The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-06

oo0toEro4 upog thlD oomUof1oo ~
The rules eoyegD1ng ~ peooo a..
legieo nor odlACAtoo e n ~ No 0G1Ge
authority. yno oeon11ne ooonD1ttoo'
then went ~ ~ TEL ~ o10otogo tho9
y would - eutile lof thoW % ~
oempt the expuIojoo oe thlo eog4oor
poooene 1or oyeos oho0N 1tAoy - ~
tne met WoolA ro1An>n ~ ~ ~
senoAne would - 40 NY ~ ~
armed but a the ooofyngys vo01o
% ooub1y armed e romov61s ~ ~
oxercaso q - 0oub0ulsa poWog:s -
ehe next paraGroph tho 1ottGg q ~.
|StA9olng committee po1nto out - ~
am1eb1o senators that vns1oao ~
nue. are opon - o&ondo0 oo0atoeo -
yoeloWe:
~(al By persoal intosviDv WITH
the o3endine cosregpondmt; ~ ~
commun1oatj0n a4dyoooe4 0iroetly -
me management q the oGen11ng
noWepApor: 90 ny the o1oEu1Do q
personal privilege On the 1cog q prO-
vided ~ the rules Of the SENATE: ~
BY the ubel and other leWe pAssed
~ congreee and BY the log1o1ofu1eo
OF the various states"
Instead OK pur1uing theoo rene4ieo
the senators got together ana Un1o =
new plan. Ihe rules cCwUlttoo o.
cided 70 champion the Gauss q t1olr
disgrunued triende, and the follow.
Ing members Of To committee held
m Informal sessioa behind cloood
doors: Lee 8 0ver0an. John ".
Kern, James - O'0ormen. lohn
Sharp Williams, Augustus q. 0oeons
Francis y. Warren, Jacob y. 0ak
linger. ana Knuto Nielsen. There -
no record Of what No. aid or how
the individuals voto6, 4 indeed aAy
vote was taken, but eenatog Oyornan
says these momborn ok hlD commit
tee authorised him - 60 What 40
subseQuently did. The Aext hAppen-
Ing was IN invitation from = n1eo4ly
correspondent % come around an
talk to Overman about III complaints
which had been made By oenatoEp -
the standing committee e the al
lery. Your corro0pondent rop11e4 that
up 70 that time 10 had Mt been no
tiled Of any complaints. had not been
invited to dofeqo himself and wa m
ofacially inf0rmed that the standing
committee Of the eallory Ind declined
to take juriSdiction q tho complaints
Of these senators.
Another interval Of several weeks
elapsed. The next happSning wns
the receipt Of Z telegram b. the OH
cago manager OF this noWepAper par.
vice, B. H. Canleld. The telegram
was signed By Lee 8. OvornnAn and
suggested that Mr.. Can0eld "voluu-
tarily" come TO Washingtcn to con-
fer with Mr.. Overman n regard -
charges" pending against correspon-
dent OLSON Gardner before the rulee
COMMITTEES Of tho senate. (Nots ~
inaccusaey Of the chairman OF The
rules committee IN the use Of the
word 'sch9rges." He wa fofexrlng tn
these complaints by thooo individual
senators: the same complaints which
had been turned down BY the oton4s
ing committee Of the peoos gallery.
But, OF cour1e. oenatoes eoAnot ~
expected 70 live up - IL same
standards of accuracy G 0tntonent
practiced BY nswspapoEmsa = writ.
ing about pubic Den.)
The obhging general Nanaoes g.
this newspapor serv1ce droppo4 m
Chicago laborv and came - Woe4
ington to zee what K vas ~ aboUG
He called On Senator 0vog1nan ~
learned the facts - - = ouoeoe1eo
and n detail - W hare eoe 49,
forth above. Senator ovUfman a4e9t-
- benign and fat1ef1y att1tndo -
telling the Chicago nanaeegs eayMe
that he wished to SooetIe tie mattos
quietly" without pub6clty O. any.
thing % disagroeable - n einvoset
gation." Or trial." By The rules eo0-
mittee. Note the covert tnseets =
the use Of the words trial. ana m
vsstigation."
And that ID where the m0eter nov
rests. The senate committee On rule
has Issued . threat. 1r. 0yef1An
ton e the committse. .1ns russs 80