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Of i Committees Are ; Many
" "."' Platform Demands. ' .
FOUR MEASURES TO PASS
f resided RecommcDdcd Seventeen
Subjects for Legislation. .
RAILROAD BILL MAY BL LAW
6tar HTumber on Administration Pro-
1 ztua However Will Be Minui
Several of Toit'i Pet
Featnrei.
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WASHINGTON June 14.-WKh the end
of congress near at hand a glance back-
ward Teveali many things left undone
that President Taft had fondly hoped
"WQUld be don. '
Mr. Taft had In messages Informally
ubmitted recommendations for the paa-
age of bills on seventeen subjects of
legislation. Of the bills on the subject
r Introduced some havo been much consld-
' ered' some a little and many have been
. burled In the archives of various com-
. mlttees. None haa reached the statute
books. Four of the program are certain
- to be carried out and friends of the
president say that their Importance makes
a very good showing. Th otntra they
hope may receive better treatment at
the short session next winter. The rail-
road bill star number on the program
may be passed within a few days minus
i several Important features advocated by
the president
l' FEW BILLS HAVE ASSURED.
.'. A bill authorliing the president to with-
draw public lands from entry has passed
the house and another bill oh the same
subject Is near passage in the senate.
They will have to go through the hands
of the confenence committees.' " .
The two branches of congresrHtv'
passed postal savings bank bills that con-
i filet ' in many particulars but the dlf-
ference will be settled without much
- trouble probably by the acceptance .of
' the house bin by the senate.
A measure providing that the governs
i ment "hall dispose separately of agri-
cultural land underlain with coal will
bp ready for the president's signature In
: m few days.
- A bill for the admission of Arlsona and
New Mexico to Statehood has passed the
' house and another Is pending In the sen-
ate but whether further action will be
taken is uncertain.
SHIP SUBSIDY IS DOOMED.
. Ship subsidy stirred up a scandal In
the house and Is done for In this session.
" Federal incorporation was proposed In
i" billa Introduced in both branches of oon-
" . gress but they never got under headway
A bill to regulate the issuing of injunc-
tions appeared in the house but did not
get serious consideration.
Nine bills bearing on conservation were
presented at the instance of the presl-
' dent but seven of them were destined
' ' never to see the light. A bill to Issue
. $30000000 worth of government securities
to assist the reclamation projects passed
;V the senate but was aat upon injthe house
by qhalrraan Payne the 'Vaya and
1 v. means committee. -'"i
' A bill for the Improvement af the gov-
ernment In Alaska wa Introdiiced in both
houses but not pased.4'-
At least three and maybe friore of the
; congressional "investigations? will cither
i'. go over until the ext aslo of congress
sr else will be proaecntefl during the mm.
' mer and fall. ':'
Only one of the Important .Inquiries will
be absolutely concluded during this ses-
sion. ; This Is the Balllnget-Pinchot ; In-
vestigation whleln began 'shortly after
'' the first of the Jrear ahdiwhich is now
1 In 1U fmal stage. A. verdict will be
found within the next few days and the
V famous controversy officially settled. .
' ' Then too the aanate cost of living
probe will be partially oftncluded during'
' this session. AlfeaJy all lh testimony ts
" In. There are many official report and
' papers wlWeht i""t be digested before
i. tha. Invettlrmt n n be 'officially olosed.
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a prellminare
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rt wrlch will suffice
rmrpoaes. This - report
th adjournment of
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IS DELATED.
Am' for .(the Ataakan Investigation
'brought alxut by? the Guggenheim- ac-
i '--gjwitsr in politics add other things in the
"Terrttory If la altogether probable tfiat
c- tha findings 'jot the! 8mate committee) will
aot become inownj until some time In "the
' summer and perbapa not until congress
. teoonvepies ja thai winter tills promises
" to be fete fMni-atlod of all IV eongres-
'tlonal jnvclitU: ilarW begun ..la session.
Tha ploWness of the senate standing
- tommlttee vn privileges and elections In
akingh"' of the Lorlmer charge ln-
lleatea' tiis!t no effort will be made to
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a ' don during the present
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polle and other of-
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a a prisoner. There can
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jit will continue during
probably until' congress
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THE WEATHIE.
t Fotecat for Hou.toq and vjeinity Wednes-day-
air. . .; .' j ..
