The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-15
.OXNARD TELLS
Of USING CASH
IN LEGAL WAY
Vice President of American
Beet Sugar Company Ad-
mits Spending $40, 1000 An
nually at Washington.
CLAIMS SENATORS
ARE HIS FRIENDS
Reed of Missouri Asks to Be
Left Out of the Category;
Hostilities Break Out
in Committee.

WASHINGTON, June 14.-Henry T.
Oxnard, the millionaire vice president
Of the American Beet Sugar company,
testified today before the senate lobby
committee that he estimated he had
spent on an average of $4,000 year
in Washington for the last twenty~three
years in behalf of the beet sugar in
dustry.
He declared that not cent had been
spent illegally Each year, when he
was at his home in Washington, he
declared, he came to the capitol to
watch legislation and see his friends
among the senators.
Senator Reed demanded that the
witness give the names Of senators who
were his friends.
"Most all the Senator's replied Mr..
Oxnard.
Asks to Be Left Out.
"You need not include me in that
list. ;" declared Senator Reed.
"Well. I call Senator Overman one
of my friends, and Senator Cummins
there, and don t know so much
about Senator Nelson" said the wit
ness
Senator Overman promptly asked Mr
Oxnard if he had ever called on him
at his office OF house, or if he had ever
attended any of Mr.. Oxnard's enter.
tainments.
Mr.. Oxnuard replied in the mega
tive.
The committee adjourned until Mon
day without finishing the examination,
Mr.. Oxnard informed the committee
that "Havemeyer or some other per
son connected with the sugar trust,
informed him that "the sugar trust
spent $750,000 in the Cuban reciprocity
fight When asked how it was spent,
Mr.. Oxnard suggested some it may
have been spent Gin subsidizing news
papers.
John H, Carroll of st. Louis, attor-
new for the Hill system Of railroads,
in tho lobby investigation, testified to-
day that his own tariff activity was
the filing of brief for the Great
Northern and Burlington roads, deal
ing with creosote OIL
~ want to say that the so-called
Hill railroads have no one in Wash
inton trying to influence legislation"
said he. Mr.. Carroll added that James
J. Hill and possibly other officials of
the Hill roads had been in Washing
ton recently, but that they did not
come in connection with legislation.
Printing Clerk Called.
Anselm Void, the senate printing
clerk, testified about the orders for
printing "Sugar at a Glance" an an
ti-free Sugar argument prepared by
Truman G.. Palmer, representing beet
interests and circulated free in the
mails by hundreds Of thousands Of cop.
les under the franking privilege of
Senator Lodge.
The committee has developed testi
mony on whether Palmer was per
mitted to change tho document after
the senate had ordered it printed.
Wold told Of the procedure Of print
ing a public document and, turning to
Senator Overman, referred to q pre-
vious conversation about the incident,
and added:
t'I told you then somebody had been
monkeying with orders here, and I still
think 80.
Void could not throw much light on
the situation, and other senate en-
ployees may be called.
Nelson Gets Angry.
When r. r. Hathaway of the Michi-
gan Beet Sugar company took the
Stand, hostilities broke out again be-
tween Senator Reed and Senator Mel
son, Reed insisted on having the wit
ness answer in one way and the wit
ness persisted in answering another.
Chairman Overman sided with Senator
Reed and Senator Nelson sided with
tho witness The Minnesota senator
finally quit his place at the committee
table and took seat with the audi
enc6.
Senator Nelson returned to the ia"
ble after Reed ended his examination
and took Hathaway in hand,
Hathaway read several letters that
uassed between himself and w. H.
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