Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-07-27

dcTy&uatlons. government $ rental OF
The Union building, recoveries on sugar
frauds, irregularities in the customs
service
Jealousy Among chsinaen.
The success of a few Of the commit
tees IN stirring un questionable propo-
sitions OF popular interest and the non
success OF others have led TO a good
deal of Jealonsy among the chairlacn
of The many committees. For Instance
Representative Cox OF lndana. CHAIR
man OF the house committee on eXpen
ditures in the treasury department. ap
peaIed to several newspaper men the
other day to turn UP something for
him
~ don't believe there is anything
much wrong in the treasury depart
1s,,;,. = l. ~.-> i. ~ s's- ~. SOD t.i:.
That is. our investigations so far
haven't revealed anything Can't you
put me on to good scandal or twoY'
The newspaper men. confessing their
inability TO produce" Ar. Cox looked
over tho fold and decided to butt in on
the activities of The committee on ex-
penditures in the interior department.
which is Investigating the Controller
bay land targle by Introducing a res
olution asking President Taft to inform
the house whether hc vas Influenced
b. his brother. Charles T. Taft, or by
any of the Guggpnheim AGENTS in
throwing The Controller bay water front
open 10 entry.
Being unable to get anywhere with
this resolution. which will not be ia.
vorably reported. Mr. Cox decided to
borrow a little of the glory of the
Wiley inquiry from the committee on
expenditures IN the agricultural de-
partment. SO he Introduced a resolu-
ton asking how many kicks bad been
made against DR. Wiley in recent years
with the idea of showing that the in
terests are prosecuting the govern
ment's expert. This Immediately irri-
tated Representative Moss Of Indiana.
chairman of the agricultural expendi-
lures committee. who had presented
the subject. himself
In addition to this feud. the commit
tees on military affairs and eXpendi
lures in the war department are now
quarreling as to which shall investi-
gate the case OF Major Ray. who. 1t is
.oiitentieti. MS IL result OF his close re-
lations with President Taft during the
1908 campaign has been shown ia
voritiSm in the army
! Officials Kent IN Town.
The big batch of investigations has
resulted in keeping all the members of
President Taft's cabinet in town In
deed. 1t has been many day since
the official family of any chief execu-
tive was ever so pestered.
Secretary of War Stimson expects
to be called before the Hardwick spe-
cial sugar committee and the house
committee on expenditures in the de.
paWment Of Justice TO tell how it hap
pencd that after resgning AZ United
States attorney for the southern dis
trict of New York he was employed hy
the department of Justice as Il special
his work in recovering on undervalua-
tlohS OF sugar imports from the sugar
trust
Attorney General Wickersham has
already testified before the committee
on expenditures in the department of
Justice concerning the trust busting
expenses of the government and Is to
be called by the house committee on
judiciary to tell what he knows of the
charges OF Delegate Wickersham of
Alaska that he favored the Alaska syn
dtcate by permitting the statute of Im-
ttation to run when he had in his DOS
session evidence of fraud.
Several 6ther committees may also
call Mr. Wickersham in connection
with other allegations which have been
made with a;her phases OF the work
of the department Of Justice