Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-06-19
Senate Investigating Commit .
tee Decides to Extend IN
Quly Into Hartman Lines
Merger Case,
CORRESPONDENCE MADE
PUBLIC OVER PROTEST
0xnard and Palmer Declare
Letters Prior to Present
Session of Congress Not
Pertinent To Probe,
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washington. june lS.-The senateH
lobby Investigation reached ont into
now fields today when the senate
acting nn resolution presented hN
senator Norris. ordered the oNefman
committee to subpoena Robert
Io,ett. chairman Of the board 1T di-
recters of the Union Pacific railroad
To explain q published statement cred
tied a. him yesterday In New YORK
that lobbyists had sought to secure
employment from the Union haciiie
OH the ground that they would he
able to influence "a settlement Of the
Union pncific-Southern Pacific disso-
luton case in Washington.
Earlier In the day the committee
had made public. over the protests ol
LAWYER representing Henry 7. OK
nard ana Truman g.. Palmer. a series
of letters written hy these two beet
sugar representatives. showing long
continued effort to influence lcgisln-
ton in Warrington. to control CON
grcssional support of the continuance
of protective sugar tariff
Chairman Overman has not dcter-
mined tonight when the railroad
phase of the inve ieniion would he
opened 4 summons was sent today
10 Charles 3 Warren, of Detroit
president of The Michigan Sugar com
pany aud one of the men to whom
manv of the Hamln letters, produced
Yesterday were addressed. Mr.. War
rem was asked TO appear before thf
committee tomorrow and Il il eN~
pocicd that he win bo asked for more
details of the beet sugar publicity
campaign.
Late I'm the afternoon the commit
tee abandoned temporarily the sugar
protection lobby and took up the free
sugar side calling Frank 6. LoMfey'
of New York. who directed much Of
the free sugar publicity under the as
ISOLATION name OF the Committee oi
Wholesale Groecrs. AIR Lowrey ad-
mitted he was employed by the Fed
eral SUGAR Refining company. ana
under questions hy senator cummins
agreed that free sugar would htnelll
the cane sugar refiners
The Oxnard- Palmer letters pro-
duccd at the close Of the eommiitecH
morning session. were the chief fea-
lures of an exciting day They Gov
cred period from 1906 when Philip
pine free trade came up through The
balance Of the Roosevelt admlnistra-
lion. the political campaign Of 1908,
ana into Tie Taft administration.
Most of the Oxnard letters were
written In long hand and signed
"Henry r. Oxnard" Some of the
Palmer letters were typcwrttcn car
bon copies, but were Identified by
Harry 4. Austin. clerk In Mr. Palm
ef's office.
Assurances that certain senators
would be on the senate Philippine
committee. that no stone WIS being
left unturned TO get real protection
lists on the house ways and means
committee aud that strong pressure
could be. and was leina brought to
bear upon members Of both houses to
accomplish various ends. appeared
frequently N the series of letters.
read one Of the Oxnard letters when
the committee began It's sessions
brought a protest from John 7. yer
kcs. attorney representing ONnard
ana Palmer We declared the com
mittee had no right 70 30 into "pri-
vatc correspondence" dated before
the present session Of congress. In a
long executive session. the committee
decided that the letters bore directly
upon the attempts of Oxnard and
Palmer to influence legislation; and
they were at once made public.
THE committee tonight granted the
request of Melville Y. stone of New
York general manager of the Assoc
clated press. who asked to be allowed
to testify tomorrow regarding claims
made in some OF the Hamlin letters,
produced yesterday as 10 the publi-
city the beet sugar interest hoped to
secure through tho Associated Press