Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-13
CONGRESS DECIDES
TO "CALL" LAWSON
Financier Must Give Names or
Be Held in Contempt, Sharp
Decision Reached.
AFTER ACRIMONIOUS DEBATE
Democrats Sought to Hush
Leak Inquiry, but Repub-
licans Insist on Pushing.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.-Clothed
with new powers for forcing a witness
to testify. the house rules committee
will call Thomas w. Lawson before II
again. probably Monday. and demand
that he name tie congressman who.
he says. told him that cabinet Off
Ger, member OF congress and a lrok-
er were in a conspiracy to make
money in the stock market on official
secrets. If Lawson refuses to name
the congressman and the trio involved
In his story, as IT is generally believed
he will. the committee then will report
him either TO the house or the district
courts on contempt charges.
This plan wGs agreed upon by the
committee today after an acrimonious
debate between Democrats and Re
publicans on the floor of the house
had upset the generally accepted idcl
that agitation over rumors of leak
in advance OF President Wi sons peace
note was about to subside.
Charges Back and Forth.
During the discussion Republicans
charged that the Democrats were
shutting off the inquiry because they
were afraid of 1t. while the Democrats
that their opponents were playing
partisan politics.
When the house was about to vote
on the committees report Representa-
tive Cantrill of Kentucky, a Democrat
Of the committee who mad not lcine1
in the debate, made \ proposition that
changed the whole situation.
Let the committee bo instructed
lie said, "to bring 'Thoma; W. Lawson
before II and submit tn him in writing
the question he refused To answer II
he does not answer, then let Lowson
he cited before the bar OF this house
and determine whether Thomas W.
Lawson has more power than the
American congress"
Agreement Reached.
Endorsements came from members
on both sides of the house. includiH :;
Chairman Henry of the committee. II
was agreed that the committee should
have five additional days in which 20
report on the Wood privileged reso-
luton, report on which origina ly
was ordered by tomorrow, and Mr.
Henry Immediately called a meeting
of his committee for tomorrow morn
ing to work out plans for recalling
Lawson. The Wood resolution with
amendments or some substitute 10
broaden the committees powers prob
ably will be brought before the house
tomorrow and acted on Immediately
so the committee can proceed with it.
hearing Monday.
All Assail Lawson.
Lawson was assailed on both sides
of the house. No one went so far as
to say that his charges should be
taken seriously but Republicans con-
tinued to urge that now that he had
made them he should be forced TO
put up or shut up.
Representative Harrison, Demo-
crat, accusing the Republicans of
pushing the inquiry for partisan pur-
poses, assailed Representative Wood
partic cularly for introducing his reso-
luton when he was in possession OF
no facts and could produce nothing
more than "measly anonymous let
ter. He said Mr.. Wood owed q pub
lie apology to Secretary Lansing. Sec
retary Tumulty, Mr.. Baruch and
others for bringing their names into
the affair
Mr.. Wood replied that he had no
apology to offer for introducing the
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