The evening world., 1913-06-03
SENATOR REED CALLS IT Ros
TER or VETERANS.

VeH Or VETERANS.
Most all Of the 175 on the list. sena.
tor Penrose said. were In washingtoh
during the Payne -Aldrich bill time In
1909 and sgain now. Senator Reed
called the list the roster Of veterans"
Senator Penrose emphatically declared
that. with the exceptions noted. prsc-
t,cally all the men mentioned were
either principals or part owners In
business interests they came to repre-
sent and their representations we're
entirely proper and legitimate.
"1As old lobby methods passed
away ten r. aftssa years aeo,"
0aAA osaAteS Ysasoss. IN usol -
~ tie vssssaes fer vasieus cen.
pAAsse - kesp rsslAsat eemnAs.
sa"nsss u WsshaA6tsn - iees
after thsis anteSssts, but : ssassys
thss = No ie.Ssx the ease. 1Asse
may bs . few ef them here new,
but they are ola aad AsersvlA anA
ere merely allewea 70 holA e."
referring again to numbers. tSsna-
tor Penrose said: There arc only
forty per cent a. many viSitors on
tariff here this year ~ four years ago."
"sti1 there are some o. thses
gentlemen" renamed OsnsSey
3ssa, "who eoastatuts your vst.
ersa eesYs. xhsy have been con.
an6 aroual fer the past twsaty
years, the same old crew, svsxv
time taxi3 measures are up."
he tried to get the Pennsylvania
Senator to itsmise the veterans but
the query was lodged and the point
was not pressed.
Concerning his own Affairs. Mr.. Pen.
rose said he was not an ofYicer or
director or connected with any concern
Interested In tarin or legislation. There
was one possible exception. lie IL In the
United states sugar and Land Company
OF Garden City. Kanhas. which com.
pany, added the Senator. 10 not q sue.
cess. and 10 either now or soon will be
In the hands Of q receiver.
30 the Senator. who Is classed az the
chief defender Of protected interests, left
the witness stand without revealing any
thing that was not known to every
Senator.
LlPPIrr TELLS His coNNGc.
rioN WITH PAYNE TARIFF.
Senator Lippitt declared he had not
tried to influence any one improperly
nor had any one 20 tried to influence
him. Common stock OF the Napviills
Cotton Company. Of which he was man.
ager. had gone down probably 50 Der
cent. % . result of the threatened tar
III reduction. he said. He owns one
fourth Of the stock Of that >s.2soooo cor.
poration.
rs It true you prepared the cotton
schedule AZ II appeared In the Payne
Aldrich tarin bill?" asked Senator
Reed.
II am perfectly willing to say ! ap.
peared before the Ways and Means
Committee and said tho manufacturers
later rendered q letter which was In
tended to correct several decisions. I
also asked for an increased duty on
merceriEation because that was q new
process. Shortly after that I went 10
Europe. When ! arrived In New York
was asked nv telegraph to come here
to act ~ an expert In advising M.
Aldrich. who was q personal friend
and who had confidence In my knowi.
edge. It took me q week to study oui
the changes made In the Senate. had
nothing to do with the changes"
did you furnish Information to Sen
ators?"
II talked to Senators smoot. I.ods,
ana Flint, remember" said IAppitt
The Senator said he believed some o
HIS suggsstions to the Ways ana Mean
Committee were Incorporated In tn
bill.