The Washington herald., 1907-01-16
Peoples Lobby Questions the
Crumpacker Measure.
SAY IT WOULD PROTECT FRAUD
Intimated That COngressmeB Who
Favored Its Passage by the House
Were Not Disinteresfed-PersO
Against Whom Government Has
Proceeded said to Be Behind II.

teIudy on Dendii OF tnat organization
in opposition to the Crumpacker bill pro-
viding for jsdicial review of Post-offiee
Department fraud orders. The bill has
passed the House and is now in She
hands of the Senate Committee on Judi
ciary. Several Congressman are severely
criticised i'm the statement.
1t is the information and belief of
the Peoples Lobby" says the docu-
ment that the bill is promoted by inter
ests which are antagonistic 10 the welfare
of the whole people"
The real purpose Of this legislation,
it is said IN another place. lis to paralyzc
the effective work heretofore done by thc
government in suppressing fake get-rich-
quick schemes. qUack medicine cure-alls,
fraudulent turf investment enterprises,
and an inconceivable variety OF confidence
games perpetrated through false and mis-
leading advertisements, such as have in
the past cost the public millions of dol
lars"
A paragraph from the last report OF the
Postmaster General in which reference is
made to the fraud orders issued by the
department is cited. and il is asserted
that this excerpt makes II "elear that the
courts do now review the action of the
Postmaster General in issuing fraud
orders" In that connection, it is as
serted however, that the Postmaster
General is not opposed 10 an express
provision OF the law for a review IN
the manner provided by Representative
Foster whose plan, it is alleged, was
ignored i'm favor Of the Crumpacker bill
Not Submitted TO CorteIyou.
The measure which passed the House
was not submitted TO the Postmaster Cen
eral, the statement says. The Assistant
Attorney General Of the Post-office De-
partment appeared before the committee
and argued against the bill, on the
grounds that IT provides trial by jury and
makes possible the exclusion Of "A large
part of the apartments testimony OF
technical grounds. The bringing of wit
nesses from places remote from the court
would be necessitated and this would
make The expense Of the trials almost
prohibitive.
The Peoples Lobby statement says that
this view as 20 the effect Of the bin was
concurred in by Representative Little
field, whose remarks in the course Of the
debate are quoted.
1T is positively asserted by the POST
Office Department" the statement goes o.
to say, that the influences behind the
/ Crumpacker bin are Z. G. Lewis. Of S.
Louis; Prof Thomas 4 Adkin. of
| Rochester, and the Hon. f. F. Han
son, Of Chicago"
! Il is alleged that the action or the
Post-offce Department in issuing fraud
order against Mr. Lewis. as promoter
/ OF the Peoples Bank. on July G. 1870. was
reviewed by the United States Circuit
Court and the Circuit Court of Appeals.
and the Postmaster General was fully
sustained.
/ The Supreme Court Of the District of
Columbia reviewed and sustained the
action Of the department In issuing q
fraud order against Adlin. it is asserted.
AdCin is said 10 have been the head uf
the so-called New York Institute of
Physicians and Surgeons" Of Rochester.
which printed eXtrdvagant advertise
ments among them one 10 the effect that
il had talked dead man back TO life
The fraud order against Hanson. II is
said in the statement. was followed by
/ the prosecution of that person, who was
indicted and convicted on the charge Of
misusing the mails.
coincidence" Are Cited.
I'm view Of the organized lobby pro-
noting the passage of the Crumpacker
bill it is said in the statement. I'll is
interesting 20 note certain condolences in
regard To members of Congress who have
actively favored the legislation In Repre-
sentative Crumpacker's district is located
large patent medicine concern at the
town of Kramer H. l. Kramer is the
I head Of the concern, and he is also vice
president of the Lewis Publishing Com
pany, of which E. G. Lewis is president
Representative Littleheld. who openly
defended the measure on the floor of the
House, halls from the adjoining county to
Belfast Ne. The Hon z. F. Hanson
was sometime mayor of Belfast and it
was there that the 'Nutriola Company
was born
Representative Perkins also spoke for
the Crumpacker bill. He is from the
! Rochester district, and numbers among
/ his constituents Prof Thomas F. Ad-
I kin, by whose wonderful power, accord
ing 10 the advertisement a dead man was
/ talked back 10 life"
The charge is made that the Crum-
packed bill was 'railroaded" through the
House, and the Congressional Record is
quoted as bearing out that charge II IS
/ asserted that Mr.. Crumpacker got the
bill through largely on the statement that
l it had been submitted to Chairman over
street. Of the Post-office Committee, and
that Mr.. OveTstreet had said it should be
passed.
As matter of fact" the statement
goes on to say. "the chairman OF the
Committee on POst-Offices and Post
Roads made the strongest speech in oppo-
sition to the bin when it came up for
final action on January Z, and objected
privately, TO Representative Crumpacker
that morning on the inadequate time 90
be allowed for the consideration and dis