Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-07

three and there should be twenty-five"
Don't put that in the record" directed
| Senator Cockrel.
Mr.. Hawks said the copies were those of
| letters he had written to Col. Heistand
while the latter was In Paris.
Before the settlement" suggested Mr..
| Needham.
Before the settlement" said Mr.. Hawks.
| Il would like to look over them.
DO you want to put that whole batch
| in the record?" queried Senator Cockrell.
You can if you want to- only hurry up
| and don't delay things so.''
Senator Proctor then asked Mr.. Hawks
IL he had made the written statement as
directed by the committee of what he ex-
pected to prove by Lewis B.. Jackson and
Duncan b. Harrison he had asked to be
summoned. The reply was negative. He
was told to prepare it without further de-
| lay.
AS Mr.. Hawks was slowly going over
the copy book pages Senator Cockrell
moved a recess of thirty minutes, at the
| same time saying:
Major Hawks, you pick out the letters
you want to introduce during recess. SO we
can get to work when We come back
Senator Cockrell then proceeded to eat
his customary lunch-an apple-when Mr..
Hawks folded up the papers and laid them
down z--,--s
Go on, major. and pick out what you
want to introduce" said the senator, who
observed the action.
IT don't want to introduce any Of 'em, y
he remarked 1.-TWO of 'em are missing"
Denials by Mr.. Cullen.
When the committee reconvened Dream
Clyde Cullen was sworn. Before he testi-
fled Mr.. Hawks was permitted to take
him outside the committee room for a brief
consultation. When they returned witness
asked permission to look over some pa
pers in order. he said, to refresh his mem
DRY as to dates. He examined several and
then witness and Mr.. Hawks had another
private talk. Witness said, replying to
questions by Senator Cockrell that he did
not know either Mr.. Hawks or Col. Hell
stand.
Asked if he had ever heard a talk be-
tween Gen. Corbin and Assistant Secretary
Meiklejohn about a proposed hemp COM
pany, witness said he visited the War De-
partment to see Mr.. Meik1ejohn either Sep
TENDER IS or 10, 1900, in relation to an al
legged libelous memorial witness had been
charged with circulating about Gen. Cor
witness stand and asked If he had not
stated to W. ]. Elliot local Sunday news
paper editor. that he had heard a converse
ton between Gen. Corbin and Assistant
Secretary Meiklejohn about the Manila
Hemp Company.
II never did"
did you say that if you were called be-
fore this committee that you would have
cause you had heard him and Meiklejohn
talking about the company, and they had
asked you to buy some of the stock?
Il never did"
Other questions of similar import were
as fatty and emphatically answered in the
negative. including one If Mr. Needham
counsel for Col Heistand, had requested
witness not to appear before the committee
MIR. MeikIejohn Recalled.
When the witness was excused amid gen.
eral smiles Mr.. Meiklejohn was recalled,
and Mr.. Hawks said he was not ready to
further question him, he wanted to go
over Mr.. Meikejohn's direct testimony.
II want to go over it because his memory
on SO many things is so different from
mine"
Senator Cockren hereupon said:
Il can see no justification for delay on
your part. We have been exceedingly lem
lent with you. You have had all those
papers in your possession for three years
and you ought to know all about what you
want to ask questions about"
Mr.. Hawks replied that he wanted time to
examine Mr.. Meiklejohn's testimony. 1t
would not be available for him, he said,
till tomorrow, and he would therefore con-
tinue his cross-examination of Mr.. Meikle-
john day after tomorrow.
The committee members consulted for a
Few minutes and then instructed the
stenographer to have an additional copy of
the transcription of his notes made in or
der to let Mr.. Hawks have it tonight.
MIR. Needham saved time by asking Mr..
Mefklejohn a few questions. To one he
said that Hawks after his return from the
Philippines had threatened that If the rec
ord of the revocation of his appointment il,
the War Department was not changed he
company transactions and bring about an
investigation by the Senate.
81 told him that that was immaterial to
me- said Mr.. Meiklejohn.