The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-01-26
LAMBERT REPLIES TO
AUDITORS CHARGES
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

consideration of the bill, and evidently is
INDUCED in to divert attention from the
merits OF the proposition involved, yet 1
am advised the remarks referred to have
been made matters of record, and il is
only fair that each of the gentlemen af-
! fected should be entitled to have their
answer likewise recorded, and, II. pos
sible. be given the opportunity individual
which are directly contrary to the claim
Of the auditor.
Il will proceed to point out as succinct-
ly as possible the falsity of each of the
suggestions contained in Mr.. Dents al
legged defense:
The assertion that I have been for a
number of years associated in a business
way with Samuel J. Masters and John Is.
kinnear is false. For a short period prior
to 1906 / had a very small amount of
stock in two corporations in which these
gentlemen were interested, which stock
l sold to them at that time. Since then
have not been connected with any con-
Germs in which either of these gentlemen
was interested. The savings bank, which
was one of the enterprises referred to in
which had stock in 1906. was IiquIdated
by its shareholders. and l am advised
each stockholder received a premium of
Denies Securing Discounts.
1T is false that 1 have been instru-
mental in securing discounts for Masters
and hinnear in banks. When I became
director some years ago in the Com
mercial National Bank Messrs. Masters
and kinnear were doing business with
that bank. and had been doing business
with II for some time. and, l believe, con-
tinued to do business with it after /
ceased to be a director Of that institu-
ton and became a director OF the Fed
eral National Bank.
THE officers OF the Commercial Ma
tiOnal Bank will certify that 1 never pre-
scented any Of their paper to that bank.
have, as counsel, represented Messrs.
Masters and kinnear in some litigation,
in the same way ! represented any other
clients. ] am general counsel for the
Munsey Trust Company, but Il is false
that the Munsey Trust Company has ever
financed either Masters or Kinnear. 4
was one of counsel in the Hartman case
and was present at the trial when John
b. kinnear was upon the witness stand.
The auditor, as a quasi-judicial officer,
was conducting the proceedings, when
suddenly he seemed to allow his temper,
apparently inspired by personal luminosity
toward the witness, 50 to overpower him
as to betray him into making an uncalled
for attack upon the witness, when the
witness was. by reason of his present en-
vironment. unable to protect himself /
came to his assistance and did protect
him. My remarks were of necessity Sc
we're, to meet the eXigencies Of the situa-
ton. for which the auditor had nothing
but his own unfortunate conduct to
blame
In the active work of professional
practice this incident had entirely passed !
F-r,
tor himself. who has apparently been
nursing resentment for having been prop |
erly called to account.
Justice VIII support Him.
IF. by the rambling and vague
phraseology used. the auditor intends
to infer that l conveyed to any of the
Justices of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia the language he
charges Mr.. Masters as having used
towards him. such assertion is false
in toto, and can easily be proven so
to me by the testimony of whichever
Justice he, without name, refers to.
Il have never had the pleasure of
the acquaintance of George W. Evans,
disbursing clerk of the Department
of the Interior, who is a member of
the West End Citizens Association,
and 1 have never been a member of
tons. The suggestion that 1 CO.
operated with Mr.. Evans in any way,
or attempted to exert any influence |
over the Federation of Citizens Asso- |
Citations, is likewise false, as is con-
proved so to be by the letter |
from Mr.. Evans, which was published |
in a local newspaper Thursday, jan
uary 81, 1915, in which, among other |
he says: Allow me to state |
do not know personally either Crandal |
Mackey, Easby-Smith, S. ]. Masters, |
John b. Kinnear, or Wilton ]. Lam |
bert. l have not been approached by |
any of the persons abOve-named or 1
any one acting for them either di- |
rectly or indirectly, and Louis A. Dent |
lies when he intimates that 1 have
The suggestion that I ever approached |
William E. Fowler. president of the |
Land and Mortgage Com
pany. on the subject referred to, before |
he took the position he did in the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations, is false. |
Until advised by Mr.. Dent to that effect, 1
never knew Mr.. Fowler was a member of
the federation. This l substantiate by
the affidavit of Mr.. Fowler, sent here
with.
IT did not handle the case of Phillips
VS.. Concrete Company for Messrs Mas
ters and Kinnear. I was only incident
ally present at a few Of the many ses-
sions OF testimony taken before the audi
tor in this case, and was not present |
when it was argued by Daniel W. Baker.
former district attorney, before Mr.. JUS
tice Stafford.
Mr.. Dent goes on to say that the Dis
trict Supreme Court, apparently for the