Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-28
BINGHAM DECLARES
COMMITTEE PACKED
Caraway's Charges Answer.
ed and Denied on Floor
of Senate.
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OF Senate.
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had found that there Is a general mis-
understanding of the situation.
Recalling that he made a full state
ment to the investigating committee
some days ago regarding the employ
ment OF Mr.. EyanSon, Senator Bingham
said that during the time he was on
the witness stand there were frequent
implications that I was concealing
He charged that members
of the committee made use of police
court methods" in croSS-examining
him. Senator Bingham said that some
of his friends were surprised that he
had appeared before the committee at
all, in view of what he said was the
manner in which the commit
tee was made up.
IT had not supposed that there was
so much unfairness in a group Of Sem
ators," Senator Bingham declared, re-
ferring to the lobby investigating COM
mittee. IT had not supposed that for
as they did to injure a New England
Senator and an administration sup
porter"
Blaine Is Aroused.
It was at this point in his speech
that he aroused Senator Blaine. Repub-
investigating committee. After assert
ing that while he was. on the witness
stand he had been asked the same
questions over and over by his cross
examiners, Senator Bingham added:
1T is q current report that one SEN
ator took a Capitol policeman last Sum-
mer and used his services to drive his
automobile as chauffeur to q Western
State while on the Government pay
roll"
Senator Blaine. sitting only few feet
away from the Connecticut Senator, in
terrupted him, saying, 1T is very essen
tial now that you name that Senator"
Senator Bingham replied that he had
not referred to Senator by name, but
the wisconsin Senator repeated his de-
mand.
Senator Bingham replied that 1t was
Senator Blaine.
Promises to Answer.
The Wisconsin Senator said, "I will
answer In my own turn" and took his
seat, while Senator Bingham continued
with his speech, describing what he
said was the unusual procedure followed
in selecting the membership of the lobby
committee.
Senator Bingham charged that the
lobby investigating committee had been
framed up 4 to l against airy adj
ministration Senator and against any
administration interest" He said that
on the committee were two Democrats
two anti-admiri stration Republicans
and one regular Republican. The two
Democrats are Senator Caraway, chair
man, and Senator Walsh of Montana;
the Observation-Disclosures Republicans
are Senators Borah and Blaine and the
regular Republican is Senator Robin
son Of Indiana.
Would Change Line Up.
Senator Bingham insisted that there
should have been two regular Repuh-
licanS on the committee, two Demo-
Gratis and one INSTRUMENTATION Re-
publican.
"Wher the lobby committee got be-
fore 1t one known lobbyist" said Sena-
tor Bingham, "a paid lobbyist and well
known as q lobbyist, no questions were
asked Of him in his capacity as lob
byist."
Senator Bingham said that he re-
ferred to Cooley. business manager Of
the Massachusetts, Fisheries Associa-
ton"
"The only interest the committee had
in him." said Senator Bingham, sar-
casticaily, was whether he had been
prevented from seeing me, from annoy
ing me. Cooley testified under oath that
he had not seen me. AS q matter Of
fact, he sent in for me and came out
Of the committee meeting and he talked
to me for some time.
when he became emphatic, not to
say abusive. as lobbyists sometimes be-
come, told him I did not care to hear
more from him. I told cyan
again.
Attempt TO Intercede.
Later Cooley sent an old friend OF
mine to see me, asking him to tntercede
for him. My attitude toward Cooley
was the same as that toward q large
Of lobbyists who waste the time
of the Senators.
But the committee was far more in
in damaging Senator, in play
ing politics and in making 1t more diff
ficult for the New England laborlng
man who had been out of work to OBJ
tain rates that might give him back
Job than it was in investigating q lob
byist. The committee had Mr.. cyan
SON on the stand for az hours. They
knew he was not a lobbyist in the &C
copied sense Of that term. While ne
was in my employ he never approached
any Senator as lobbyist. had sup
posed had sufficient integrity and
Judgment to decide whether or not
proposed rate increase in the tarih was
Just after / had the information.
Those who oppose me politically say
there is something corrupt in my &C
lions. In the report submitted by the
committee to the Senate an effort is
being made to drag my friend j. Henry
Republican national commit
teeman from Connecticut, into this
mess which exists in the mind OF Chair
man Caraway.
"Nasty Insinuation."
eff ever there was nasty insinua-
ton, If ever there was evidence that
politics were involved, 1t Is found in
the dragging Of my friend, Mr.. Rora-
bach, into this. was staying ut Mr..
house and I wanted to see
e. Kent Hubbard, president OF the Con-
necticut Manufacturers Association, in
give me information I needed in con-
nection with the tariff. 1t was more
to meet in Mr.. Rorabachs
office than anywhere else. Mr.. Rora-
bach turned over an ONCE to Mr.. Hub
bard and me. He was not present. Had
Mr.. Rorabach been present then there
would have~heen q howl.
ut is q case" said Senator Bingham.
that you are damned II you do or
damned If you don't with this commit
tee. 1t is going to get you II 1t can.
That Is the attitude Of this committee !"
Senator Bingham referred to the
81 900 check which he had personally
sent to Mr.. Eyanson as recognition OF
his services in Washington to him. He
said that Eyanson was $4,000 a year
man, easily capable of making $1,000
month. He said he had sent him
81 900 to pay him for his services In