The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
LOBBYING AS FINE
|. ART NEXT IN ORDER
FOR INVESTIGATION
Special Committee to Ask
Permission to Further
Broaden Scope
DAY is FILLED
WITH SENSATIONS
Gallanger Says Wilson Dangerously
Near a Lobbyist" st"-Palmer Brings
Up Recent Democratic Cam
paign-May Extend Time


Washington. June 1S.-Lobbying as a
fine art how 1t is done, and who is re-
sponsible what ends are sought and what
results are. accomplished, probably will
be Investigated by the special Senate
lobby committee before it concludes its
work and submits a report to the Sem
ate For nearly two weeks the five sena-
tors on the committee have listened to
ly with the influence exerted on the tariff
bill, but it has uncovered enough trails
to lead members to believe that cam
paigns of every sort political, Industrial
and economic, have been conducted much
along the same lines, through paid agents
and efforts to create public sentiment
To Further Broaden Scope
In executive session tonight the commits
tee decided to submit to the Senate the
question of further broadening of the
scope of its inquiry The investigation
has taken so much time that some sena-
tors on the committee thought that il
might be we'll to limit its activities to D
complete inquiry into lobbying for and
against sugar and wool, but after a half
hours session, Chairman Overman was
instructed to lay the whole matter before
the Senate.
1t was believed tonight that the time
limit of 20 days placed upon the COM
mittee would be extended and that the
investigation would go into every possi-
bic phase of what the committee sus-
poets is lobbying. Any skeletons that
have dangled in the closets of Congress
and any soiled linen that may have hung
there will be exhibited to public eye and
legislation to impose drastic restrictions
upon lobbying and the "acceleration' of
public opinion, may result. Chairman
Overman said at the conclusion of the
executive session that none could see how
long the inquiry might take if an extern
sion OF time IS gianced ana Gle con-
mittee takes up the broad subject of gem
eral lobbying.
Filled With Sensations
The committees decision came al the
end of a day filed with sensations. on
two occasions President Wilson figured
in the testimony. Senator Gallinger told
the committee that in his opinion the
President had once at least come dan
gerouslv near lobbying and Trueman
G. Palmer Washington representative
of the United states beet sugar indus
try, declared that a plate matter
campaign much similar to the one con-
Quoted in newspapers by him had ac-
companied the campaigns Of the Presi
dent and Representative Underwood
beforp ba
Senator Cummins cross examined Mr..
Palmer at length about details of his
newspaper campaign and developed
that to the best knowledge of the wit
ness many of the big interests of the
country were ged in similar eff
forts to mold the opinion of the coun-
try.
The question of who was responsible
for an alleged Senate order for the
publication as a public document of
ida ia prepared by Trueman G. Palmer.
in Sugar at a Glance bobbed up again
before adjournment when Chairman
Overman announced that the commit
tee intended to, call Amselm Wold,
printing clerk of the Senate. State
ment made to him and to Senator Mel
son by Mr. Wold, he said. showed that
only one order had been made by the
Senate. although two are alleged to
have been made
To Secure Printing Chart
Senator Lodge, who secured an order
for the printing of charts made by Mr.. |
Palmer, will take the stand to explain
his connection with Sugar at a Glance'i
IL he desires, and Mr.. Palmer. whose |
testimony was concluded today, will
be held here until this matter is
cleared up.
Mr.. Palmer had been on the stand for
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