The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-02-09
ARKANSAS MAN SCORES MEM.
BERS OF IMMIGRATION COM
MISSION RuTALESsLY.
DEMANDS INVESTIGATION
Repre- sentative Hurls Bitter Sarcasm
and Burning lnvective Upon Heads
OF Those Whom He Declares Took
Pleasure Trip and Feasted at the
Expense OF the People OF Country.


Washington, Feb. S-Demanding an
investigation Of the immigration com
mission provided for In resolution
he had introduced, Representative
Macon of Arkansas renewed his at
tack upon this commission in the
1ouse today. Mr.. Macon vigorously
defended his informant, ]. III. Patten.
secretary of the Immigration Restric-
ton league who was severely arraign-
ed by Representative Bennett of New
York. member Of the commission,
IN u recent speech in the house.
1t Is characteristic of the man to
proceed IN the cowardly way in which
the gentleman from New York has
proceeded" thundered Mr.. Macon, re-
ferrlng 70 the New Workers. attack on
Mr. patten. Mr.. Bennett was quickly
on his feet
II object" he said, and the members
We're all attention In anticipation OF d
lively scene
Il withdraw the remark" quickly
responded Mr.. Macon. and the tension
was dissipated.
Mr.. Macon's speech was made in
reply to Mr.. Benefits defense OF the
commission and he renewed his
charges that the committee had been
extravagant. He declared official re-
ports and expense accounts corro-
borated his assertions that it's trip
abroad In 1907 was a "junket" and
that the government had had no ad-
eanate return from the expenditure
by the commission Of s657.953.
Smite Party.
Unless my resolution to create n
commission of three to investigate the
extravaganza of the commission Is
adopted 50 the country will know that
the extravaganza / complained of Is
scandalous, the people will rise and
smite the party that attempts to
shield the commission that made IT,,
said Mr.. Macon. six members OF the
commission and seven employees made
the trip to Europe" he said. "They
drew 100000 on which to make the
trip, while in their report they ac-
count for only $20,675.
THE expense accounts are made I'm
Of steamship and railroad charges
carriage charges, fees and tips. hotel
bills, telegraph, wines. whisky, cognacs
mineral waters. lemonades, glaces
| siphons, citrons. cigars, cleaning and
pressing clothes, shaves, shines, hair
cuts. shampoos and rubs. Such
luxuries as wines and whisky. cognacs
lemonades, etc, were allowed by the
auditor, but he disallowed when IL
came to shayes, haircuts. shampoos
shines and cigars"
At Public Expense.
Mr.. Macon characterized the stop
ping at high-c hotels and partak
ing of their menus and beverages ms
roasting at public expense" He asked
Mr.. Bennett to explain why he could
take up time to engage in gorgeous
Festivities in Turkey, where his wife
was decorated with the insignia of
the Order of Kindness, an ancient
Turkish society. by the sultan. IL he
could not find time to draw a long
breath I'm Paris or cast his eyes upon
st. Peters in Rome This was In re-
ply to Mr.. Benefits statement that
his trip to Paris was record breaking
for breyity.
Basing his remarks on inspection OF
the official records, Mr.. Macon charged
that In the holy land the commission
made n carriage trip from Jerusalem
TO Bethany and from Jaffa back to
Jerusalem; that In London they had
carriage to Ambassador Reid's and
return; a carriage to the house of
lords, TO Westminster Abbey, to the
tower of London. to Regent square and
the British museum, that In Syracuse
lhey had carriage to the catacombs;
that In Messna they had ride In a
landau: that in Scotland they had a
pleasure ride to the castle of Edin-
bnrgh. and In Ireland To the famous
lakes of Killarney.
The commission wanted to find
out the kind Of immigrants that came
10 this country from all these places,
including the catacombs, where sleep
and decay the bones of the departed y
said Mr.. Macon, sarcastically He sug-
gested that to have gone to Mr. Ben
nett for his information as Mr.. Ben
nett suggested, would have been az
practicable as to hunt devils In
heaven. or saints in HE'LL
Election to congress. he continued,
was not conclusive evidence of in
tegrity, nor did 1t make Mr.. Bennett
immune from attack A much larger
percentage of congressman. whether
members Of the house or the senate.
have been charged with crime and
made to stand trial for felonies and
incarcerated in felons cells. he de-
clared, than of the secretaries of i'm
migration restriction leagues,