Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-04

Z Wayne, the cow the senator gave 10 res
! ident Taft when in the White House. was
! related 10 the committee when the sena-
F tor was asked about his farm.
'Sh, Is back one of my farms. and
| : SAID 10 b. the best in the state. he
: explained. II suppose you have heard
~ this cow
Cow Barred From Hotel.
, What We are anxious 10 know is
! whether you took her back because the
! President was beaten" asked Senator
Reed.
'.rne President said he was going to
I've in a hotel and couldn't take her with
him. so he asked me 10 keep her. he
replied
senator Walsh asked the Wisconsin
senator il he had other interests.
Yes. I have some mines.
What kind"
Iron mines. near Negamee, Mich.
named the Stephenson mine. after me-.
said the senator Il discovered this mine
in 1SJ1-2.'
Senator Walsh asked how much he had
received from the lessee of this mine.
I'VE got s112.nn royalty last year." he
said.
''How much of this iron land is thereo'
About 40D,mp acres threatened with
ore, but most Of it isn't worth much
Against Health Department.
Senator Owen testified he was interested
In farming land in Oklahoma. having
some lumber on It, He said he had not
sought TO influence senators in regard
to farm lumber duties.
In discussing Hobbies the senator said
the League of Medical Freedom had be-
sieged him with petitions against his bill
for department of public health.
Il have thought the patent medicine
trust was behind that league he testi-
fed.
On one day $4,000 was spent in adver-
Using against the department in the news
papers of the country. the senator said
he had been Informed by the American
Medical Association.
Il have always thought the patent
medicine trust put up that money! he
added.
Senator Owen declared that in his opin-
ion a profitable inquiry could be made
into the question of whether the big In
terests had scores of men employed
everywhere to persuade the public by
false statement and false reasoning.
o'Gorman Has Many Callers.
Senator OGorman said from 200 to 400
manufacturers. importers. attorneys and
employees had called on him since the
present tariff bill came up. but he had
not tried to keep list Of them.
- Il do not consider as a lobbyist any
man who presents his views legisla-
ton TO senator or representative
"A lobbyist. as | understand 1t. is one
who makes a business of inducing or
preventing legislation. l have met no
such persons SINCE the beginning OF this
tariff discussion
Senator O'Gorman said he had no per-
spnal interest in any matters affected by
the tariff.
Senator MARITIME OF New Jersey declared
he had no special interest In the tariff
but a general interest as citizen
Are
Nelson.
Yes: and house builder" was the
response.
In blocks of fifteen and twenty visit
ors had come to talk tariff rates to him,
he testified, but he was unable to give
names
They did not go beyond legitimate
!. limits. he assured the committee
lie knew of no offensive lobby.
Denounces Social Lobby.
During the hearing yesterday after
noon Senator Kenyon OF Iowa declared
that social lobbying in Washington
tustifes President Wilson in asserting
that an ''insidious lobby exists at the
National Capital Senator Kenyon said
that he considered the practice of enter
tanning senator's lavishly one Of the most
powerful methods OF lobbying. He also
denounced former senators for capitalizing
ihetr privilege of the floor of the Senate
10 conduct a lobby. He advocated the
enactment of legislation to prevent for
ner senator's from being LOBBYISTS
The trials OF the democratic members
or the finance committee since the bill
has been framing We're told the commit
tee by Senators Hughes and James
Neither knew OF any attempts 10 corrupt
senators. but both insisted that they
could have done their work much more
enciently il they had received less calls
nom persons Interested in the various
schedules
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that they had received by registered mail
nat purported To be a reproduction Of
g letter from the American Cane Grow
ers Association of the United States.
sent 10 members asking for contribu-
tons To- fund for the use of "a large
committee in Washington
Plea for Contributions.
The COPY was dated New Orleans
April = 1919. and read as follows:
Dear Sirs Your association has q
large committee in Washington now us-
ing every effort possible TO try and save
the sugar industry
We have hesitated about calling on
you. but are now oyerdrawn in The
bank. IL is absolutely necessary thar We
nave FUNDS at once. and therefore call
on YOU 70 please send one-half Of your
Iip'oh. SAY = cents per thousand
pounds on the crop of 1911
This Is very important and We womb
Ike 70 maze remittance at once
Yours very truly.
CHARLES A. FARWELI.
President
senator Ransdell who received ono
~ the letters, stated that the Amer,cap
zane Growers Association had been in
existence for ten years or more. that
y maintained an office in New or
leans and conducted an open camnaien
in behalf of the sugar produces ~
Louisiana He added that for several
weeks the organization had kept an Of
nee IN Washington skyscraper with
Its name over the door
Senator Nelson said the most effective
and the most helpful lnhhrinr Ia h. :,