Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 16, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 January 1903 — Page 1

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SHOT BY TILLMAN

EDITOR GONZALES PHORABLY FATALLY WOINDED AT COLI.MBIA. Crime that Was Drnonnrrd mm Cow ardly Committed by the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina. BOTH MEN MET IN THE STEEET AM) XO WARNING PRECKDGD THE SHOT FI It KD nV TILLMAS. Gonzales Carried Away frith a Hole Throash His Body and III As- ( sallant Arrested. OUTCOME OF BITTER STEIFE TROUBLE STARTED WITH TIIC 311CAII JENKINS SWORD CA SC. And Was Continued Through the Late Campaign Tillman n Nephew of the "Pltchforker." COLUMBIA. S. C. Jan. 13. In the very shadow of the South Carolina Statehouse Lieutenant Governor James II. Tillman, a nephew ot Senator B. R. Tillman, this afternoon shot and probably 'mortally wounded Narclsso Gener Gonzales, founder and editor of The State, a newspaper which has since Its inception bitterly opposed the so-called Tillman faction in South Carolina politics. The two men have been sworn enemies for some years, and Tillman's animosity was accentuated by Gonzales's pronounced editorial opposition to him as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor during last fall's primary. In that campaign Gonzales made editorial reference to Tillman as a "liar, scoundrel and debauchee." A challenge to a duel followed, but Gonzales ignored It. It Is rumored that the Immediate cause of the attack was a message sent yesterday Ly Gonzales to Tillman. Last night, at the Columbia Hotel, Lieutenant Governor Tillman said to a group of his friends: "Gonzales has rent me word that when we meet ag-ain we shall settle our difficulties with pistols." Gonzales's friends deny that he sent a message of any character to Tillman. The condition of the wounded moxi. Jdte . to-night was. regarded - by the surgeons as very critical. CITY FULL, OF POLITICIANS. The affair cm used much excitement In the city, which is -filled with politicians, who are here to participate in the Inaugura- , Hon of the new state government. Lieutenant Governor Tillman's term will expire within a few days. Some expressions of a desire for summary vengeance were heard on the streets after the shooting.but nothing of a serious character occurred. The shooting occurred on Main street. Just at the intersection of Gervais street, in full view of the State Capitol, the most frequented corner in Columbia. It was Just a few minutes before 2 o'clock when the cry was passed along the streets that "Jim Tillman has shot N. G. Gonzales." Immediately there was a rush toward the scene of the tragedy. The offices of The State are on the same block as the scene of the shooting and it took but a few moments for a great throng to assemble in front of the newspaper office. The excitement and Indignation was intense. Mr. Gonzales was taken to the office of The State, where physicians pronounced his wound very dangerous and probably fatal. Policeman Roland, immediately after the shooting, arrested Lieutenant Governor Tillman and took him to police headquarters, where he was relieved of two pistols the one with which he shot Mr. Gonzales and a second revolver of .28 calibre. From the police station he was taken to the county Jail, where he Is to-night under protection of the officers. CAUSE OF THE SHOOTING. The ill-feeling between Lieutenant Governor Tillman and Editor Gonzales had been brewing for some time and followed a severe denunciation of Tillman which Gonzales made in the columns of his paper and on the stump throughout the State during the recent primary election when Mr. Gonzales bitterly opposed Lieutenant Governor Tillman in his race for Governor, During the progress of that campaign Gonzales In his tight to defeat Mr. Tillman had editorially called him a debauchee and blackguard, and denounced him as a "criminal candidate," and "a proved liar." It was this and other such editorials, it is suppossed, that goaded Mr. Tillman to the desperate deed of to-day. Since the first primary, Aug. 26, 1902, Mr. Gonzales has had nothing to say about Mr. Tillman except to comment upon the result of the primary. Though the campaign attacks on Mr. Tillman undoubtedly precipitated the tragedy, the trouble between the two men first grew out of a fight between Senator Benjamin R. Tillman and Senator McLaurin on the floor of the United States Senate. MaJ. Mlcah Jenkins, who had served with Roosevelt's Rough Riders in Cuba, and who won a record for bravery and merit, was to have been presented with a sword by the people of South Carolina in recognition of his courage and the fame which he had won for his State in the Spanish war. The presentation was to have been made by Lieutenant Governorelect Tillman, who to-day shot Gonzales. When President Roosevelt withdrew his invitation to a state dinner in Washington, which he had sent Senator Tillman because of the tight the latter had in the United States Senate, Lieutenant Governor Tillman refused to present the sword to Jenkins. Mr. Gonzales took up the matter in the columns of his paper. The State, and bitterly denounced Lieutenant Governor Tillman. He repeated the denunciations made previously on many different occasions, and even dared Tillman to deny the charges which he had made. The charges Gonzales nuuto were spread all over the South and created a deep sensation, many uncompllmentary remarks being made in the press of the country because Tillman did not resent the charges. The feeling between the two men waa very deep and bitter, and. although they have never before had a personal encounter, trouble was expected, and

