INVESTIGATION" OF THE FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA. 577 



Hon. John H. Rothermel (chairman) presiding. Present: Messrs. Young, McGilli- 

 cuddy, and McGuire. Statement of Leonhard Stejneger. 



Then there is a legend and a little cartoon 



The Chairman (interposing) . Had you not better explain where 

 you received that ? 



Mr. Clark. I would like to read this note. 



The Chairman. And then explain it. It is always in order to 

 make an explanation. 



Air. Clark. There is a picture of a lady with a cane and hat, and 

 in front of the picture, in the writing of Mr. Elliott, is the following: 



Here is your hat, Dr. Stejneger, the tobaggan is waiting outside with Dr. Jordan 

 and the whole advisory board, sir. 



The Chairman. Well, there is not much harm in that. 



Mr. Clark. No; not much. Here are two more deadly parallels, 

 and I should like to ask the chairman of this committee to ask Mr. 

 Henry W. Elliott why these things were mailed to the president of 

 Stanford University. He would like to know. 



Mr. McGuire. I will ask him. 



The Chairman. Shall I do it when Mr. Elliott goes on the stand ? 



Mr. McGuire. Either you or I, when he goes on the stand. 



Air. Elliott. Alright. 



The Chairman. Mr. Clark, let me ask you this: Did you receive 

 this last part that you submitted under a frank? 



Air. Clark. No; none of that was under a frank. 



Air. AIcGuire. You may state whether these documents which 

 various persons have been receiving recently were received in envelope 

 stamped or whether they are proceeding more cautiously than they 

 were. 



Mr. Clark. They are all stamped this year. I might say that 

 these documents (Hearing 1, 1914) with a red ink notation have 

 been received under your frank, Mr. Rothermel, by President Bran- 

 ner, by the professor of zoology, by the professor of germanic phil- 

 ology, and by the president of the board of trustees of Stanford 

 University. 



The Chairman. The information I sent to them was on account 

 of this document. 



Air. Clark. The thing that struck us was the red ink marks, either 

 reflecting discredit on Dr. Jordan or credit on Mr. Elliott. 



The Chairman. I told the clerk to send them over. 



Mr. Patton. Did you tell him to mark them % 



The Chairman. No. 



Mr. Elliott. It was marked in pencil. 



Mr. Clark. In red ink. This is one of them. This happens to be 

 a statement in which Mr. Redfield before this committee thanked 

 Mr. Elliott for the light he had thrown on the subject of the fur seals. 



The Chairman. Well, that must have happened, as I told Mr. 

 Baker to see that they were sent out, and I did it so that the people 

 could answer as soon as possible. I think it was on the same day 

 when the records were submitted to the committee. 



Mr. Clark. Yes; I received those other documents carefully 

 marked A, B, and C, but this is different; this came addressed to the 

 President of Stanford University, in Mr. Elliott's handwriting. 



The Chairman. On the envelope ? 



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