The Irish standard., 1913-06-28
Says New Yorker Told Of Plot In Con
oress Against Dissolution Plans
-supposed Congressman
Urged Acceptance.

Corrupt Methods Not Charged.
Mr.. Lovett r. lde no charge that an,
corrupt methods had been used to Sc
cure the employment of Lauterbach.
He did swear, however, that some one
purporting to be Congressman Rior-
dan of New York had urged, over the
telephone, the retention of the New
Yorker and had suggested the likeli.
hood of difficulty in congress which
might be averted by his employment
as counsel
A similar telephone conversation
had occurred, he said, between man
also representing himself as Mr.. Ri.
ordan and Maxwell Evarts, counsel
tor the Southern Pacific.
Otto H. Kuhn, of Kuhn, Loeb & Co..
New York banking house, interested
IN Union Pacific, the witness said. had
had several conversations with Mr..
Lauterbach personally in which the
lawyer had referred to what might be
expected from the radical element"
In congress in relation to the dissolu.
don plans of the two roads.
The Reported Talk.
MT. Kuhn reported to me-" said
h1r. Lovett, that Mr.. Lauterbach had
said In substance that a motion was
about to be made, think in the house
OF representatives. to oppose this pro.
posed dissolution or the disposition of
the stock of the Southern Pacific
which is now held by the Union Pa.
cific and that it would probably in.
volve reopening of the money trust
inquiry, / think, and some other mat.
ter that had been more or less dis.
cussed.
He said that the radical party. as
he called them, or the radical faction,
were about to commence these eff.
forts and that they were going to
make a point about common banking
control-mentioned some of the con.
gressmen who would lead in this and
Indicated that he might be very help
full in the matter and that his serv.
ices were available If desired"
One Congressman Named.
Did he state what congressman
they were?" Chairman Overman
asked.
Congressman Henry of Texas was
mentioned" the witness said, "as the
leader of the radical faction, as he
called it. I should like to say in that
connection that l have known Mr..
Henry for great many years and l
never believed for a moment that
there was any connection between
this gentleman and Congressman
Henry"
Mr.. Lovett said he had made no
effort to determine whether it was
actually Congressman Riordan who
had telephoned to him and to Mr..
Evarts. He had not doubted it, he
said, until he learned recently that
many Wall Street financial men had
been repeatedly called up by men
who falsely represented themselves to
be congressman.
Il now have serious doubts that it
was Congressman Riordan who talked
with me over the telephone"
Mr.. Lovett said he ignored the
efforts to have Lauterbach employed
until he became convinced that a con.
spiracy had been formed that might
succeed in holding up the Union Pa
cific-Southern Pacific dissolution plans
until after July 1. The dissolution
plan must be arranged before that
date, he added, to avoid a receiver.
ship Of the stock of the Southern
Pacific, which the Union Pacific now
owns.
Believed Conspiracy Existed.
II believe there was conspiracy
nere," Mr. Lovett said, ito force us
to employ someone we did not want
to employ, and the .conspirators, after
trying various methods, were about
to 60 into the newspapers and create
opposition in congress- to the plan
for dissolution that was about to b.
carried out"