Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-07-04
Two Short Sessions YeSter-
day. Followed by Adjourn
ment Until Monday Pending
More Searching Investigation
"MULHALL TESTIMONY"
TO BE PR0BED FULLY
Decks to Be Cleared for Far
Reaching Inquiry Into Ma
tionaI Association Of Manu-
faGturerS,

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Washington. July 1.-Tw0 short
sessions today covering subjects
from Wall street operations to lemon
growlnE in California, brought the
senate lobby INVESTIGATION to tenn
poraty end again The committee adj
iourned tonight until Monday. when
.an effort will be made to clear the
decks for the opening Of the "Mul-
hall testimony" involving alleged
lobbying operations by the National
Association Of Manufacturers. Wall
street. sugar and wool men we're to-
night ordered to appear Monday. Ed
ward Lauterbach and David Lamar
win again be questioned as TO their
participation in efforts TO influence
members Of the Morgan firm. The
sugar lobby investigation Will ter
inmate with the examination of a.
.D Baldwin. Cleveland; w L. Bass
and Charles ID, Westcott, Woshing-
ton
Tho wool lobby" phase will open
Monday with the following witnesses
William Whitman, Winthrop /. Mar
vim and Thomas o. Marvin, Boston.
/ S. w Mcclure. Salt Lake city. c. II.
Brown, Philadelphia, and William +.
Fitzgerald. Brookline, Mass.
The committee expects to con
sume but a short time with the pro-
Of the wool mems activities OFF
GERS of the National Association o.
Manufacturers have been induced t.
De- present Tuesday. and Chairman
IOverman expects that the Mulhall
charges VIII be taken up early In the
week The demand OF the house for
q separate investigation Of the Null
han charges. which involve the char
acter Of several members of the
house, has Teen informally consider
ed by the senate committee It f.
probable that If the house wants to
appoint "a committee to act Jointly
With the senate committee, that the
latter viii agree TO such an arrange.
mcnt and will allow house commit
tee members to take their place at
the table when the investigation Of
the MulhalI statements is begun.
An Of the letters telegrams and
other papers belonging to MulhaH
and which he had turned over to the
Now York World. were given TO the
senate committee today and are now
in the custody of John 4. Wayland
assistant sergeant-at-arms Of the sen.
ate. These papers, which Mulhau
claims show that he represented the
National Association OF Manufactur.
ers In attempting to control legisla.
ton, will be gone over by the com
mlttee members ana a large part OF
the correspondence introduced as ev-
idence Demands for a. wider lobby
investigatiou have been made at the
house end OF the capitol and the
rules committee today took up its
task Of framing "a resolution to pro-
vide for an investigation Of a far.
reaching character Although un-
able to secure quorum Chairman
Henry began work with those mcm-
bers who appeared and an urgent
call was sent out for the absentees
II is probable that the committee
men win give up their holiday to.
morrow with the hope Of getting the
resolution ready for the house Satur-
day
representative Tavenner Of Illi-
nos, has prepared resolution Of his
own demanding an inquiry into any
lobbying operations designed to in
fluence currency legislation, and into
all efforts by corporations, great "in-
tcrests' or influential organizations
to mould public opinion or to in
fluence organizations 20 mould pub
lie opinion or TO influence congress
sioual action
David Lamar, the Wall street "op-
orator whose sensational disclosures
yesterday showed how he had mis-
represented public men, did not tes-
tify again today. Instead Henry b.
Martin, of Washington, the active
figure in an Antitrust league" took
the stand and admitted that he and
Lamar had many conferences; had
agreed Oh Il resolution for the inves-
tigation of the United States Steel
corporation and had taken an active
part in trying to exert influence in
many Washington matters.
Martin asserted that the resolution
under which the Stanley steel trust
investigation was begun was intro
duced practically as he and Lamar
had drawn It. although Representa-
tive Stanley, who introduced the res
olution. knew nothing Of Lamar's con
nection. lie vehemently denied that
he knew Lamar had "hawked the res
olution about New York" before Il
was introduced in the house.
G. Harold Powell, manager of the
California Fruit Growers exchange
testified late today as TO his aetivit,
to prevent lemons being placed on the
tariff free list. Mr. Lowell, for many
years an expert in the department. or