Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-06-14
LOBBYING As A
FINE ART NEXT
TuE INVFSTIG lTING Committee
PLANS TO BROADEN SCOPE
or TlII! INQUIRY.
wilson A near LOBDIEST
President ana Underwood Both Used
AN Extensive Plate Matter Cam
paign Before Convention.

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"ho is reapoEsip'e' "h"' ''"S "''
sought and what results are accom-
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Foi hea.4 wv" NvrN9 'i'' '',
"rs on the '"'l'i'' u' H"',
to testimony thal mas "'"' "'I''o,'
exclusively WIN tng '''"0i''V
ed ON the IarlH nll, pu' II mas "''
covered enough lr''l'S I" ''"" "'''''
hers 10 b'heNt lha' 'aH'p"ls,'
every sort political lhuu'l,la' u,u
economic rave p''h como ''''V "'"' II
along the same mes lnI"usH P"i'
agents and eIor's 10 'Ft"'e pun.
sentiment taNorahle TO 'ue Nduse'
concerned.
In executive session 'o"'s ~
subcommittee decldeu 70 SUNNI u"
the senate ahother proaue"'hR W en'
scope OF IT'S inquiry ne 'l' Vs'is".
ton hHs taken SO huon 'i''o ~ ~
come senator's on t'e 'o'''i''i''
Thought u might pe Just "S We" ~
limit It's activities 10 c"'''P'e'c III
quirY into lobbying lor anu hs9'"''
sugar ana wool nut aIler nan ho"l
session Chairman oNermah was NJ
structed TO lay the Nhoie H''''e'
fofe lhe senate
May Extend Limit.
II was believed tonight that the
time limit Of twenty DAYS plhceu up
on the committee Would ne eA'eluo"
and that the inNes'igauoh "Uu'u ~
into every possible phase ol VIVA. 'l'e
committee suspects Is iopD' '"S' '',''
man pferInan Sald aI ''c V"le e''9'Oi
OF the executive session 'i''' iio,,t ir'.
cou'" BAY "o" io's '''o 80
take II an eNlehsI'" ol 'i"'c 'S ="
ed ana the committee t"Nca "P Wv
broad subject ol genera ''''' i"7'
the committees uet's'oH ,"''iN az
the chd OF u'I NM" WIZ -, ''',
uonS. On TWO occasions ''''u'
Wilson inquired IN tho ,eSu'n"il' ''
ator Galhhger t"Iu inc C"''''!' w,
that In ms oplhloh' lho 'r9'u'"'
once AT least came uahEelouaIS "'''
lobbying and truman u F"Iiler'
Washington representative Oh inc
United states Beet sugar lhuus'iS'
clared mat pate inatter c"n'p"'s.
much similar to the one cohuuc'eu ~
newspapers by him had accoHlpH'liea
the campaigns OF the pfes'ucn' anu
Representative uhuer" oou pe'o'e ''''
Baltimore cnnVehuoh'
wilson Used thc Same.
senator Cummins cross examined
NJ palmer at length about the de-
t.tis ~ ,ho navsnaner campa!En and
dn,,elone., mat To the best knowedge
of the witness, many of the big In
terasts of the country were engaged
A., ,,,,I,,r efeorts to mold the opinion
40 tho country
Mr. Palmer had been on the stand
,,.,.arol hours u.hor senator Cum
nina led him into a discussion Of
,,,ha, ho krcv, of other publicity cam
raicrs ,iI,n bis own
81 rrder stand the same concern
,..o nsnd tho American Press asso-
c,,,ior vas used by both Mr.. Wilson
and Mr. Underwood in their nomIn-
atIng campaigns in the same way
said the witness. Il am speahlhs ol
campaigns that are maze TO aiec'
public opinion when IN turn Is IN
tended to influence legislation
Senator Cummins went on TO ASK II
tho railroad and banking interests
in New York did not employ men u
create public opinion.
81 have heard IL 80 stated sa'u
Mr. Palmer.
And what | have said OF tpe banA-
ing interests and the railroad inter-
ests is true Of all the large corpora
tions, Is 1t not senator Cumii'ihS
asked.
That is my understandings.
Can you give the committee the
names OF these people so that we can
get them mere ana nave ro"hu Wy
of the whole business OF Ut! ING 10
color public opinion in TINS way ..