The Washington herald., 1913-08-31
EFFECT OF PROBE ON LOBBIES AND LOBBYISTS

Whitman testified that he had been herC
for the making of every tariff law sine;
1873 had written several wool schedule:
himself, was intimately acquainted with
the House and Senate leaders who
framed tariff bills during this time, and
made 1t evident that he was more d.
rectly responsible for the maintenance
of high protective tariff duty on wou
than any other one influence. Most o;
the time Mr.. Whitman was here In d
representative capacity. as president o.
the American Wool Manufacturers Asso-
citation.
Had n sinecure.
Mr.. Whitman admitted that s. N. ID.
North, formerly secretary of the Woo
Manufacturers Association, not only had
been carried on the pay roll of the asso-
citation at his regular salary, but that
that salary had been increased, and that,
following the passage of the Dingley bill,
he had received from members of the
association a 5000 bonus, when all the
time he was drawing regular Temunera'
ton as confidential clerk to the Senate
Finance Committee, which was framing
the Dingley bill. And after the Dingley
bill was passed, Mr.. North was placed in
charge of the Bureau of the Census,
which Is in command of information VI
tally important to manufacturers. Upon
his assuming this position. however, Mr..
North relinquished his position as secre
tary to the National Wool Manufacturers
Association.
About the middle of June the Senate
subcommittee was switched off of the
lobby investigation long enough to in
vestigate a conspiracy planned by David
Lamar, The Wolf of Wall Street." to
intimidate or hoax certain Morgan and
Schiff financial interests into employing
Lamar's friend, Edward Lauterbach, a
New York lawyer of diminishing pres
tige.
Lamar, on the stand, sought to
take upon himself full responsibility for
the impersonatiCn in telephone CONVEX
sations with Judge Lovett, of the Union
Pacific board; Lewis Cass Ledyard, and
other financial and professional leaders
of New York, Of leading Democrats in
the House, among them A. Mitchell
Palmer, chairman of the Democratic
Lamar smilingly admitted that
he, using the name of Palmer. had prom
ised these interests the entire govern
ment at Washington, with the exception
of the White House, If they would en-
ploy Lauterbach. As Ledynrd was aware
almost from the first that he was carry
ing on these negotiations with an i'm
personator and was continuing them only
in the hope of discovering the identity of
the bogus Palmer, the affair really never
assumed a serious aspect.
Calls for Investigation.
The only probable future action as the
result OF the Lamar charges may be fore
cast by a resolution which has been in
troduced in the House by Representative
Hindel of Colorado calling for an inves-
tigation of the Union Pacific-Southern
Pacific merger in 1901. Lamar cha gei
that in the readjustments growing out
Of this merger the books of the Union
Pacific Company were so forged" that
Edward II. Hartman and Kuhn, Loeb
< Co. reaped a benefit to the extent of
'S2, 100000. This, however, was not a new
charge.
While the committee was probing the
ar-Lauterbach combination, the most
sensational lobby charges made since the
treaty was said to have
been fioated through the State Depart
nent on the crest OF a champagne tidal
wave, were published simultaneously N
he Chicago Tribune and New York
World-the row famous MulhaIl charges
lgainst the National Association OF Man
Ifacturers.
Up to this point the House had taken
10 official cognizance OF the lobby
'harges. But as the Mulhall statements
involved many former and some present
as well as employees of the
House, a resolution calling for a sweep
ng investigation by a select committee
# the House was adopted, and a COM
nittee was selected. comprising Repre-
Garrett of Tennessee, chair
nan; Cline of Indiana Russell OF MIS-
ouri, and Ferris of Oklahoma Demo-
raf Of
)hio. Republicans. and Nolan of Cali
ornia, Progressive.
Charges Are SubstnntIated.
An investigation by the Senate Com
nittee covering more than six weeks,
uring which all of MulhaITs testimony
Ias heard and a part of the testimony
( officers Of the n. A. NJ, has substan-
lated the important features of Null
alfs grave charges. Had Mulhall never |
AIKEN the stand. and had no letters writ
en- by MulhaIl been introduced, the Off |
ers of the n. A. NJ, past and present |
DR. the last ten years, would stand con-
icted of the most serious charges on the !
trength of letters written by them TO |
lulhall, the authenticity of which never |
as been and never will be challenged.
Mulhal swore that he hsd been em- !
loyed by the n. A NJ for about ten
ears: that during that time he and 9th. !!
RS carried on an active campaign /
throughout the United States against |
class legislation" which, in the voca- |
ulary of the n. A. M, meant any Iegis- |
ltion favorable to organized labor; thar !
his campaign involved:
l. The use of money and influence to 1
ect to Congress men known to be. or, |
'ho. If elected, would be hostile to labor |
.gislation.
2. The intimidation, through threats of |
opposition, of members of Con- |
ress Of whose views the n. A. NJ. did |
OF approve.
3. The packing of committees Of the
ouse, particularly of the Judiciary and |
abor Committees, in order to insure
sainst favorable reports from those
Immittees on eight-hour bills and in
motion bills, antitrust amendments ex-
npting labor. and similar measures
T. The attempted influencing Of Presi-
ent Taft, both before and after his cleo
on. to induce the latter to conform his
lblic utterances to the views of the
A. NJ.
5. The attempt to control the tariff <
,ard, for the creation of which the N !
NJ. spent thousands of dollars.
s. The attempt to dictate the selection |
the majority of the Industrial Com
ission.
I. The corruption, either through gener-
Is tips or through regular salaries, OF
nployes Of the House of Represent
ives.
5. The corruption of union labor leaders
work against the election of labor can
dates to Congress.
3. The corruption of union labor Met
'break" strikes on various occasions.
Statements of Officers.
Each and every one of these charges
rs bpen DrOyen beyOnd cavfI NOT only