Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-05
BROOKHART NAMES SENATORS
WHO ATTENDED WET" DINNER

SDeeCn ne EUdue III thC OS"
in which he had mentioned Senator
Snnoot of Utah attended this dinner.
Il want to say" said Senator Brook
hart "that Senator Smoot was as mucn
disguised at the liquor drinking as
was do not want to put OUT ANY
suggestion that Senator Smoot LOOK .
hip mask or used one. Senator SmooI
said the other day that ne hao NO
recollection of this party:
Senator Brookhart said ne nae splu .,.,
the dinner party at Senator SmooI SUD-
denly and that he did not Immediately
recoilect it but that since then Senator
smoot had told him that ne ola re-
member the party. ~ y,~..,
Il was in a controversy with FreSI-
dent Hoover" said Senator bIoohnait"
cover prohibition enforcement In WASH
inptOn when spoke of the dinner
He exonerated Senator Smoot IRON
anv part in the liquor DRINKING Du.
"as for the Wall Street party, sSIO
Senator Brookhart, the Senator LL no |,
Utah has got to take care OF nlmseI.
Senator Brookhart said that the late
senator GoodinR of Idaho was among
those at the dinner. ,,u
"Gooding and 1 did not take TASKS, ,
said Brookhart. LAS to Whether ILlt
other bows took them or not, tney CAL
answer for themselves
Between Kahn and LOOMS.
At the dinner table, Senator Brook
hart said. he was seated between Otro
Kahn and Mr.. Loomis the claim rep
resentative of Kuhn Loeb a. Co. and
the ]. p. Morgan Co. IL
He said both of them tackled MN
in regard to railroad valuation leglsla
ton which he proposed to take up WIZ
the Senate interstate commerce COM
mittee.
He said that Mr.. Loomis during the
dinner took one Of the beautiful hip
masks out of his pocket and poured oul
A drink. Senator Brookhart said thai
he had enough experience to know thai
the LIQUOR had q heavy alcoholic con-
tent. At the close of the dinner, ht
said. he and Senator Gooding broke
away" He said that Gooding had tolc
him that he had been approached or
the long and short haul clause regard
ing railroad legislation by those at the
dinner.
Converses with Edge
Senator Brookhart said that as hi
was leaving the dinner Senator Edge
of New Jersey said to him, do you
know who you were In between here
tonight?"
Il said" went on Senator Brookhart
well. had some suspicion of It, He
said. We'll, you had Kuhn, Loeb d. Go
on your right and you had Morgan 4
Co. on your left He said, Don't you
think you got contaminated Just 9
little?' 1 said. Well. think not, be-
cause 1 have been vaccinated against
all that stuff and guess they con-
cluded that my vaccination took, be-
cause I was not invited 10 the nex'
dinner"
Senator Brookhart read to the Sen
ate a letter which he received Thu
morning. It was dated Quincy House
Boston, Mass, November 2, 1929. anC
was addressed nator Brookhart. i
was signed d. ". Mintone. The let
ter read follows:
If the Enclosed represents your idei
of the ethics of q guest invited to q pri
vste dinner (the inclosed was clipping
telling of Senator Brookharts summon!
before the grand jury to broadcas
tales about his hosts, the suspicion tina
YOU are a charter member of the Grea
American Polecat Club seems ampl!
confirmed. The East may be effete, bu
it Is not yellow. and I notice that al
this kind of cheap shopping comes from
the comical States of Kansas and Iowa
You might take a lesson in the code o.
honor among gentlemen from thosI
common reporters of Washington wis
preferred jail to information obtained
in confidence. Pretty sickening dis
closure OF standard of honor Of :
Senator of the United States"
Doesn't Know Writer.
Senator Brookhart said that he die
not know who Mr.. Mintone was. thai
he might be a perfectly honest man.
He said that it was true that Mr.
Mintone did not know the circumstances
of this dinner.
II want to say this" went on Senator
Brookhart, that no man can invite
me to a dinner and talk to me about
my duties in the United States Senate
with a view to influencing me agains
my constituents and call that conn.
dence.' No man can invite me to {
dinner where crime Is In evidence IL
any way and say to me that because
Of his confidence as q host ] shall
conceal the crime or neglect to testify
to the facts exactly as they occur.
THAT is what Is the matter with thi
country. II is these internal secret so
cieties of high society, these secre
societies which think they are allow
JIle law, J1eSe SOCIeLlcS Which, say IN
law Is for little men and not fol
big men. That Is the thing that make
trouble in this country.
II have been through all Of this ex
perience many times before. This iden
tical thing is nothing new to me.
had 1t all as prosecuting attorney il
my county in the early days. hat
1T as an off1Cer of the National Guard
where exposed the officers Of regi
ment who violated the law IN my owl
town.
Il got some Of this same kind o
criticism at the time for doing 1t, but
received q letter from my general
which / prize almost more than an,
letter / have ever received, and q yea
later I was the guest Of honor Of thos
same officers and that same regiment
and I got an advance for having q lit
tie more nerve to tell the truth abou
this thing"
SYSTEM CREDITED.