The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-19
L|LLEY WHALED
FOR SUBMARINE
BOAT CHARGES
House Committee in Report Ex-
Onerates Congressman and
Members of Press.
OF CONTEMPT
AND STEADY BAD FAITH
Criticism of Methods of Jersey
Electric Boat Company
GrOundleSS.

WASHINGTON, May19.-That Repre-
sentative George l.. Lilley, of Conneeti-
cut, was not warranted in bringing
charges against certain of his colleagues
in the House and accredited members
of the press. is the conclusion reached
by the special committee named by
Speaker Cannon to investigate methods
employed by the Electric Boat Com
pany of New Jersey, in connection with
legislation before Congress. In an TX
haustive report submitted to the House
| today Chairman Boutelle and his col
leagues review the testimony brought
out before the committee and declare
with entire unanimity that no member
Of the House and no representative of
the press had been induced by officers
of the Electric pat Company to act
from corrupt or improper motives.
The investigation grew out of a reso-
luton introduced by Mr.. Lilley in the
House on February 20 last asking that
a committee be appointed to investigate
the conduct of the Electric Boat Com
pany of New Jersey and their prede-
cessor, the Holland Company, respect
ing the methods employed by the COM
panies named in connection with past
and proposed legislation before Con-
gress.
The conclusions reached as the
unanimous verdict of the committee
follow:
That Mr.. Lilley's resolution was not
introduced in good faith.
That Mr.. Lilley had no information to
justify his charges made before the
committee on rules.
That Mr.. Lilley acted in bad faith in
making his charges before the commit
tee on rules.
That Mr.. Lilley acted in bad faith in
stating before this committee that he
had made no charge rejecting upon
members of the House before the COM
mittee on rules.
That Mr.. Lilley allowed himself to be
used as an instrument of the Lake Tor
pedo Boat Company in its rivalry and
attack upon a competing company.
That Mr.. Lilley's real object in intro
ducing his resolution and making his
charges was the same as the purpose
of the propaganda" of the Lake Tor
pedo Boat Company, namely, the defeat
of the clause in the ava committee
bill relating to submarines.
Acts of E'Bad Faith"
That Mr.. Lilley acted in bad faith
in concealing from the committee the
real parties in interest who were be-
hind this investigation and furnishing
him with information and evidence.
That the charge that the four bat
tleship proposition was defeated by the
adoption of the submarine clause in the
naval committees bill was false; that
Mr.. Lilley, as q, member of the naval
committee, knew that the charge was
false, and that he refused to maintain
the charge before the committee.
That Representative Loud was made
the object of anonymous charges that
were without any foundation in fact.
That Mr.. Lilley acted in contempt of
this House in destroying the forged let
ter from Webster to Marlborough in
stead of delivering it to the committee.
That Mr.. Lilley violated his obliga-
tons as a member of this House in
permitting his clerk to send out letters
in Mr.. Lilley's name rejecting upon the
honor and integrity of members of the
House.