The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-03
Much Mystery About Organiza-
tiOn-InfOrmatiOn Denied.
Its Lobbyists Spent Money and
Prepared Resolutions.
FEAR HOSTILITY OF TRUSTS
That Is Reason Given for With
holding Names Members.
Prepared Many Bills for Com
gressionaI Investigations.

Washington, July 3.-Confirmation OF
David Lamar's claim that it was he
who drew the congressional resolution
under which the Stanley committee in
vestigated the United Steel corporation
was corroborative and supplementary
mittee today by Henry B. Martin,
head of a soca1led ANTITRUST league
Martins testimony, less gripping less
startling than Lamar's yesterday, when
the latter blandly told of confidential
relations with Wall street leaders and
his impersonations of congressman,
was corroborated and supplementary
to Lamar's on several points He teS-
titled that after Lamar drew the steel
trust investigation resolution he, ar
tin induced Representative Stanley to
introduce it. He did not tell Stanley
Lamar was its author but did not try
to suppress the fact
He disclaimed knowledge that Lamar
had used the resolution before intro
duction, in dealing with financiers and
protested he knew nothing of Lamar
telephone representations
Persistent questioning by the sena-
tors failed to make Martin divulge
what the antitrust league" was or
who composed it. He declined to give
names of members or tell of the dis
position of thousands of dollars he said
it had spent.
Assisted Investigation.
Further questioning brought out that
Lamar in 1909, when the WickerSham
railroad law amendments were before
congress had supplied arguments and
information that Martin presented to
roembers Martin thought such 1nfor-
nation had led to the striking from
the sections to immunize railroads from
prosecutions
ho
steel trust?'' demanded Senator Cum
minis.
1T is my recollection that 1 asked
him to prepare it, said Martin He
added that he had no specific arrange
ment with any member of congress for
its introduction. Under questioning
Martin testified the resolution was in
troduced in the house in practically the
form he and Lamar agreed upon,
Did you tell Representative Stanley
who finally introduced the resolution,
that Lamar had prepared 1t?'
It don't think So"
Did you try to suppress that fact?
Not in the least"
Edward Lauterbach, the New York
lawyer, who figured in Lavid Lamar's
impersonattons of congressman III tele-
phone talks with New York financlers
was not on hand today as the senate
lobby committee had expected when u
resumed taking testimony
'.Anti-Trust" League
Henry B. Martin, of a socallcd
antitrust league here, was called to
be examined, however, on Lamar's
statement that after he had drawn a
resolution for a congressional invest1-
cation of the United States Steel coc-
poration, he gave the resolution t"
Martin who in turn induced Represen-
tative Stanley, of Kentucky, to intro
duce it in the house
CaSS
Ledyard, attorney for J. P. Morgan &
Co. who had testified yesterday as 70
Lamar drawing the steel trust resolu-
tion, resumed the stand for a moment
to testify that his information on that
point came from Lamar and Nouter-
bach.
Martin testified he had worked for
the money trust investigation had
conference with Lamar who favored il
but he had nothing to do with draw
ing the investigation resolution.
Senators gave Martin lively exam
ination in an effort to disclose what
the antitrust league was and who
composed it. Martin testified that NJ.
l.. Lockwood of Oklahoma was orig
inally its president; he was secretary;
Cotter 7. Bride of this city was treas
urer, and Herman Schulties, also of
Washington, was counsel. At one time
the league" depended on Attorney
General Monett of Ohio for legal ad-
vice, he said. Martin declined to give
names of leagues members because
they would suffer the anger of great
trusts, who would ruin, blacklist them
and secure their discharge from en-
ployment."
Refuses to Disclose.
Martin also declined to disclose the
expenditure of about $4,000 by the
league on the same grounds. Martin
gave the legislative committee of the
league as consisting of himself Lock
wood, Schulteis. Monett. Bribe and w.
B. Fleming of Kentucky. Q. J. Van
Vorhis of Indiana. William Trent of
Illinois. w. G. Lafollette of Wisconsin,
P. E. Down of New York and w. H. !
Green of Nebraska.
He claimed he had presented to the
secretary of the navy evidences of
frauds in armor plate contracts and
that he had given information to other
government officials regarding viola
tions of the law by the railroad
trust, coal trust, steel trust, Harvester !
trust and elevator trust" at a cost of
more than 100000.
He claimed to have drawn many
bills for introduction in congress. had
of the armor trust and was very
active in the preparation of resolu-
ton for the money trust and steel
trust investigation.
More About Lobbies.
The committee wanted to know
what Martin knew about Hobbies in
Washington. He declared that when
Chairman Lovett of the Union Pacific
board and Paul d. Cravath of counsel
odiscuSs the Union Pacific dissolu-
tlon with Attorney General Mercy !
nclds, they had ''Iobbied'' the depart |
ment A. G. Dinkey of the Carnegie |