Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20

sistontly fought che Essor.atton's m
/ raF-sts. and whom ne frankly called
I .vrvu~uHasahre They are 0teth-
or clark Burnett If Alabama, May
. Nichols Prrrsr IyE-ia Pars0u. N~"
rard virginia. Cooper Wisconsin.
+ York. Green SsaClurrffs. hauFru.
Iowa. Wilson. Psuu-F.E mia, Nc
romHe Maryland. P,arr-, Mary anu,
Hughes. New Jersey, he.t1sr. Mas
s4ghusstts. Connolly Massachuse tis,
and tHa labor leaders. GoWpers John
Mitchell and Secretary Morrison Of
the Federation Of Labor. William
Barnes %, New York boss, be- SAID,
aa- ais friend, and could always be
gsusrGaH on 90 take care OF bills.
Revelations Of Lamar.
on the heels OF the Mu.1au roVela-
lions came those from David Lamar.
the smiling, cynical Wolf Of Wall
Street" Lamar IL was who told Of
having sent Edward Lauterbach, his
attorney. 10 Deddle around Wall
street n resolution calling for an
investigation OF the Steel Trust by
the Senate
j. p. Morgan was one OF the men
whom Lauterbach visited on this er-
rand He told how he had imper-
sonated Congressman Palmer and
with Lewis Cass Ledyard and Paul D.
Cravath. corporation attorneys and
Robert $ LOvett. the railroad presi-
dent feigning knowledge Of the inten-
lions OF the dominant party Fur
Their. he declared that he had repre-
scented himself as fresh from the coun-
ellis OF Speaker Clark and other lead
ers when he visited Wall Street oper-
ators for concessions.
I.amar's most remarkable disclosure
was his statement that the Union Pa
cihc Railroads books had been forged
in 1901 to cover an item of $s2,0O0000.
whereby the fortunes of +. H. Harri-
man, Kuhn, Loeb and Company, and
others were built.
Testimonials Disoredited.
Discredit has been cast upon
Iamars testimony as on Mulhalls as
coming from man lacking in
sCruples Paul d. Cravath. attorney
for the Union Pacific, gave out a
statement that the testimony regard
ing the gigantic forgery was part of
a bear campaign against the com
pany.
The Senate Investigation will be
conducted In detail, and II is likely.
to Judge from the announced inten-
tiOns of the committee members. that
every member Of the Senate and Of
the House. every public official whose
name has been dragged into the af-
fair and every one IN anyway con-
nected with the situation will be
called in as witnesses Appearances
seem TO indicate that the hearing
will last far into the summer
Mulhall was on the stand the
greater part OF last week explaining
a batch Of correspondence which
had passed between him and political
and labor leaders throughout the
United States The correspondence,
according to evidence which has been
revealed, he has sought 10 sell to
magazines and newspapers several
times, but In vain Nonchalantly, the
ex-lobbyist has pointed out letter
after letter from prominent men. talk
ing Of alleged significant deals almost
carelessly
This is "A letter from Senator For
aker," he said. indicating one, 1T
was asking me to see a labor man
about his chances for reelection to
the Senate / think he was Consid-
ering the Presidency al the time"
Secrets OF big politics are being
barred daily during the investigation.
Details Of how spies worked among
the labor men, and of the secret
methods Of big business have been
explained by Mulhall at more than
one point in his testimony
In defense of his own lobbying.
Mulhall made statements that "a Ia Dor
lobby existed, naming Samuel
GOmpers. AS result Gompers and
J. p. Bird, general manager of the
National Association Of Manufactur-
ers, win be brought before the COM
mittee TO explain their activities in
the cause OF labor and capital, re-
spectively