The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-10
INQUIRY MAY
NOT DEVELOP
THE SCANDAL
House Committee Shows Signs
of Making it Hard for
lilley.
CONGRESSMAN PUT ON
DEFENSIVE AT START
ELECTRIC BOAT co. REPRESENT
ED BY MARTIN uTTLEToN
AND J. 3. LINDSAY.

Washington. March 8. - The special
committee of the house appointed by
Speaker Cannon, at the request of Rep
resentative Lilley of Connecticut, ito
investigate the conduct of the Electric
Boat company of New Jersey and its
predecessor, the Holland Boat compa-
ny, respecting the methods employed
by said companies i'm connection with
past or proposed legislation before con-
gress," bega its investigation today.
The committee. which is com. Jsed of
Representatives BouteI of Illinois,
chairman: Stephens of Minnesota, Ohm
sted of Pennsylvania, Broussard of
Louisiana and Howard of Georgia, met
in room at the house office building
at 1880 o'clock. Before the committee
had been called to order. Chairman
BOutell stated that no witnesses had
been summoned, but that Representa-
tive Lilley had been requested TO ap-
pear before the committee; that as yet
the committee has nothing before it
and Will not be in position to summon /
witnesses until Mr.. Lilley lays the facts
before them.
Corrected by Mr.. Lilley.
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10 order the clerk was directed by !
Chairman Boutell to read the report of |
the committee on rules, pursuant to /
which the investigating committee was /
appointed. When the clerk reached /
the portion of the report which said /
that Mr.. Lilley, at his own instance,
appeared before the committee on rules
In connection with his charges, Mr.. Lii
ley interrupted to say that he had re-
ceived a written notice from the clerk
OF that committee to appear before it.
Documents Submitted.
4 When the reading of the report had
fbeen concluded. Chairman BOutell- cali
Ned on Representative Lilley and asked
hfm IF he was prepared to go ahead
and state the facts in his possession.
Mr.. Lilley said he was not prepared to
be examined at this time; that he de-
sired to be represented by an attorney
and had not yet secured One.-He, how
ever, submitted a number of docu-
ments to the committee. He stated
that he had been Swallowed by detec-
tives and said that in order that this
shadOwing be stopped he would ask to
have summoned as witnesses three OPP
eratives connected with a local deteC-
tive agency. He also submitted a list
of Witnesses that he desired to be sum-
moned.
Desires to Bring Out Facts.
Mr.. Lilley stated that he did not pro
pose TO put himself in the attitude of
a grand jury and present an Indictment,
but he would, if permitted by the COM
mittee and assisted by an attorney,
examine these witnesses and help the =
committee TO the fullest extent posi-
Bile in bringing out all the facts. He
said that to formulate written charges
and limit the investigation to these
charges would simply be to stifIe real
investigation and make the adoption
of the resolution a farce. Mr.. Lilley
asked that he be allowed to name the !
manner in which the witnesses be call
ed. He did not wish, he said, to be !
the first witness.
Mr.. Boutell stated that il was the in
tention of the committee to have Mr. /
Lilley first state what he knows of {
his own knowledge concerning these
charges, and in order TO allow him to )
procure an attorney. adjournment was
taken until Thursday morning. I
LiIIey to Be First Witness. h
At an. executive session of the COM q
mittee it was decided that Mr.. LiIley t
should be the first witness called on
Thursday, and action on his request I
that other witnesses be called be de- q
ferred until an investigation discIoses c
that the persons named are connected in =,
some way within the scope of the in
quiry. His request that his attorney
be allowed to examine and cross-eXam-
inc witnesses was denied. The commit
tee decided that the examination should ::
be conducted by member of the COM ::
mittee and that all questions to be ask ::
ed the witnesses should be submitted ::
I'm writing to this member !:
Regarding the charge that Mr.. Lii ::
ley made that he was being Swallowed ::
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