The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-07
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a sqnsidious Lobby"
|ruRY EXTENDED
FOR TWENTY DAYS
hers Who Have Already
|ti6ed May Be Recalled
d Questioned Regard
ing "Big Stick" +"

ing big DUCK.
|sHINGTON, June 6.-An unex-
1 turn was given the senate's
inyestigation late today when.
81 Townsend of Michigan, Repub-
asclared on tho stand that the
bee welded by President Wilson
kat the Democratic secret caucus
|hc milking Of the tariff bill con-
IA tie "nearest approach to un-
thence upon members of con
HAT the Investigating commit
ould be able 10 find,
slor Townsend criticised the COM
! for not having asked members
senate whether the president had
10 influence them, and declared
ven though the president had not
|od il, his recent denuneiation of
||esp working in support Of
1s In the tariff would force Ger
|suators to vote against amend
they knew to be just.
No are those senators7n demand
1ator Reed.
1on't care TO name anyone" re-
Townsend.
|stion Resented.
Two Democratic members of the
|'fce present, Senators Reed and
Indignantly resented any init
that President Wilson had used
'ga or threats to force any one
Port free sugar or free wool, or
Port tobacco as a whole.
move," said Senator Walsh,
p View of the serious statements
'oucliing the executive that any
Who has testified already may
''ied and interrogated in refer
Iereto.p
'n for that,' said Senator Mel
aQ members Of the committee
'm Weeks of Massachusetts,.
republican, following Senator
nu on the stand, expressed the
kaht executives had had more
ee on bills than all the persons
Z come to Washington put to-
on of Weeks.
se"enp CnaJ the president
~ regard to an insidious lobby
'ed the public mind said sena.
'and that has its effect
sshators. The public believes
~ lS q bad man, and no sena-
oppose measure if the
says the lobbyists are seek
mango it,"
u snivelev, a Democratic mem
"e finance committee, said he
40 lobbying influences at
The tariff bill.
= suSte y agread to extend the time
sne lobby investigation TWEEN
M. untll June 2S. The new
tplested into it today probably
tne questioning Of senators
"A luhh; l; week. Features of the
snd dypoles pes on sugar, wool and
mn.4 H4quor, labor and other leg
riass' is' : men be taken up as the
''aec Of the investigation '
Influence
g 4 Townsend $ statement. :, 30
"A ~ eshldent Wilson were not in
mi ~ cearges. He expressly said
npronsra nraage y, = the president with
ID cba,,o cb ometnods, but he insisted
aet,,ss That lobbies existed.
of ffs,sy fsasy OF the president in
|rd In 'so &c WOOL aud free sugar
|or.s - an "uudue infiuenre -
of natronaid ~ aid not use the "big
"a . =, Iv.m Sa lobby is generally nm.
n bv - th hSe'o, land as 1 believe it
IA unn my president in his recent
"A fupo9 which this inyestioas
.,auunded, it means ore wb =
Of mso,! an prevent legislation by
oifer %rans or that are improper !;
n on - payment Of money. the
1 fhrs.ts s.ttssnnoidIng OF favors. by
me- Of fass - or political opposition :
|iesi patronage or the division
n lnbbv%;sat / know of no
appfo1ssinst of that kind. The
pon ,oscg msc, TO undue influence ex.
the ;%sners ;nsiers Of congress. r he
1t ana huence hu .a exerted by the
b sscrsty = TN the use and power o.
emanaSyasIn to say that is lobby.
1bbyist Senator Reed
nee lcrislaS;;m : man who attempts
e-o.atlon against the hon.