The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-06-08
GENERAL NEWS OF NATIONAL HAPPENINGS

Washington, June 2.-Senator Lor.
liner, of Illinois, faces another inves
tigation at the hands of his colleagues
The inquiry will be conducted by 8
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 We're 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 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. IL 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 con the shoulders
of Martin"
That the committee on privileges
and elections had shirked its 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 APP
pendicitis by surgeon who had failed
on the first operation to locate the
trouble.
Washington, June 2.-Ofering 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 a 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 t
being conducted by house committee
into the steel trust. 8
Mr.. Gary surprised the committee {
with the statement that the Tennessee /
Coal & Iron company, before its alb
orption, while nominally Independent
of all other companies" was Every
dependent so far as getting liveli-
'ood was concerned, remark which
e quickly asked to have expunged :
rom the records, and which he said he '
ad no business to make"
This remark, however, served to
orecast the possibility that Mr.. !
AIRY tomorrow might make state g
tents not in accord with the testi- =
iony given by John w. Gates to the =
ighly prosperous condition of the .
ennessee Coal & Iron company at the e
me of the forced sale" to the steel !"
orporation. Mr.. Gary told the COM :.
littee that the Tennessee Coal & Iron
ompany still owes the steel corpora ;.
ion $40, 167, 700 for money advanced. J.
Washington, June Public hear
ngs on the Canadian reciprocity bill
'ere practically completed by the SEN II
tie finance committee today, and next u
Wednesday was fixed for a vote on the ="
MEASURE by the committee. OF
No amendments other than that "a d
ffered by Root on the paper clause ~
will have any chance of consideration, "
was said by member of the com III
nittee. The Root amendment, it was
dded, will have to be materially mod
fed before it can be accepted. Fl,
1t was decided to request officers of h,
he Associated Publishers association m
o appear to answer some questions n,
egarding the matters under consider r,
ton. y,
Joseph H. Allen, of the firm of AL a
en- & Graham, of New York, employ e
d to conduct the fight being made
gainst reciprocity by the national CT
range, acknowledged that M. Wood, W
resident of the American Wooden in
Arthur c. Hastings, presi- w
ent of the American Paper & Pulp
ssociation; Chester w. Lyman, as in
istant to the president of the Inter Is
ational Paper company, and Leonard n
BRONSON, general manager of the Ma II
ional Lumber Manufacturers asso- o.
iation, had volunteered contributions
o the fight. b.
W. L. Graham, of this firm, while !,
Ie admitted he was not connected with ri
law firm at all, Notwithstanding the n
tatement of w. M. Hull, master of N
he Michigan grange. that it was en- "
'loyed as the farmers legal advisers. r,
vas asked IL any interests other than Z,
he national grange contributed. /
We have been promised nothing" a
lie replied, "but we do expect that ,,
my manufacturer who is interested in II
his matter and who appreciates what
We are doing, will pay us for our
work; u they do, We will be glad TO
AXE il. F"
viii Attack More Trusts. ?
Washington, d. C.-No sooner had 7