Show Committee Probes Wool Manufacturers Manufacturers' N D. D North Gift to s. s Washington Jul July 11 Winthrop 11 Winthrop L. L L Marvin secretary of ot the National Association As- As of ot Wool Manufacturers presented presented pre pro seated to the Senate lobby committee today a s synopsis of 01 a statement showing show show- in jag ing the financial operations of ot the as as- as He was questioned about a A special fund raised several years ago He said he had no record of ot how ho that tat fund was collected or disbursed disbursed He believed belc d E. E F F. F Green of ot Boston who helped raise It could tell ho how it had been spent spent No Xo record had Imad been kept but ho wits was certain the tho money mono had been spent in printing and traveling ex x penises William Whitman former president of ot the association then took the stand and explained a gift girt made to S. S N. N D. D North orth secretary of the association association tion ton In 1897 and a clerk cIerI to majority members rs of ot tho the Senate finance com corn Many an prominent wool manufacturers manufacturers manu manu- and others not connected with wih the to association contributed to tho fund fund Explains Explain Gift GUt to North Whitman was asked about tho the gift sif to North an Incident which attracted attracted attracted at at- wide nation wide naton-wide attention when whon it I was sas wa fir first t disclosed d several years cars ago He put the gift gif In a a letter leter to North dated Boston September 27 7 1897 signed b by himself himsel George Georgo Sykes Benjamin Benjamin Ben Ben- jamin Phipps James Jr and Rufus Greely Groely It I s set st t out oLit that at a meeting of or a n few members of or the national na na- mia mia- tonal association unanimous expression expression expression sion developed in favor or fa of or presenting testimonial to North some substantial in iii recognition of or your our past s services to the tho association and the woolen industry industry indus Indus- try tr of or the country countr It I then went on onto onto onto to sa say that a draft for was in In- In closed closel anti and concluded This Is a voluntary and cheerful ex expression ex- ex of their appreciation of your our work and of ot the high regard In which you ou are held While I looked upon tho the presentation presenta presenta- tion of ot that sum to Mr Ir North as a proper lon recognition I of his services cr said Raid Whitman no thought had over entered Into m my y mind before Mr lr PhilIps Philips Phi Phi- Phil Phil- came cam to me about making such sucha a presentation When hen Mr Ir North Korth left lel the time association later hater in 1903 it ma made e him another presentation in recognition recognition tion of his faithful work It I was Inthe in inthe the time ton form of or a silver service Urged North Norths Appointment Senator Walsh also hind had ha read Into the record a letter leter from Whitman to Former Senator Al Aldrich written about ten len years ago ur urging the selection of or North as director of oC tho proposed census cen con sus bureau because the speeches of ot tho director of ot that bureau Carroll Carrol D. D Wright had been Populist and amid ab aby prejudicial in favor of labor In another letter praising North and and suggesting appointment to Senator Alison Allison Whitman expressed the tho view that Wright was biased in favor tavor of or labor laboi and that North was i not Whitman hUman concluded his testimony tonight I 1 think It can he be safely said Bald he hie the National Association declared that tion tiomi of or Wool Manufacturers has never ne directly ton or Indirectly contributed one une cent for political purposes and amI never ne er contributed an any lun money In an un Improper wa way to lo secure legislation Several Ro hours were spent b by the committee com com- with a review of ot the tIme North orth corre correspondence Whitman hUman denied that ho had ever ur urged cd the tho appointment of oC any oth other r than North Norh as director TexUM Quizzed R R. D. D Bowen Bowon of ot Purls Paris Tex chairman of oC the executive committee of tin time North orth Ia East ast t Texas District l Farmers union was wits asked about a meeting of ot prominent in tIme the National Farmers Farm Farm- ers era elS union In N Nei cw w Orl Orleans ans In April BOW Bowen n said ho lie was chairman of or a committee com corn of or the the national organization tu to secure a a. a greater competition for tor cotton cotton cotton cot cot- ton and had called the mooting meeting thorl a authority of Qt f the national paid expenses though ho he the inc of or tin the men Inca who attended out of ii his own Pocket He Hp expected to be reimbursed In part at ut t least caa Tie Te don denied led that the time ml tn had hal been called caled ostensibly m tn the interests of ot cotton coton producers hUt but real really to show the time opposition of or the union to the su sugar Hugar schedule of ot the Underwood hil bill hihi The Tho witness denied he ho had ever eVe been beena lobbyist In Te Texas or 01 elsewhere a lie acknowledged of a t letter J that the receiver go KO after urging Iii his senator to an and amid congressman strong I in 11 opposition to lo th time the i bill llon hl and to prevent the tho Holding o of or a a. a caucus or on the tho tariff hm bill hii bj In the time Senate Democrats ts en Bov uhl the committee und and laughter spectators spectator when he hu wih oro- oro iO 10 a n paper ba ban bag broU ht out thron 11 big onions and said he hind hall b ant u ur I r In- In cU the thi onion r ue HP lie I 1 when h he got ot back to 1 Texan eX he ito henl w nl Mas 1 go go- ing to ond out omit 4 00 moro 1010 CIl circulars about onions Que Questioned about activities ties before tho Texas eX M le legislature Hell c. c ll that ha ho had opposed d t time the timer a r t J 1 42 Y two cent two tare fare law Jaw in that state and I favored the the- Santa e Fe merger mener I |