Arizona republican., 1913-07-03
Prosperous Looking, Self possessed Individual Goes Before Senate Lobby Committee and Admits His MisrepresentatiOns.
TRIES s'STEERINGn
 WALL STREET
Says He Was Endeavoring to Secure Reinstatement of Edward Lauterbach ill Good Graces of the Mor- gan Firm.
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 WASHINGTON, July PA story of
 misrepresentation and impersonation
 of public men in an organized effort to
 influence Wall Street financiers, prob
 ably without parallel in the history
 of congressional investigation was un-
 folded today before the senate lobby
 committee. A prosperous looking. self
 possessed individual calling himself
 David Lamar of New York, self de-
 scribed as an operator in stocks" ad- nlittedly the bearer of several assumed names, was principal in the remarkable session.
 With an entire abandon. arousing the committee to laughter at times by his naive admissions, he told of his inn presentations and participation in at tempts to influence Wall street opera tons and his associations with Edward Lauterbach. a New York lawyer, in an effort to have Lauterbach retained by the Morgan firm. Union Pacific and other great interests to head off the congressional activity in Washington. He telephoned to financial men and lawyers in the names or Representative Palmer. Representative Riordan and assumed the guise of Chairman Me Combs the democratic national com mittee to telephone to Chairman HiI- les the republican national committee.
 Lewis Cass Ledyard of New York, counsel for the Morgan firm was one of his attempted victims. Ledyard came to the witness stand today armed with an almost verbatim account of all converse tions held with Lamar who represented himself as Congressman n +1,- converse tions in themselves were un- usual in tone. Lamar sitting nearby laughed and nodded saying that's right" and skipping his leg in appar- ent enjoyment.
 The purpose of the Representations Lamar contended were to secure the reinstatement for his friend Edward Lauterbach in the good graces of the Morgan firm. Members of the com mittee tonight demanded that Lamar remain in Washington for reappear- ance tomorrow. Edward Lauterbach who recently testified before the com mittee was recalled from New York by telegraph tonight; Henry B. Martin. local man who figured as head of the antitrust league" was also subpoen- aed to appear
 Lamar denied that there had been an for extorting money from New York financial men. The story evolved during the day mainly through the Ledyard testimony indicated the latter had been to various members of the Morgan firm to tell them of the steel trust investigation and a resolution that Lamar had prepared; but none of the Morgan firm members would pay any attention to the matter or make an effort to stop it. Lamar paved the way for Lauterbach to call upon Led yard according to the testimony given by Ledyard and corrobOrated bv La mar. In an interview on February s, 1913. between Ledyard and Lauterbach, the latter declared he came direct from Senator Stone who represented Speak CT Clark and had a proposal to make the Morgan interests for the holding off of congressional activity against the steel corporation
 Ledyard testified that Lamar repre- senting himself to be Congressman Palmer. declared over the telephone that Lauterbach would be able to deal with Speaker Clark through Sen atOr Stone.
 He said that communications to the speaker should not be made di- rect but through Stone, Ledyard said
 The bogus Palmer" over the tele- phone said that Lauterbach would take up the matters with Stone. Speaker Clark and Congressman Hen ry, of Texas, if the Morgan people" were willing to go ahead
 Lamar at this time, was still under the name of Palmer the witness said and told Ledyard of alleged facts as to the make up of President Will sons cabinet and asked him to again talk with Lauterbach Lamar re- ported that he held conference with Senator Stone, Speaker Clark and Henry and that "con- ference" insisted that Lauterbach be retained by the Morgan interests.
 On February s in his residence lib rary, Ledyard testified. Lauterbach had told him he had been author ized by Senator Stone,'' to go to the Morgan people. Ledyard said that Lauterbach was anxious to create the impression that he had nothing to do with Lamar but was acting di- rectly with members of congress. Lauterbach was quoted by the wit ness as saying: ''I come now author
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