New Britain herald., 1929-10-28


 senator added, "so I sent him 1000. II l had sent him nothing the com mittee would have raised stencil that l had accepted his services free. Because I did pay him, therefore there is something crooked In It,
 Bingham asserted that "cvery flimsy bit of cvidence' the commit tee could use against me has been twisted" to that purpose.
 Corrupt Bargain Implied
 Senator Caraway, the chairman, he continued, implied that l had some sort Of d corrupt bargain with Eyanson.
 Bingham then turned to testimony before the committee in which the name of J. Henry Rorahaci. repuh lican national committeeman for Connecticut. was brought into the Eyanson case. He said he had con- fcrred with E. Kent Hubbard, presi dent of the Connecticut association, in Roraback's office in Hartford, but Roraback was not present.
 llC l"Nh NiioL -'i' AtoA hDoeN No'' not present" Bingham asserted, was used by member of the committed to suggest there was something cor rupt about the meeting You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't. but they're going to get you anyway"
 Several times Caraway sought to interrupt Bingham. but he declined to yield. Caraway then paced the senate floor, spending much of the time walking near Bingham who stood with one hand in the pocket and spoke almost in a monotone. T sat here and listened to one innuendo after another" Bingham said. "and was amazed that a senator would so forget himself that be would stand in his place on this floor and pass innuendos of that kind for political purposes. Claims Effort to "Get Him" Every effort has been made to i twist fiimGy evidence to show that I was crooked. It has been the pur- i pose of the committee from the be- ginning to see that I came out of this, befouled with political slime ! and corrupt innut ndocs." Bingham then referred to the memorandum written by Joseph F.. | Wuichet, q clerk of the Connecticut association, to Eyanson, showing 1 that Wuichet apparently had knowl- | edge of the secret sessions of the senate finance committee. The l memorandum related that Wuichet | told arms manufacturers of the l positions of senators On the commit. tee on certain tariffs Bingham said all the rates of the bill had beer made public when Wuichet wrote 1 the memorandum.
 AS for Wuiehet'9 pretension O knowledge Of the positions Of seDa. tors on the rate Bingham said h. thought Wuichet was ''indiscreet" 1T assuming to know that much.
 Asserting the cor'mittee procedure reminded one of modern span ish inquisition, with no kind judg' present to say that is not digni fled or proper way to question { senator" Bingham said efforts hat been made lover and over again tt get me to contradict my testimony.
 Was "Put On Griil'
 T was put on the grill" he con +inucd, Gin order that those wh' Ire oppoaCd to this adr1inietratiol and those who are opposed to in creaGes in tariff except on aEricul 'ural products might have thei way"
 The Connecticut Manufacturer, :s 7ciation, he added, never asko l"r anything that was not needed.
 No slush fund was raised" h
 went on, yet to listen to all thA has been said on this floor it woul lead all the country to point tn finger of scorn against them"
 Then, he added. Every effo, vas made to play dirty politics. Referring to the letter praisn Eyanson as follows: You have at complished a great deal more tha
 vas bargained for" Bingham said Loved Word Bargain "Oh, how they have loved thf
 word bargain They have used to show there was corruption. The couldn't prove it, because there ne7 CT was any corruption No attention was paid, he said, the fact that the phrase was "homely" one common in New Enf : land such as side kick" in tf west.
 Had the committee desired to't fair and really interested in its jc l of Investigating lobbying instead being interested in damaging IT reputation he added, they wou have accepted that fact" Explaining his relations wit , Eyanson, Bingham said whe : Eyanson gave him facts that d.
 not warrant an increase in Il tariff duty he did not ask for q increase, but when the facts d justify an increase he asked f.
 one.
 Sometimes I succeeded in col
 vincing the committee there shou
 be an increase and sometimes l q