Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28
Representative Ferris Wants
Inquiry Into Sale of !,
Documents.
STORY OF McMICHAEL I
Is STILL UNDER FIRE
Lawyers Testify He Declared No.
Dcrmott Never Took q "Dis.
honest Dollar"

A fourishing trade In books ana docu-
ments printed by the government for the
use OF members Of Congress was re-
vealed before the Garrett lobby in,esi-
eating committee Of the House today.
Representative Ferris OF Oklahoma. a
member Of the committee, announced His
intention OF pressing q resolution for an
investigation into the barter and sale OF
documents given to members, after a.
rather heated passage with Allen A.
Irvine. a document broker. called By the
defense for Representative James r Nc
Dermott to impeach the testimony againse
McDermott given by I. II. McMichael.
Irvine declined to give the COM
mittee the names Of members OF Con-
gress with whom he traded or from
whom he had bought public documents.
Representative Ferris was inclined TO
insist vigorously upon having the
names, but the committee decided thiso
question was not within the scope oe
the present inquiry.
Will Seek Investigation.
We'll" said Mr. Ferris. 7 think wa
| should determine II men can do =
lflourishing business In public docu-
ments. l will introduce a resolution
| calling for an investigation OF this
matter"
Irvine said that he traded documents
for members OF the House and Senate.
and that he bought from retiring mem.
bers their quota Of documents. He
| said McMichael had sold him docu-
| ments and that he had traded docu-
ments with McDermott
conversations with McMichael in which
! he said that II McDermott would pay him
| the 1926 which he claimed was due
him. he would say nothing to discredit
ing the years 1910, 1911 and 1912 he
saw a great deal of McDermott and
McMichael. but he never saw Mulhall
George VI. Fleming. brother-in-law of
McDermott. told OF Mulhairs efforts to
raise money in McDermott's district in
1910 He said that he was with Mulhall
when he secured two 500 checks. Null
hall kept So out Of each OF these he
said.
Says Mulhall Kept Check.
He told of the Harold Mccormick
check. He said that he had an argument
with Mulhall before he left Chicago about
the Mccormick check which had been
promised to the McDermott fund. F1sm-
ing said he and McDermott demanded
that Mulhall give them the check before
he left. but that Mulhau said he had
not received 1t. and said he would au-
thorize McDermott to indorse the check
with his name when he received IL. Elem.
ing said that McDermott went to Mr..
McCormick's office, secured duplicate
check, Endorsed IL with Mulhall's name
and cashed II. He identified the check.
McMichael Lauded NcDermott.
James 8. Easby-smith. Ralph Flehars
dy and Harry Barker. all Warrington
lawyers. took the stand yesterday
afternoon to testify that I. H. Nee
Michael had told them that ReprssentA
alive McDermott had never taken =
dishonest dollar In his life. The pr1n~
cipa1 testimony was that OF MI
Flehardy. who said that McMchael
stated to him that the allegation THAI
advance information OF tho Hughes
labor amendment had been given by
McDermott to Mulhall twas an abso-
lutte lie" F1ehardy contradicted -
laege amount OF the McMichael testi-
mony.