The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-21
$4,000 RAISED TO
DEFEAT LOAN SHARK
BILL, SAYS HORN|NG
Washington PawnbrOlxer
Tells the House Lobby
Committee of Rails
ing Fund
WEDNESDAY IN CONGRESS.
GIN TIE.

SENATE:
Resumed consideration of tariff bill,
taking up cotton schedule.
Foreign relations committee met,
but gave little time to Mexican sit
uation.
Nomination of William ]. Price as
minister to Panama favorably voted.
ed on.
Democrats of bank committee dis
cussed currency legislation.
President submitted nomination of
Representative f. b. Harrison of New
York as governor general of Philip
pines.
Senator Penrose introduced substi-
tute for wool schedule of tariff bill.
Credentials of Henry d. Clayton as
Senator from Alabama presented by
Senator Bankhead and referred to
elections committee.
Adjourned at 6:16 p. M, until II
a. M, tomorrow
HOUSE:
Not in session, meets Friday.
Lobby investigating committee con-
tinues its hearing.
Democrats caucused on currency bill.
Washington, , August 20.-George d.
Horning, Washington pawnbroker, told
the House lobby committee today the
eral loan shark bill was nearly $4,000.
Three pawnbrokers put in $3.50 and he
raised $4,000 from men in the chattel mort
gage business in and out of Washing
ton.
About $500 of the 5000 was spent. The
$4,000 was separated from the brokers'
fund and both were raised in 1911 and
1912.
Representative McDermott of Illinois is
alleged to have arranged to get $500 to
work against the measure.
Horning testified that Henry e. Davis,
Washington attorney OF note. got $1,000
from each fund. Davis arranged hear
ing for the brokers before President Taft.
Taft Signed Bill
Mr.. Taft signed the bill. Horning also
testified single contribution OF $1,000
came from a man named Watt of Phil
adelphia and similar amount from a
Mr. Walsh of Chicago. HornIng declared
he did not have to win McDermott over
to oppose the bill by sticking wad be-
fore him. HE was a card man. he
said "IIe held an honorary membership
in a union and the unions were opposed
to putting the pawnbrokers in the meas
ure."
Horning denied that any of the s12 900
had been spent in an improper way and
said that the balance, more than s5000
still in his private safe, would be used
in testing the bill in the courts or in
trying to have another measure egree-
able to the brokers introduced in Con-
gress.
Never Gave Money
1t was Horning who I. H. MeMichael
one-time chief page of the House. swore
made an arrangement with Representa-
tive James 7. McDermott whereby Nc
Dermott was to get $500 for working
against the loan bill. Horning denied that
he had ever given McDermott any money.
The committee held a night session with
Horning still on the stand. The witness
told of paying $500 TO Patrick Ryan a
labor union attorney and $3.50 to man
named Snelling connected with the local
Central Labor Union, for work done in
congressional elections.
He said the men did not want to take
the money but that he gave it as a pres
ent because they had been working for
the reelection of men the pawnbrokers
wanted to see returned to Congress. Ques-
toned by members OF the committee, he
said he had paid $500 or s400 for hotel
and travelling expenses for Rryan and
Smelling.