The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-04

introduction Major Hawks came to my
Office and stated that he would demand
his expenses. as the Withdrawal Of the
letter would iuture the enterprise ad-
yiSed him TO make out bin of his
claims. but informed him that II he pur-
sued the course ne threatened / would
have nothing more 10 do with him When
Mr McIntire presented me with the bill
Major Hawks had made out. I denounced
il as robbery and told Mr.. McIntire that
Major Hawks was not entitled u any
such amount for he was partner in
the enterprise
by Senator Burrows desire 20 know
Dr. your recommendation OF Major Hawks
for AN appointment Under the Govern
uent was included In the conditions OF
the settle mtut-
A.-Nost assurCGIy not
The witness stated that he had called
% sec General Corbjn and learned that
the general had declined 60 take any
stock in the company, for the reason that
IA desired t0 know if General C0rAin con-
sjdered il wrong. in which case it would
have been wrong Tor the witness. But
. General Corbin. tho witness said. did
not disappTOve Of the scheme. He dsclin-
81 20 go into fl simply because Of his po-
sition The witness also called on Mr.
Meiklejohn. who assured General Dudley
/ that his position alone had Influenced
I him i'm Withdrawing from the company
| BY senator BIrTOTs-I want 10 ask II
! there was any suggestion on the part of
! anyone that the connection with the com
! pauy of Colonel Heistaud, General Cor
] bin. Mr.. Allen. OF Mr.. MeikleJohu would
] in any way affect the tariff as il related
/ 70 the prospects OF the company
/ .A-NO. sir
| BY Senator Iarris-I have some curiosi-
! u 20 know that If your reference in the
] HHHH HNrr.H
! Uany by men prominent in political and
! commercial Hfe-paruCularly political
/ was intended To convey the lmprt SSlon
hat the company was % receive aid or
! special enCOuragCmsnt from certain men
| prominent in the political or commercial
/ world?
/ A-No. sir. Tha, was not the impress
| sion in my mind. The statement was
/ used in general sense
/ BY Major Hawks-You signed a recon-
incubation FOR me for position, did you
! u0t2
! Al did. and have given my reasons
! for doing so. The letter l signed did not
/ contain the statement and the Govern
{ lent VIII look favorabiy upon the same
| and the official signatures were not In the
| original
Q.-Why are You so positive about that2
A--Becaus' If the official signatures
/ had been attached ! should have cOnsid-
! cred it very improper and would have
| disapproved the letter
] Q--But Judge Boyd has testified before
] TINS court il-L ne Nlu Sign the lslIeI ON
1 CialIy.
oh, no, interjected several members
Of the committee. that is not right"
Senator CoclzreH interrupted that what
Judge Boyd did say was that De may have
! signed the letter Officially, that ne did not
remember whether he did OF not.
The next witness was A De Buys, Of
/ New York.
| BY Senator Cockreli-NVhat DO Won know
Of the efforts 10 organize this Manila
| hemp company?
Any recollection is that Major
Hawks came quite often 20 see me. and
/ that he referred otter TO having backing
lu Washington which others could not
! got Tie stated that he had friends in
/ Washington and Manila who would aid
! him. ] believe the name OF MeikIcjohn
( WAS mentioned. don't remember
/ whether General Corbin's name iu this
connection was referred 20 or not I think
( the name Of Allen was mentioned later
Major Hawks declined 10 go into a
. lCross-cXamination, stating that iu order
90 enter any further IN the matter ne
1 would have 20 employ a lawyer. as there
was a great deal more involved than any
one had any idea
At ] o'clock the subcommittee adjourn
ed for luncheon.