The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-05
Floodgates of Lobby
Eviden e Flung
Wide Open.
LEADERS INSIST
ON GOING LIMIT
They Want Game Played Till
Last Man Is Out-Henry Res
olution Promises X-Ray In
vestigation of Practically
Every American in
Public Life.

Washington. July Am unexpected
phase OF the lobby inquiry. which has
developed here is causing great un-
easiness in administration circles
Where Is IT all going to end? When
he touched the button which started
the machinery In motion, the Pres!-
dent opened tho foodgates. which II
is almost impossible now TO control.
Intended primarily to vindicate the
administrators position on the tariff
and show the protection lobby At
work. the investigation has spread be-
yond all calculation. The Lamar at
fair has hurst like a bomb and thrown
cloud over the Democratic investiga-
tion OF tho steel trust. as well as the
money trust inquiry. and the Mulhall
charges have drawn into the mael-
sirom. or will II Is feared. as many
Democratic victims as Republicans
And then up looms the impending,
~ide-s~eeping Henry Investigation
growing out OF the Mulhall charges,
which now promises as X-ray investi-
CATION OF practically everybody in
American public life. Nobody Is safe
/; has practically been agreed among
the Senate and House leaders that
when the Henry investigation gets
started. and the resolution providing
for II Will be reported to the House
tomorrow, the two committees will
sit together and make a single In
vestigation OF IT,
In for GriIlInx.
I4auterbach and Lamar Will be
gr!!lcd by the Senate committee on
Monday The disposition among the
Investigators Is to let this branch Of
the investigation go at that Senator
Reed a member OF the committee. said
to-day that Notwithstanding Mr. Nor
gan's statement that Lamar had quoted
him price for stopping the investi-
cation. he did not think Mr.. Morgan
would b. called as a witness.
Lamar himself has admitted" said
the Senator. that he had no authority
or power to act. II would simply be
cIowdins the record to add to 1t more
details OF his rascality. I do not know
say. on fhand. that Mr.. Morgan will
no; be called, unless he can produce
evidence along new lines"
Senator Reed admitted that he
thought II was hopeless to think OF
furnishing Lamar in the circumstances
for his onense. AT the same time. he
advocated new law which would
prevent repetition OF such crimes.
"Undoubtedly," said the Senator "a
law should ee enacted making II
criminal oftense to impcrsonate in any
manner any Representative. Senator
or other public Official
In other sources however, there was
a suggestion that II Lamar sought
money for his alleged influence In
Washington. he might be reached by
prosecution for obtaining money un-
der false pre;enses.
Senator'S Reed and Walsh. OF the
Senate committee. spent the day going
over the Mulhall letters. Tomorrow
the House will take up the Henry reso-
luton
Willing to Go Limit.
A meeting of the House Rules Com
mittee was sald to-day at which the
spirit which is TOW behind the new
investigation came we'll to the front
Republican eLader Mann and Progress
sive Leader Murdock, either of whom
could prevent consideration of thu res
oiution to morrow by raising a point
of no quorum. both enthusiast
agreed to support the Democrats in
every move that is made to make the
investigation as far-reaching as is
possible. They said they would cheer
fully vote for all the money necessary
to carry the Investigation along. stip-
ulating only one thing, that the game
be played to the limit TIL the last
man Is out. The point is that any
Republicans who are smirched now
Will merely assist in the party house
leaning, whereas each Democrat will
be n blow at the prestige of the party
in power.
1t Is probable that a committee OF
seven Will lie provided for in the
Henry resolution, and It will get to
work as soon as possible. The predic-
tion is freely made that one. of the
immediate results OF the Henry reso-
luton will be the institution OF i'm
parchment proceedings against at
least one member OF the House