Eager to be Investigated

New York, 1895

(From the Brooklyn Eagle.)

The news from Albany that Assemblyman Vacheron had a resolution adopted in the house to bring John C. Kennahan, the editor of the Long Island Farmer, before the bar of the house to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt, created no small interest on Long Island, where the editor is known to almost everybody and admired for his courage and independence. An Eagle reporter asked Mr. Kennahan what he thought of the action of the assembly. He said:

"It is a comedy badly played. Vacheron dare not give me a chance to confront him with proof of the statements that nave been published concerning him, and of things that have not been published, but will be. I am well fortified for any conflict that may arise. I seek no favors. I shall he ready to proceed to business at an hour's notice. If the committee on privileges will hear testimony and base their judgment on it with judicial fairness, the public and the committee will have some startling things to ponder over."

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, April 19, 1895, p. 2.