The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-13
SAYS Ex-c0NvIcTS SOLD
 N MODERATION TO PAPERS
And Further Declares They WHI
 Sure Be Arrested.
Massachusetts slember Say. the Gov. ernmeat Has Evidence Easush se Coavict the BIaeAmau. CT. wAe Instisatea ths- r
 Canal Fraua stexien.

Wasnington, Feb. 12.--That Repre- sentative Rainey of Illinois got from The New York World his information regarding the Panama Canal affairs which formed the subject of his recent speech, and that .ex-convlcts instigated the stories of fraud and corruption pertaining to the requirement. of titlq by the United States to the property. was the charge made today in the House of Representatives by Mir. Low ering of Massachusetts.
 Maybe" said he. The World did not originate all the scandalous stories ik published. but it's columns were public and we do know that The World did give credence and circulation to them v
 MT, Lowering declared that "the per- petratorB of these false stateThehts arc known and the story of their doings reveals chapter in the history Of biackmailing that is rare in the am naIs of crime. These gentlemen, he said. fare known, their names are known: thefE., haunts are known. and their plans aSS known.
 Does the gentleman object to stat ing who they areT" inquired Mir. Burle- son of Texas.
 Mr. Lowering protested that he was iaboring under great difficulty because of the absence Of Mir sRainey from 1Rie chamber. He admitted that he did not notify the Illinois member that he was to speak on this subject.
 T want to say" said he, ''that these men have been run down and brought to book. and it turns out that many of them are sex-convieta and they stand a good chance of r4eufn~ Ing to the penitentlary."
 He was pressed by Mir. SnackeIford (Mo.) for information as to who these convicts were, but Mfr. Lowering would ia.r~ ..Ah a.1 long they would be produced in court. Their names, he said. had been brought before the grand jury, both at Washington and New York. and at the proper time would be known to the general public.
 .'How do you happen to be familiar with the secrets of the grand guriass'' Mfr. shackelford asked. bnt before he could answer. Mfr Gaines (TenA.I In- auired if he was not a warm persunaf | friend of William Nelson Cromwell. i. Mir. Lowering admitted that he was.
 Mfr. lowering said, Teferring Co Mr. Raineys
 'sThip gentleman has been made . victim. or he Is too willing to asperse P. Taft, Douglas Robinson, William Nelson Cromwell Roger Farnham and others
 It was. he said. "a shameless pres titution" of the privilege of free speech which members enjoyed on the floor of the House.
 For this utterance HIr. lowering was promptly called to order by Mfr. Law renee of Massachusetts, his colleague. who was in the chair, and admonished that he should observe the rules In re- gard to the use of personalities. Mir. Lowering protested that he had mem tioned no names. except that of Mfr. naE which had hAqn spoken of in the House and in the pub- lie press.
 Upon the suggestion of Mir. Gaines (Tenn.), that Mr. Rainey had been sent for and that the speech should pro- ceed no further until he had arrived, Mir. Lowering yielded the floor tempo rarily.
 After waiting a reasonable time. Mr. Rainey having not returned 10 the chamber, MT. Lowering resumed his remarks He had not proceeded far when he was told that the Illinois member. who was slated for Lincoln speech in Baltimore. had been over taken at the railroad station and was on his way to the House. Kf. Lover ing again suspended his remarks.
 In a short time Mir. Rainey entered the chamber and stated that his Bal eimore engagement would prevent him remaining throughout Mrl LcvertnSs' remarks but that he later would make answer, should he fnd 1t necessary.
 Continuing, Mir. lowering declared that the evidence was complete enough to "convtct the biackmailers. who have tried to work their guns. not only on the gentleman that have named. but on both political perties."
 Last fall, he said. an effort was made to sell the stories to the Democratic Campaign Committee. and that certain leaders of that party took the matter not used, because they could not be substantiated. He charged that for nearly two yearss prior to that time, these same men had been pursuing Cromwell with the expectation that he would pay them large sum of money varying from Ss,000 to e25.00o. They thought he would pay to have these stories suppressed. Mfr. lowering de- clared that those persons were always met by. Mir. Cromwell with an indig- nant refusal, "and the reply that they might do what they pleased with their storfes. for they were nothing bes Mes.c Those same people, he salds finding Mr Cromwell was deeply in- terested in Mir. Tafts campaign thought he would submit 70 pay some. soms- thing rather than have any publicity at that moment. They said to him. Mr. Lowering asserted. ''even though there be no truth in this story. buy and bury ft.''
 1t was at this time, he said. when they had failed in ail their demands upon Mir Cromwell, that they took their nefarious wares to MT Mack. chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and offered them for s6se for campaign purposes"
 while they were not accepted. he said. members of the Democratic party en- tered into an agreement with Mr. Rainey "to exploit the subject on the floor of the House. This he has at tempted to do by introducing a resos lution of inquiry"
 Scores AEF. Rsiney.
 He charged. however. that Mir. Rainey, ''singularly enough" had taken no steps to bring about an investiBa- tion.
 Has he fallen down?' he snquired.
 Alas he failed to secure his proofss Have his informants forsaken him7' He said that after these professional bIackmailers. the world knows that