The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-18

the chairman and the recalcitrant Re,
publican member and finally Chairma,
Taylor IN apparent evaporation said;
III YOU object To anything in the recorc
throw it out" meaning in committee
meeting after the hearing, evidently.
Mr. Recs tried to throw oil on the
| troubled waters by saying: we are
now apart from anything in which
the companies are concerned We are
now supposed To be on that paragraph
IN the resolution that concerns conyic-
ions without due process of law 7
believe we are about due To pay some
attention to the resolution. \ federal
investigation must go into violations
OF The constitutions or of federal STAT
ntes and these are specific and limited.
! do not want To be understood as OH
jectin" too much"
NO Congressman Taylor inter-
rupted, you are not making as many
objections as a member of the COM
mittee."
comment all YOU want to-" said Mr..
Switzer I'm make some after awhile"
Mr. Rees continued that assault and
violations of personal rights are within
the province of the state and NOTHING
so iar had been shown that would re-
dulre the scrutiny of federal court.
Mr. Howell thought i important the
committee should know something
about the administration of Justice but
MIR Recs hazardod the opinion that
congress should get it's information
through the federal courts and not
through congressional investigating
committee.
"lr we find that Justice has been
done asked Chairman Taylor. can
we not investigate"
Congress could not legislate To ar
feet the condition now Under consider
alton" countored Mr.. Rees.
We'll Congress can legislate to do
away with conditions said to obtain
here said Mr.. TAYLOR. and will sar
that it will very soon"
IF the courts have been denied to|
anyone" said Mr.. Recs. lit is a proper
condition To investigate. But if they
have been open 10 everyone their op-
GRAFTON is no business Of the Congress
OF the United States"
Mr., Hilton here went into disser-
tation on the rights accorded the in
dividual by the United States, but Mr.
Rces conteudcd Mr.. Hilton was speak
ing OF hOld-ups and assaults and that
they are committed every day in the
cities of the United States and do not
come within the purvicw Of the con-
stitution, At this point the stormy
session adjourned.
As general proposition the inquiry
Yesterday afternoon WAS on the south
Range raid of the morning of Dec. IA.
in which Deputy Sheriff Driscoll was
Range headquarters of the federation
for weapons, after which number Of
members of the Citizens Alliance, act
ing as the sherin'S ,pOsse, raided the
and seized the persons Of n
number of people found therein as
well as "A quantity OF arms and am
There were in all. fodr witnesses and !
none OF them gave much information |
in the subject. Mr. LcGcndre was the |
inquisitor and his method of eXamin- !
alton may he seen in the following |
brief dialogue:
Henry lttunen Of Trimountain is the |
witness.
Mr.. LeGendre-"What happened to |
you in the latter part of October be-
tween 8 and 10 o'clocE?"
Witness-"Tt was IN December
Mr. LeGendre-"Wcrc you search
edo"
Witncss-"Oh, that was i'm August"
Mr. Rees made the Point with this /
witness who was the first on the raid |
inquiry, that the committee should not
open To the public matter for which |
"A man indicted by tue grand jury Is
now awaiting trial. explaining Dris-
coils shooting.
Mr. LoGendre tried To get the wit
ness 90 show that ne was i'm the South
Range federation headquarters because
there had been Citizens Alliance mass
the day before and he was
afraid something dire was about to
result.
The witness had heard there were
OF some sort. do you re-
member asked Mr. leGendrc, that
inilammatory speeches were made "a
these meetings."
u doubt the wisdom" said Chair
man Taylor "of permitting YOU to
oner your Interpretation Of those
speeches FOR his record, Mr.. LeGen.
Dire"
Mr. LeGendre-"Werc YOU told the
nature of those speeches." to the wit