The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-08
New York Broker Admits Having
Posed as Various Con-
gressmen.
INQUIRY PLANNED BY HDUSE
Lamar Tells Amazing Story Of His
Activities in Lobby Work-sa2,-
100000 Fraud in Union Pa
cific Is Charged.

situation IN the mouse OF representa-
tiyes and before the senate lobby
committee. They were:
A brazen confession by one David
Lamar, who admitted this name to be
an alias, and who described himself
as New York operator in stocks.
that he had impersonated members
of congress in behalf of the employ
ment of Edward Lauterbach, New
York lawyer, to prevent national
legislation hostile to big financial In
terests.
A detailed charge by Lamar that
the Union Pacific company's books
had been forged in 1901 on an item
covering $82,000,000, one Of the re-
suits of which, he alleged, was that
Kuhn. Loeb & Co. and the late e. H.
Hartman amassed enormous fortunes.
zDenials by Congressman Sherley Of
Kentucky, Calder of New York. Webb
OF North Carolina, and Bartholdt Of
| Missouri on the floor of the house Of
| representatives that they had had any
connection whatsoever with or that
they had been controlled or Influenced
in the slightest degree by the National
| Association of Manufacturers or its
agents
Demands by these congressman and
others for an immediate investigation
Of the Mulhall revelations by q spe-
cial committee to be created by the
house.
Reference of these several resolu-
| -, NIL
instructions to report a comprehen-
sive resolution on Saturday next call
! ing for a thorough investigation Of
/ all lobbying operations directed on
members of the house.
Witness Enjoys Own Tale.
Lamar, or whatever his real name
may be land the committee proposes
to force him to reveal it before he is
finally excused, deserves study by
! psychological experts. AS If he were
telling a joke the whole country would
relish he smilingly related his tele-
phone conversations with presidents
of and counsel for the Union Pacific
Railroad company, the Standard Oil
company, the United Cigars company,
and others. all designed to bring about
the employment Of Lauterbach as
their legislative agent
At one time he said he was Con.
gresham Palmer, at ansther Con.
gresham Riordan. Again he was
Chairman McCombs of the national
Democratic committee endeavoring to
make an arrangement with Chairman
Hilles of the Republican party to
benefit through pressure on senators
and congressman the interests with
which Hilles now Is associated
4 He impersonated SO many congress
men that he could not remember them
ALL
Claims He Aided Public.
His sole motive, he claimed, was to
impress the big financiers with the
ability of his friend Lauterbach. MOI
was Mr.. Lauterbach the sole bench
ciary Of his philanthropic conduct
The American people, he declared
were heavily in his debt, for he had
saved them the tidy little sum OF $50,
100000 in connection with the reorgan
ization of the Union Pacific in 1897
For this patriotic act he said that he
and the late Russell Sage, with whom
he co-operated, were denounced as
pair Of conscienceless blackmail
ers." s
II But this was not all of Mr.. Lamar's
disinterested service for others. He
J told how James R. Keene and his son
!, in-law and some friends acquired S42,
100000 of the stock of the Union Pa
cific, how he took measures to save
; them
4 He told how the golden moment
for which he was working arrived. ant
how Mr.. Keene failed to grasp i
: when he told him to do SO, with tn,
| result that Keene lost the create
/ part of his fortune. and the firm o
which Keene's son-in-law was the hea,
, was forced to suspend
Tells of 'War" on Lauterbach.
And then, touchingly, he describe,
how J. Pierpont Morgan, Kuhn, Loel
& Co., and e. H. Hartman, forced int,
consolidation of their interests by tn
panic of 1907, determined to starry
!, Mr.. Lanterbach out in the practice O
! his profession snd bring about his os
tracism from the business and urofes
sional world
The price Of the withdrawal of thei
! opposition was that Lauterbach shout
have nothing further to do with tn
: witness. Lamar Magnanimoasly Ls
mar offered to release Lauterbach. bu
the latter magnanimously refused.
Il But, Mr. Chairman, continued Ii
mar, in the most convincing tone. g
was most distressing TO ne to sc
the mental condition of my friend, t
; see the low estate into which he wa
falling in the practice OF his rrofe,
sion, and the curtailmont of his ii
come. would have done anything i
my power to change that any tcs am.
liorate those conditions.
I realize perfectly that could nc
talk with these men directly. Thej
hatred and dislike of me was do BIZ