The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-13

many of them were professional, had failed to extract the money from any Of these sources they did in their desperation. cause them % be pub lished and they appeared in The New York World"
 Mr. Lowering could not say whether The World paid for the stories and he said whether the gentleman from Illinois got his information from The New York World or directly from these biackmailers, does not matter"
 Rising in his place. Mir. RAiney de- clared that he had received no in- formation from either source.
 T know nothing of any blackFnail- ers.' he asserted.
 Neither have I received any in- formation from The New York World"
 Mir. Lowering coldiy replied that Mir Rainey would have full opportunity to answer him. Observing that Mir. Lowering was reading his speech. Mr Rainey Inquired
 Did the gentleman prepare the manuscript or did William Nelson Cromwell do so7e
 Every word I prepared myself. nor has he ever seen word of it." Mir Lowering replied with emphasis
 Did he furnish the gentleman with the facts?" Mir. Rainey persisted. but he again met with the statement that he could answer in his own time.
 Tn the whole Panama transaction" Mr. Lowering said. there were no sec rets except such as suspicious minds have contured up or were inspired to imagine.' Everything that Mr. Cromwell dfd he said, was 'shonbrable, straightforward and without any self. seeking, interest beyond what should properly come to him as e legitimate fee for his services for the French company.
 If there were no secrets" infected Mir. Hitchcock, Nebraska, ''aoes the gentleman justify the refusal of Will. liam Nelson Cromwell to answer ques- lions put to him by . Senate commit tee"
 MT. Lowering declared that Mir. Cromwell answered every question he was at liberty to answer in faith to his clients. but that since that tlme. he had kept nothing back.
 Looking squarely at Mfr. Rainey, Mr. Lowering called upon him "here and now to produce his proofs.
 Mir. Rainey promised at the first op- portunity he would make reply which would meet the challenge.
 In closing. Mir. Lowering said that if Mfr. Rainey did not wish to produce the proofs. the fair and manly thing for him to do was to withdraw his charges "and above all, apologize to President Obaldia, of Panama
 In a brief. but frey speech. Mir. Gaines, Tennessee, declared that In the Rainey resolution should be pass ed
 "Get Mir. Cromwell" he exclaimed. "to come before the committee and clean his hands, and get Mir. Rainey or any one else he wants to call and bring them face to face"
 Declaring that Mir. Eainey's charges should not be permitted to remain q part of the permanent records of Con- Rresa. MT. Ramon. Ohio. defended President-elect Taft and his brother
 Through MT. McCreary. pennsyl- yania, William S. Harvey. whom MT, Rainey referred to as a 'sfinanclal bue- cancer" entered q denial of Mfr. Rainey's charges. It was in the form of a letter which the clerk was ir,. structed to read. He had not proceed- ed far. however. when Mr. Booker Missouri, objected to the further read ing of the letter because he said "ft imputed falsshood to member of
 After the parliamentary proced,,rA In such a case had been threshed out the chair held that the use by MT Harvey of the words false state. ments," was unparliannentary ana directed that they be stricken from the
 Mfr Fitzgerald. New York. then nh. Jected, to the reading of the letter at a5 a, ana on the vote being taken, the ed u @eJouFn-