| Show GABLE CABLE COMPANY INVESTIGATION TION I I I Washington JS tivo to Conies Corliss of ot Michigan was Wi given n a hearing before the lie house houMe committee on em judiciary today to ny on his resolutions dl 41 tho the to ln tI mile agaInst the tho Commer Commercial t cial Cable alJ company for tor alleged com COlo with other oilier Mr tl Corliss declared that there hind had been beti be 1 a n deliberate violation of Ir the laws jaws In t combination that the effect was tI to lb fl advance tho the coat of ur cable messages on thu tho Atlantic m cents a I word WOI Chairman Kay flay In and cud the tho members Imbt of ot the tho committee asked a n number of ut tines bus which developed sharp di dl division vision over the tho Mr mute Corliss said sa II the lie mutter matter Inter had tint not boon boo II brought to the time attention of ot the eral etol so o tar far as 18 ho 10 knew but ho ito Il that tho the committee take of or facts which showed nn an offense against the law and refer tho lie subject to tho the for tor his Investigation and action Mr Jr mado tp tt Up point polut that It If the iha th subject lied had never been eol brought rought before the oral eral ho could not bo be 10 remiss In not net Ing log on It and Ind until ho lie declined to act I Congress was vaa not warranted In giving him directions He thought this amounted to a reflection on Oi tho the Mr lr Corliss disclaImed any purpose of ot making makinI such reflections refection Ho lie Iu simply stated facts ho raid paul prod pre preliminary to action Chairman acton Kay Itay said tho the resolutions amounted to n a direction by b Congress to tho the to do to his bile tints duty Iut when there thoro was wal as nothing to show ho he hoMas horem was Mas remiss rem Ila In II his duty or knew any anything thing about the tho lutEr He lie J d that lint Mr MI Collins should go tint first to the Mr Corliss re remarked marked that lint he hind had not como come to bo be 10 ad advised sell as la to 10 what ho lie should do ito hUt hilt merely morely to be I heard on 01 a 1 statement qt facts tl t If Jt there theo 18 to bo be 10 no 10 action neth ho h desired to have hn 0 tho the committee tlC share for tor In the responsibility II Mr expressed the lie belief lJ b let that the tho attention of ot tIme till eral could be Ju got In IG 11 minutes If stepa wore taken to get Jet the tho subject su before him Ho RIMed added that charges had of or leu teti been made mild I against tho lie last and against the present ono that they tiie had hall failed to act bu hut but Mr r said soul he its hud hod failed to Und had these thello officials had refused to net act on any an matter properly brought ht to their atten attention Ion tion Mr Corliss maintained that there was wall ample evidence to warrant by the lie proper officials preliminary to action Considerable sharp hal sparring was Indulged In an nu to tho the of ot evidence Mr Corliss s could produce The committee then lien went wont Into exe exo executive executive session and unanimously report rd oil against the tho resolution on the ground that Mr Conies Corliss had not presented entell a case calling for fur tho the action proposed |
