The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-28
Great Amount Of Work All
ready Accomplished
AND MORE IS ANTICIPATED
Senator Dillingham; Says Charge Is False
That He Went Out Junketing,
While Other Members Of
Commission Worked.
washington, b. G.. Jan. 2s.


n one could and would take glance
at the index Gle Of the immigration com.
mission. showing the interviews had with
The government officials By the mem.
bers Of the commission who went abroad
10 study immigration questions and take
note 81 tie various countries visited the
interviews had there BY each member
and ON The various phases Of the work,
and could see an outline Of the dozen
volumes chat the commission hopes TO
get out from information gathered and
statistics compiled at home Through
agents ali over the country, they would
Be slow IN passing Judgment on che work
OF the commission until it is completed.
The work is being and has been per-
formed with great system and detail
and covers a variety Of subjects that
seems almost incredible.
The recent attack in the House by
Congressman Macon Of Arkansas who
charged that the commissions trip
abroad was pleasure iunket and that
the commission was guilty Of extraya-
rance was answered BY Congressman
Bennett Of New York, member q ttie
commission. the next morning on ques-
ton Of personal privilege and every
nhase ~ work was shown IN detail ana
An charges answered. He asked Mr
Macon from whom ne got the details
nnou which To base this attack. and the
latter refused at first to say, but later
admitted that it was James A. Patten.
IN his speech Mr.. Bennett made this
statement of Mr. Pattqn: Mr.. Speak
er am reminded Of having said that
before had closed / would indicate What
/ believed to be the source Of the au
fhoritv Of the gentleman from Arkan
sas ana % shall When we came bact
ii 1907 a man applied to our commission
for employment. His name was ana 7
flames A. Patteu EIa was the secretary
Of the Immigration Restriction league
objected ta bis appointment / saii
thqt 50 far we had been absolutely ire
ana oppn and nonpsrtisani ana tHat
uouid ohieet as strongly to the seeretaf.
u fhe National Liberal Immigration
IeaQlae as / would TO the secretary 2
ihe immigration Restrictive league.
know that James Al Patten rtceive
khe information that he was not EN-
pIoved because of my objection. Il
vent into my district in lHls. re 81
tempted to use the sane KIND 81 stut
He tried to get friends Of mine e bsliey
khat ] had dsfrauded the United state
government out Of 50eent pieces y
sould not 9st his stuff in q paper
fhe city af New York not one.
Ii Is from that kind Of source say The
the gentleman from Arkansas obtaine
bis information, az least Indirectly
Put know TIE ina
Who has been paddlna around TINS cal
ifoi Ia committee rooms, in hotel LEI
bies. III clubs. III my city wh revef
could. these little trivial andalog
fhines about commission every Ben
Der of which has devoted tine and MOI
~ to It that lie might much better f
his own use have given TO hls own ps
soma ends.
Mr. Macon stated On the aoor o. y
House that one Of the secretaries q =
commission Norton II Crane was
nsphew of Senator Crane Of Massacn
sptts and also averred that Mf. Pats
had given him this information and
was clearly hown on tie floaf q e
House that no such relationship exist'
Al far as the statements Haae ny y
Macon about Senator Dillingham; a
concerned aud the remark charged
have been made to AIr. Wheeler au9th
member Of The commission, To the eiia
that they would 20 Of and enjoy thei
selves and let the others work. and whi
statement went out n the press repol
from Washington senator Dillingha
saw that al these statements a-e a
soinfev false from BEGINNING 70 e
and that they were made out Of whi
cloth