Evening star., 1933-02-06
CONGRESS CHARGES
CITED BY BARRY
Suspended Senate Officer
Reads Statement to
Judiciary Group.
Continued From First Page.)

MdLly years hSV pupiLSIleQ III Tilt
| New England magazine an article en-
titled THE Loyalty Of the Senate" ir
| an attempt to reply to q series o1
articles by the late David Graham
| Phillips
"The title Of his articles was Ths
| Treason of the Senate and at thai
| time they caused sensational discus
sion of the very subject now before
the Senate.
Il was at that time, as was in the
New Outlook article, endeavoring tt
represent it as the true situation that
| the isolated case Of the misconduct oil
| individuals in Office offered no basis
for the loose public condemnation o1
the Senate we so often hear.
Cites Glass Statement.
eff 1t is an offense to have said what
I said in my article, then not I alone
am guilty. for on the 10th of May
1892 Senator Glass of Virginia, speak
ing on the subject Of the opposition OF
certain bankers to the proposed legis-
lation in regard to branch banking
said:
They hired skillful and persuasive
professional lobbyist and paid him q
high salary to come here to Washing
ton-worse than that, they hired some
congressman to my positive documentary
knowledge-to oppose even the small
measure of branch banking
Il would also respectfully call atten-
ton to the letter Of Senator Nye to the
late Senator Caraway published in the
printed hearings of the Nye committee
| investigating campaign expenditures in
volving an individual Senator.
Within the past few days Senator
has said in the Senate that q certain
measure would be enacted because the
interests were behind it, and it Is q
matter Of frequent comment that the
halls Of Congress are filled with groups
of lobbyists, and the lobbyist for special
interests has always had q sinister
name.
1T might be, from all that is recitet
above, fair inference that there are
some men subject at least to influence
and my inference was based on a gen.
eral knowledge of conditions surround
ing Congress and not on any concrete
cases such as that spoken of by Sena-
tor Glass
Moreover. employed my inference
to dispute a popular impression that
Congress is filled with grafters.
Would Tender Apology.
But certain Senators have appar-
emily arrived at the conclusion that
my words carry meaning never in
tended, and If the Interpretation is to
be placed upon them that they con-
stitute an attack upon the integrity oi
the Senate, / would unquestionably as
an elected officer of the body owe the
Senate an apology which, on that basis
I would unheSitatingly tender.
Il have served the Senate, as have
heretofore stated, nearly IA years.
In less than month my successor
in ordinary course would have beer
named; and I had expected to serve
until then.
81 do not believe that it would have
| been proper for me. as an elected
| officer Of the Senate, to have published
an article under my signature re-
f1ecting upon the integrity of the
| Senate
That would be an impropriety re.
| gardless Of facts or evidence.
But I do not feel that ! have sc
acted as to the Senate.
Quite to the contrary. I have
| affirmed the integrity Of the Senate
against too widespread popular belief
in the prevalence Of corruption.
Dishonesty Exceptional.
II have declared dishonesty in the
| individual, to which I think I have
clearly shown it was reasonable for me
| to allude, to be exceptional and even
relatively without influence.
II spoke Of demagoguery.
IF that constitutes an improperly,
would gladly offer an apology as ar
officer of the Senate.
But the charge appears to be that
have assailed the integrity Of the
Senate
Were guilty Of that I would not
| only apologize, I would resign.
Indeed ! would have resigned first
and made the charge afterward.
But believing that I have not made
any such attack, that have said nc
more-indeed far leSs-than Senators
Glass and Nye and others, can only
in good conscience await the judg-
ment of the Senate"
| The letter to which Barry referred
was written by Senator Nye, Republic
an, of North Dakota, as chairman OF
the Senate Campaign Expenditures
| Committee, to the late Senator Cara
| way, Democrat, Of Arkansas, then chair
man of the Lobby Investigating Com
mittee.
It contained a statement by 8. s.
Eveland that he believed Senator Davis
Republican, of Pennsylvania, was "re-
ceiving money from Dahlberg (B. G
Dahlberg, president Of the Celotex Co
and other concerns) for favors which
he, Davis, was rendering particularly
during the tariff fight here"
Mr.. Eveland the letter said, 'tis oi
the opinion that many thousands OF
dollars were paid by Dahlberg to
| Davis"
The Lobby Committee later investi-
gated the case, but made no final re-
port to the Senate
During the investigation 1t was founc
that Senator Watson, Republican, oi
| Indiana, and Davis each held stock tr
Dahlbergs companies, for which they
had given notes, but put up no cash.
Under persistent interrogation, Barry
said he had not had the Nye and Glas,
statements In mind when he wrote hi.
magazine article, but newspaper men
had suggested these to him since Frida,
when the Senate suspended him. HI
| declined to name those who made the
| suggestions.
Asked II Views Changed.
| Senator Walsh, Democrat. of Mon.
tana, asked If his views as to the Senate
character had changed since passage
OF the amendments providing for direct
election Of Senators, woman suffrage
prohibition and bonus legislation.
You did say" Walsh asked, "that
passage Of those measures would indi
cate radical change for the worse
In the composition of the Senate?"
II think So" Barry replied. II thinl
1t possible there were as many corrupt
men in Congress then as now. That.
a matter of opinion"
Senator Schuyler, Republican. o.
Colorado, inquired, do you believ,
there are any Senators or Representa-.
tives who have or do sell their votes?'
I'm bound to believe so when
read the statements of Senators Ny,
and Glass" Barry said.
| No knowledge Of Bribe.