the friends of the two men have been looking for a serious outcome of the case. Both Gonzales and Tillman have hosts of friends, and trouble may follow later. Gonzales came from a family noted in this section for courage and nerve. There are three brothers in the family who are men of great courage and daring. Gonzales went to Cuba before the Spanish war and enlisted as a scout with General Gomez, doing notable work for the Insurgents. He is an able writer and a man without fear. DETAILS OF THE TRAGEDY

Gonzales Told Tillman to "Shoot Attain, You Cownrd." COLUMBIA. S. C Jan. 15. There appears to be no conflict of testimony as to the essential features of the tragedy. Mr. Gonzales was walking home alone from his off.ee to his lunch. Lieutenant Governor Tillman left the Statehouse Just after the Senate, over which he presided, had adjourned. He came out of the Statehouse accompanied by Senator Tolbord. of Beaufort, and Senator Brown, of Darlington, and was Joined on his way up town by Congressman-elect Wyatt Aiken and former Representative Dominlek. The meeting with Gonzales was just at the turn of Main and Gervais streets, on the north side of the street. There was no enocunter, no fist fighting, no laying on of hands. Tillman, so far as the evidence discloses, simply drew his revolver and fired at Gonzales. Most of those who saw the affair say there was nothing said until after the shot. One of Tillman's escorts says he thinks Tillman said, "I received your message," and then fired. He is not certain of this, but thinks so. The other companion of Mr. Ti'lman says he did not hear anything, but thinks he would have heard any words if they were spoken. Two or three others say they heard nothing until after the firing of the pistol. Gonzales himself gave an implicit statement of the affair prior to being put under anaesthetics. He was very emphatic in saying that he had not sent any message to Tillman at any time and that Tillman said nothing until after he had fired, and after he had shot he said something about taking him (Gonzales) at his word. Gon(CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COL. 5.) OPPOSED BY C. B. LANDIS MILL TO REORGANIZH THE CONSULAR SERVICES CRITICISED. Delphi's Congressman Thinks Polltl4 enl Workers Should Not lie Darred Army Post Site Not Selected. Staff Correspondence of the Journal. WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. Representative C. B. Landis, of Indiana, is vigorously opposed to the bill to reorganize the consular service in its present form, and as a member of the committee on foreign affairs presented his. objections this afternoon while the committee was considering the, measure. The .bill practically creates a system of civil service to govern the consular service and takes it out of politics. Mr. Landis points out that in his district the men who do the things in politics are the ablest and most intelligent of the district, and he does not think It fair that such men should be barred from consular appointments unless they take a course of training and pass an academic examination. Before' the bill went to the House this afternoon Mr. Landis succeeded in amending it, making sixty-eight the age limit for the consular service. x. x x Late this evening it was announced at the War Department that no decision had been reached in the matter of selecting a site for the Indianapolis military post. The secretary of war sent word to Senator Fairbanks that he desired to consult with him to-morrow. xxx The house committee of printing will tomorrow take up the resolution providing for an investigation of the "National Bureau of Literature and Art." the concern In which Senator Barcus is largely interested. H. C. Smith, the Michigan Congressman who presented the resolution will appear before the committee and tell what he knows of the bureau which publishes "the messages and papers of the President." xxx The commissioner of the General Land Office to-day sent a letter to Representative Steele in reference to the repeal of the desert land law and the commutation clause of the homestead act. Mr. Steele recently received a letter from Secretary Wood of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers of Logansport, urging that the act be repealed, claiming that land grabbers are robbing the people under these laws. ' Other societies have written similar letters to members of Congress. The commissioner of the . land office thinks there must be concerted . action from some quarter to induce the legislation suggested. He produces figures to show that the number of commuted homesteads during a period of ten years were less than seven-tenths of 1 per cent, of the number of entries made during that period. xxx Daniel E. Storms left for Indiana this afternoon. This morning he was Introduced at the White House by Representative Crumpacker and enjoyed a chat with the President. xxx C. F. Edgarton. of Rushvllle, one of Mr. Watson's constituents, was here to-day and accompanied Mr. Watson to New York where the latter made a Republican speech to-night at Madison Square Garden. Mr. Edgarton will return to Washington to remain a week. xxx Hugh H. Hanna, of Indianapolis, chairman of the monetary commission, and Postmaster General Payne to-day conferred with President Roosevelt regarding currency legislation in Congress. The Fowler bill introduced on Dec. 17 was talked over. It has the approval of the postmaster general. Secretary Shaw and Mr. Hanna. The President expressed himself in favor of legislation, but legislation along the lints of that measure. xxx Representative Steele was Informed today by the superintendent of rural free delivery that an order has been Issued to the sncial agent in charge of rural service in Indiana to arrange for the completion of the service In Blackford and Wabash counties as soon as Miami and Cass are completed. xxx Representative Holliday secured a promise from the Rostoffice Department to-day that on March 1 twenty new rural routes would be established in his district. SlMSHSBHMBMSBBBaSBBSM FOR KILLING WILLIAM CRANE. Plttsfleld Mntermnn and Conductor Indicted for Manslaughter. PITTSF1 ELD. Mass.. Jan. 15. The grand Jury In the care of Euclid Madden ar.d Jas. T. Kelly to-day reached an indictment against each, charging manslaughter. These men were in charge of the electric car which last August ran Into the carriage of President Roosevelt, with the result that Secret Service' Agent William Crane was killed. Both men pleaded not guilty. Wednesday next was fixed upon as the date for the opening of the trial.

