New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-14
KELLOGG STEEL WITNESS
Explains His Work as Counse'
for Corporations Subsidiaries
NO APOLOGIES TO OFFth
Never Interfered with HIS DusieS
to Government-Talk OF 0@h
ing Roosevelt and Morgan
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ing Roosevelt and Morgan
lrrom The Trit1ne bureau
Washington. June i3.-lnieiI ,r,..s
testimony 81 James GayIey. OF .Ne -.
states steel Corporation. ffanN -
[ logg. the governments trust nlS'e'.
lrntari1v sppesred to-day before ne ii0'7
committee investigating the Stee! III -
ration 20 answer fugitive insln'a
made because lie had represented ~ 0D.''.
sci subsidiaries az the steel ''li 80.
while acting a. a special attorney i'i '''e
Department Of Justice.
Prefac.ng his explanation Win
rent that as lawyer he 'h's''
ethics ~ the profession and that VIC
had never been any secret as 10 Ms AN,
ton outside his government "o'", 81
Kellogg declared that he had no di'i'
whatever 20 offer lie asked the
eating committee 20 cOnstrue ina' Ie'i1' =
az broadly as II pleased. 4; no un'e' -
added. had ne represented or gifen au'''-
20 a CORPORATION against which there was
any action rendlng b. the Department u
Justice and he REGARDED j. as
within lis right a. an sttOrrey 70 reple
sent a subsidiary Of the steel DoTI'I
since that connection had eAls'sd 'Ohs
before he vas called IN as special at
,ornev for the government in the S'a'lu-
ard OF case.
incidental 10 NJ KeilocE's testimony ,
Chairman stanley remarked IN of1nsh'
fashion that the committee was unaoIe %
understand the large dividends paia o.
some railroads.
The chairman of this committee ne
said. wants - know how ard "ny -.
tain railroads are able 10 pay 700 or -2'
Fer cent dividends and put si.oo','"p or
5000. 600 into their surplus. when 'nei'
Capitalization is only - 100000 or so'vV''-
o00. Ths, may be all right. and y ma
Tot. We VIII summon the President OF
the United States J. Fierpont Morgan VI
an, other per-on within the purvieW OF
The mover of tie committee 70 ge' the
whole truth and nothing but the truth.
4 think We ought 20 summon both those
PERSONS" said Representative YOUNG o.
Michigan. ? member Of the committee.
You mean the ex-President o. the
r.r..sd states. don't you?" asked Mr. stan
ley.
Yes. of course" Nr Young replied.
- -.n TcElFlFl'E ft Allr e+-N-t
s,o- NJ Kellogg asked 70 Re heard. he
was aware. he said Of certain insinua'lohS
-ega-ei-g MS connection as attorney Tor
tre Duluth & Iron Range Railroad ana me
Duluth. Nessts K Northern Railroad. oo''.
subsidiaries Of the steel Corporation.
Mr.. Kellogs's Explanation.
There hay been a great deal said Mr.
xonorr tola the committee about my con-
rec,lons with tie government and Vith the
s,e., CORPORATION. To begin with. have
no .noic-les 20 make hsve explained 70
THIS committee ny services with these s'D-
sidIsrv cornranies 70 me steel Corporation.
They were purely local. They did not cor
Germ the Steel Corporation 20 an orsaniza-
ton Ju.t prior 20 1896 argued some MN
era right cares in Minnesota, and PEE
scented 2 bin for $4,000. This, peheFe'
v-as approved by the steel Corporation IT
100 since 1907 have given ny time 10
the so.errr,ent I'm the Standard OIL ana A
few other cases until thcy were conducted
and have done little II any other business
Nv firm has stiW continued as counsel ior
these roads. and both my firm and myself
ara taking all the Legitimate business sc
can get. 7 have M apology % make 70 the
American people for appearing for any cor
poratiOn or individual
During tic time ~ my relation with the
government cases | nave neither defended
trust. organiz ed rust or given advice
10 trust against which any action was
r,.rdlng and 90 which ! was interested.
have meutione4 the United states steel
Corporation 10 no public official ! want to
rtOegfbIe
Were Won ever consulted by the govern
men, regarding tire Legality Of your connec-
,ior with the Stee. Corporation asked
Representative Littleton.
Never" replied Mr. KeilosE. 'Tne A.
,orrev Genera. knew q rny legal affiliations
phen was called in a. special attorney
sor the Department of justice. have tie
right 70 take cases for or against corpora
tons. brt do not wish 70 appear or argue
On me other sidc 81 any question ! have
a-cued in the Supreme Court. / know what
-oe duties and ethics 81 ny profession are.
an ! propose 10 1--we Up 10 them
Nj Kellogg referred 20 a letter he had
sent 20 the committee. II which he OK
plaired that he and his firm. Davis, Kel-
logs L Severance. had for years repre-
senied the Duluth e. lror Range Railroad
and the Duluth Mesaoa' & Northern Rail
road. he FRANKLY stated that q fee o:
$500 for services previously performed
had been approved by officials of Ito Steel
Corporation and paid 10 him in October,
ieo7. after he had undertaken trust pose
cutions for the government Since the
steel Corporation had taken over the prop
erty he understood that al bills OF moro
than $1,000 we're passed upon by the cor
noraflon heads and that he had several