New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
INQUIRIES BY CONGRESS.
Senate and House Ordered
Many Investigations.
SOME ALREADY COMPLETED
Statement by Senator Gore III
Regard to His Charges
of Bribery.
from The Tribune Bureau.


Washington, June 27.-The session or Coh
gress just adjourned, besides having estao-
lfshed an unusual record for legislative DC
tivity, will go down in history as paruc-
ularly noteworthy because of its curiosity
and inquisitiveness. It was so ANXIOUS 10
secure first hand information on variety
of subjects that sixteen committees OF coin-
missions will be forced to work during the
recess and gather facts desired.
Many committees finished Investigations
and made reports. Others have not yet
completed their inquiries, and some nave
not started to work. In the near future ali
will be under way with the usual power 10
administer oaths, make inspection tours
and draft majority and minority reports.
The most important Of the Investigations
launched by the last session of Congress
were as follows:
Senate inquiry into the bribery scandal
connected with the election of senator
Lorimer of Illinois.
bribery charges preferred by Senator Gore
in connection with Indian contracts for
legal services. No date has been fixed FOR
the beginning of this inquiry, but II Is
thought that hearings will not be held until
early next fail.
Joint investigation of conservation poll
cies involved in the Ballinger-Pinchot con-
| troverSy.
Senate investigation of the administration
of the Reclamation Service fund.
Examination by three engineers into the
| feasibility of the deep waterway project as
| II pertains to the Illinois and Desplaines
| rivers.
| Inquiry by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission into the cost of railway postal cars.
Survey by commission of the desirabillty
| Of legislation defining the liability Of en-
ployers for personal injuries to employees
| Survey by a commission to be appointed
! by the President of the desirability of fed
| eral regulation Of railroad stock and bond
| issues.
Investigations by a House committee Of
the naturalization situation in New York
! House investigation OF alleged irreguIarl-
! ties IN the sale and use of Philippine 1rlar
| lands.
| Commission to further the cause of in
| Invesfigation by the Commissioner of
Labor of conditions of employment In the
steel industry.
Survey of the question Of preserving the
| navigability of rivers by forest conserVa-
Senate investigation of alleged atrocities
| perpetrated on prisoners In third degree
| inquisitionS
House Investigations of lobbying for and
against ship subsidy legislation.
| Senate investigation of misuse Of the
| postal franking privilege.
! The great majority of these commissions
have been instructed to report to Congress
| in December. Three of the FIVE members of
| the senate COIfllllltCeS WHICH IL " lHNSSli-
| gate the charges made by Senator Gore
| held an informal meeting to-day. At the
| adiournmeEt of the meeting a statement
was given out, which is in part as follows
1.-THE impression seems to have been given
| out that Senator Gore stated on the floor
| OF the Senate upon his own responsibility
| that some member of the Senate is inter
ested in these Indian contracts. The COM
mittee desires to call attention to the fact
| that this is not correct, and that what
| Senator Gore did say was the following: OF
| course the integrity of no one could be i'm
peached upon the testimony of an inter
ested or untrustworthy witness. But the
| gentlemen who manifested so much inter
! est in my financial welfare stated to me
that a member Of the Senate was inter
| ested in those contracts, and he stated to
me that a member of the House was in
| terested in those contracts
From this it appears clearly that Sena-
! tor Gore himself does not charge any mem
Der of the Senate with being interested in
| any of these contracts, but simply states
that this charge was made to him by an
! other person The committee will act as
! promptly as circumstances will perit AMI
| will make a very thorough investigation
within the limits of the resolution under
! which they are acting"