INDIANAPOLIS GRADE- CROSSING

'J i- - . s -" S: JOHN XI. EMR1CH. SCOT BUTLER. USED HIS PITCHFORK THIS TILLMAN NOT AS DANGEROUS AS HIS RELATIVE. Character Assassination, Instead of Murderous Physical Assault, the Senator Favorite Pastime. BITTER SPEECH IN SENATE PRESIDENT, ATTORNEY GENERAL AND J. P MORGAN ATTACKED. Reply.hy Mr. Beverldse to One Charge -Army Appropriation Bill Passed by the House. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. In ' the Senate to-day Mr. Tillman continued his arraignment of trusts and monopolies and again charged that the attorney general was responsible primarily for. lack , of action against trusts. He declared that the railroads are absolutely in the saddle on the coal question. They mine and market coal and fix the price, he charged, without regard to a solitary independent operator. He said It was an Infamy the way the press of the country was prostituted and lending itself to befuddle the minds of the people and deceive them Into the Idea that the railroads are willing and anxious to relieve the distress occasioned by the coal famine, but that somebody, somewhere, called an American President, Is responsible for the condition of affairs. The President deserves no credit, said he, except for his attempt to effect a settlement of the question, "but the actual fact Is," he added, "that J. Pierpont Morgan gave orders to his coconspirators or servants to attempt the arrangement between the monopoly and strikers." The attorney general has been, he said, derelict and criminal, and he Is the man to whom the people can point and say: "You have murdered all those who have frozen to death. You are the man who deserves the opprobrium and hate of the poor and oppressed of this land." In the course of his remarks Mr. Tillman stated, after being closely questioned by Mr. Spooner, that W. R. Hearst had charged that the United States district attorney of New York had received orders from the attorney general not to submit his report of his investigation regarding trusts. To his mind, he said, a case had been made and the evidence and questions have been answered. The law, he said, was too plain for any one to dispute. Mr. Beveridfre took exception to a statement by Mr. Tillman which he thought impugned the motive of Judge Woods in issuing his injunction in the Debs case. Replying. Mr. Tillman said Judge Woods went far beyond anything ever contemplated by any American Judge. "Why." he continued, "are J. P. Morgan or his coconspirators any more Immune from the proceedings of our courts of Justice than Eugene Debs?" Mr. Morgan, he said, had such a sanctity thrown around him on account of his vast wealth that to imprison him would cause the stars to get out of their course or the sun to stand still. - He had. he said, brought in the President's name' because he is the boss of Knox and Mr. Knox is responsible. He has either misled the President or somebody else has misled him. But primarily Mr. Knox is re

