The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-31
Friends Think He Should
Have Counsel
THATHISSIDE MAY APPEAR
Cunning for Cannon Corporation
Tax Worries the Anuous-Visit-
ors at the White
House.

Washington. Jan. s.--RepublieAn lead
srs are bevoming concerned over the
testimony bsfore Ire Pinchot Ballinger
commission bearing on Secretary Bal.
linger, and 70 the extent that they feel
that h ought 30 be represented by COan-
eel there ard chat il has been mistake
on tha part IT the secretary and his
fsieAas TO hnvs concluded that il would
h wpnsoessary or undieuihed fer him
10 h. represented.
Pressure IL 10 bs brought ~ bear upon
him to change bic mind 50 a. 10 havs On
hard a. tie investigations an abls law
yer Who shall ask questions Of the wit
neaees on matters requiring elucidation
FROM the point Of view Of ths secretary
50 that his side OF the case may be
brought into proper light and perspec.
tive. At present the investigation is
taking ths form Of an ok parte hearing
in which the accusegs are represented
by able lawyers, wis conduct the caSe
70 as to make 1t "a damaging 10 Mr.
Ballineer ~ possible, end the result on
the publios mind needs no eKpatiation.
Hence the alarm Of Republican leaders,
who feel that the party is being unneces-
sarily ieopasdized by the character Of
the testimony adduced and not softened
or altered in any way by oross-examina-
ton. That even the commission feels
this way was shown by the leading ques-
tions Chairman Nelson had to ask the
witness CLAWS Saturday. when a point
was apparently sliding BY which could
be made to speak in Mr. IalIiuger's
favor Senator crane listened to the
testimony part d the time Saturday
afternoon
The resolution Of Champ Clark, the
ninority leader If the House, 70 recast
the committee on rules BY Increasing the
membership to IS, the chairman Of itI
to be elected BY the committee itself
and to revise the rules otherwise, serves
to bring out into great prominence the
movement in the House to clip the power
Of the speaker through his hold over this
committee. It i really serious propo
sitiA ard has momentum Of large force
in the Republican membership itself and
il would not be surprising if it should
develop into caucus. where. it il said,
motion would easily prevail to increase
the membership Of the committee to
seven or nine, but that it would be
quite another matter If the proposition
should 90 50 far as to humiliate the
speaker by refusing him membership on
the committee. This committee would
be elected by the caucus and larger
membership would reduce materially, itisl
believed, the speakers influence.
But al IN all. TIE chief motive fer the
movement seems to rest on the desire
Ut many members of Congress to be
able To show On the hastings this fail
that this Congress, through them, had ii
most substantial and regular way
curb0a the power Of the speaker, and
that speaker, Cannon.
Many letters are being received BY
membsrs Of Congress, and representa-.
tions arc also being made to the prssl-
dent for some ruling or change in the
corporation tax law against the pub
lefty requirements The objections come
nasty from private corporations, who
among ether reasons they advocate for
change ser that they might be com
PEELED ID make declaration 81 their af
fairs when ID critical but temporary
diaioulty, which on becoming known
would drive them to failure. The Jus
tiee Of the complaint is recognized, but
The difficulty is great to amend the law
without imperiling the whole tax Then
again, this was largely enacted to com