New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18

statement that he was not WORRIED aooue
losing his place Kerby replied that ne I'D.
been assured by Mr.. Wilson that ne Wouio
be employed by the Newspaper enterprise
Association. of Cleveland, with when WI
son was connected. He said ne had re-
ceived no instructions from the ASSOCIATION
yet
aYou haven. been mustered in yet
asked Senator Nelson.
II can't say as I have" replied hefDy.
Why He Made Statement.
Kerby at great length detailed the cir
cumstances which led him 10 make ms
statement public. He told OF visits 10 MN
by various newspaper men. with whe" ne
had many conferences. Referring 10 MS
understanding that if he lost his place ne
would get another. ne said: other"ise
could not have done what did
..rhsn n WAS agreed said Mr.. Vertrees.
before you made yonr statement that II
,5o, would make ii you would be taken
care of?r
mot because I made the statement. but
becausa r would be fired replied KERRY
"You understood you would be fired 2?
II certainly did.
He said these reporters came TO him and
asked him for the story for publication. II
cxnlained 10 Them" he continued. that 1
would not publish the facts. but was Will
inr IN he called before the committee to
testify"
Wilson and Arnold. he said. later brought
CoIver and Hickey, two other newspaper
men. to discuss the affair with his wife
He told them IL would not be proper TO
make The statement they suggested. and
thew appeared to be satisfied with that de-
cision. Mr.. Colver told him he had come
from Cleveland for story. and instead
had found a man
ANY time I wanted to get out of the
Interior Department the witness said, he
would see that I was taken care Of He
said they were constantly on the lockout
for young men whom they could use. and
he would be ready to q1er me position
at any time.
Denies LAWYERS Statement.
..The next day I read the testimony OF
Secretary Bailinger, in which he denied any
knowledge of the LAWYER memorandum.
and he made statements which 1 did not
believe to be true The committee ap-
narentlv wanted none of that testimony.
and the matter was closed In my opinion.
therefore 1 could not be called as a witness
to rebut testimony that was not admitted
on direct examination. Mr.. Lawler had
also made the statement that no copies
of that memorandum had been retained.
That was not true, for. in fact. four copies
of the memorandum were made
Mr.. Brandeis told me-" he continued.
that he believed the action Of the COM
mittee cut me off from showing what the
facts were I came to the conclusion that
the only thing for me to do was to make
the facts public. Mr.. Ballnger had said
all the facts should be made public. and
| determined to give the story TO the
newspapers"
Kerby said he considered the information
as having material bearing on the in
vestigation. Mr.. Brandeis had previously
made {. call for the memorandum. which.
he said. ought TO have ELECTED this infor-
nation. Therefore. he was the only one
through whom it could be made public
Kerby explained how he knew the memo
randum referred. to was in the Interior De-
partment. He had accidentally seen the
papers in the desk of Private Secretary
Carr.
Kerby declined to agree with Senator
Sutherland that he was a cautious
patriot" i'm making sure of new job be-
fore ne risked losing his old one.
Senator Root was particularly bitter in
his questioning of the witness.
DO you think it was a reputable trans
action he demanded. TO go to persons
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