Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-07-01
The Lobby Hunt
4 Takes New Hold.
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Washington, y. g, June 20=-lSpeciaD.=
II has been a momentous week at Wash.
ington, with numerous interesting events
cr8wdine' for consideration. Nevertheless
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. fhe lobby hunt is
stin to the fore. Democratic senators
adjourned the hunt that undivided atten-
tion might be given the tarin caucus
But one thing after another has broker
in upon the continuity OF the caucus
As often happens the senate all of a sui
den took a notion To start talking. Iheft
was the Indian appropriation bill iate
last week IL had 10 be completed, else
the nations wards throughout the eeah-
try-the Indian schools. the large admin
itsrative force i'm the Department of the
interior and upon many reservations
would be without government funds.
So the Senate talked. Its sessions WEI Q
almost daily and ran well into the after
neon Democratic senators had to De
thare If was not practicable 70 have a
carcns also in session, with the result
that the caucus suspended. The Senate
would not suspend. so what eouid tue
eancus do Thus it was with the lohp!
hunt. 1t suspended for the caucus bat II
haeame a pressing matter to hear certain
witnesses and. as things turned out tile
iobbv investigating Subcommittee mas
heard some of the most important tesu-
monv that it has heard at all since tue
Senate authorized il to sit
Pohert : Lovett, president of the
southern Pacific railroad. was in Wash
,,,,ton and wanted to be heard imme-
diateIv The subcommittee aeeomtho-
dated him of an evening ana the "9i0s
hit no smoke under oath have created a
eommotion indeed. These have chieHN TO
do with a big railroad lobby ana up-
aouhtedlv pave the way Tor seafc''''i7
investigation of the railroad ATTORNEY :
and others, which may Yield quite -
,,uch interesting material as did .he
s,,sar lohhv. And yet the sugar inNesd-
cation is by no means completed
what Mr. I.ovett said simply makes II
;,,,nossihle for the investigating sao-
committee to quit Names have petsi'
hrouobt in and the sum-eommitlee i"u9'
90 tbo limit. Certain men have peeii
telanhoning around Wall street that -
tornav Thus-and-So has influence Win
Tho hip men in Congress and II "ouiu
no we,I TO retain him. My, my, that looheo
,;,a a real hold-up game, Tor most Oh 'i'e
hig fellows in Wall street, whether t1es
~ .rapenortation men or bankers OF
,,rol,ars have n staff of lawyers IN thei
o,,,,ov and these lawyers are very
o,,arse tn anyone butting i'm on their pre-
son,.as Also as the prices paid these
LAWYERS is generally pretty good en-
Movers are averse To having anA "s.....,s
toIanA However. it seems very Plet''
tale
that some strange man WIS
oronnd. using the name OF kepte9e"''''', :
Mitchell Palmer of PenhsNlN"i""' y.
yerv high class mani and the iai'ie9 =,
others. suggesting to Mr. heNe'' ''
otbar mapnates that they would wen So
Ea,,,a attorney on the job at WaShiistoh
and the name of the attorney "aS NC
,ionad He had influence WITH ,
;.b trnderWood and others WHO iisiu
IN the House This OF course
,,as entirely untrue for the hie'
tened are high minded men an"
Recommendations attorney was uS',7 - =
,,.n,as without warrant, Just as t"e -
,i,no,v showed But interesting ueNe'op
ants are expected in that cehuee''o"
..r,,,,ayar the Senate judiciary sup-eo''''
,,.aa finds time after July touf'h y
IN more witnesses and probe the hia.'e.
,itt,e further There is no DOUBT ''''''
-, WORTHLESS or unwortkses. names lo'
s'a'' vet mentioned. are sYtfing unsaslls as
and wishing that thy rTete WIZ. o
Johnson on the boatso some io' 20
country ,.a oe IN,
The subcommittee KNOWS mo-
| details about these doinss than mas -
been given 10 ne public ana olere,o', -
, is that maRy have much curiosity 'o' ~" 80
senators IL the snb-eommit'ee ..s'. 70 'sa an,
their pHeea at the mahosany 'so,e ne a., ~
/, 70 yive word for. the sSlindy TO oe re
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