Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-03
Head of SO-Called Antitrust
League Claims Authorship
of Resolution for Steel
Trust Inquiry.
DOCUMENT USED AS CLUB
AGAINST BIG BUSINESS
Persistent Questions Fail to
Reveal Source or Purpose of
Thousands of Dollars Spent
in Washington.
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Washington. Iaiy a.---COnnrmatlon
of David Lamars claim that Il was he
who drew the congressional resolution
under which the stanley committee in
ued the United states steel cor
poratoin was given "a the senate lobby
committee today by Henry y. Martin.
head Of O so-called 'anti-trust league"
Martins testimony. less gripping and
less startling than Iamar's yesterday
when the latter blandiy told Of con
hdential relations with Wall street
leaders and his approximations Of con-
gfessmen was corrObOrative and sun.
Elementary 10 IAmars on severaf
points. lie testified that after Lamar
drew the steel trust Investigating res
olution he. Martin, induced Repre-
sentative stanley 10 Introduce II. lie
ala not tell stanley Lamar was its
author. but did not FRY 10 suppress
tho fact He disclamed knowledge
that Lamar had used the resolution
before Introduction In dealings with
hnanciers and protested he knew
nothing Of Lamar's telephone imper.
sonations.
Persistent questioning by the sena-
tors failed To make Martin divulge
what the antitrust league" was or
who composed q. He declined 10 give
names of members or ten of the dis.
position of dollars he said II had spent.
Edward LaUterhach. the New York
lawyer who figures In David Iamar's
representations of congressman In tell
ephone talks with New York nnan-
ciers was not on hand as the senate
lobby committee had expected when
u resumed taking testimony.
Henry Y. Martin of % so-cnlled "an-
il-trust' league here, was called To he
examined. however. ON t.nmar's state
ment that after he had drawn "A reso-
tuition for q congressional inVestieutlon
ni the United States steel corporation
no gave resolution To Martin. who
In turn induced Representative stan.
icy of KENTUCKY to Introduce lt In the
house.
Martin claimed he had presented Ia
the secretary OF the navy evidence OF
frauds In armor plate contracts and
that he had given information TO other
government officials regarding Viola
oins of law by the railroad trust.
coal trust. steel trust. harvester trust
and elevator trust" at cost of more
han s1OO.O00.
Further questioning brought out that
Lamar In 1899 when the Wickersham
railroad law amendments were before
congress, had supplied arguments and
Information that Martin presented to
members, Martin thought such in
formation had led to the striking out
of the sections "a immunize railroads
from prosecution.
Did lamar prepare the draft of
the resolution for the investigation of
the steel trust?" demanded Senntor
Cummlns.
1T In my recollection that asked
him TO prepare II. said Martin. lie
added that he had no specific arrange
ment with any member of congress
for its Introduction.
This resolution was used In New
York az q basis for an attempted rec
oncillation between Ihutorbach and
the Morgan arm. said Senator Cum
ming.
Martin insisted he knew nothing of
that
Under questioning Martin testified
that the resolution was introduced IN
tho house In practically the form he
ana lamar agreed upon.
"Did you tell Representative stanley.
who finally introduced the resolution.
that Lamar prepared it?"
- don't think so"
Did you try to suppress that fact?"
"Not In the least"
The committee wanted 10 know
what Martin knew about lobhies in
Washington.
He declared that when Chairman
l.ovett Of the Union Pacific aud Paul
Cravath Of cour el had been - the
department of justice 20 discuss the
Union Pacinc dissolution with Attor-
ney General McReynOids they had
"lohhied" the department
A. c. Dickney. Of the Carnegie Steel
company; Vice President johnson, OF
the Bethlehem steel coiApany. ana
Vice President Petrie. Of lhe Mldvale
Steel company had been IN Washing
ton In March lobbying for armor plate
contracts. Martin declared
An active part of that lobby a the
Navy league" he added j. Il. Nor
gan, Jr., and Herbert a. Satterlee. ~
Margnn and company, he named AZ
Interested IN the Navy league.
THE result nf their lohhyior has