Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-13
GALL|NGER HITS At
WILSON IN BITTER,
SMASHING THRUSTS
Quotes the Presidents Own
Phrases to Prove That Their
Import Was Lobbying.
DEPLORES INTERFERENCE
IN COORDINATE BRANCHES
Senator from New Hampshire
Causes Sensation in the
Investigation Committee.

dent Wilson's name, in connection
with white House influence for the
tariff bill, was brought before the
Senate lobby investigating commit
tee again today by Senator Gallinger.
who declared the President had come
: ''perilousiy near lobbying in some of
the things he had done in connection
with the tariff bill.
Mr.. Gallinger did not make a direct
charge that the President had lob
bied" for the tariff bill, but the in
timations In his testimony were taken
by Democratic senators to be so
broad that they subjected him to a
long ss-examination on the subject
of White House influence.
Senator Gallinger's statements
caused profound sensation. He was
about to leave the stand when Sem
ator Reed asked a final question.
when a man says that he would
hang someone as high as Haman,
if that person did not do certain
things" said Senator Galinger, land
that an industry which proposed re-
duction of wages and did SO would
be investigated, think that is about
the worst kind of influence | can i'm
agine."
A Pointed Question.
what do you think of a, public
official who gets up a scare about an
insidious lobby" asked Senator Mel
son.
THAT he intends to influence pub
lie opinion and the opinion of public
men," replied Senator Gallinger.
"Would you regard 1t as species
of lobby"
From my inability to define the
term to my own satisfaction perhaps
would not like to say. 1t was
species of lobby influence"
SIT was an intimation that men
are afraid to use their own Judgment
lest the people suspect them of lob
bying?" persisted Senator Nelson.
ut so impressed me- replied Sem
ator Gallinger. .
you think, then that members of
Congress can be intimidated?" asked
Chairman Overman.
N"I have no disposition to criticise
public officials for cheap partisan
purposes" returned Senator Calm
ger II still am forced to the belief
that the influence used in behalf OF
free sugar or free wool or free any
thing else is as Objectionable as any
thing else"
Senator Reed tried to draw the line
between the President acting in be-
half of the people who elected him
and private interests conducting
campaign for selfish ends.
His Thrust at President.
II am an fashioned person. re-
ct still he
lieye in the three coordinate branches
of the government. and it grieves me
to see the executive encroaching on
the powers of the others and at
tempting to influence legislation
'"rhe sugar men were represented,
said Senator Reed. Don't you think
the President had right to use his
infuence?"
1.-THE President has right to make
his statement in messages to Con-
gress.''
you do not want to charge that
the President of the United States
has brought any kind of coercion to
bear on any members of Congress-"
IT would not undertake to do so.
! have no disposition to criticise him
unfairly" Mr.. Gallinger added that
he did know that many Democrats
were complaining because more
offices were not filed and more NOM
nations not sent to the Senate.
you don't mean to intimate that
the President is holding up appoint
ments to compel them to vote for
legislation they do not desire?'
81 make no charge
Under Lodges Own Frank.
Truman G. Palmer, head of the
Washington offices maintained by the
beet sugar interests, testified further
today on how che Senate document
sugar at a glance" was added to
and changed after the Senate ordered
it printed The document contains
much of the data Senator Lodge had
used in speech on the sugar tariff
and was widely circulated as a tariff
argument by the beet sugar bureau
under his frank,
When the Senate granted Mr..
Lodges request that certain charts
and other data be printed as docu-
ment, said Palmer, many of the
charts were not completed. He fin
ished the work and submitted a COM
pleted dummy form to Senator Lodge.
The latter wired him from Boston
that he would forward the dummy
to the public printer with my APP
prevail" Palmer produced letters and
kilograms.
Senator Lodge also wrote Palmer.
telling him the completed document
was a "fne piece of work" In for
warding the document to the public
printer Senator Lodge wrote that lit
meets with my entire approval in it's
present form"
The letter from Senator Lodge to
palmer. upon the strength of which
the latter told the committee yester-
day that he felt he was authorized
to .act for Senator Lodge" was the
produced from the government print
ing office.