The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-14
OGDEN'S ST a iENII
IS PUT INTO RE CORD

4 -..J.. s.6.i 81, fig. 4 =
/ T believe did, said owen.
And that was either the day, OF
the day before he died, that that was
published in the public press. wasnt
Iit?" z :, b
] II expect it was day or two be.
fore he died"
And at that time he was In con
dition that you realized he was al.
1 most In extremist
''He was very i'll, 1yes.' u
"And he appreciated the fact he
was In serious condition himself, at
that timer" 4 IA
II take It he did"
Introduction Of the letter at this
time with the voice from the grave
acquitting Governor Hatfield Of inter.
fering with the commission, created a
stir.
Counsel for the company previously
had introduced letter, one written
by Witness Owen to the Manufactur.
ers Light and Heat Company in an.
swer to public request for informa-
ton printed in the newspapers, which
Owen on the stand testified he read,
before sending. to Commissioner Og.
den and that Ogden. upon finishing
perusing 1t, had said: g
Its all right go as far as you
ilike.n B
Owen Writes a Letter.
In this letter Owen wrote, with
the approval Of the dead commission
er, he testified, as follows:
The Manufacturers Heat and Light
Company. Pittsburgh, Pa.
Dear sirs:
! II have read with some interest
your open letters to the people of
West Virginia; and your answers to
questions propounded in the second
letter strike me as being fair. They
ought to insure you square deal and
am inclined to think that IL the PEG.
Iple were to decide the question you
would get 1t; but. since your case Is
before public service commission,
whose actions. opinions and judg.
Iments. as such commission, are con.
trolled, dictated and coerced by a
governor who insists that you be pro-
hibited from raising your rates and
that the old rate be reduced, you have
las much chance as the proverbial
SNOWFALL In Hades. In taking the
public into your confidence by these
letters, you have at least kept this
commission from rendering the deci.
sion made for them a long time ago,
and by a continuance you may be
able to postpone 1t Indefinitely.
! (Signed) Morgan owen.n
Two governors Of West Virginia,
one Of them Governor Hatfield, and
the other his predecessor, William e.
Glasscock, appearing as witnesses on
opposite sides Of the case is in pros
pect before the present taking OF ties.
ltimony ends.
Mr.. Glasscock, aged greatly since he
left the executives chair in the state
capital at Charleston, wandered stoop-
shouldered about the federal court
room today waiting his turn to be
called as witness for the company.
The state announced 1t will put Gov
ernor Hatfield on the stand in defense
of his administration as soon as the
lcompany finishes presenting its case.
Attorney McCamic was on the stand
when the hearing adjourned last even.
| ing.
In prospect of hearing former Gov.
ernor William E. Giasscock testify
there was larger audience on hand
when the hearing OF the Manufacture
ers Light and Heat Company in the
appeal to the United States courts
from the order of the public service
commission reducing the company's
rates was resumed this morning be-
fore Special Master j.. w. vandervort
in the Federal courtroom.
Glasscock, creator as governor, Of
the public service commission, was
scheduled to take the stand as wit
ness for the company against an act
| Of the commission.
There is expected to be an after
noon session of the masters court to-
day and maybe night session in an
effort to wind up the Wheeling hear
Jugs lulo WSOht EOtLClW1S6 ku6 CdS6
will be resumed here next week.
McCamic, Of counsel for the com.
pany, continued this morning to de.
tail alleged conversations with the
late Howard N. Ogden, former chair.
man Of the public service commission.
In Parkersburg, January is, OF the
present year. two weeks before he
died, Ogden, meeting McCamic, the
lawyer testified, suggested:
Lets get out on the street where
There are no dictaphones."
Witness ss,d Commissioner Ogden
then threatened to dissent from an
opinion he expected the other three
commissioners would hand down.
obeying Governor Hatf1eld's orders
and would not sign his name to It.
Mccamie's Testimony corroberates
Owen.
Cross-examination Of Attorney Nc.
Camic by Representative s. B. Avis
for the state. degenerating quickly
into arguments between the two at.
torneys, Avis appealed to the master:
please. your Honor, make the wit.
ness realize he is witness, not a
lawyer
Cross.examination by Mr.. Avis: At.
l fornav McCannfc adm}fted that he is