Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-08
.IMPERSONATED SOLONS
IN ORDER TO UNCOVER
ALLEGED CONSPIRACY
Lobbyist Lamar Explains Why
He Pretended to Be Con-
gresham.
TO GET THEM IN OPEN
Says That They Fell Into Trap and He
Got What He Wanted From Them
in His Conversations.
TO GET THEM IN OPEN
lUNrrED PRESS 1uAsns wran.1

Washington, July S.-Lobbyist La
mar was witness before the senate in.
vestigating committee today.
In opening his statement, Lamar said
he was satisfied to leave his fate in
the hands Of Chairman Overman and
Senators Nelson and Cummins.
" AS far as Senators Reed and Walsh
are concerned-' he started to say, but
was interrupted by Senator Overman.
who quickly squelched any attempt to
stir up feeling among the members Of
the committee.
Hold Onl" 0verman ordered. "We
will have none of this. If you want TO
make a statement we will hear it, but
we will not permit any personalities. .
Lamar then reiterated that he had
planned the impersonation Of Congress-
men Riorden, Of New York, and Palmer
OF Pennsylvania, in order to uncover
what he called conspiracy against his
friend, Edward Lauterbaeh.
To Bring Them Into Open.
"It was Wall street plan, - Lamar
continued, "designed to bring Lewis
Cass Ledyard and his associates out in
to the open. They have ruined many
men before now, and wanted to get
them. 1t was game Of duplicity on
their part, as well az mine. 1 wanted
to give them dead open and shut case,
so they would have to come into the
open, so used Lauterbach's 3 name. I
wanted to give them prepared evidence
that Lauterbach had lied. They fell in
to the trap. 1t was an open game, and
/ got what wanted.
Il felt certain that Ledyard knew it
was Lamar who was talking and not
Palmer. My ear had become 80 at.
tuned that could hear him putting
branch telephone lines on. I called for
Ledyard and offered him the entire ma
tional government in partnership with
Morgan & Co., except the president.
knew my man, and knew his nature.
Then went to Lauterbach and sent him
to Ledyard because l knew Ledyard
would think he had Lauterbach in a
lie "
Told Wife and Another.
LaLmar was subjected to a rigid cross
examination by Senators Walsh and
Reed, Walsh in particular batting the
witness hercely. Lamar admitted that
his original testimony did not allude
directly to Senator Stone, of Missouri.
or Speaker Clark in connection with
Lauterbach's visit to Ledyard. He said
he had told his wife and Lauterbaeh
about his impersonations before ap-
pearing.
ganator Paad o,o4 Tou,o, - 1s.a..-
public questions The witness said it
was wrong for any congressman to be
influenced "by anything outside his
duty"
Entertaining these views, howev.
err Senator Reed Demanded, "you did
not hesitate to make it appear that
Senator Stone and Speaker Clark, whom
you did not know, were willing to en-
ter into damnable and outrageous deal
with Morgan & Co., did you not9u
Makes Evasive Defense.
Lamar admitted that this was so, but
made an elaborate defense Of his ac-
tion, saying that his impenonations
were only a part of the "usual Wall
street game. " He insisted that he was
actuated by the highest public motives,
and that the plan was two-fold--to rein
state Lauterbach as Morgan 8 attorney,
and to force general reform of Wall
street methods. Lamar insisted en-
phatically that for nine years he had
devoted his private fortune to remedy
the wrongs inflicted by Wall street.
"I wanted to bring the Standard Oil
Co. the American Tobacco Co. and
the steel trust into the OPEN" Lamar
declared, "I did not plan TO injure any
public men, but wanted TO produce
an explosion, and l make no defense for
what / did. II is with the deepest and
most infinite regret that I now roalize
that some public men have been tenn
porarily besmirched, and / humbly
apologize for IT,.