Terapciature and ' precipititioa record far
Houston for the .twenty-four hours ended at T
p. to Tuesday;
Temperature Maximum J7; minimum ((
Precipitation .00.
f Associated Prtst Rcpari.i
WASHINGTON June 14-East Texas
Fai- Wednesday and Thursday; moderate south
liuiciana Generally air Wednesday and
Thurcday.
West Texas Fair Wednesday and Thursday.
Oklahoma Generally fair Wedaesday and
Thuuday.
Texas Politics.
AT OROVETON Colnuitt discuswd at aemt
j"an inc aiate textDook board.
A r CORPUS CHRISTI Cone Johnwn declared
the democratic party committed to submis-
sion. AT MARSHALL Judge Polndexter took up
at.d answered Wagner's critciam of his labor
vira.
JI'IXJE POINDEXTER in a speech at Big
bandy pledged himself to abide by the results
ot th primaries. "
IN HIS SPEECH at Temple Davidson was
KM.tcnt ufwn his adherence to submission
v and made it a feature.
SFTER has finally succeeded in getting
Thomaa to agree to meet him has secured a
hall and announced the set-to for Dalla.
Thureday evening.
H. G. WAGNER has given out a statement of
j niwrrs made by Poindexter Johnson
and Davidson to nine specific questions af-
fecting possible legislation.
THE MEMBERS of the State committee who
voted for resubmission really did not know
hnw many nor what character of names were
signed to tbe petitions presented to the com-
mittee. THE APPOINTMENT of Hawkins as com-
rnisstoner was to keep peace in the official
family of the retiring attorney general to
that there would be no evil results to Da-
vidson's candidacy
IN HIS SPEECH at Luftiie where be had a
crowd of 1200. Colquitt referred to the re-
submission scheme as undemocratic and un
constitutional; the administration fuss over
the insurance fhist statute was referred to.
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THE TEXAS Bar association will convene at
San Angelq July 4. ' :
YECGMEN made a $1190 haul at Dalhart:
.. robbing a grocery store. I
THE FINAL BALL at Au.tiif cf.wed the com?
mencement- week of the UnirJty f Texas:
Wi; CHARRED BODY of Winfield McCaw.
lev was found io the ruins of a saloon at
Wharton.
L. C. MASTKRSON was reappointed United
States commissioner for Houston by Judge
xfiurns at (ialvestnn.
CONTRACTS for construction work at Fort
Uockett aggregating an expenditure of 10i
662 were awarded at Galveston.
THE REGENTS of the University of Texsa
announced the appointment of student assist-
ants tutors and fellows at Austin.
THE FEDERAL court at Austin acted upon a
case ot violation ot the pure food law. In-
volving; a shipment of 100 eases of raisins :
from California.
.MORE THAN sixty c-vluetea of the A. and
l. college receive -.-ir diplomas at College
Station the addre: f the day being deliv-
ered by Thornwet. v.
THE PROGRAM f te meeting of the State
School Trustees' tsociation at Bryan was
announced by Superintendent of Public In-
struction Bralley at Austin.
THIRTY AUTOMOBILES carrying 10 rep-
resentatives from the towns of Matagorda
Bay City Palacios. Blessing and Collegeport
will arrive in Houston Thursday.
J. C. HARVEY at Beaamont declared that
the increase in the consumption of rire pre-
vents the need-of rice farmers being alarmed
by the prospect of a 6000000 bag crop.
Rl PORTS from Austin indicated that the
d-te of the expiration of Commissioner Haw-
kins' tenure of office is puzrling those inter-
ested in the Hawkins-Campbell controver.y
and indications are that the insurance com-
panies will refuse to adopt the old key rates
as re;uestrd.
Railroads.
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC" and Frisco lines
closed a deal for interchange of traffic and
cnnimon use of ever 300 miles of road in
Texas.
REPRESENTATIVES of the Nw Orleans
board of irntle succeeded in obtaining a re-
opening of the New Orleans-California bean
rat? case before the interstate court at Wash-
ington.. Sport.
