The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-06-05
SIXTY MEN CLASSED
AS LOBBYISTS ARE
CALLED BY INQUIRY
Sensational Turn of
Probe is Credited
to Wilson.
HITS THE SENATORS.
This Is Presidents Answer
to Statements That No Lob
byists Have Been Seen.

Washington, d. C.-The lobby"
hunt took on new and sensational
turn today wnen the Senate began
Issuing subpoenas FOR nearly sixty
men. all said to be identified with
sugar interests.
A flock of sergeants-at-arms start
ed out to summon the witnesses for
the next week by which time the in
vestigators will have finished taking
the testimony of the Senators and
Will plunge into the examination of
so-called lobbyists"
1T is generally assumed that Pres
ldent Wilson furnished the names of
those about to be subpoenaed.
Frank c. Lowry. known i'm legis-
lative circles as the free sugar
man, Secretary of the socalled
wholesale grocers committee, Henry
q. OXnard, one of the beet sugar
men, and Trumin G. Palmer, are
among those for whom summons
were issued.
rms new turn of affairs, many be-
lieVe, Is "one of the suggestions. ;"
the president made at C. recent con-
ference with Chairman Overman and
senator Reed of the investigation
committee. Many of the presidents S
friends predict this will be Wilson S
answer to the testimony by manv
senator's that they have seen no
lobbyists in Washington and know of
no attempts to influence congress-
men against the Underwood bill.
In the meantime Senators contin-
ped to be examined. When the com
mitee reassembled today it had near
ly half the Senators still waiting.
McCumber Affected.
Senator McCumber of North Da-
kota, on the witness stand, said he
produced wheat. oats, rye. flax. and
sometime potatoes, all of which
would be "disastrously affected bv
the tariff No one had attemnted
TO influence him, he said. and he
know of no use of money rof the
maintenance of lobby to influence
legislation
Kenyon Describes Social Lobby"
washington, ID. C.--"Social lobby
ing in Washington iustifes every
word that President Wilson uttered
IN regard to the presence of an i'm
sldlous lobby at the capital, Sena-
tor Kenyon of Iowa declared on the
witness stand yesterday afternoon be-
fore the Senate investigating commit
tee
1t was the first unequivocal state
ment In support of the presidents S
attitude since the inquiry began. The
Iowa senator explained that he be-
lleved the most ''insidious" and DOW
erful lobbying possible was the prac-
t1ce of fiattering senators by having
them out to dinners, to theaters and
on auto rides ingratiating the host
with the distinguished guest. Point
ing to the sworn testimony of Edward
Hines. lumber king" before the
Lorimer election investigation, that
he entertained senator's at local
hotel at dinners at a time when the
lumber schedule and the Paine-Ald-
rich bill was before the Senate, Sena-
tor Kenyon declared that it was his
belief that Senators were being enter
tanned in this ''insidious" way at
present.
EX-SenatOrs Lobbyists.
He also denounced ex-Senators for
capitalizing their privilege of the
! floor by using it to lobby Referring
, to one ex-senator representing many
railroads in Washington and often
seen on the floor of the Senate. he
advocated the enactment of legisla-
tion to prohibit an ex-senator from
being lobbyist.
Senator Hughes of New Jersey ant
Senator James of Kentucky told the
investigators for the first time o.
the trials and tribulations of the
majority members of the finance com
mittee with the many persons who
had f1ocked to Washington to presen
their views. Neither knew of an.
attempts to corrupe senators but botf
suggested they could have done bet
ter work if they had been bothered
less These senator's, as did Senate
14aFollette who followed them on thu
stand, suggested that legislation fo
the registration of lobbyists would b.
a good thing.