The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-07-05
COT STANLEY To
INTRODUCE IT
Lamar Gave Steel ResOIu=
ton to II. B. Martin.
SILENT ABOUT AN ORDER
Head of a So Called Antitrust
League Persistently Refuses to d.
vulge What the Organization Was or
Who Composed Its Membership.

vulge What the Organization Was or
Who Composed Its Membership.
Washington, July denomination
of David Lamar's claim that it was he
who drew the congressional resolution
under which the Stanley committee
investigated the United States Steel
corporation was given to the senate
lobby committee by Henry b. Martin,
head of a so called ANTITRUST
league"
Martins testimony, less gripping
and less startling that Lamar's, when
the latter blandly told OF confidential
relations with Wall street leaders
and his representations of congress.
men, was c~orroborated and supple
mentary TO Lamar's on several points.
He testified that after Lamar drew
the steel trust investigating resolu.
tion he, Martin. induced Representa-
tive Stanley to introduce 1t. He did
not tell Stanley that Lamar was its
author. but didn't try to suppress the
fact.
Persistent questioning by the
senators failed to make Martin d.
vulge what the Anti Trust league"
was. or who composed II. He de.
clined to give James of members or
tell OF the disposition OF thousands
of dollars he said IL had spent.
Lauterbach Not on Hand.
Edward Lauterbach, the New York
lawyer who figured in David Lamar's
representations of congressman In
telephone talks with New York fnan.
ciers, was not on hand as the sen
ate lobby committee had expected
when II resumed taking testimony.
Henry b. Martin OF the SO called
Anti Trust league here, was called to
be examined, however, on Lamar's
statement hat after he had drawn a
resolution for a congressional investi.
cation of the United States Steel
corporation he gave the resolution
TO Martin, who I'm turn induced Rep.
r~esentative Stanley of Kentucky to
introduce Il in the house.
Before Martin was called Lewis
Cass Ledyard, attorney for j.. p,
Morgan a. Co, who had testified as
to Lamar drawing the steel trust
resolution, resumed the stand to tes-
tify that his information on that
point came from Lamar and Lauter.
bach.
Senators gave Martin a lively exam
ination in an effort to disclose what
the Antitrust league was and who
composed II. Martin testified that NJ.
L. Lockwood of Oklahoma was origin
ally its president; he was secretary;
Cottor T.. Mcbride of this city was
treasurer and Herman Schulteis, also
of Washington, was counsel
Martin declined to give names OF
the leagues members because they
would suffer the anger OF the great
trusts, who would ruin and blacklist
them and secure their discharge from
employment"
Gave Evidence of Fraud.
Martin also declined TO disclose the
expenditure of about $4,000 by the
league, on the same grounds. He
claimed he had presented to the sec
rotary of the navy evidences OF frauds
In armor plate contracts and that he
had given information to other gov
eminent officials regarding violations
of law by the railroad trust, coal
trust, steel trust, harvester trust and
elevator trust" at a cost of more than
S10O, 900.
He claimed to have drawn many
bills for introduction in congress
had helped prepare for an investiga-
ton of the "armor trust and was
very active" in the preparation OF
resolutions for the money trust and
steel trust Investigations.
Further questioning brought out
that Lamar in 1909. when the Wicker
sham railroad law amendments we're
before congress, had supplied argu-
ments and information that Martin
presented TO members. Martin thought
such information had led to the strik-
ing out of the sections to immunize
railroads from prosecution.
Dlu Lamar prepare the urart OF
the resolution for the investigation of
the steel trust?" demanded Senator
Cummins.
ut Is my recollection that / asked
him to prepare It," said Martin. He
added that ne had no specific ar
rangement with any member OF con-
gress for Its introduction.