The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-09
MR. ROOT NOT TO TESTIFY
The Hemp Committee Declines TO
Summons the Secretary Of War.

I Counsel for Major r. l.. Hn,vIs i'm a
COliUquy over the Matter with
senator CocI>reII-I'urther Tcsti-
mony ConccrniaE the Cordnge Deal
An interesting coloquy followed the
opening Of to51ys session Of the hemp
Investigation being conducted ut the Cap
itoI by sub-eommittee Of the Senate
Committee on Military Affairs. over the
authority TO connect ia any way the Sec
retay of War with the matter. Judge
Thomas J. Mackey, counsel for Major +.
J.. Hawks, demanded that Secretary Root
De summoned as witness. The sub
committee ruIed that Secretary Root
should not be summoned. and that his
name should not De- conscted with the
affair.
Major Hawks took the stand and was
questioned IS follows:
BY Judge Mackey-State whether ror1
, demanded 10 know the cause OF yuur re-
moval and by whom YOU had been re-
moved.
Al did.
Q--Of whom
A--The Secretary.of War. The dav aft
er ny return l called on the Secretary
Senator CockrelI-we viii not go into
the cause Of removal
Judge Mackey-The cause Of the re-
moval Is pertinent That's part of the
purpose OF the investigation.
Senator Cockrell-The Secretary Of War
has nothing 20 do with this case and we
do not intend 10 bring him into it.
Judge MackCy-Then we ask that the
Secretary Of War be summoned as wit
Senator CocIrelI-He will not be sum
mOned.
Judge Mackey-The Secretary Of War
is not above investiEation2
Senator Burrows-The Secretary r. not
accountable for the cause OF this remoV-
al ] viii say, however, that he is ab-
sent from the city AT this time with his
family In the Adiruudacks.
Judge Mackey then questioned Col H.
O. :. Heistaad as TO his alleged assoc
GATES I'm the hemp enterprise and the
source OF the Si5t paid Major Hawks.
Colonel Heistaud said he sent the money
from Paris to Dudley 4 Michener
When this fact was established thc sub
committee took mp the published record
with Major Hawks and his counsel aLI
allowed such corrections TO be mad in
Major Hawks testimony as recorded. as
was requested. Il was explained that
these miStakes were not attributed 90 the
stenOgrapher. One was the word "m.th-
ematiCaL" which Major Hawks had used
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