Arizona republican., 1913-06-04
Iowa Senator Says EXccu- tive k Right ill Claiming Presence of Insidious Lnhby in the Nation s Capital
POINTS TO MANY
 ENJOYMENTS
Says That Previously Elf forts Have Been Made to Influence Senators by En- tcrtainncnt and That the same is Done Now
IAssocIArED PRESS DIsPArcHI

NNASuINGTpN. June social l.uneae in Washington jusufies ,r.n word the rrcsiden, has uttered E.lth r.-trJ to the presence of an u..a..u- ohly at the capital, Sen at.r kenyon x. Iowa declared on the witness stauJ t,d1y tesor" the sen ate iuveStiEa ,i:i-- ,,.i.leittee.
 This is the first uuequiVocal state u,rt Ia support ot the presfd, nts at tit.Ee since the inquiry btEan-
 Thc Iowa senator eNoIaiLcG he be- iI.t.5 that most injudic ous" and Ioucrru lobbying was possible with t.e practice of flattering the senators hE having them out to dinners, thea -er- and automobile rides Pointing ta tl. sworn testimony of Edward H.r,s the lumber king." before the I,nrlmer election investigation. that he entertained the senators at hotel dinners at a time when the lumber schedules of the Payne-AIdrich bill t.er- before the senate Kenyon de o'aIeI IL his belief that senators are entertained in an "insidious way" at lre~out.
 He also drnounced the ex-senators for c4pitalizing the privilege of the floor hE using it to lobby. Referring e. one eN-senator representing many railways in Washington. whom he had ,tt.n seen on the floor of the sen ato. he advocated an enactment of legislation to prohibit the ex-senator being 3 lobbyist
 Hughes of New Jersey and James of Kentucky told the investigators for the first time the trials and tribu- lations of many persons who Hooked to Washington to present their views Neither knew of any attempt to cor rupt senators. but both suggested they could have done better work if they had been bothered less.
 These senators, as did LaFollette who followed them on the stand. sug- a.-ted that legislation for the regis trstion of lobbyists would be a good thing
 The senators let it be known today that they received hy registered mail what purported to be a reproduction ot a. letter from the American Cane Growers Association of the United States. sent to members asking for contributions for use of the large commission at Washington"
 The copy was dated New Orleans, April 2 1913, and was as follows:
 Dear sirs: Your association has a large commission at Washington using every effort possible to save the sugar industry. We hesitated about calling ou you, but as we are now overdrawn at the bank. it is absolutely neces- sary wc have the funds at once therefore We call you to please send q half subscription, say cents per thousand pounds of the crop of 1911. This is very important and we would like to have the remittance at once.
 Yours very truly,
 ,Signed "CHAS. A FAREWELL,
 'President."
 The copy came in an envelope post marked Washington.
 Senator Ransdeu stated the Amer ian Cane Growers association" has been in existence for ten years or more. and has maintained an office at New Orleans. It conducted an open campaign on behalf of the sugar producers of Louisiana. He said for several weeks the organizati ton had kept an office in a Washington sky scraper with the name over the door.