DALMATION won ihe derby at Gravesend yes-
terday. JE1 FRIES eased up in hia work at Ben Lo-
mond. THE SEVENTH annual Glidden tour started
from Cincinnati with twenty-seven cars en-
tered. '
NATIONAL LEAGUE: Philadelphia 0 Pitts-
httrg 4: Cincinnati . Boston 0; Brooklyn S
St. Lours Chicago 0. New York 4.
AMERICAN LEAGUE: Philadelphia T St.
Louis 2; Cleveland Boston (fourteen
innings) ; no other games scheduled.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE: Memphis I. Chatta-
nooga : Atlanta 9. Nashville 1; Montgom-
ery 9 Mobile 1; New Orleans 1 Birming-
ham .
Houston.
CITIZENS ALLIANCE elected F. A Helt.
. mtnn president at annual meeting.
ANNEX for Fannin school to accommodate
140 children to be built this esratmcr.
ALECK WAUGH IS years old. was arrested
on a charge of apeeding m automobile.
ROOSEVELT will be invited to visit Houston
next month by tbe Real Estate exchange.
HOUSTON republicans objecting to selection
' of Terrell' claiming dictation by Colonel
Lyon ' .
STATISTICS compiled by railroads to June 10
five indication of banner crop production ia
exas m all lines.
INSURANCE committee of Buainess League
to discus coming rate conference at meeting
this afternoon..
JAMES HARLAN charged with killing W. A.
Fields was released on $2i00 bond after
preliminary hearing. i ; ..
THE TEXAS COMPANY will declare "a II
cash sad SO per cent stock dividend Jan 10
V making a 6 40000 melon. . -
FOURTEEN THOUSAND circulars wftl W
. mailed to citisen of Harris coimty to explain
. ship chanad bond Issue 'proposition v t '
THE HOME of the Houston Launch club tor-
. matly opened with large crowd present and
i' ship channel was heartily indorsed.
SILVER ' TROWEL to be on exhibition at
' Gray lodge tonight with . reception at. Ma-
sonic tempi tomorrow evening; got to Dal-
las July 4; '.-. V. i ';- v .'::
COMMITTEE of 60f wiU greet O. B. Colquitt
when he arrives in Houston tonight to speak
" at Turner hall and reception promises t b
awst gntbmlastw i eautpaigav :
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'My Home Comes First; Then My Church My Democracy and My Prohibition" Address of
Rankin to State Committee.
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SERVED CITATION
tlA5&IX. MUST SHOW CAUSE
FOB CAPITAL REMOVAL.
Finally Presented With Papers Aft-
er He Had Dealt Eoughly. With
Several Subpena Servers.
lAtociot4 Prtu Report.)
OKLAHOMA CITT Okla. June It-
Deputy United State Marshal Chris
Madsen of Outhrle tonight served a cita
tion on Governor Haskell to appear In
the Federal court to show cause why he
should attempt to remove the State cap-
ital from Guthrie. Last night Deputy
United States Marshal Heck Thomas was
repulsed by the governor because of his
attitude. The governor had snatched a
subpoena from the hand of Sheriff Ma-
lioney of Logan county. According to
Thomas the governor said:
"I don't care who you are; I am the
governor of Oklahoma. Get out of here
or I will kick you down stairs."
Quarters for all Htate office have been
secured and they will be occupied an soon
as the books and fixtures of the offices
at Guthrie can be moved here. Governor
Haskell and his attorneys are confident
that neither State nor Federal Injunction
will hold and that the records will be
moved within a week.
PREPARING TO MOVE.
In the meantime temporary hooks sta-
tionery and blanks are being used.
Without an exception so far as can be
ascertained the Htate ofnoers are dating
official business tiklnhoma City.
The action of the Outhrle officers in
detaining and searching Labor Coinmla-
floner Charles Daugherty created no
little condemnation among State officers
here and the mayor of Guthrie has been
called upon for an apology.
The capital commission to consist ot
three members two democrats and one
republican probably will be selected by
Governor Haskell tomorrow. The com-
mission Is charged with platting the lands
set aside for a capltol and building the
structure. The member serve for two
years each drawing 14000 a year salary
and Is under 150000 bond.
