Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-07-11
STATEMENT IS
MADE BY
CLARK
SPEAKER FILES HIS SIDE OF THE
STORY BEFORE the LOBBY IkVES.
TIGATING COMMITTEE. = OTHER
WITNESSES HEARD.
VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS
ARE ALSO EXPLAINED


When the senate lobby committee
met today Winthrop T. Marvin, sec
retary of the National Association of
Wool Manufacturers, put in synop-
sis of a statement showing the finan-
cial operations of the association.
He was questioned about 100000
fund raised several years ago. He
said he had no record of how hat
fund was collected or disbursed.
William Whitman former president
of the association. explained $4,000
gift made to S. N. d. North, secre-
tary of the association in 1897 and a
clerk to majority members of the
senate finance committee. The gift
was made after the Dingley bill had
passed congress.
Speaker Clarke made a statement
relating to the use of his name by
David Lamar and Edward Lauterbach.
He testified he had never had any
thing to do with Lamar, Lauterbach
or any of the men mentioned by them.
J. p Morgan, he said, he saw at
eral years ago, at which former Pres
ident Roosevelt and former Senator
Foraker engaged in a joint debate.
''It was the hottest debate ever
heard in this country" said the
speaker
Speaker Clark put in this state
ment: 'Ledyard says that Lauterbach
told him that he was in communica-
ton with me through Senator Stone.
Lauterbach who acknowledged on the
witness stand that he had lied, said
that Lamar gave him the informa-
ton Lamar confessed the whole
tale was lie to force Morgan and
company to take Lauterbach back in
to their employ All Of them dis
claim any acquaintance or commune
cation with me-
Senator Stone justly and properly
, characterized the Lamar-Lanterhach
tale as q lie, in which he was entire
ly correct He and 7 never in our
lives conversed about or in any way
mentioned to each other Morgan and |
company or the steel trust investiga-
ton
81 never spoke to ]. Pierpont Nor
gan or any member of his firm in my ,
life; never communicated with him
or them in any manner whatsoever;
never authorized anybody else to
do so. I was to my best knowledge
and belief never introduced, even
casually to him or any of them. To
my best knowledge and belief | new
er saw any of them except Mr. Nor
gan himself and that was across the
large dining room of the New Will
lard at a gridiron club banquet.
az was several years ago intro
duced to Lauterbach here in Wash
ington in the presence of several gen.
tlemen and passed the usual saluta-
tions with him. That was all. | new
er saw him before or since and never
communicated with him in any man
ner whatsoever about any business
matter whatsoever.
"I had never heard of Lamar and
knew only by seeing his name in the
papers that there Is such man as
Lewis Cass Ledyard. 1t seems to me
that when Mr.. Ledyard found out that
Senator Stones name and mihe were
being banded about by Lamar, the
pseudo Palmer and Lauterbach-
he ought to have let me know" The
speaker was not sworn and the COM
mittee did not ask him any questions q
Ia Of hn vr,hn fJ,i
reading his statement. t
Whitman was questioned about the 4
5 5000 gift to North, an incident which d,
attracted nationwide attention when {
it was first disclosed several years s.
ago. He put the gift in letter to -,
North dated Boston, September 27,
1897, signed by himself, George Sykes, +
Benjamin Phipps, James Phillips, Jr., !,
and Rufus Greeley. 1t set out that at +
a meeting of few members of the i
pational association, unanimous ex- +
presison" developed in favor of per-
senting to North some substantial q
testimonial in recognition of your past 6
services to the association and the II
woolen industry of the country" 1t |,
then went on to say that draft for .
$4,000 was inclosed and concluded: h
"This is a voluntary and cheerful
expression of their appreciation of
YOUR work and of the high regard in q
which you are held"
while looked upon the present OF n
that sum to Mr.. North as proper p
recognition of his services" said fl
Whitman. mo thought had ever enter q
ed into my mind before Mr.. Phillips
came to be about making such a pre- e
sentation. When Mr.. North left the II
association later in 1908 it made him n
another presentation in recognition OF L
Ills faithful work. 1t was in the form +,
Of a silver service"
Senator Walsh read into the record A
4 copy of what purported to be a let
ter from North to Serene Payne under
late of December 8, 1908. 1t read: h
Following my return to Boston af' HI
.er the passage of the tariff bill the Of A
Il Tor n