Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-13
ENTERS ALLEGATIONS Of B|ACkMA|l
Massachusetts Representative Comes
to Defense Of Those Charged With
Improper Connection With Canal
Deai-Adn,its Warm Erie ndship for
cromweii-Withhoid Names.

WASHINGTON. ID. G.. Fen. L.
That Representative Rainey OF Hi
nois got from the New York World
his information re%aid.ng the Pana-
ma Canal aifal ;. which termed IN"
subject rf his r"CCnt :nrrCh ana that
eX-cOnvicts ins;i2attd N" stores of
fraud an corruption 81 a.ntnc TO tn"
aCqniremert oi M" / thn United
States {, III" pr0p"it'. ~ : tn" charge
made today in he hOa.r q represent.
ativ.s t.; Mr.. | oN'rinE Gi NnSsr chu-
scit..
not uririna = 81 he ycandalous stn
Ties il p-bllshed but its correspond
'ents wrote them and We know that
the World did give credence and cir
Culation to them
Alleges BiaekmaiI.
Mr.. Lowering declared that the
perpetrators of these false sta ements
are known. and the story of their
doings reveal chapter In the history
at blackmailink that is rare in the
annals of crime. These gentlemen"
he said, ARE known: their names are
known; their aliases are known: their
haunts are known, aud their plans
are known"
Doe. " J. ~ - 10 stat
ing w. tho, -a:l?r iss.4S't--s-Ar.?' tiur-
Lesson. Ci .e3.
Mr.. lowering protested that he was
tailoring under great diific Hty be-
cause of the absence of Mr. Rainev
from the chamber He admitted that
he did not notify the nlinOs member
that he was to spc@k on this sub
ject.
Il want to say" he said. that these
men have been RIM down and brought
to book. and it turns out that many
of them are ex-cOnricts. and they
stand a good chance of returning to
the penitentiary.'
He was pressed by MIR. Shackelford
OF Missouri for information as to who
those Convicts were but Mr.. Lover
ing would go DO further than TO state
that before long they would be pro
duced in co r..
The rsmes. he said had been
brought l. fore the grand juries a
WASHINGTON aud New York, ard at
the lrcDer time would become known
10 the general public.
Friend Of Cromwell.
How DO you happen to become
familiar with the secrets OF the grand
juriey ?" Hr. ShackeIford asked. but
'besorc h. cOnld answer. Mr. Gaines
inquired |. he was no. a warm per
cora, friend Of william Nelson CrOm-
well. =
Mr.. Lowering admitted that he was.
Mr.. Lowering said. referring TO Mr..
;Rainey:
This gentleman has been made a
victim or he Is too willing to asperse
his fair name ami those Of Charles
p. Taft. Douglas Robinson. William
Nelson Cromwell Roger Farnum and
several others
II was. he said. "a shameless pros
,itution" Of the privilege Of free
speech which members enjoyed on
the floor of the house.
For this utterance Mr.. Lowering
was promptly called to order by Mr..
Lawrence. AZ Massachusetts. his col
league. who vas in the chair and
admOnished him that he should Oh
serve the r"les in regard to the use
Of personalities.
Mr.. Lowering protested that ne had
menf ioned no names except that Of
Mr. Rainey. and hOsewhich had been
spOken Of in he house and in the
nublic press.
loverin-'s Sweeping Defense.
The charges Of corr Upton and fraud
in ccnnec: ion with the Panama Canal
| Purchase. mad. nv Representative
Rainey. reccntI.. were revived in the
house Of representatives today. when
Nr Lowering Of Massachusetts. en-
tered a sweeping defense Of vii: am
, Neison Cromwell. William II. Taft
/ Charles p. TAFT. and others. whom
Mr.. Rain-y named a. having oecn
involved in the transaction
| Me- r.. Olrott Of New York. and
, Ramon " Ohio. added their voices in
protest ;csins' W. Rainey's state,
men,S.
When Mr. Lowering began. In. "
limos member ha gone to the station
\ 10 take train for Bali imnre. where
4 he was to deliver a Lincoln addre -.
bu. he was hastily Ca'lrd bs"k. Mr.
Lowering in the meantime suspendins
his remarks
Rsiney Will Make Reply.
Mr. Ra!ncy was Obliged 20 leave