The chronicle=news., 1913-06-14
RAILROAD ATTY.
IS LOBBY
WITNESS

Washington. Jun. Ii.-iienry I.
Oxnari. III. millionaire vice prest-
dent of the American ucct Sugar
company. testified today before the
s.nat. lobby commit,". that he csti-
mated Il. had spent on an averng.
nt S.o,"o" n year in Washington
for the last 20 years In behalf Of the
beet sugar industry.
II. declared not cen, hah been
spent Illegally. Each year. when he
Was al hon. In Washington he de-
rlarcd. h" came to III. capitol to
watch legislation and see his friends
among III. senator's.
senator Reed demanded that the
witness give the names OF senator's
who w.r" his friends.
Mos, all of tn. senators. replied
Mr.. ONnard.
You need no, include me In that
list" declared Senator Reed.
Well. | call Senator Overman on.
of my friends. aud senator Cumuins
thcr. and don't know 70
much about senator Nelson said
the witness.
senator Oycrmnn promptly asked
Mr.. OSnafd II h" had ever called on
him at his offic" or house. or II h"
mad ever attended any Of Mr.. Ok
nnrd's entertainments.
Mr.. Oxnard replied In the ncHA-
tive.
hs nj qfs.. a Inn nsI
Monday without finishing the cxnm-
nation.
Washington. June li.--John II.
Carroll. attorney for the I'M system
OF railroads. In the lobby invcstika-
ton today testified that his only tar
III activity WAS the Ming Of u brief
for tho Great Northern and Buriinw-
ton roads. dealing with crcosotc oil.
Ansclm Void. the senate printing
s'.rk. testified about the ordsfs Tor
printing Sugar at = Glance ae
arti-frcc sugar hrEumcnf ISfopSI4d
by Truman q. Palmer. representing
bee, sugar intrcsts and circulated In
the mails under the frankinx privi-
icgc OF senator Lodge. Wood told
oi tn. procedure OF printing II pub
lie doucmcnt and turning to cSnator
Ovcrman. referred to u previous con-
versa,!on about the incident and ad-
dcd:
II told you then somcbo,iy had
been monkcyins with orders here and
still thing SO
Void cannot throw much light on
the situation and other senate "m-
ploycs may be called. When r. Il.
Hathaway OF the Michigan beet xu-
gar company took the stand hosiili-
ties broke out again between Scna-
tor Reed and Senator Nelson. Reed
insisted on having the witness an
swcr In one way and the witness
persisted in answering in another.
Chairman Ovcrman sided with Sena-
tor Reed and Senator Nelson sided
with the witness.
Tho Minnesota senator finally
quit his place at the committee table
and took seat with the audience.
Senator Nelson returned to the
table after Reed ended his cxamina-
ton and took Hathaway in hand.
Hathaway read several letters
that passed between himself and w.
II. Wallace and n. A. Douglas OK
planning what they understood the
position of President Wilson to be
on sugar before election.
Douglas wrote Hathaway that af-
ter Il meeting in the Dcrtoit armory
September 10. 1912. he had seen
sured that the beet sugar interest
need have no fear.
You need not be one bit afraid
sir" Douglas quoted the President
as saying.
In the letter to Wallace about that
conversation. Douglas added after
the quotation.
II don't believe that Mr.. Wilson
will take any sips that will annihi-
late or rctard a legitimate industry
as ours is. He impressed me with
his carnestness in this
Henry r. OXnard. vice president
of the American beet sugar company
and large owner OF lands devoted to
beet sugar growing, testified as to
his activities in Washington. He
declared he had sold most OF his
stock III bet sugar companies be-
cause OF a fear Of free sugar. He
and his brother had owner jointly
s4,O0O,OOO of beet sugar stock in
companies operating in Colorado.
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