Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1909 — SENATOR UP IN ARMS [ARTICLE]

SENATOR UP IN ARMS

Wants Secretary of Interior to Supply Information Asked For. Washington, Jan. 19.—Senator Jefferson Davis of Arkansas, called the attention of the senate to the failure of the secretary of the interior to re spond to a senate resolution calling for information regarding the land of the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians. “Just what power the senate has to compel a response to this resolution, I do not know,” said Mr. Davis, “but I desire to state unless the secretary responds to this resolution 1 shall invoke whatever power the senate has to oompel s response,” The Democrat-, for Job work.