788 INVESTIGATION OF THE FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA. 



Mr. McGuire. Yes; I have seen the original notes; they are a 

 part of the record. I will get the hearings of the committee, if 

 necessary. I am taking this right from the notes. 



Mr. Stephens. Are they printed ? 



Mr. Elliott. I make the point that I never saw them, and there- 

 fore I — — 



Mr. McGuire (interposing). You will have a chance to explain. 



The Chairman. If you have the original notes I wish yon would 

 produce them. 



Mr. McGuire. I will try to get them; I think I can get them. 



Mr. Elliott. Right there; if you have them, what then? I never 

 saw them; what do they signify? 



Mr. McGuire (reading) : 



Mr. Hewitt. Are you under salary of the company? 

 Mr. Elliott. Yes. 



Mr. Elliott. That is another falsehood. 



Mr. McGuire. Did you or did you not give that testimony? 



Mr. Elliott. I say no. 



Mr. McGuire (reading) : 



Mr. Herbert. What service are you employed to render? 



Do you remember that question ? 



Mr. Elliott. No; I do not quite remember it. 



Mr. McGuire (reading) : 



Mr. Elliott. As counsel and adviser in the work on that island. 



Mr. Elliott. I could not have used the word "counsel." That is 

 absurd. I am not a lawyer, and never have pretended to be one. 



Mr. McGuire. You did not do that ? 



Mr. Elliott. No; I might have said "adviser." 



The Chairman. Now, Mr. McGuire, I want to suggest that it is 

 hardly fair to examine the witness without having the original notes. 

 That was nearly 30 years ago. 



Mr. Elliott. Mr. Chairman, it has all been thrashed out here. 



Mr. McGuire. I am vouching for these as correct, but if there is 

 any question about them I will get the original notes and reexamine 

 him. 



The Chairman. The witness should at least have a chance to 

 refresh his recollection. 



Mr. McGuire. I should be very glad 



Mr. Elliott (interposing). I have never seen the "notes" he 

 quotes. How can I "refresh my recollection," if I have never seen 

 the "notes"? How am I going to refresh my recollection, when I 

 never revised or saw the "notes" ? 



The Chairman. Well, let us understand 



Mr. Elliott (interposing). I do not want any "notes" brought 

 here that I have never seen, and have never revised as my "testi- 

 mony;" that is what I am 



The Chairman (interposing). Well, you wait until we get throrgh. 



Mr. Elliott. Yes; but I want to understand 



The Chairman (interposing). I would like to look at those notes 

 if you have them; not that I question your right to quote extracts, but 

 it is a matter so long ago that I think we ought to have the original 

 notes. 