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DR. HENRY JAMESON. HENRY W. BENNETT. CHARLES E. COFFIN. sponsible for lack of action in regard, to trusts. The statehood bill was under discussion for a short time. Mr. Foraker urged the right of Oklahoma. Arizona and New Mexico to be admitted into the Union. Mr. McLaurin, of Mississippi, called attention to charges that the people of Indianola. Miss., had been guilty of threats and intimidation against the postmaster and declared them to be untrue, remarking that his object In bringing the matter to the attention of the Senate was in order that his denial might go into the Congressional Record, an answer to those who made the charge. The Senate, at 5 o'clock, adjourned until Monday. ARMY HILL PASSED.

Department of Commerce Measure Taken t'p for Discussion. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. The House today passed the army ' appropriation bill and began consideration of the Department of Commerce bill, under a special rule making it a continuing order until disposed of. The opposition to the measure came entirely from the Democratic side and was based chiefly on the ground that the transfer of the bureau of labor to the new department would subordinate that bureau to a department which would represent capitalistic interests. The friends of the bill denied the assumption that the head of the new department would be hostile to labor. They maintained that the bill would Increase the dignity of the bureau of labor by giving the head of the department a seat in the Cabinet. Those who participated in the debate were Messrs. Mann, of Illinois; Corliss, of Michigan; Adamson, of Georgia; Scott, of Kansas, and Hepburn, of Iowa, in favor of the measure; and Messrs. Richardson, of Alabama; Shackleford, of Missouri; Cochran, of Missouri, and Westen, of Texas, against it. - Mr. Joy to-day introduced a concurrent resolution directing the House committee on naval affairs to prepare a bill providing for the construction of twenty-five additional battleships at a cost not to exceed J5.000.000 each. By a vote of 7 to 6 the House committee on foreign affairs decided to report favorably the bill introduced by Representative Adams providing for the reorganization of the consular service, with modifications. The agricultural appropriation bill has been prepared by the committee on agriculture. It carries approximately J6.000.000, about JS0.000 more than the current appropriation. The committee on District of Columbia has authorized a favorable report on the bill authorizing the District of Columbia to borrow $10,0u0,0o0 from the United States treasury for a period of twenty years at 2 per cent. The committee on military affaire, by resolution, has decided to take no action at this session on the canteen question. The committee also has authorized a favorable report on the bill placing Brigadier General Merriam. retired, on the list of retired major generals. Cuban Reciprocity Treaty Amended. WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.-The Senate committee on foreign relations to-day agreed to report the Cuban reciprocity treaty to the Senate with two amendments. The first of these is the guarantee against a further reduction of the sugar tariff, which was adopted yesterday, and tho other makes a reduction of 40 per cent, of the duty on American cattle exported to Cuba, instead of 20 per cent., as provided in the treaty as It was originally transmitted to the Senate. Senators Bacon and Bailey cast their votes against the resolution, but all the other votes were In the affirmative. Later In the day, in the executive session of the Senate. Senator Cullom reported the treaty as amended, and gave notice that he would call it up Monday next, and would endeavor to secure action upon it at the earliest possible day. This notice was In accordance with a general understanding among Republican senators. The Antl-Trunt mil. WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. -The following statement was given out late this afternoon by some of the House Judiciary committee, which is charged with the preparation of an anti-trust bill; "We have had a conference with the attorney general, and we have been informally considering among ICNTIÜElTON PAGE 5. COLv.6.)