FIGHT BECAME ACUTE.
Development In the capital movement I
fight became acute at Guthrie today wskJ
tne return ox tin disis oiiKuaia except-
ing Governor Haskell and Secretary of
Stat Cross. The officials came her for
th argument on th demurrer to the
petition In the district court to enjoin
the removal of the capital. . Judge Huston
took the matter under advisement and
will probably give a decision tomorrow.
Guard are stationed about th Stat
house to prevent th removal of record
or other State property. Labor Commis-
sioner Daugherty. was searched today for
Stat paper before being allowed to
leave th city.
Mayor Farquarharaon said tonight that
h bad given no order for tha search and
regarded h act a censurable. .
Oinnera to Meet in Taylor.
TATLOR Texa. June 14. Th glnner
of Williamson county will meet In TTkr
Tuesday. Jun li for the purpose of or-
ganising themselves Into an association
for mutual protection. Matter of general
Interest will be discussed and officers
' alectlpn and general organisation will be
effected. Taylor expect to giv tb gln-
ner a cordial reoepUun -
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THE FINAL PHASE
OF DEM0CEACY DISCUSSED BY
JTDGE P. 8. OB0SSCUP.
Pnblio Opinion Has Been Getting?
Itself Beady for Twenty Years
Declared Jurist.
(Associated Prtu Report.)
PHILADELPHIA June 14. "Dem-
ocracy. Its Final Phase" was the sub-
ject of an address delivered here tonight
by Judge Peter 3. Groeacup of Chicago
before the members of the Law academy.
Judge Grorscup said In part:
"For nearly twenty years now public
opinion haa been getting Itself In readi-
ness to deal with the combinations In the
railroad and Industrial worlds that mod
ern conditions have brought Into bring.
Public opinion Is still engaged In getting
Itself ready. A minority of our puople
but a large and resourceful minority
want nothing done. That minority can
be counted on at every turn to help the
majority defeat Itself. The majority b-
lleve that something must be done. Hut
upon what that somethl-- should be the
majority do not agree.
"Some still believe that combinations
in the railroad and Industrial world could
have been originally prevented and
might even now lie destroyed. That be-
lief was voiced In the Sherman act when
it was first pu.Msrd and Is more or leys
renewed every time th Sherman act 1h
applied to concrete cases. But under the
very shadow of the Sherman act noatiy
all of the gnat combinations that we
now have have grown up by being cm-
ployed to dissolve on paper combina-
tions not In th' form of single concrete
corporations.
BOMK WOULD LIMIT SIZE.
"Some would have the size of our cor-
porate entcrpi Isos limited. But no one
has yet told us where. In practice the
line should fall Some.. think the ttieat
corporations of I lie country can he made
by law to compete. To compete with
whom when thut particular corporation
already hns u monopoly of the field? Ami
some believe that laying anlde as Im-
possible all these suggestions the road
to accomplish what the majority seek V
accomplish In liv the way of regulation
of rates so far h the railways are con-
cerned through the Interstate commerce
commission as also the amount and
character of securities that .. railroads
should be allowed to Issue.
"To this view President Taft seems to
be sincerely committed. But thus far
President Taft and those who stand with
him have not been able to get In any
effective form what they seem to want
In the Way of the regulation of secur-
ities to be Issued; and my own experience
with rate matter make ma ' doubt
whether In the absence of a -fair valua-
tion of railroad properties to be used a
a yardstick In determining the reason-
ableness of rates any regulation of rates
by a governmental board. Would result
In Justice either to th railroads or to
the public. (
DON'T LOOK FAR ENOUGH.' .
'The vice of the minority who' want
nothing done. Is that they do not look
beyond their own feet and the' -circle of
Interests in which their feet are Impris-
oned. Tbe vision' ot this Interested mi-
nority fall short of seeing that th
whole movement of mankind today la
toward a truer democracy ; demooraoy
In Egypt for Instance thai will not feel
Itself fully attained while a few foreigner
tContlBued on Pag Two.)
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A $9540000 MELON
WILL BE CUT BY TEXAS COM-
PANY ON JVWZ 30.
Dividend of $3 in Cash and Fifty
Per Cent in . Stock Will Be
. Declared.
