| Show REP LILLEY LILLEI TAKEN TO TASK By House Committee for Allowing Criticisms of Its Actions to toGo toGo Go tio Without Contradiction SAID IT WOULD WHITEWASH i II I l Secretary t ole Letter 1 I UI I lit Ill IllI I It Seen It 11 Until hlll I II Mini Is I Still Shill In III III IlIs y I I II I April A 21 Intel estlin followed folio ed ouch ench other ot her In I dose close succession slon today In III thu tIiU th hearing Veins conducted by the tho special com coin of the house of the tho charnes pre 1 by Iw George L i iJ Li J i of o Connecticut against the mee inc Dont company CO II Lilley wis taken n to 10 tank by h I members of the committee for a allowing published criticisms of Its It notions over ocr Ms hIs signature to stand for or months with without without without out being contradicted It Will t nt nt ut the tho afternoon session that the camo to the tho sur foce MI r Olmstead rend rem a n clipping from the tho Hartford of o March 30 a letter IcUm stencil by b Mr III nut to Geol George e W Guff Gur o ot Kost l t Hampton Conn Coon This ThI letter lettel which was In to t une me by h b bI I Mr rl from froni Mr Goff contained the tho thoI following I The Tho select to investigate have already their inteli Intention I tion to apply the tue whitewash brunn brusa I wherever they can cin Therefore It Is IsI I Fure afe to assume that cry Aery little will 11 bo he boI I out They Jhc refused mo nie tho th privilege I lege oC or counsel to wIt i I and do IC not Hot allow mo 1110 to 10 put pul 1 except by b 11 submitting them In writing rl 11 II 1 and ami oven even then they thoy naY muy ma throw out those which they deem Im hit Improper proper which means out all Important questions I i believe how I over ever that the tho press of the country Is already fully ull convinced BY WI n Mr 1110 stu l tutu thai t that letter lotte was n v illicit wm by h h hl hits hili Mr III hr Webster mid and that lie lio had not noen l It until It I appeared In iii print 1 Mr 11 ho he hodd I dd lied had authority to sign his hili name naino to letters At this point Mr 1111 ebster culled to 10 tho thU and admitted that ho lie wrote time the letter Ho Ito said I that Unit he hail had gathered his bis noo about the train from newspaper clip clippings pings and from conversations he ho hind had had ind with n a moan man who hind had attended some so III 0 of ot the hearings The letter was US not by b Mr Lilley ho lie said laid Mr 11 then resumed the stand imd was Willi asked if It he had repudiated tin tile letter Ho lit replied that ho ito bad had not Do you repudiate lato It asked Mr I do not no personally desire to make maka c that tha t lIlII ep e n Mr III h i nn l 1 I am ie willing I lug to vI I lid It 11 It IK is I not a IL of f tho thic charge chars will soul I Mr ti 11 Yo We P want tu hit locate the thc for HIP thir In that letter letter leti leUI enst IL a reflection lion upon the tho character of o mi tile the house of or cn and thin the of ot it II t go so ii Interposed I ii I ld hut i inan t 1 I A month linn hes elapsed chipset since M II hail unit knowledge of Its exist existence dice ence that hint time hub It would have been xi for foe you to 10 ii It II on the t iii floor ituni of lIe tho or Ut to Iu this iii Is coin in It t Ce but In t no tion II as ail forthcoming I r disclaim tho the charge said ah Mr ti iI Mr Mr Mi 11 If it ho he had hind his hili secretary for fir writ lug such a letter letterI I l think I my mit secre S CIO tary till replied Mr Ill 1 J am ant ve very 11 sure Burc I dill did Why Vii Vh have havo you rOll not ged a man who a would abuse abue your li lisuch lit III such Buch a II manner asked Mr 11 Brous sard sUld DISCHARGED hUM HIM hUMel Well el I T havo not 1101 ii him Ii i Mr 11 l v Li i Ivy Mr III ui Jilley said Saul I that he no did thu not mint know Mr Ill Im till and when asked If It I other let letters tees ICI of a II similar r tr had Liven been written iiI I teim and sign with sl LIt his hi Ii l name n 1 r piled 1 lIe 1 that there might have havo Imen hlen oth uth others ers Lilt but he lie lid did not know knol how hol many mall alan Will you lot let us have havo I asked Mr MI This request brought forth the thio con between Mr III mid thu tho th cum com committee I dont thInk It Is within tho the scope of this to examine my m rI ato correspondence said Mr II Mi LII Miley hey ley Ie This committee does not need a resolution to 10 protect its honor re 10 remarked remarked marked Chairman We e c would like to sea seo your d book containing a IL copy of or this letter and letters ietter referring to tills this l haves tI Mr iiIi 11 that bu li h object objected cd ed to producing I his private II 11 11 to corres His Fils position 1 tI was Will fully stated by his counsel COli ludson on Drown wh said Mild that Mr felt that It would Ottil be he an alt Injustice o CI him to iCI be he compelled to produce letters ho he had hm written to 10 friends containing con of opinion of or lie tha Ih committee 01 oi O Oan tiny an member oC or It lIe Ho objected to producing any letters that are arc confidential between himself and antI friends WILL LETTER H Mr dr Jilley promised to produce the letter front from Mr Goff Coff and nn a It copy COil co of or ortho tho the reply rc lilY and the Iho question as to the production of the other leU be he will wilt be hI pa s 9 I cd od ii n by b tho the committee later This Incident bring rIo artly at itt least I t I I In III fl manLier of a fl 1 pi nature Thit 11 It committee hud 1111 In It Its clippings ci I migs from the tho t art pon tonn COli II Standard oC mif Mai h that It was M reported around tho of tho Ih Capitol that Mes I SA r 11 It I I 1 I I tot el und auth rg had left tho the day Ill fur for Now oW ew London Mr tr Wi LII Wiley ley Ie 10 Ieh there nl nt tile the time iliac for tor tho tIme of or bringing political Influence to ho heat boar on Mr lr 11 Lilley 1110 to top tho thin sub martro Of the tho four persons Mr uni Mr III hI Olmsted mute arp II of the com coin mind and ani amid are of or the hOIl I A telegram was also In the tho poi c ion of Ii the lie t committee dated mutt In isil March J 11 I 1 nell t to Mr tl II r 11 I I vy on tilt time train I rut mu rt mint hw lug from flom Connecticut by h his private stating that these font femur had bought tickets foi tot Novy Nav No London on ott the Ule 4 1 train Y ro roM I OH rl I M Mr lr r said ho lie would like Ilko t to tolu know lu If tIme the authority of lit Mr mtr Webster for or this lids telegram Mi M Ir Olmsted had loft left on oui that tin In for fur and lund had gone to ti toSI SI i III I I I to tn attend d ll th con Mr tIr Webster replied that tha his hili Information formation I mm hUll hud d been him by 11 two correspondents of Jf C Con Colt papers millers the day a n letter from Mr to tn Secy Soe Metcalf In III the of ot tin tilt Lake Ia company CO was tins read mead li to III thit communication MJ 1 Ir LIth refer referred referred r rrell red rell tr te Congressman jt Jf Mas Among tho the well meaning members of Congress the I iko k people have hao moro mono l tie ho c cause o e they never ner employed the meth moth methods odit of mif the tho unhand Holland typo people leople I It ItIs is III mown known that the tho company Mr MI tr Unix to 10 represent Is doing moro mart today In lii the tiie employment o of questionable o 0 members of Congress and amid th the committee than all nil other ethel corporations In In the UIl United States Thu Iho will bo be In tomorrow |
