The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-04-09

in which he demanded an investiga-
ton OF the railroad commission and
by innuendo attacked Commissioner
Cunningham again.
Chairman Murtha replied briefly
that the committee did not have the
power to investigate the commission,
and Mr.. Glasgow was dismissed.
Says Glasgow Made Statement.
Receiver Paul King of the Pere Mar
Quette was then called to the stand.
Mr.. King testified that an advertising
man from a leading newspaper APP
preached him with several interviews
which he offered for sale. Among
these was one from Commissioner
Glasgow. Mr.. King declared that he
told the advertising man he was
afraid to use Mr.. Glasgow's statement,
fearing that it might become a boom
erang, and that the advertising man
did not attempt to force it on him.
That same day Mr.. King said he went
to Detroit on the same train that Mr.
Glasgow took. He talked with Mr.
Glasgow, he said, about the statement
made to the advertising man, and Mr..
Glasgow admitted that he had said III
any road needs an increase In rates 1t
IL certainly the Pere Marquette. This
was exactly what the advertising man
said Mr. Glasgow told him, and the
commissioner who had lately declared
that the allegation was q damn lie"
sat silent under this new testimony.
State officials Testify.
State officials who had ben quoted
by the railroads as declaring that II
the figures were true the railroads
were entitled to an increase in pas
senger rates, took the stand and tes-
tilted that they did not know their
statements were to be used as adver-
tisements.
c.. N. Halsted, proprietor and pub
Usher Of the State Journal, in which
paper the statements appeared, ex-
planned to the committee that he sup
posed the state officers knew what
they were signing. In reply to the
question of whether he believed the
course followed had been one dictated
by good ethics he defended himself,
his paper and his advertising force
stoutly and said that they were per-
fectly within their rights.
Attack Newspaper Man.
BY way Of diversion James Hitch
cock, city editor Of the Lansing Even
ing Press, was called to the stand
by the committee to explain an edito-
rial in which he called the legislators
"pap-suckers," and said someone ought
to dismiss them and send them all
home. His editorial also stated that
no constructive legislation had been
accomplished by the peanut poll
ticians" in the legislature.
Mr.. Hitchcock had a hard time ex-
Treating himself from the questions
fired at him, but finally declared that
he wrote the editorial under the die
tates of his employer.
The committee thereupon called Mr..
Thompson, publisher of the paper to
the stand. Mr.. Thompson said he
knew nothing about the editorial, that
he did not dictate 1t and had never
read it.
The committee was mad clear
through over the attack and was ex-
ceedingly severe in it's attack on the
two newspaper men.
Can't Find SIush.
Heads of various Michigan railroad
divisions were called to the stand to
testify concerning the money which
was being used for advertising pur-
poses.
They showed that $4,000 had been
subscribed, and that $1,000 of this had
been used for advertising purposes.
They denied laughingly that there was
any 100000 slush fund, and upon the
request of the committee produced an
itemized statement showing where
the money came from and just how 1t
had been spent.
Edwin Shields, chairman Of the
democratic state central committee,
was called to testify concerning his
alleged connection with the railroads.
Mr.. Shields said he had not been in
the house or senate this year, and
that SO far as representing the rail-
roads was concerned his law firm had
handled just one case in Ingham coun-
ty. 1.-THE juicy retainer story" said
Mr.. Shields, sis a malicious falsehood.
NV firm is not employed to lobby for
the railroads"
Sliding Fare Bill.
Meanwhile work on the sliding fare
bill which was explained in last week s
letter, continues at the capitol. 1t has
met opposition principally from the
railroads, who declare that it will not
do them much good. Receiver King
admitted that half load is better
than no bread" but said that the re-
lief offered was not sufficient.
1t is declared in the legislature,
however, that this is the only kind
of bill that the railroads have the
slightest chance to get through, and
there is considerable doubt over
whether they can successfully nego-
tate even this measure.
Another Textbook Fight.
The hopes of all friends Of educa'
ton that there would not be a fight
made on textbooks at this session OF
the legislature were blasted when
Senator Henry Straight, the author
of all textbook trouble in the past, put