Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-27
Charge That Union Pacific Was
Urged to Employ Certain Lawyer,
EdW. LauterbaCh of New York.

7 Il believe there was conspiracy
here" said Judge Loyett. ITO try TO
| force us To employ some one we did
not want to employ and that the con-
| spirators after trying various methods.
were about to go into the newspapers
and create opposition in Congress To
the plan for dissolution that was about
to be carried out"
Judge Lovett was asked who he be-
lieved the eonspirators We're. He
named Mr.. Lauterbaeh and the man
who represented himself to be Con-
gresham Riordan.
II believe. and my associates on the
executive committee believed. that there
was another individual in New York who
was the most active agent in it, but did
not come in contact with him nor did any
other ON the executive committee. Mr..
Lovett did not give this mans name and
the committee did not ask for it.
Judge Lovett told the committee that
he made public his charges against al
legged lobbyists because he was convinced
that these "conspirators" We're securing
the publication of inspired statements de-
signed to show that the Hartman roads
were seeking to bring about an improper
control through certain banking interests.
of not only the Pacifcs. but the Penn
sylvania and Baltimore &. Ohio systems.
After mentioning Representative Rior-
dams name. Mr.. Lovett said
I'm mentioning that congressman's
name I want to make this statement: l
had never met the gentleman, did not
know his voice. / do not know whether
he was a congressman or not. but he rep
resented himself as Congressman Rior-
dan of New York.
Otto Kahn, a partner of Kuhn Loeb K
Co., came to him later, Mr.. Lovett said,
and told him that Mr.. Lauterbach mad
called on him, assured him that the rad
ical element in Congress was prepared
to obstruct the dissolution, investigate
the Chicago & Alton re-fnancing OF sew
eral years ago and take up several other
matters. Mr.. Lauterbaeh proposed en-
ployment. according to Mr.. Kahn's state
ment but was refused.
Maxwell Evarts. general counsel Tor
the Southern Pacific, next told him, SAID
Judge Lovett, of a telephone commune
cation also purporting to come from Con-
gresham Riordan for the employment or
Mr.. Lauterbach. The witness added that
Paul D. Cravath of New York, one OF
the attorneys for Kuhn Loeb & Co.. also
was mysteriously called by telephone by
a man who wanted to talk with him
about employing counsel who would be
very helpful at Washington" Cravath
had another call of this character, SAID
Judge Lovett, and that case he believed
Lauterbaeh had been mentioned. Judge
Lovett said the first publication which
convinced him that efforts were being
made to misrepresent the Hartman roads
in the dissolution case was in imam
cial news sheet of high standing in New
York. He said the character of the arti-
Gle convinced him that systematic effort
was being made to inspire articles that
would rouse the desired opposition in
Congress.
'tYou have not been approached by any
congressman or ex-congressman directly
or Indirectly" asked Senator Overman.
Not by any congressman or eX-con-
gresham directly or indirectly, so far
as / know, except in the case l nave
mentioned" answered the witness.
The committee will call Lewis Cass
Ledyard the New York lawyer referred,
tonight by Judge Lovett as having re-
ceived a telephone message from
psuedo congressman. Mr.. Ledyard is
said to have learned the Identity Of his
interviewer.