Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-06-25
DEMANDS PROBE
OF LOVETT CHARGE
Quiz to Be Made by Senate of
"Influence in Congress-"
U. P. DISSOLUTION is CITED
Rail Head Declared That Officials Had
Been Approached by Persons Pro
Tossing TO Have "Pull"-Let-
tiers on Sugar Are Read.

Washington, June 20.-An order OF
| the senate directing a thorough in
vestigation OF the charges made by
| Judge r. Lovett, chairman OF the
Union Paclfic's executive board at
New York, put the prospects Of an
early settlement OF the tariff and
currency tangles by congress further
/ In the background than ever Wednes-
day.
The senate ordered its lobby inves-
/ tigation committee TO get 10 the bot
tom Of these charges, which told of
individuals who claimed TO have all
kinds of influence In congress, and
who had tried to get paid for that in
fuence in the Union-Southern Pacific
dissolution
Chairman OYerman OF the commit
tee warned the senate that the extra
order would require an additional ex.
tension Of the committees time. bat
the senate wanted the work done.
The result is that neither tariff nor
currency Legislation can be carried
out until the lobby hunt Is over.
The tariff is to be ready for Demo
cratic senate Caucus, but little head
way is in prospect before next week
Earlier IN the day the committee
had made public over the protests Of
lawyer representing Henry T Ok
nard and Truman G. Palmer, series
of letters written by these two beet
sugar representatives, showing a long
continued effort to influence legisla-
ton IN Washington. TO control con
gressional committees and 70 direct
national political affairs in support Of
the continuance Of protective sugar
tariff.
Chairman Overman has not deter
mined when the railroad phase OF the
investigation would be opened A
summons was sent to Charles b. War
rem Of Detroit, president of the Michi-
gan Sugar company, and one of the
men to whom many OF the Hamlin let
tiers we're addressed. Mr. Warren was
asked to appear before the committee
and II is expected he will be asked for
more details Of the beet sugar pub
licity campaign
The committee abandoned temper
arily the sugar protection lobby and
took up the free sugar side calling
Frank {. Lowry Of New York, who
directed much of the free sugar pub
licity under the association name of
the committee Of wholesale grocers. "
Mr. Lowry admitted he was employed
by the Federal Sugar Refining com.
pany and under questions by Senator
Cummins agreed that free sugar
would benefit the cane sugar refners.
The Oxnard. Palmer letters. pro.
duced at the close of the committees
morning session. were the chief fea.
ture OF an exciting day. They covered
period from 1906, when Philippine
free trade came up through the bal
ance Of the Roosevelt administration.
the political campaign Of 1905 and in
to the Taft administration
Nest Of the oxnard le+'ers we're
written in long hand and siSled Hen
~ + Cxnard Some of the Palmer
letters were typewriter carbon
copies but were identified by Harry
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fees.
Assurances that certain senators
would be IN the senate Philippine
committee; that mo stone was being
lott unturned 20 get real protection,
lists" on the house ways and means
committee, and ,hat strong pressure
could be and was being brought 10
bear upon members of both houses TO
accomplish various ends, appeared FIRE.
Quentiy IN the series Of letters
The committee granted the request
of Melville e. Stone of New York,
general manager Of the Associated
Press. who asked to be allowed TO tes-
tlfy regarding claims made in some of
the Hamlin papers. as TO the publicity
the beet sugar interests hoped to Sc
cure through the Associated Press.