The Washington herald., 1913-06-01
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OF TARIFF LOBBY
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formation of the use of any money or
thing of value or OF any other improper
means or methods to influence action
upon any legislation pending in Congress,
especially the tariff?
s. Do you know or have you any in
formation of the use OF money TO main
tain d so-called lobby here or elsewhere
for that purpose? In connection with
your answer. state what you mean by
the words lobby and lobbying"
o. Do you know of any money being
used directly or Indirectly for the pub
LEGATION OF newspaper advertisements, or
other newspaper comments, or circulars,
or ether printed matter. intended to mis-
had or otherwise influence public men
or public opinion?
10. Do you know of any lobby or lob
byist maintained in Washington or else
where to influence any legislation now
pending before Congress?
II. Do you know. or have you credi-
BILE information of any other fact which
will throw any light upon the matters
now under investigation? II so, please
and II you have stated matters upon in
formation. give the source Of such in
formation.
All Senators Called.
The members of the subcommittee who
be excused from the inqaisition. When
the name of Senator Overman Is called
he will vacate the chair temporarily, take
the witness stand. raise his hand and
take the oath and make responses to
each OF the eleven interrogatories and II
any other questions that the members of
the committee may see fit to ask him
The first of the members of the subcom-
mittee who will have to take the stand
will be Senator Cummins of Iowa. author
OF the resolution He will have to tell
his colleagues in the committee whether
he Is financially or professionally inter
ested In any article mentioned In the tar
IN bill. The subcommittee has decided
not to construe the resolution in lin
tied way, but II will oe a searching
quiz.
Chairman Overman admitted yesterday
that he probably would have to tell the
committee that he had few shares of
stock in a cotton mill. II Is true they
have never paid him a dividend, and he
is not losing any sleep over the cotton
schedule.
Senator Nelson. another member of the
subcommittee. made no concealment
of the fact that he owns a small
farm near Alexandria, Mimi, and that
he is financially interested in the pro
duction" and sale of articles men
pie. as live stock and other farm prod ]
ucts.
Senator Walsh of Montana. another
member of the committee. is said to be
in a newspaper at Helena.
Mont. which he recently acquired. There
has been a sharp controversy before one
of the subcommittee over the question
of print paper. and the charge has been
made that the newspaper publishers
have been unduly favored because the
retallatory provisions of the Underwood
bill do not extend to importations of
print paper.
Aside from the members OF the COM
mittee, numerous other Senators are in
terested in newspapers Senator La Fol-
lette publishes a weekly, and his COL
league. Senator Stephenson. owns a
daily newspaper in Milwaukee. Senator
Stephenson probably will take up con-
siderable time telling the subcommittee
about his business connections, which
ramify through about sixty corporations,
every one of which. according to the
Senator's frank admissions yesterday,
bear some relation to the tariff bill, and
as the Senator is popularity credited with
being twenty times a millionaire, he fails
within that class who may be denomi-
mated as financially interested in arti-
cles mentioned in the tariff bill.
Time to BE Extended.
The committee will meet daily at 1880
o'clock or earlier. 1t will sit until l
o'clock and then adjourn an hour for
lunch. Resuming at o'clock the daily
sessions will continue until o'clock and
then adjourn for two hours for dinner.
after which another session of at least
two hours will be held. Under the limi- |
tation put upon the committee, It will |
have to conclude the investigation by |
Friday night. The Senators can hardly |
be investigated" in that time, and the |
agreed yesterday that it |
probably will have to ask for an extern |
sion of time. |
The investigation will not be limited |
to the pending tariff bill or to Hobbies |
affecting it alone. All Hobbies are to be |
probed, and the subcommittee issued a |
public invitation through the press to
all persons who may have any informa- |
ton concerning lobbying at the Capitol |
to write the facts to the subcommittee |
over their names and addresses. Anony- |
nous communications will be disre- |
garded.
The investigation will go back to cover |
the term of service OF every man in the |
Senate, and some Senators have served |
more than twenty years. and ought to
be able to relate some interesting his
tory concerning the making of more than
one tariff bill.
A new type Of calipers has a centering rod to
marx the center Of any round object
The tonnage of steamships flying the japanese
lag has Just shout doubled in the last ten years.