Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-13
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Shackleford asked, but before he could
answer, Mr.. Gaines, of Tennessee,
asked if he was not a warm personal
friend of VIM. Nelson Cromwell. Mr.
Lowering admitted that he was.
Responding to questions by Mr..
Shackleford, the Massachusetts, men,
Der said he personally was not client
of Mr.. Cromwell, but that he was a
member of corporation that had re-
tanned his services. He refused to say
how long Mr.. Cromwell had been so
employed, merely stating that he was
not putting himself in the position of
being interrogated by court of JUS
tice.
Further referring to Mr.. Rainey, Mr..
Lowering said 49,,
"This gentleman has been made a
victim of. He is too willing to as
perse such fair names as those of
Charles H. TAFT, VIM. Nelson Crom-
we'll, Roger Farnl1am and several 9TH
ers. 1T was," he said, "a shameless
prostitution OF the privilege of free
speech which members enjoyed on the
floor of the house. Fo rthis utter
ance Mr.. Lowering was promptly called
to order by the speaker. WIN.
Upon the suggestion of Mr.. Gaines
of Tennessee, that Mr.. Rainey had
been sent for and suggested that the
speech should proceed no further until
he had arrived, so Mr.. Lowering yield
ed the floor temporarily. A..
After waiting reasonable time and
Mr.. Rainey not having returned to the
chamber, Mr.. Lowering resumed his re-
marks He had not proceeded far,
when he was told that the Illinois men,
Der, who was scheduled for. a Lincoln
speech in Baltimore, had been notified
at the railroad and was on his way to
the house, Mr.. Lowering again sus-
pended his remarks. ~
In short time Mr.. Rainey entered
the chamber and stated that his Balti
more engagement would prevent his re-
naming throughout Mr.. Coverings re-
marks, but that he would make answer
should he find it necessary. -
Lowering declared that the evidence
was complete and sufficient to convict
the blackrnailers, who have tried to
work their game, not only on the men
named, but on both parties. ,%,..
Last fall, he said, an effort. was
made to sell the stories to the Demo-
cratic committee and the corporation
leaders of that party took the matter
under consideration, but they were not
used because they could not be- sub
stantiated. He charged that for nearly
two years, prior to that time 4 these
same gentleman had been g, pursuing
Cromwell with the expectation that che
would pay them a sum of money, vary
ing from $1,000 to $4,000. They
thought he would pay to have these
stories suppressed. -
Mr.. Lowering declared that those
persons were always met by Mr.. Crom-
we'll with an indignant refusal and the
reply that they might do what they
pleased with their stories, for they
were nothing but lies. ~.
Those same people, he said, finding
that Mr.: Cromwell was deeply inter
ested in Mr.. Taft's campaign, thought
he would submit to paying something
rather than have any publicity at that
time. They said to him, Mr.. Lowering
asserted, 'teven though there be no
truth in these stories, buy and bury
Them" III
1t was this time, he. said, that they
had failed in all theor demands upon
Mr. Cromwell that they took their ne
farious wares to Mr. Mack, chair
man of the Democratic national COM
mittee, and offered them for sale for
campaign purposes. While they were
not accepted, he said, members of the
Democratic party entered into an agree
ment with Mr.. Ralney to exploit the
subject on the floor of the house. This
he has attempted to do by resolution
of inquiry. 81,
He charged, however, that Mr..
Rainey "singularly enough had taken
no steps to bring about any invcstiga-,
ton. "Has he fallen down." he inquir-
ed. elias he failed to secure his proofs?
Have his informants forsaken him?''.
He said that after these professional
blackmailers-the World has known
that many of them were professional
had failed to extract money from any
of these so they, in their DESPERATION.
caused them to be published and they
appeared in the World.