Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-10 | Page 6 | Liars without Quorums

IT i i i yI y- y 4 1 jj I I i tiA t-i- t i Clare W Without th ut Quorums J JA BOUT a half year after John D. D Rocke- Rocke A i f fel er Jr dem demanded the Ue resignation of Colonel Stewart as head of the Standard Oil of indi Indiana na the latter retains his important stands acquitted of perjury Not only ba has one more attempt to jail somebody in conn connection tion with the oil investigation fallen hi but the colonel doubtlessly has decided de- de he has gone through his ordeal entirely ly Unscathed winning a victory for his cunning and Jand and determination the he verdict of acquittal was not particularly particularly su surprising in view of the fact that the judge judg i instructed the ju jurors ors that they m must st sta a acquit quit Stewart if they found that a quorum of the senate committee had no not been physically present when he was questioned ques l t Since it was admitted d that several senators had been counted present when hen they w were were- re actually some distance away the furors f felt ti tex shO should do but one thing thing acquit acquit it hi m. m i s i t i. i t ta e a l lot f g Comments e et t that tha might be m made de Her HeYe re fot instance is a quip from front I Edward Hope columnist for the New York Tribune Herald-Tribune We Ye know a lot of people we used to consider liars but now we shall have to re revise revise revise re- re vise our opinion until we we can can remember whether there w was s alwa always s' s a quorum present