Charges Against Members of the House and Lobby Activities of the National Association of Manufacturers of the United States and Others Volume 7, Pts. 19-21; Hearings Before the Select Committee of the House of Representatives Appointed Under House Resolut (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...you ordered keys for the other? Mr. SOUTH. No, sir; not at the same time. That was the first notice I knew Mr. McDermott had any claim to that room, was Dr. Couden returning the keys and saying he did not care to occupy the ofiice any longer under the circumstances. Prior to that time, Mr. Tavenner was working as assistant to the Ser ea-nt at Arm's oflice, and he requested me to furnish some place for %ilm to do some newspaper writing he was doing in connection with Mr. West. I did not know that Dr. Couden had any claim to this room at all, and I knew I never found anybody in it before, and I supposed it was absolutely unoccupied, and I told Tavenner he might use this room to do his work in, typewriter work, and gave Tavenner a key to the room. I ma have given him as many as two; I would not be positive about tliat. If he had asked me for two, I would have given him two, readily. Tavenner was working in the room, and I never knew until Dr. Couden came to surrender his keys that McDermott had any claim whatever upon this room. IVhen Mr. McDermott subsequently applied to me for keys to that room, I asked his authority for using t e room and he stated Speaker Clark himself had told him he might use the room. I saw the Speaker about it and he said " Yes; he had told him the room was unoccupied," and the Speaker told him he might use it, and I then told Mr. Crandall tomake me keys for that room also, and the two bunches of keys were probably made on orders about the same time, and if he delivered them it is possible Crandall delivered all six at once. Mr. CLINE. You direct thelocksmith to deliver the keys when they are made, or are they brought back to your oflice? Mr. SOUTH. SOmetimes they are. Mr. CLmE. What is the fact in this instance? Mr. ...