Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-07-16
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HOUSE APPOINTS COMMITTEE TO
INVESTIGATE MULHALLEAl 4
LEGATIONS. E
SEVEN MEMBERS WILL PROBE
II. j.. CARROT 10 Made chairman-All
= Hearings Will Be Open to the Pub
lic-ko Special Counsel to Be
EMPLOYED. ss

Washington, July 11.-On Wednes-
day the house OF representatives voted
unanimously to direct a special com
mittee Of seven members TO make an
immediate investigation of the Null
hall 'lobby confession and all other
details Of legislative activities that
may be disclosed" .ss y 4.
Representative Finis ]. Garrett OF
Tennessee was appointed chairman of
the committee by Speaker Clark.
The senate lobby committee is
Hobbies. and is not expected to reach
the :Mulhall confession" before next
week.
The other members named on the
Garrett committee are Representa-
tives Cyrus Cline Of Indiana, J. ]. Rus
sell of Missouri and s. J. Roddenber-
~ of Georgia, Democrats; w. H. Stat
ford Of Wisconsin and Frank B. Willis
OF Ohio, Republicans. and John I. No.
Ian of California. Progressive
Request by the National Association
Of Manufacturers that the senate lob
by committee at once subpoena a long
list OF present and former congression-
al leaders resulted in reply from
Chairman Overman to the effect that
no subpoenas would be issued until
the charges against the association
had actually been put into the rec
ords-instead Of the newspapers.
Is Washington, July 1O.-David Lamar
resumed the stand before the senate
lobby committee on Tuesday at his
taking up the recital OF the motives
back OF his relations with Lauterbach.
Il realize perfectly that my life and
character are on trial." he began. He
argued, that his Testimony and Lauter.
bach's had shown they were not en-.
gagged In any effort to get money from
anyone. 6s AK n
Lamar surprised the committee with
Come Of his bold Statements s.@
II am the one villain in Wall
street. am the one bad man there.
and all the rest Of them are good
and Innocent" he said, explaining
why he had impersonated Palmer and
Riordan and why, he had sent Lau.
terbach to Ledyard with a political
arrangement" designed to head Oh
the steel trust litigation.
Lamar then told Chairman Over
man and other members OF the com.
mittee that he had perfect confidence
in them and said his purpose in call
ing attention to an alleged forgery Of
$82, 100000 in the books of the Union
Pacific and his exposition OF the stu.
alton existing between the financial
interests and himself and Lauterbach
was to compel these men to recognize
the folly Of their course against Lau-
terbach.
Washington, July Edward Lau.
terbach confessed to the Overman
lobby inquiry committee on Tuesday
that he had told Lewis Cass Ledyard
that he was able to prevent or head
on the confessional investigation OF
the steel trust. s 4, II l,sts -},t.
Lauterbach admitted that when he
told Ledyard Of coming to Washing
ton ito look over the situation" he
had actually seen no member OF the
house or senate nor any other oflicial.
He said he had learned that Presi-
dent Taft was opposed % the investi-
cation from Lamar and Henry B.
Martin, secretary Of the Antitrust
league. a, q
Then your statement to Ledyard
that you had been to Washington and
learned things that prompted you to
say the. investigation could be stop
ped was falsehood ?" demanded SEN
ator Reed.
1T was an exaggeration.' replied
LAuterbach. .;s