The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-03
At Rate of Four Per Hour
Senators Tell Stories of
Interest in Tariff Bill
LAARGE CROWD
PACKS GALLERY
SPECTATORS Who Looked for Sensa-
tions esq Away Empty Handed.
Testimolay Shows Less Per-
sonal Appeal Than Ever
Washington, June q

Washington, June a., THE Senate struc,<
out boldly today on the trail Of the ..in.
sdious lobby which Preslsdent Wilson de-
clared Is operating to modhsev the tar,ff
BILL At the rate of four SENATORS an
hour the colleagues of the fvfe men nm
the investigating subcommitte,.e steeped
to the witness chair, took the j. oath and
then told their stories of 4 senatoria,
wealth, or poverty, or moderate ciroum
stances; of business and profescs;onai al con-
nections, and of their intere.sst or lack
of 1t In the tariff measure. SUSPICION that
the trail might prove a winding, one. with
many strange turning brouiA,bt out a
good sized crowd that listenetN intantlv
to these tales from senatorals ufe a.
senator after senator denied howledge
of the existence OF an organizdd a 1obbv
declared that improper infiuencesy had not
been exerted upon him and thRt nonev
to influence legislation never had\ nnao rod
upon the congressional horizon( at The
present session, the crowd lost ~ anne
tite and slowly thinned out. Sknactators
who looked for sensations wAnt away
empty handed.
Little Personal AppehI
Senators who had served " conyrass
for many years, repeatedly 1esti6ad dur
ing the all day session that kbav bei;evad
there was less personal ar{neal IN mem
bers of the two houses noJr than at anv
tariff revision of recent Years Nearly a
dozen and a half senatorsj hod boan a.
amined before the end off toniyht,s ses-
sion and while they discl1sea free,v +bo,r
personal business affairs nd tba extap.
of their property Investments the com.
mittee found no evidence k,f tba paa of
senatorial or outside inflha anca ~ In,
properly effect tariff legislation
The majority of the senator's daclara
they did not consider mem who 1ag,t;-
mately appeared to present larsuments
to Congress as lobbyists. Both daroo.
cratic and republican senators expressea
the opinion that the interested patrt;asa
had the right to present their cases. ,eitbe,
10 ihuisiuuai seha'ors or 10 ihi'nittees
of either house
Names Given
Names oE a score or more men 80 :
nave appeaieo 10 protest asaihs, Sugar
wool, lead. meat, flour and silniar d,,.
ties were given by different sena tors
put .he oh's ono ieioiieu ~ 40 ai lob
whom Senator Ashurt said he belis -
had attempted to influence action in fS,o,
of the approval of certain Indian enn.
tracts in which he was interested. al,
senators who testified today declared thu,
had no interest in any business in a1y
way affected by legislation now or pre-,
viously before Congress.
Senator Clarke of Arkansas said he had
no legal connection with any interest,"
before Congress; that he had not soueht
TO influence any one to vote for anythi,
Once during the present session, he 8, Id
he had invited three Louisiana rice L.
perts to his office. to discuss the effect =,
the proposed rice tariff upon the prodll,
of Arkansas. AS result of that CON
fercncs he said. he had not made an,
representations To other senators. III
declared he had not seen or come In COZ
tact with any lobbying at the caa;
tol.
Senator Burton of Ohio said he BELIEF =
there were fewer Legislative agentsf ~
Representatives here than during pavi.
GUS tariff sessions He declared iynrar-
err influences were exertcd by bq,,ba ~ ~
ing senators with inspired teera,,,s ;.
rather than by interviews with tIan . Al
ting that commercial organizfions ana
individuals often were led n sana 70
quests to senators at the snstiaation ~
some person. with selfssh motive
Senator Burton read 81 statansnt ~
which he said
In more than 20 yems ,,a,,h.rsh;, 4,
.ne HOUSE anu sehates2o outsider either
iroin Washihston or eibwhere, has ever
nnaoe any P.oposition pr suggestion to
me- Whicn sinacheu ~ Ae least degree of
corruption. Represen&tives of orea nfzed
labor have been meS insistent IN theiy
demands. but as tsnk with M ,ntan-
tion of using imprcpe. methods
1.-The two matters oh have saa,,oa
to me to require the most,a ref,,l scr,,tin,,
have been the controversy In ,as,a ~ -
the Isthmian canal route, tina ,s tha cho;ca
between Panama and Ni{rag,,a and
legislation for grants of wak. nou,o, :,
Senator Chamberlain Of braron A..
clared It was impossible ,aoai, ~ /.
names Of all tariff callersA ,ac.,,sa he
often listened to arguments Vho,,t rn,,y
ing the names of the speaers rr,,o.a
interested in the wool scheda ,artio,,
larly, had visited him, he 81 Hs ra-
called in this connection thu raynos a,
L. f. Kiph, a mohair manufa urer and
q Mr.. Mccarthy, probably I Teras"
who wanted protection for anlra GOATS
others WHO caiieu Upon MN, n9aid, were
>. w. Mcclure secretary Oh tn1National
Wool Growers associatloh' III repre-
sentatives of the jute bag and II hon in
dustries.
Printed slips in favor of fN sugar
had been sent him by consumersEenator
Chamberlain said, and like slip IN re-
gard to insurance policies. NJ