Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-06-08
GENERAL NEWS OF NATIONAL HAPPENINGS

The inquiry will be conducted by a
committee composed of four Republi-
cans and four Democrats. The
method selected is regarded as the
latest thing in jury trials.
1t took seven hours debate to agree
upon the system, and it was finally
adopted by vote of 48 to 20, being
substituted for the plan urged by La
Toilette of turning the case over to
five senators who were not members
when the case was voted upon before,
and therefore were supposed to be un-
biased.
Before the vote was taken, Bristow,
who favored the La Toilette plan, ac-
cused Dillingham;, chairman of the cleo
tions committee, of having capitulated
in the interest of a Democratic pro-
posal of turning the investigation over
to subcommittee. This was based
upon the fact that the author of the
resolution adopted was Martin, the
Democratic leader. 1t was said that
the old guard of Republicans had
formed an alliance with the Demo
Gratis, and that they had placed the
mantle of Aldrich "on the shoulders
Of Martin.
That the committee on privileges
and elections had shirked it's duty in
the former investigation was charged
unreservedly by the supporters of the
La Toilette resolution. Lea, of Ten
nessee, said he would no more turn
the case over to the elections com
mittee for another trial than he would
submit to a second operation for ap-
pendicitis by surgeon who had failed
on the first operation to locate the
trouble.
Washington, June 2.-Offering to
lay bare all the facts concerning the
United States Steel corporation and to
"stand or fall on the record" deny
ing that he is planning to form trust
to control steel products and prices of
the entire world, and admitting that
the Steel corporation has absolute
domination of the subsidiary com
panies, Ebert H. Gary, chairman of
the board of directors, appeared today
as the second witness in the inquiry
being conducted by house committee
into the steel trust.
Mr.. Gary surprised the committee
with the statement that the Tennessee
Coal & Iron company, before its alb
sorption, while nominally independent
"of all other companies" was "very
dependent so far as getting liveli-
hood was concerned, a remark which
he quickly asked to have expunged
from the records, and which he said he
had no business to make"
This remark, however, served to
forecast the possibility that Mr..
Gary tomorrow might make state
ments not in accord with the testi-
mony given by John w. Gates to the
highly prosperous condition of the
Tennessee Coal & Iron company at the
time of the forced sale" to the steel
Mr. Gary told the COM
mittee that the Tennessee Coal & Iron
still owes the steel corpora
tion $40, 167, 700 for money advanced.
Washington, June Public hear
ings on the Canadian reciprocity bill
were practically completed by the SEN
ate finance committee today, and next
was fixed for vote on the
measure by the committee.
No amendments other than that
offered by Root on the paper clause
will have any chance of consideration,
it was said by member of the COM
mittee. The Root amendment, it was
added, will have to be materially mod
flied before it can be accepted. {
1t was decided to request officers of /
the Associated Publishers association 7
to appear to answer some questions ,
the matters under consider !
alton. :
Joseph H. Allen, of the firm of Al {
en- & Graham, of New York, employ +
ed to conduct the fight being made
against reciprocity a by the national {
grange, acknowledged that M. Wood, '
president of the American Wooden /
Arthur c. Hastings, presi- '
lent of the American Paper & Pulp
association; Chester w. Lyman, as i
;istant to the president of the Inter i
Paper company, and Leonard t
Bronson, general manager of the Ma t
.ional Lumber Manufacturers asso- g
,iation, had volunteered contributions
o the fight.
w. L. Graham, of this firm, while S
lie admitted he was not connected with t
4 law firm at all, Notwithstanding the t
statement of w. M. Hull, master of \
he Michigan grange, that it was en- v
lloyed as the farmers legal advisers, r
vas asked if any interests other than S
he national grange contributed. S
eve have been promised nothing, d
lie replied, "but we do expect that r
my manufacturer who is interested in t
his matter and who appreciates what
We are doing, will pay US for our
work.; if they do, we will be glad to
axe it.
Democrats Unite for Duty. p