The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-10
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Aug. 9.-The steel trust
investigating committee at an execu-
tive session today decided not to press
at this time questions of campaign
contributions in connection with which
George w. Perkins Is threatened with
contempt proceedings.
When the executive session adjourn
ed Chairman Stanley said:
Nothing to say until p. M
THE chair changed its ruling on
campaign contributions" said Repre-
sentative Young, Republican.
You ought to know" said Attorney
r. v. Lindabury, of the steel corpora
tion, srnilingly.
A resolution was passed demanding
the books of the subsidiary companies
and directing legal steps in the event
OF their non production.
Chairman Stanley and Representa-
tives Littleton and Sterling, of the
committee, and Herbert Knox Smith.
commissioner Of corporations, had a
conference with President Taft at the
White House following the executive
session. All refused to discuss the con-
ference.
Some members of the committee as
serted that Mr.. Perkins had been freed
only from answering the questions re-
garding his personal contributions and
Steel corporation and the New York
Life Insurance Company campaign
contributions had not been decided.
INFORMATION PROMISED.
Chairman Stanley and his associates,
II was learned later, had gone to the
White House to ask the president to
further reIeaSe the reports of the COM
missioner of corporations on the steel
Industry with view to getting to
some Of the matters sought In the in
Quiry.
President Taft, II was said, promised
to furnish to the committee all infor-
nation in the possession Of the bureau
OF corporations in. regard to the steel
trust, which could be furnished within
the law. The president expected to
have another conference with the COM
mitteemen and Mr.. Smith later, when
the amount Of information to be fur
nished and its kind would be deter
mined.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Representative Littleton, Of New
York, moved that the committee go
into executive session to consider
what action to take In pressing the line
of questions regarding Mr.. Perkins's
personal campaign contributions and
similar contributions by the steel cor
poration and the New York Life In
surance Company.
II suggest that you make your mo-
ton broad enough" Chairman Stanley
said. ito include the questions of the
committees demand on the steel COM
pany for books and records of its sub
sidiary companies. The production of
these books is matter in dispute be-
tween the corpora ton and the COM
mittee and we might as well take that
up now as well as Mr.. Perkins's atti-
tude toward the committee" The sug-
gestion was adopted. After the execu-
| tive session, Mr.. Bancroft, counsel for
Mr.. Perkins, said:
There is nothing to announce to-
| day in connection with the attitude we
have taken. Not until the committee
decided what 1t is going to do will we
determine what we shall do"
Il am in the hands of my counsel in
the matter just as / was yesterday"
said Mr.. Perkins.
The committee decided to first de-
ternine whether to require production
or the books of the subsidiary COM
panies. Upon learning Of this Mr.. Per-
kins Immediately leftsthe building
1t was apparent after the commit
tee had been in session for a short
time that the sitting was a lively one.
The corridors of the building, ringing
now and then with loud tones, gave
evidence that the subjects in question
were being bitterly debated. All the
members of the committee were pres
ent and the Republican representa-
tives, Gardner of Massachusetts,, Young
of Michigan. Stern of Illinois and DAN
forth of New York, were strenuously
opposed to the line of Inquiry into
campaign contributions. They were
determined that such a matter was
wholly foreign to the scope of the
resolution into the United States Steel
corporation.
Representative Young, 1t was known
was most emphatic today in denounc-
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