Show STILL MORE OF IT Editor Itoscwatcr Tells About thc U P Oil Room OMAH Juno 29 George T Crawford of Gmaha testified before the Pacific Investigating Investi-gating Commission yesterday He had been employed during several sessions of tho Legislature as a lobbyist sometimes working work-ing in the interest of the Union Pacific He had been paid by Attorney Thurston but I did not know that he was working for the Union Pacific He had never used money had sometimes procured passes for members and friends His principal duty had been to enlighten memberst most of whom were sadly in need of enlightenment Witness Wit-ness avowed himself a strong railroad man and expressed the belief that most of the railroad measures introduced were pieces of demagogism to further the special ends of members introducing them Governor Pattison again called on the officers of the Union Pacific to bring Assistant Assist-ant Attorney Thurston out the Commission having been unable to find him Attorndy Poppleton replying said the I officials of thee company had no control over Judge Thurston and his present whereabouts where-abouts are unknown They did not believe Thurston was concealing himself from the Commission Edward Itosowater editor of the Omaha Bee testified as to the interference of the Union Pacific with politics in Nebraska He charged that its employes who sometimes went to the legislature as members and sometimes as lobbyists have corrupted conventions con-ventions and legislatures by tho use of money One method of tho companys men had been to hire a number of rooms at a hotel in Lincoln in which they and friends would meet He knew of such a room at one session which was called the Oil Boom Attorney Thnrston was in charge of the Oil Attorel and generally had charge of all the lobbying lobby-ing operations Witness had no personal knowledge of money being paid by the company com-pany to influence votes but such had been the current report on several occasions Atone At-one time when there was talk of bnildintr a line to interfere with the U P Jay Gould had telegraphed that if Douglass county in which Omaha is situated aided the new road with bends ho would remove the U P shops and offices from Omaha Attorney Poppleton objected to this kind of hearsay testimony from a man who had no personal knowledge of most of what he was stating The Commission stated they would receive all testimony and note all objections They were able to discriminate between legal evidence and hearsay At the end of the session the Commission left for Sioux City intending to bo in Omaha Thursday next |