A dividend melon approximating 19640-
000 will be cut by the Texas company on
June 30.
A cash dividend of ti a share the
regular quarterly return. Is to be made
and. In addition tha fortunate stock-
holder are to receive a stock dividend
of 60 per cent
As the capital stock Is 118000000. the
cash dividend will approximate 1640.000
while the stock dividend will be 19000000
par vnlue. The stock Is selling at several
points above par however Increasing the
actual value of the dividends at present
quotations to well above 112000000.
Announcement of the approaching har-
vest made In New York last night ex-
plains to a large degree the recent In-
crease of l80()O.0iPO In capital stock voted
by the stockholders Increasing the capi-
talization to $.160000011. At the time of
the Increase It was announced by officials
of the company that tha additional stock
would he used In making Improvements
and "for other purposes." l.
The new stock is to be charged against
the cash surplus which will be retained
an working capital. The new stock will
h" issued July 1 nnd will participate in
dividends after that date.
Twenty tliutisund shares sold to a syndi-
cate June will participate in the cash
dividend to be declared only to the ex-
tent of $1 a share. It was announced.
Application for the listing of Texas
company stock on the New York stock
exchange probably will be made early In
July. It also Is expected that applica-
tion will be made to have the stock listed
In Paris
id Iximlon.
J.
Ctilllnan. president of the com
P"ny
ix now In New York.
OPPOSED TO CONSEBVATIOH'.
Heybnrn Declared It Was a Political
Impertinence of Easterners.
lAssocialti Prtu Report.)
WASHINGTON June 14.-When th
senate today resumed consideration of
the public land withdrawal bill Mr. Hey-
bnrn said the proposition to withdraw tha
public lands for so-called conservation
was a political Impertinence on the part
of the people of the Kast. Conservation
should begin at home he said and he
advised the National government to give
Its attention to the water power possi-
bilities nearer the centers of population
where they would be made available.
Outlining the pending bill ha asserted
Its purpose to be the withdrawal of all
the public lands so as to leave them open
only to miners and prospectors.
The consequence of the forester's pol-
icy would be the prevention of the ex-
tension of mining In the United States.
The result would be he contended that
In another generation the present mines
would be worked out and there would
be no more activity In that direction.
This he said would be ths Inevitable re-
sult of following "this censor of the
morals and manners of the people."
Senator Hughes of Colorado scorned
th Idea that the country's resource
were being exhausted and asserted It
would take 900 years to mine out the coal
that la known to exist In Colorado alone.
' Senator Carter offered as an amend-
ment the provisions of the bill whioh
heretofore had passed the senate and
which authorised the issuance of 130. -000000
worth of certificate of Indebted
news with which to complet Misting Ir-
rigation project te v I
.
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TERM ARE IN DOU:
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Date of Expiration of Commissioner's Teh
of Office Is Present Center of Interest
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COLQUITT TONIGHT
CANDIDATE WILL BECEIVE
GREAT OVATION.
Committee of 000 Will Acoompany
Him to Hotel Speaks at
Turner Hall.
O. B. Colquitt will receive a rousing re-
ception In Houston tonight HI support-
ers In Houston and Ha.Tis oounty and
tor a radius of seventy-five mile will
turn out en mas to greet him and hi
welcome -will. It I sxpscted be th most
enthusiastic of th campaign.
Mr. Colquitt will reach Houston at :20
o'clock over th Houston East and West
Texas railway and will b accompanied
from Humble by on hundred or more
cjtlsena of that town who wllf join hi
party after a brief reception there at
which It I expected practically the en-
tire voting strength of th district will b
present.
The train will be met when It reach
this city by a eommltt of 600 elttsen
and a band. Th committee will b takn
to th station In autoroobllea and car-
riages and after a brief welcome at th
train Mr. Colquitt will be Mcorted to th
Rice hotel which win be hi headquarter
during his stay la Houston. '
'STRIKING "PROCESSION.
Preceded by the Herb Lewis mili-
tary band Mr. Colquitt and hi escort
In nearly a hundred automobile and car-
riage will proceed to Main street thenoe
to the hotel th procession to b a strik-
ing feature of hi triumphal entry.