COMMISSION

CHARLES II., BUDDENBAUM. EUDORUS M. JOHNSON. TO INVESTIGATE AND DETERMINE THE GRADE-CROSSING PROBLEM. Mayor Bookwalter Announces Members of Commission Agreed to by Himself and Railroads. AUTHORITY IS UNQUALIFIED STATEMENT DV THE MAYOR OF HIS POSITION TOWARD C031MISSION. No Limitation or Restrictions Have Been Placed Upon .Members Who the Members Are. Mayor Bookwalter late last night announced the commission for the investigation of the grade crossing problem In Indianapolis, according to the understanding between him and the heads of the railroads entering this city. The men named by Mayor Bookwalter are: Henry W. Bennett, president Indianapolis Stove Company. Dr. Henry Jameson, physician. John H. Emrich, president the Emrich Furniture Company. Scot Butler, president of Butler College. Charles E. Coffin, president Central Trust Company. Eudorus M. Johnson, formerly city controller. Charles H. Buddenbaum, of Buddenbaum & Heller. The mayor sent dut notices immediately after the announcement to each of those named to attend a meeting at his office Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, when organization will pe made. It is supposed because Mr. Bennett is named first that he will be the chairman of the commission, though that, of course, is left for the commission to determine. It is the mayor's purpose to have the commission proceed at once with its work according to its own methods, the administration stajiding ready to provide every facility for the advancement of the work. The method will have to be determined by the commission, as the mayor has nothing to suggest. MAYOR'S STATEMENT. After announcing the appointments Mayor Eookwaltcr said: "In appointing this commission I have net been governed by the question of geography, but have endeavored to select men who, by their standing In the community, will enter upon the work in the enjoyment of the full confidence of the people of Indianapolis of all the people of Indianapolis regardless of geographical lines. I have endeavored to keep the commission free from men who have expressed a positive opinion In either direction, but at the same time feel that I have secured a commission which is representative of the be3t citizenship of Indianapolis. In my conversation with each gentleman on the commission I have repeated what I have publicly expressed heretofore in the assurance given then that the whole subject is referred to them for solution without any limitations or conditions. I have stated further that, as a matter of course, the city would endeavor at all times to bring about such a solution of the problem as would secure absolute protcc-

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tion to the lives of the people of Indianapolis, bearing In mind always the busincys Interests which have made this city what it is. "By this I wish to be understood that the city, as represented by the administration, will stand ready to assist the commission in securing a thorough and complete understanding of the grade-crossing problem and shell then depend upon the commission to evolve some plan which will bring about an abatement of the present danger. I believe that such a solution may be had, a solution which will not only meet with the indorsement of the people, who are more concerned in a proper solution of the question than they are in securing some favorite plan adopted, and at the same time be of such a character as will secure the ready and willing acquiescence of the railroads." WORK OF COMMISSION. The work of the commission will take, it i3 thought, about thirty days. For this reason the appointees took their time to ascertain if they would have enough liberty from their private affairs to give to the work of the commission. The last acceptance was not received until yesterday afternoon. Some of the members accepted two weeks ago. but others wero not able to make so

