Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-18

man o. Idlmer. Inc nrSt or tneSe,
given out by Palmer after the commit
tee adjourned last night. read:
Senate sergeant-at-arms has requir
ed Austin to produce box said to con-
tain your private and business papers.
Have talked with your uncle and We
suggest YOU should wire, retaining at
torney to protect your rights, under
fourth amendment to the Constitution.
until you arrive"
Reply to Senator Clark.
Hamlin's telegram in reply. sent to
his uncle. Senator Clark. was given to
the committee. 1t said:
Have wire from Palmer suggesting
retain attorney to prevent delivery of
my papers to committee. Austin. on
whom service is made. may have some
OF my private correspondence or
papers, but SO far as I remember
there is nothing among them which I
would object to being made public"
Hamlin added that he would hire
Washington attorneys if Senator Clark
thought IL advisable.
The correspondence covered much Of
1911 and ,..e early part Of 1912, when the
Underwood free sugar bill was introduced
in the House.
The value OF publicity was emphasized
in a letter written at Fargo, n. D., by
Aaron Cove to Hamlin in Washington.
1t referred to an interview that had gone
out which was designated as the Ar
buckle interview. and Cove urged the
use of patent insides' to reach country
readers
Many farmers read those patent in
Sides" he wrote when i looked 1t up
l found that a stick of stuff every week
was not exorbitant in price, and it sure
enough does get before the voters little
by little, and eats in
One of the letters OF Aaron Cove,
signed and dated August 4, 1911. gave
some light on the efforts Of the beet
sugar forces while the Hardwick COM
mittee eff the House was Investigating
the so-caIled sugar trust" Mr.. Cove
said il would require some skill to item
re his expense account SO 1t could be
checked up by an auditing board.
Had Interesting Time
we have had an interesting time"
the letter continued. Palmer is before
the committee on his third day today. He
lie doing well. n. r. entertained them in
New York with. learn. good effect. The
Hardwick committee report will reach
over to December and will be less harm
ful than I hoped
Members of the committee asked who
III t. was
Il suppose it was Mr. Oxnard." said
Senator Reed Mr.. Oxnard's initials are
n r.
The letter added:
'Bristow insists that he Will yet get in
his sugar amendment. of course to end
with the veto of the executive. but,
don't forget that it's only four months to
the session. when something will be do
ing in earnest. / have had some very
encouraging interviews as to next winter,
but the issue promises to be warmly con-
tested. Senators like Borah insist that
they want to he shown. He used those
words to me this morning.
T.<$., $o uop,i1%op
A letter to Hamilton from II. a. Doug
las of the Minnesota. Sugar Company OF
Chaska, Mimi, dated at Detroit, April g.
1912, said:
I'VE think 1t would be a wise plan to
have Mr.. c. T. Fenton. manager of the
Minnesota Sugar Company, who is now
In Washington. meet the Iowa senators
and advise them of the possibility of the
Minnesota Sugar Company extending its
interests in northern Iowa in case Of
satisfactory sugar tariff settlement
"A copy OF a letter purporting to have
been written by Hamlin to J. Ross Clark
Of Los Angeles, and dated Washington,
January lS, 1912, said in part:
Mr.. Case had another conference with
Senator Works yesterday and Is satisfied
that he will do all he can for US
the Michigan Sugar Company. dated Feb
ruary l. 1912, and apparently from Ham
lin, said:
Mr.. Pickett Of Iowa, who is classed
as an insurgent. will make one of the
principal speeches In opposition to any
sugar measure that may be brought
In. Mr.. Palmer IS now at work on the
necessary data Mr.. Mondell of Wyo-
ming also wishes to enter into the fight
on the floor. and to be equipped with
the necessary information"
Hamlin Defends Course.
COLORADO SPRINGS. June 49,
Clarence c. Hamlin. one of the owners
OF the Colorado Springs Telegraph.
whose correspondence, with other men
prominently connected with the beet
sugar industry was read into the rec
ords yesterday of the Senate lobby In
vestigating committee. defended his
course in writing the letters in q
statement here last night.
Mr.. Hamlin declared that the cam
paign carried on by the beet sugar
view OF the fight being made by the
rehners for free sugar. and that the
men back OF the industry had their
backs against the wall and had to pro-
tect themselves.
Advice on Convention.
Several OF the letters written by OK
nard TO Palmer proved interesting. One
Of these, dated July /, 1908, follows:
Dear Mr.. Palmer:
After going over the situation with
our friends here most carefully, II was
deemed best that ] should not put In
an appearance at the Denver conven-
ton, and ! feel that II might be better
II you also stayed away from there. 1t
IS all right for Morey and Cove to be
there. But I feel that our presence would
do no good and might do some harm with
our republican friends at Washington
next winter. All here take the same
view"
letter from Oxnard to Palmer. Au-
gust l. 1907. says. in part:
regarding the vacancies on the Phil
ippine committee 1t is true that moth
ing can be done until next winter but
i spoke to Foster and Newlands Che told
me he was o. k.) and asked them to
apply for the vacancies made by the
Tennessee and Idaho senator's
They told me they would and there
the matter stands. I understood from
Teller that he did not want the posi-
ton owing to his health and the ne
cessity of lighting. I wanted him, but
after that l spoke to Newlands.
Very truly yours,
HENRY T. OXNARD.'
Mentions Uncle Joe.
Another epistle from Irving Park, Chi
ago, October 7, 1907, to Oxnatd. at