Mr. Colquitt's main address will b
mad at Turner hall th exercises there
to begin at S o'clock. He will I I ex-
pected make a brief talk upon his arrival
at th Rice hotel about t.it o'clock but
th address will b largely Informal.
Turner hall has been reseated and re-
arranged In anticipation of a ' great
throng the seating capacity having been
Increased from 1400 to 1000. Th Herb
Lewis band will play In Turner- hall
garden whll th audience Is assembling
and during th Intermissions. ' .
Special rate ar offered on all railroad
from point within a radius of eventy-
41 v miles nnd hundreds will com from
Other cities and counties to listen to Mr.
Colquitt's address. .Tickets war placed
on kale yesterday with return privileges
extending until the late train tonight.
REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE.
Mr. Colquitt will apeak at Livingston
Polk county at 1 o'clock this afternoon
and after a short rest will board hi spe-
cial train for Houston.
The committee of 600 that "will greet
him upon hi arrival her I composed of
representative cltlsens from all profes-
sions and occupations and from all sec-
tions of th city and district.
William Masterson who 1 In 'charge
of. the local arrangements desire that
all members of the committee notify him
In person or by telephone before 4 o'clock
this afternoon whether they will be able
to gather at the Rice hotel before 6:4S
o'clock aa It Is desired to make arrange-
ments for transportation facilities for all
the member;.
Members of th committee who win be
unable to meet at the hotel are urged to
join the party at the station where they
will be given a reservation In th pro-
cession to th hotel.
It Is probable that addresses other than
that of Mr. Colquitt will be made dur-
ing the exercises at Turner hall but the
list of speakers has not yet been deter-
mined. EXPELLED TWO SPECTATORS
From the Trial of Lee O'Neal Browne
at Chicago.
(Associated Prett Report.)
CHICAGO June It The expulsion of
two spectators from the trial of Le
O'Neal H row ne today gave emphasis to
Stale Attorney Wayman' assertion that
he will take no chance ef undue Influ-
ence reaching the jury.
The men removed from Judge McShur-
ley's court were Ernest Krulewlch a
West Side politician and Henry Wagner.
During the examination of Representa-
tive Charles A. White who alleged that
Browne paid him $1000 to vote for Lorl-
mer for United States senator W. S.
Forrest chief counsel for the defendant
created a stir by demanding that De-
tective McOuIre who did much of the
State's Investigating In the bribery scan-
dal keep his eyes away from the wit-
ness. Mr. Forrest Intimated that Mo-
Gulre was signalling White as to the
letter's answers to certain questions.
Judge McShurley ruled that MoGulre had
a right to be where he was and the Incl-t
dent closed.
The defense on cross-examination begaq
an attack on the character of White with
the ultimate design It Is said of charg-
ing that the present allegation grew out
of an unsuccessful blackmailing scheme
of White's. Wishing to Introduce some
of White's letters written to Browne
Mr. Forrest ran against a snag when th
court ruled tht before being accepted
aa evidence White must first Identify
them. His evasive replies nettled th
Browne legal battery.
Eventually two letters were Indenttftea :
"a"'
Tennessee Cotten Men Indicted
(Associated Preu Report.) " ';
MEMPHIS Tenn. Jun It-Charging
conspiracy to commit larceny th Shelby
county grand Jury today returned a
Joint Indictment against Charles Col
Cornelius Dwyer Hugh Knott and J. BL
Prather wall known business men Of thlsr
city already under three 1 Indlotraent
charging theft of $22000 worth of cotton
from the St. Louis and Sa Francisco
systems "th Hock Island railroad and.
the lllinQU.Csutral-Railroad company i
HAWKIN
recordsImuddl:
State Department' Unat!
Solve Puzzle.
INSURANCEMENIOREfl
To Comply With Request for I
Izatlon ot Old Key Rates.
STATE PERMIT HELD NECESSA!
To Do Business Under Baling I
Appellate Courts of Ckorjia.