early an answer. Mr. Emrich has becn'i away for two weeks attending the furniture exposition at Chicago, but he will be home in time for the organization meeting. The commission came from the efforts of the mayor to bring the railroid companies from a state of antagonism to the elevated track ordinance to acquiescence in the Judgment cf disinterested citizens of Indianapolis. The decision of the commission is not binding on either the city or the railroad companies, but it is likfly that the conclusions reached will be in effect what will be satisfactory in a general way to both. In this respect its conclusions are reparded as advisory. Henry W. Bennett, the first member named by Mayor Bonkwaltrr. is forty-four years old and is the son of W. II. Bennett, who, with Deloss Root, was one of the founders of the Indianapolls Stove Company. He has been connected with that company since a young man and became the president ten years ago. The company now occupies the oiI raetory of the Indianapolis Cabinet Company at Malott avenue and the Big Four tracks. It is on of the large businesses of the city. Mr. Bfnnett has given strict attention to this business alone, but has served as treasurer of the Marion county Republican committee and is now treasurer of the Republican state committee. He has never sought po(CÖNTINUED ON PAGE 7. COL.T.) NO SIGN OF THE ST. LOUIS AMERICAN LIXE STEAMSHIP HAD NOT ARRIVED AT MIDNIGHT. Her Boilers Were Not in Good Condition, but Mr. Griscom Snys There Is No Cnnse for Alarm. NEW YORK, Jan. 15. Up to midnight no news had been received of the American line steamship. St.4 Louis. Throughout the day crowds of inquirers called at the offices of the company, where the agents maintained .a cheerful view and assured all that there was no need for alarm. To those who made inquiry a copy of the following statement, signed by Clement A. Griscom, president of the line, was given: "There is no apprehension whatever felt about the ship, as several causes have contributed to its delay. It did not leave Cherbourg until Sunday forenoon, nearly sixteen hours late, and, according to the average speed for the last few voyages, it was not due here until Tuesday. Furthermore, most incoming ships are a day iate and report heavy weather. It is known the ship's boilers are not in good condition, as she is to be withdrawn at the end of the present voyage for repairs. It Is not even believed that she met with any mishap, such as the breaking of a shaft or loss of propeller." Reinsurance nt lO Per Cent. LONDON, Jan. 15. The American line steamer St. Paul, which arrived at Southampton at an early hour to-day from New York, reported having encountered heavy weather, and inquirers at the offices of the American line here to-day were given this and leaky boilers as the probable cause of the delay in the arrival at New York of her sister ship, the St. Louis. The Insurance .world is especially interested In the St. Louis, as she happens to be one of the few risks not canceled on the 1st of the year by the International Mercantile Marine Company. The owners of the St. Louis, it is understood, desired to keep her covered against all risks until her arrival at the Cramps' shipyards at Philadelphia. The relnfurance on the St. Louis to-day was 10 per cent., but there were only a few transactions. No apprehension Is felt here regarding the safety of the St. Louis. REPUBLICAN CLUB DINNER.' Congressman J. E. Watson and Senator Dolllver Amonfr, the Speakers. NEW YORK, Jan. 15. United States Senator J. P. Dolllver. of Iowa, was one of the speakers at a dinner given to-night under the auspices of the Nineteenth Assembly District Republican Club. Among other guests of the club were Gen. Joseph Wheeler, of Alabama; former Governor Frank S. Black, Congressman James E. Watson of Indiana, State Senator T. A. Ellsworth. Collector of the Port N. N. Strnnahan and Surveyor of the Port .J. S. Clarkson. Senator Dolllver, in a speech which dealt principally with economic conditions in the United States, said there was no need for apprehension for the future or for any distrust of the trusts. The poor and the children of the poor, he said, had more chance to-day than ever they had had before. '.'Within twenty years." he said, "every trust magnate of to-day will be dead or in sanitariums for nervous diseases, and the world will be looking out for trained men to do the world's work." The senator said men should cover their discomforts and annoyances with their patriotism. "In Congress." said Mr. Dolllver, I got to love that old Confederate." referring to Gen. Joserih Wheeler, who sat 'beside him. "and whcri he was about to go to Cuba I warned him that he was too old and that he would never return. 'My boy," he said, 'I have prayed for ten years for an opportunity to die in the uniform of the United States.' " That was an example, Senator Dolllver said, of the people of discarding old feelings of personal bitterness for patriotism. EIVE BOYS KILLED. Tried to Cross the Track In Front of n Trnln While ConstlnR. SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa., Jan. 13. Five boys, whose ages range from thirteen to fifteen years, while coasting on a big sled to-night, were struck by a train on the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and Instantly killed, and another was fatally injured. The railway crosses the street at the bottom of the hill and the sled and an express train reached the crossing simultaneously. The engineer was not aware of the tragedy until he reached the station, a mile from the accident. GOOD WORK BY GUNNERS. Record of the United States Navy Broken by 3Ien of the Kentucky. MANILA, Jan. 15. The gunners of the United States battleship Kentucky have exceeded the records of the United SLUes navy for speed and accuracy with (thlr-tecn-lnch, eight-Inch and five-Inch guns. The new loading machine has increased the speed with which charges can be handled. The gunnery percentages are not yet complete, but it Is known that out of one string of twenty-two shots nineteen hit the targeL

