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When, after such proceedings, Witness Hopson fell into his hands, Chairman O'Connor naturally was in no mood to share his treasure with his rival. But no sooner had Mr. Hopson begun his testimony before the House Rules Committee (TIME, Aug. 19) than Senator Black tried to steal him. The first attempt to serve a Senate subpena was foiled by Representative O'Connor's agents, who surrounded Witness Hopson as he left the hearing, ganged the Senate process server. Next time Representative O Connor had Witness Hopson on the stand, he found him just as affable as at the first...
...Hopson left that session one of Senator Black's servers thrust into his hands a subpena ordering him to appear instanter before the Senate Committee. The Senate Committee waited for him all afternoon but he did not appear. That night Sergeant Jurney made the search which ended so surprisingly at the Shoreham. Next day Representative O'Connor and Senator Black were again at swords' points, for it turned out that Mr. Hopson had a good excuse for not appearing before the Senate on the previous afternoon : the House Committee had had him testifying at a secret session. If the Senate...
That night Representative O'Connor had a shock. All day he kept Mr. Hopson under examination in secret. At 5 p. m. the examination was over. At 5:20 Mr. Hopson, who evidently did not relish the prospect of being put under arrest by the Senate for contempt or by the House for his protection, marched into a special session of Senator Black's committee...
Expert Inquisition. The first thing that Senator Black proceeded to prove was that he was an abler headlinemaker than his House rival. Mr. Hopson before any committee is a witness expert at avoiding damaging admissions, at amplifying his answers into attacks upon his opponents. Nonetheless, Senator Black promptly began producing from his lips facts worthy of headlines at least bigger than those that Representative O'Connor had been able to evoke...
...Hopson had not been captured by Representative O'Connor's agents. Instead, his attorneys had arranged to have him subpenaed by the House, on the theory that the House investigators were less rough with utility witnesses than those of the Senate...