Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1911 — COMMITTEE QUIZ WILL BE PUSHED [ARTICLE]

COMMITTEE QUIZ WILL BE PUSHED

Ohio Senators Persist in Spite of Disapproval. COMES AFTER GRAND JURY Senator Yount Tells of Offer Made Him to Work for Bill to Knock Out Bucket Shops—Senators Are Bitter. Columbus, 0., May 12. —In defiance of Governor Harmon’s wishes and the public declaration of reports that the probe they propose is to be a mere whitewash, the state senators have decided to push an investigation by their own committee, with power to grant immunity to witnesses, and they betray no anxiety over the resulting storm of disapproval. It is reported that th; committee will not push its hearings until the grand jury is through with its investigation. C. L. Cassingham, Cleveland coal operator, and W. H. Phipps, federal auditor for the Philippines, who was recalled as he was aboard a ship at San Francisco ready to sail for Manila, were witnesses before the jury. Senator Yount, a witness Wednesday, said in the senate that he had been offered $3,500 a year ago to introduce and work for a bill to knock out bucketshops. He is thought to have made this statement before the grand jury. Senators on the probing committee shew bitterness toward newspapers, and legislative correspondents expect to be the first witnesses summoned along with detectives.