“Was that meeting at Baum’s hall a public one?”—“It was.”
“March 1 you became a member?”—“Yes, sir.”
“Were your antecedents inquired into?“—“No, sir.”
“You just paid your ten cents and were received?”—“Yes, sir.”
“Is not that your experience, that anybody who could pay 10 cents could be received?”—“Yes, sir.”
“Did you ever see anybody excluded?”—“No, sir, except reporters. I have seen reporters excluded sometimes.”
“Were not reporters generally freely admitted?”—“Not very often.”
“They had seats for them and a table?”—“I don’t know. I never saw more than one at a time there.”
“Did you ever see anybody excluded by the doorkeeper?”
“No, sir.”