The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-07-03
LOBBY ON AGAIN
At WASHINGTON
Wall Street Men Called by
Probers Testify Today.
WILSON INTERESTED IN QUIZ
Investigation 10 Approved by the
PresIdent-steps Taken by SEN
ate Body to Get Possession Of
Muihaii Papers and Data.

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Washington. July 2,-Investigation
of lobbyists and Hobbies by the SEN
ate reopened here today with. a num-
Der of prominent Wall street men as
witnesses. Chairman Oyerman of the
special committee decided, after a
talk with President Wilson and infor-
NAL conferences with his committee
associates, to renew activity at once,
instead of waiting until July s. as he
had planned ..,
The claims of Martin M. Mulhall
of Baltimore that as lobbyist for the
National Association of Manufactur.
ers he had for years maintained close
relations with certain members OF
congress and financed their campaigns
for reelection, have SO Intensified the
feeling In congressional circles that
the lobby committee determined to
proceed at once and TO interrogate all
persons connected with any Of the re-
cent lobby disclosures as rapidly as
they can be heard
To Call cravath and Ledyard.
The witnesses include Paul yCravath
and Lewis Cass Ledyard. prominent
New York attorneys and David La
mar, a Wall street financial man. The
investigation will center about the
charges made recently by Robert s
Lovett of the Union Pacific railroad
that many New York financiers and
lawyers had been approached over the
telephone by lobbyists and persons
representing themselves to be mem
bers of congress
Until this branch of the inquiry is
disposed of the committee probably
will not take up the more recent dis
closures of Mr. Mulhall. which have
thus far appeared only in newspaper
reproduction of his personal statement
and facsimilies of letters he claims to
have received, containing references
to the efforts to control and influence
members of congress. Mulhall Is IN
der subpoena to appear July 8. ...-. g.,
Seek the Mulhaii Papers, ......-.
Steps already have been taken by
the senate committee to get posses
sion of the letters and papers Mr..
Mulhall preserved bearing upon his
alleged operations as lobbyist. Sub
poenas were issued for lanes A, En-
cry, whom Mulhall described in his
article as the chief lobbyist for the
National Association of Manufacturers
at Washington; for J. H. McMichael,
former chief page Of the house. whom
Mulhall claimed was In the employ OF
the Manufacturers association, and
for a number Of other persons named
by Mulhall as having been active In
the affairs OF the association and In
connection with efforts to influence
legislation or control elections to con-
gress.
McMichael was taken into custody
by Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms Hasley
and carried before Chairman Over
man. He was released on promise to
appear when the committee wants
him. but nominally he will remain in
the custody Of the sergeant-at-arms.
President Deeply Interested.
President Wilson talked briefly
with Chairman Overman during a
visit to the capitol and expressed keen
interest In the developments that
have followed his statements made
several weeks ago. in which he made
the first Official charge that lobby.
lists" were busy in Washington Ear
lier in the day the president informed
callers at the white House that he
believed the lobby investigation had
fully served its purpose in disclosing
the opposition that existed to certain
features of the tariff bill i. H. j ~
The charges made by Mulhall are
backed up, 1t is said. by thousands OF
letters. kilograms, circulars. expense
statements and receipts, supporting
his statements as to the. active part
he took for ten years In trying to
shape legislation in Washington in
behalf of the National Association of
Manufacturers, .-s. ..,.f ..,-,