b.
made so that legislation might be per
fected II necessary TO insure the pro
/ lection OF the weak citizens In tn
rights guaranteed by the Constitution
and the Fourteenth amendment.
Outlines New Legislation.
He said It might prove advisable \