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The Commoner.
VOLUME 13, NUMBER 2
WASHINGTON NEWS
Presidont Wilson sent to tho son
ato tho following nominations:
To bo member of Panama Isth
mian canal commission, Richard L.
v moiuuuf, iNouruHiui.
( - To bo commissioner's for the Dis
trict of Columbia, Oliver P. New
man and F. L. Siddons.
To bo members of tho committee
on industrial relations, Frank D.
Walsh, Missouri, John It. Commons,
Wisconsin, Mrs. John Borden Har
riman, Now York, Frederick Delano,
Illinois; Harris Wolnstock, Cali
' . fornia; S. Thurston Ballard, Ken
tucky; John B. Lonnon, Ilinois;
. , James O'Connoll, Washington, D. C;
Austin B, Garrotson, Iowa.
To bo commissioner of immigra
tion at San Juan, Porto Rico, Law
son Evans, Mississippi.
To bo minister to Norway, Albert
G. Schmedman, Wisconsin.
To bo minister to Peru, Benton
McMillan, Tenessoe.
To bo consul at Milan, Italy, Na
thanlol B. Stewart, Georgia.
To be secretary of the embassy at
Rio do Janeiro, Brazil, J. Buttor
wrlght, Wyoming.
To bo secretary of the legation at
Brussels, Belgium, Fred Morris
Dearing, Montana.
, To bo United States district attor
ney of New Mexico, Summers Burk
hart, New Mexico.
To be roar admiral in tho navy,
Captain Clifford J. Boush.
To be register of the land office at
Harrison, Ark., Bryco B. Huddons.
The president withdrew tho nomi
nation of Merodith Nicholson of
Indiana to be minister to Portugal,
nnrl thnf nf TT!r1wnt.f1 W TT!viim Alnn
Iftf-Jca, to be United States marshal for
, U1HQ1UU i.lj. u, UlOUIVil JL .lllUDIVU.
The following postmasters were
also named:
Austin, Tex., Jefferson Johnson.
Following is an Associated Press
dispatch: The story of an effort to
sell a gold brick to Wall street and
how it was foiled was told in part to
tho senate "lobby" investigating
committee in one of the most 'sensation-producing
sessions it has held
in its stormy career. It was a tale
of how influences wero to bo exerted
in tho seats of tho mighty in Wash
ington to prevent unfavorable inves
tigations into the doings of tho
street, how a lawsuit with the finan
cial interests in New York would
likely bo prevented, and how the
gold brick seller was generally to
protect the interests of the clients he
sought in the political game in the
capital.
Representative A. Mitchell Palmer
of Pennsylvania, one of the promi
nent democrats in the house, men
tioned for secretary of war in the
pre-inauguratlon and a close friend
of the president, told the story after
Edward Lautorbach, New York
lawyer, and Representative J. Rior
dan of New York gave tho committee
some light on its details.
According to Mr. Palmer, Lewis
Cass Ledyard, another Now York at
torney, was tho man who was large
ly instrumental in foiling tho plot.
The name of tho man who proposed
to do all these things in Washing
ton was not given to the committee,
although Mr. Palmer acknowledged
that he had strong suspicions of his
identity.
Mr. Palmer told the committee
the representations of influence in
Washington had gone so far as to
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Address, THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nebraska
bring in tho names of tho speaker
and tho majority loader in tho house
and of at least two other prominent
members whose names he did not
give. Ho said that after Mr. Led
yard had engaged in many telephone
conversations with the man who had
all these goods for sale in Washing
ton he had met Edward Lautorbach,
a New York attorney, under the supr
position that Lauterbach was repre
senting the use of the telephone.
Lauterbach was in the committee
room 'and listened to all the testi
mony of Mr. Palmer, who spent near
ly two hours on the stand. Later
he denied that he had tried to secure
employment with tho big interests in
New York on tho strength .of sup
posed power in the capital. He swore
that his only effort was to "resto're
the entente cordial" he had previous
ly enjoyed with Morgan & Co., and
which he thought had been broken
because of his friendly relations with
David Lamah, whom he described as
a "Wall street operator" who usual
ly operated on the "bear side of the
street."
As a result of Mr. Lauterbach's
testimony the committee probably
will call Lamah, George F. Baker, of
the First National bank of New
York; Paul D. Cravath, Francis
Lynde Stetson and Mr. Ledyard, all
New York attorneys, and Charles
Steel of Morgan & Co. To several of
these men Lauterbach maintained he
had talked about the reinstatement
in the good graces of the house of
Morgan. His only reference to any
thing in Washington, he said, was
as to the general situation here, the
tendency to investigate things and
the apparent desire for suits against
big concerns. Tho committee ad
journed subject to the call of the
chair, but it reserved the right to
summon Lauterbach to the stand
after they had heard from the other
New Yorkers.