Hawkins Will Declare
Permits YoidL
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(HotutnJoSc4tl)'r'fi
AUSTIN Texas. Jun 14. The fact t
tag accepted that th governor ha D.
th authority to remove from office V
B. Hawkins commissioner of Insurant
and banking chief Interest In th contro
veiwy today centere In th question of th-
dat of th expiration of th commie
sloner-s tenure of offlc. ; ;
Apparently a very simple proposltlo.
prolonged Investigation reveals Its eo
plexity. In hi statement yesterday-h
Ing had abundant time to assure him.
definitely on the point the goven
would risk no assertion stronger th
"my Impreeslon la that Mr.s Hawki
tnn of office expiree August O. 19;
In using th date August tl It la learn
today that Governor Campbell had i
mind th beginning of T. B. Love' cot
mlsslonerahlp which th record ndlr
began September t HOT filling out R. i
Mllner's unsxph-ed term. Th recor
also show that Love was formally a
Pointed Juanary U uot; that hi appoln
ment we affirmed th same day by th
senate gad that h wa commission.
February a in Th .records la tl
tat department have been V poor
kept that H It Impossible to arrive i
the actual dat.' N record la made .
th resignation' of Vent -
R. t: Mllner wa: painted 'eommi
atonar of grlcuUor January 17. 1507.
when the department of agriculture was
separated from th 'old department of
agriculture Insurance history and bank-
la. ; .
Th law I apparently' plain anough
Article 20t of th Revised Statute says:
"Th commissioner of agriculture tnaur-
anoe statistic and history shall head bK
omoe ror th tern of two year and until
the appointment and qualification of his
noeeasor." Whll thlk Is not to title
now born by Commissioner Hawkins it
Is th law under which he holds offlc
and determine hi temarw of same.
The rttrinal lav was that of VB creat-
ing the department af taswraaoev sta-
tistic and history. Tn Utr tha tew was
amended to add tha word "agrtoulture '
to th tltl of tha department. By the
aot of MOT which was approved April 4
and beoarae effective July U. the depart-
ment ot agriculture was mad seaara'.
with Its ewn commissioner. ' i '
.. RECORDS ARB IN' MTJDDLB. V
Tha records show further that W. E.
Hawkins waa appointed December .&
IMS and that he actually entered upon
hi duties January St. Wa - Tha record
are thoroughly bungled and R eea that
neither th governor nor tha oosnrola-
sioner fa definitely assured aa to th ac-
tual dat of th beginning of tha oora-
mlsslonsr's tenure at office. T Undoubted-
ly th services of th attorney general
will be caned Into requisition to unravel
the muddle and this will doubtless occur
Immediately. .j'-.
The evidence now. available. .Indicates '
that the governor was Correct In hi Im-
pression that th commissioner' term
expires the latter part of August or th
first of September. A final aaswer how-
ever will of necessity take not ot the
basis of calculation determining wheth-
er it Is necessary to revert to the date
when the first commissioner In UTt en-
tered upon ofTic or whether later laws
have changed th Urn for th beginning
of the commissioner's tenure of office.
One thing I certain: Commissioner
Hawkins will remain In hi present posi-
tion until properly constituted authority
shall announc that his term has expired.
Today he haa ; gun' steadily abdut bis
business apparently as cheerful as sver
but refusing to be Interviewed. -
When asked aa to whether h agrees
with the governor as the the dat of the
termination of his conunlasionershlp and
as to his plan In case the governor
should Insist th latter part of August
that th comrelssloaershlp Is vacant he
only replied: "I try not to cross bridges
until I get to them.
HAWKINS UNPERTURBED '.;.'
And b will be commissioner every day
he ts In office. He hewa doe to th tln
of ths laws and If the laws sr vran
he Insists that he cannot be blamed tii"i
he enforces them for th simple reasi
"that two wrongs do not make one r!s'
that two wrongs' no not make one r Ik :
and that however unsatisfactory any I
may be. It must be kept tat fore until
shall receive constitutional amendnn
' It I only fair to say that Commission
Hawkins has not worried nor I he r
perplexed over the question of the di-
his retirement. He said today; T d
ear whether I have tea minutes or
years In offlc; I am going to nforc
law to th beet ot my ability as lorns
am oa th Job." iv''A;f; ';'
: It' Is certain that ' no Insurance
panV will ear to. comply wit h t
Suest drawn tip by the atttir- -idoraed
by th governor ai .
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