The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-11
BARRON VS..
BRANDEIS
A Boston Editor Takes His
Fling at the Nom
inee
BUT HIS evidence"
is SHUT OUT
Committee Tells Him That 1t
Wants Not Opinions,
but Facts

Washington, Feb. ll.--From a quiet
leisurely investigation, where every one
was privileged to speak freely, the Bran
deis hearing has developed in flash to
the dimensions OF a criminal trial, gov
erned strictly by the rules OF evidence
and with members of the committee ag-
gressively acting as counsel for the de-
Tense. During the long and tedious tes-
timony relative to Mr. Brandeis' alleged
change of front as counsel before the in
terstate commerce commission the com
mittee allowed the utmost latitude to
witnesses, even listening patiently for
almost an hour Yesterday TO one who
had nothing pertinent to say.
With the entrance of Clarence W. Bar
ron of Boston the attitude of the ma
iority members changed completely. Mr..
Barron, warned gears ago by Brandeis to
be careful what he said of him, had come
to Washington with bagful OF papers
representing investigations made by
J lawyers employed by Barron to dig into
the professional PAST of President Will
sons nominee for the supreme court
These included copies Of court and coun-
ty records; clippings of advertisements
and of official records of various kinds
relative to the part played by Mr.. Bran
deis in the Lennox Warren, Equitable,
Golfers, Gcldschmdt and New Haven
cases. The matter had been reviewed by
Mr. Barron in the form of a letter to |
the committee, which he offered the mo- |
ment he took the stand. The committee |
instantly declined to receive it. Senators |
Walsh. Fletcher and occasionally Chiffon |
interposed objections to hearing Mr.. Bar
ron or accepting any of the statements
gathered by his investigators. In one
instance admission was refused to a I
newspaper clipping OF a speech by Mr.. /
Brsndeis made in 1905. Senator Walsh Il
remarked that il this were from a morn Il
ing paper of yesterday 1t might be re-
ceived. Mr.. Barron had a running fight
with the committee in his effort to emu
merate his cases sufficiently to warrant
the committee in taking cognizance of
them, but in the end, by a combination
Of audacity and speed, he succeeded.
Every possible effort was made to check
any utterances of Barron that might |
broaden the inquiry, and he was asked no
questions except such as were necessary
TO develop that he was not a participant |
n the case under discussion. But Bar
-on shot forth his queries like bombs,
zach time causing an explosion in the
committee that resulted in a demand +
hat the men named should be summoned
- xuiy1 fTh,,. n A l.,
sherman l.. Whipple. Moorfield Storey, / +
Holds R. Bailey, Charles f. Choate and
many other Boston men of the highest /
ank in their respective lines appear Il
likely to be called to Washington to tes-
ify in the greatest investigation of
upreme court nominee ever conducted \
even Charles S. Mellen, former president \
# the New Haven road, is likely again |,
o resume his familiar role of witness in
case involving the tragic affairs of the u
Few Haven. In this Particular case the n
eading episodes even antedates Mr. Mel
ems connection with the company, and u
esort must be made in part to the rec H
I'd made in the recent conspiracy trial. =
At the opening of the hearing Senator u
Walsh declared that the committee was n
OF conducting a trial, and for that rea =
on, he said, he would decline to listen Y
, anything but facts. Now the case has ID
slxen on all the aspects of a trial, with h
,me OF the leading lawyers of the coun-
" scheduled for the witness box. The L
,mmittee abruptly adjourned the hear RI
gs to next Tuesday to allow for the -
of witnesses. lg
None of Barrons evidence was accept "a
because it was not first hand evil I'll
snce.