Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-04
Iji'ANY SAY WILSON
NAMED LOBBYISTS;
SUBPOENAS FOR 60
Presidents Prompt Answer 20
Senators Who Never Saw
''Insidious" Agents.
OXNARD AND PALMER
SOUGHT IN INQUIRY
Sergeant-at-Arms' List In
oludes n. T. Alexander,
of Trenton.

WASHINGTON. June 4.-The lob
by" hunt took on a new and sensa-
tional turn today, when the Senate
began Issuing subpoenas for nearly
sixty men, all of whom are said to be
identified with the sugar interests. A
flock of sergeants-a started out
today to summon the witnesses for
next week, by which time the inves-
tigators will have finished taking tes-
timony of senators and plunge into
an examination of the so-called lob
byists.''
1t is generally assumed here that
President Wilson furnished the names
of those about to be subpoenaed.
Frank c. Lowry, known in legislative
circles here as the free sugar man, !"
and secretary of the so-called whole
sale grocers' COMMITTEES; Henry G.
Oxnard, one of the beet sugar men,
and Truman G. Palmer are among
those for whom summonses have been
Issued.
Chairman Overman finally gave out
this partial list:
Aaron Cove, Denver; DR.. S. W.
Mcclure, Salt Lake City, secretary
of the National Wool Growers AS
sociation; Edward F. Dickinson and
Jules Godehaux, representing Lonisi-
ana sugar interests; Sidney M. Bal
lou, E. E. Paxton, H. D. Mead and
Walter g. Smith, also understood to
be interested in sugar tariff affairs;
John F. Hamburg, New York; Harry
Irwin, H. T. Alexander, Trenton, N.
H.; Frank German, Buford Lynch and
John Carroll, all of Washington.
This new turn of affairs many be-
ilieve Is one of the suggestions Presi-
dent Wilson made at his recent con-
ference with Chairman Overman and
Senator Reed, of the investigating
committee, and many of the Presi-
dents friends predict 1t will be Mr..
v'lscr'E answer 20 the testimony of
many senator's th,it they have seen
no lobbyists in Washington and know
lof no attempts to influence congress-
men against the Underwood bill.
While the subpoenas are being
served and the committee is prepar-
ing for the examination of the new
witnesses, senators will continue to
be examined. When the committee
reassembled today it had nearly half
of the Senate still waiting.
Points Out "Handsome" Man.
Senator Lane, the first witness to-
day, said he was physician and had
no interest in anything affected by
ithe tariff. THAT handsome man back
there by the wall was very much wor-
ried about wool, he said, pointing to
a listener.
The Handsome man" said his name
was w. S. Mcclure, secretary of the
National Wool Growers Association.
He probably will take the stand when
the senators have finished.
Senator Lane said he did not con-
slider men who called on him lob
byists" He thought they We're look
Ing after their own interests He
knew of no lobby, but said he be-
lieved money was being used to try
to convince people that bad effects
would follow the tariff bill.
, Senator McCumber said he produced
wheat, oats, rye, flax and sometimes
potatoes. all of which were "disas-
trously" affected by the tariff. No
One ndu dlleIlplSQ W ilhuOLSo him.
he said, and he knew of no use of
money or the maintenance of lobby
. \ influence any legislation.
senator Newlands had some farm
interests in California, Nevada,
lAryland and District of Columbia.
Newlands Gives Names.
Senator Newlands named the fol-
lowing Who had talked with him: S.
H. Cowan, live stock; A, D. Baldwin,
Sidney Ballou, Henry Oxnard, Tru-
man G. Palmer and Claus Spreckels,
sugar; S. w. Mcclure, wool.
when I came here twenty years
ago one occasionally saw a man who
was regarded as a lobbyist" said Mr..
F1Swlands, but that type of man
ms to have disappeared"
1 list of more than 1,500 additional
ines was put in today by Senator
penrose, covering some of the per-
sons who visited him while the
Payne-Aldrich bill was being framed,
and all his callers during the recipro-
cjty and Democratic wool bill fights
in the Senate.
Senator Perkins said he severed his
financial interest in any business
that might be affected by legislation
" hen he came to Congress and in