Both Mr. Lauterbach and Repre
sentative Daniel J. Riordan of New
York appeared before the committee
to tell what they knew about the
charges made by Judge Robert Scott
Lovett, of the Union Pacific Railway
company, that an attemnt had linen
made through the use of Riordan's
name to secure the employment of
Lauterbach as counsel for the rail
road in the Union Pacific-Southern
Pacific dissolution suit. Judge
Lovett told of telephone conversa
tions between himself, Maxwell
Evarts, counsel of the Southern Pa
cific, and a man purporting to be
Riordan about the employment of
Lauterbach. Both the congressman
and the attorney denied anv nffnrf f
secure such employment and ac
knowledged only a slight acquain
tance with each other.
Mr. Lauterbach later took the
stand and made a statement deny
ing that he ever had claimed to have
influence with congressmen.
"I don't know people in Washing
ton," he said. "I don't know any of
the people investigating things this
year."
An Associated Press dispatch
says: President Wilson will with
draw his nomination of Meredith
Nicholson, the Indiana novelist, to
bo minister to Portugal. When
objections were raised to tho nomi
nation on the ground that Nichol
son was not a "good democrat" the
novelist urged the president to with
draw his name if it embarrassed him
politically, but the president declined
to do so. Mr. Nicholson has insisted
on the ground that he can not take
his family abroad.
An Associated Press dispatch,
says: Washington, Juno 25. Robert
Scott Lovett, chairman of the board
Sn?neflCt0n f th ,Union Pacific
r Vi i luu' tom tiie senate
"lobby" investigating committee to
day that a long continued and d.
termined effort had been made
have Edward Lauterbach, a New
York lawyer, retained by his com
pany "to grease the wheels'
Washington and prevent unpleasant
agitation in congress against the
dissolution plan of the Union Pacific.
Southern Pacific systems, ordered by
the supreme court and now before
the department of justice. Judse
Lovett made no charge that any cor
rupt methods had been used to se
cure the employment of Lautorbach
He did swear, however, that Borne
one purporting to be Congressman
Riordan of New York had urged
over the telephone the retention ot
the New Yorker and had suggested
the likelihood of difficulty in con
gress which might be averted by his
employment as counsel. A similar
telephone conversation had occurred,
he said, between a man also repre
senting himself as Mr. Riordan and
Maxwell Evarts, counsel for the
Southern Pacific.
An Associated Press dispatch
says: Indorsement of Secretary
Bryan's peace plan and the re-election
for the tenth time of Represen
tative Richard Bartholdt, of Mis
souri, as president, featured the an
nual meeting here of tho American
group of the inter-parliamentary
union. The group is composed en
tirely" of members of congress. Sena
tor Burton of Ohio and Representa
tive Broussard of Louisiana, were
re-elected vice-president and secre
tary, respectively. Representative
Adolph J. Sabath of Illinois, was
elected treasurer to succeed former
Representative John E. Andrus of
New York, retired. Representative
Henry N. Goldfogle, of New York,
and William Murray of Oklahoma,
were chosen members of the execu
tive committee.
The democratic congressional
committee organized by the election
of the following officers: Chairman,
Representative Frank E. Doremus,
of Michigan; vice chairman, Repre
sentative Cline, of Oregon, Senator
Hollis, of New Hampshire, Represen
tative Goldfogle, of New York, Rep
resentative Raker, of California;
secretary, Representative Pepper, of
Iowa; assistant secretary, Represen
tative Murray, of Massachusetts;
Sergeant-at-arms, Joseph J. Sinuott,
of Virginia.
President and Mrs. Wilson cele
brated their 28th wedding anniver
sary June 24th.
An Associated Press dispatch says:
Resignations of collectors of customs
whose offices will be abolished by the
customs reorganization July 1
poured in today to the White House
and treasury. The. reduction of the
number of customs districts from
162 to forty-nine eliminatates H
collectors. All the resignations were
formally required by Secretary wc
Adoo. Two collectors declined to
resign holding that they had been
appointed for four years. Treasurj
officials declared they were not wor
ried over the situation as the new
law automaticaly turns the collec
tors out of office.
ONE
Trotter -"While I was in England
I met one nobleman who actually oe
lieved in the abolition of the house
of lords."
Blotter "Did you, really?
Trotter "Yes. He said( it J
such a nuisance to go there. t
ALWAYS HAPPENS
"What happened to his busings
when he let it run down?" k
"The last I heard of it the ban
ruptcy court was winding it up.
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