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ATE IN SENATE Mil. tilt AY'S RAILROAD DILL CAUSES A SHARP TILT. Senator Milhurn Leads a Fierce Onslaught on the 3Ieasure for Relief of the Southern. NEW SENATOR'S OPPORTUNITY MR. DAVIS, Or GREi:E. I III LGES IN PRE-ELECTION ORATORY. Bill Warmly Championed by Senator Wood. Who Saya Legislature Should Prevent Real Injustice. DAY IN SENATE AND HOUSE MR. CiOODWIXE'S REFORMATORY BILL RECO.MMEMJEI) FOR PASSAGE. Bill to Prevent Grave Robbing; IntroducedAction In Committee Rooms Letclnlatlve Routine. Senators tilted fiercely yesterday morning In the upper house of the General Assembly with lances of eloquence tipped with sarcasm. The prize at stake in the wordy contest was the salvation of the bill introduced by Senator Gray, of Evansvllle, for the unconcealed purpose of throwing out of the Dubois county court suits that threaten to coft the Southern Railway Company $27.000. The bill was saved, but it took an hour of the hardest kind of work on the part of the senators who believe that the prosecuting attorney of Dubois county Is attempting to ' do something he has no business to do. Desperate attempts, by enemies . of the measure to amend it to death were successfully resisted, and Mr. Gray, those who backed him on the floor of the Senate and Attorney John Wellman, of the Southern, have the satisfaction of knowing that if the usual course of things is followed the bill will pass the body. The debate, which ranged from the humorous to the acrimonious, gave one or two of the new members of the Senate a chance to make their maiden speeches. Mr. Davis, of Greene, who led the minority on the floor of the House in 1901, stood very erect and shouted in clarion tone3 as he waved the American flag, metaphorically speaking, that the rights of the common people must be protected. Mr. Davis's speech was Interesting as pre-election eloquencebut it did not stir the senators to cmotM Mr.Milburn. of Daviess and Dubois, who led the onslaught against the bill, despite the fact that he is the local attorney of the Southern in Dubois county, was also very earnest in pointing out how detrimental to the interests of the people the bill is, but he failed to answer a number of pointed questions put to him by Mr. Wood, of Lafayette, and Mr. Wolcott, of WolcotL Others who became involved in the whirl of strenuouslty were Mr. Lawler, of Salem, against the bill; Mr. Ogborn, of New Castle, favoring it; Mr. Kittinger, of Anderson, favoring It, and Mr. Fortune, of Jeffcrsonville, who violently opposed It. MR. GRAY'S EXPLANATION. The bill which stirred up so much "ginger" seeks to relieve the Southern of tha payment of alleged unjust claims. Senator Gray explains its purport by the statement that an unusual co'nditlon of affairs exists at a little station called Ferdinand, on the Southern, In Dubois county. Because, he says, the station agent ran out of the proper blanks and because the sleepy condition of the community did not seem to justify careful posting of the time of trains as the law provides a saloon keeper, who is one of the very few residents of the hamlet, went to the prosecuting attorney and induced him to file suit against the Southern under the statute applicable to recover damages. The suit. It Is claimed by Senator Gray, who introduced the bill by request, was not filed as soon us the prosecutor discovered the law was being violated, but it was delayed nine months until an accumulation of the fines provided by statute reached the imposing sum of T7,Oih. Now, he says, the prosecutor is pushing tha case In the court with the hope of getting a large part of the Judgment. This etato of affairs he characterizes as a "hold-up." and other senators who took part in the debate agreed with him. The nub of the bill is the provision that $3X shall be the maximum amount to be recovered in suits of this character and the section which makes the measure apply to cases now in court. Mr. Gray started the talking bee by calllng up the bill for second reading. Attorney Wtlman paced the floor at the back of the Senate chamber keenly alive to tha workings of the machinery through which the bill was passing. Then Mr. Milbum. of Dubois, offered an amendment providing that the bill should not be applicable to any hult at law now pending. As this was the very thing desired by the friends of the measure debate started. Mr. Milburn. speaking for the amendment, declared the Legislature is not the place to try lawsuits. It would be ridiculous, he said. If a private citizen should come into the Senate with a bill to relievo him from legal difficulties, and now that the Southern has got itself into a hole there is no reason, he said, why it should not ha left to get out of it. He became greatly wrought up in denouncing legislation for the benefit of corporations. NOTHING CONCEALED. Mr. Gray, who fathered the railroad bill, said that there had been nothing concealed about it. Its purpose had been made known immediately he declared, and that purpos-o was simply to relieve the Southern of an Injustice. There seemed no other way to do it and so the Legislature is called upon. He told of the condition at Ferdinand and charged a conspiracy between the prosecutor of Dubois and the saloon-keeper alluded to to holp up the company. Mr. Ogborn raised a technical question showing that by the present statute tho bill is unnecessary, Mr. Davis, of Greene, who had been waiting his chance In the attitude of a crouching tiger, received recognition from tha president and launched forth Into a denunciation of the measure. He waved tho name of J. IMeipont Morgan before tha senators as a toreador waves a red flau before a bull, and decleared that the Senate should go slow before It attempted to legislate into the pockets of a corporation of Mr. Morgan. Mr. Wood, of Lafayette, who has given attention to the bill, spoke briefly favoring it. There seemed to be no doubt, he said, that the Southern is right In the controversy. The Legislature, he said, should lay its strong arm upon the prosecutor of that county. Senator Fortune, who proceeded with tha desire to make every senator put himself on record declared that the bill is an at- . tempt to Invade the province of the Judiciary. 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