The Detroit times., 1911-06-16


ity referred each to the kindly
custody Of Mr.. Dazell in the commit
tee on rules, from which II never es-
capped.
At last the Democrats dominated
the house. Stanley lost no time in
presenting a new resolution. From
the new rules committee IL came back
unamended next day to be eagerly
passed. The Hon. Augustus O!-Stan.
ley was named as chairman OF the
investigating committee.
The country may wonder why the
great steel magnates, Gates, Gary.
Schwab and the like are unburdening
their minds TO the Stanley committee
as never before. The reason is that
the questions which draw forth these
confessions are disgpsttngiy pertinent,
They are put by this school-teacher
lawyer from the Burley tobacco dis
trict. Stanley. He knows the subject
The probe will probably take stan
ley's committee through the mills and
mines Of Pennsylvania and up to the
ore regions Of the lakes. Even great
er men are to testify-T. r. and his
majesty, p. Morgan himself The
logical result II the verdict OF Stan
Nley's committee is guilty" will be
the third great trust prosecution In
the United States courts.
Stanley's shelves are loaded with
books about the steel industry. rows
OF reports, stacked files OF financial
journals, all well thumbed.
Stanley exudes the principles OF
Andrew Jackson. His rotund, hefty
form is clothed in butternut pants and
a baggy black coat. He wears the
lowest collar money can buy and no
belt. even when he goes vestless.
long head is set upon sturdy neck.
, and his features, though rather small
for his bulk of body, are good fea-
lures, kindly and intelligent. He has
a pair of bright brown eyes. From
the hatline upward his dome Is most
meagerly matched with CRAVING hair.
In examining steel trust magnates
Stanley is courteous, suave and pleas.
ant. His knowledge OF the subject Is
as thorough as an outsider can get.
Frequently he has corrected even
President Gary In statements OF fact.
= and the millionaire, who consults al
ter many questions with his stats.
tical expert. w. J. Filbert, steel trust
auditor, frequently has acknowledged
the corrections.
This probe committee Is bringing
4 other new names prominently before
the country. There's Daniel j. Nc
Gillicuddy, or Dan Mack, as he Is
known up and down Maine. They
say that when his name was put on
the congressional ticket last summer
his friends merely went over The dis
trict explaining to the voters that the
Daniel j. McGillicuddy on the ticket
was none other than Dan Mack OF
Lewiston. But Mack has been run
ming on tickets more or less since
1888. He has served In the Maine
legislature and has been mayor of
Lewiston three terms.
As trial lawyer, criminal .aw.
yer, he Is best known in Maine. He
has a quickness OF wit and an instant
grasp of a subject, inherited from the
original McGillicuddy who came over
from Ireland. Mack Is so big and
broad and imposing you feel like ad-
dressing him as Judge" He wears
a billed shirt, white vest, wide stand.
ing collar and a white string tie,
trimmed with a black cutaway suit.
Another leading member of the
committee Is Martin w. Litticton OF
New York, prominent In the Thaw
defense, probably the most brilliant
man on the committee.
Other committee members are
Bartlett OF Georgia, good old Demo
cratic wheelhorse, and zach Btall,
plain Jack Beall Of WaxShachie,
Texas, veteran of many sessions.
Henry q Danforth n ReDubfCan
aristocrat from Rochester, n. Y,
serving his first term. He sits on
one end of the table, glares aIniably
all the time and seldom speaks.
II. o. Young Republican Of Michi-
gan, pulls at his heavy mustache,
scowls, arches his heavy eyebrows
when he peers through hts bow
glasses, asks questions and seems
seeking to fnd excuses for the trust.