Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-12
around the District In order 70 make fne
Investigations that they think ouens ~
be made.
Knows Of No Wrong.

Knows OF NO wrong,
Il am advised that the committee
knows of no wrong that has been com
mttted. but they want to go out anu
see whether or not something may nov
have happened that was wrong In
other words. they propose TO make fer-
rets of themselves to see whether pr
not there is a rat in the hole. lf they
knew. or know, of anything that is
wrong. why IL would he well enough
to investigate IT,
TO be had where wrong has grown to
such a point as that. Members are
satisfied that these wrongs have been
committed bur when the chairman or
the committee on the District was be-
fore the committee on rules. remem-
her 10 have read his statement In the
paper and he said nothing about any
wrong. he did not know OF any wrong
having been committed anywhere.
did not know but what the
administration uf the affairs OF tho DIS
trict had been conducted In accordance
with law but they want 20 GO out and
hunt for wrong.
Now | am opposed to paying the ex-
penses OF this committee to make tnvesti-
cations. just a. would be OPP.
posed u paving the expenses of
any other committee in this House
n they wanted to take trip
else TO investigate n condition that they
might have under consideration In their
respective committees. Tho facts here
are closed. X anything wrong has tran
Epirel the witness can be called 10y
telephone. and they can come here for
an expense of = cents each. but IL ought
not 10 require any great expense to in
vestigate the affairs OF the city.
Opposed to Ferreting.
IF we are going into Wholesale in
Vestfgation Of this question. the chair
and the members Of the House can I'M
derstand that there is no telling to
what extent II will GO where we will
stop or what the expenses of these
various Investigations may be- I.egfti-
mate Investigations are right ought to
he had whenever necessary, but TO make
ferret= of ourselves when we know not
whether there is a rat In the hole Is
mistake. in my Judgment.
Representative Clark or Florfoa. having
in mind the Berger resolution, authortz-
ing the District committee TO use the
Speakers automobile, asked II Mr. Macon
approved of that.
Il think II was impudent on the part
Of a member of that committee, replied
Mr. Macon. Ito suggest that the COM
mittee ought to be furnished with an
easy way OF riding over the city for the
purpose of making Investigations This
last was vigorously applauoed Dy the
democrats.
Opposes Appropriation.
Representative Francis Burton Harri-
son of New York suggested that special
appropriation was not necessary.
The District of Columbia Commit
tee" he said. is organized. il has clerks.
il has time on its hands. l think II is
mistake for us 10 make any special ap-
projriation for this purpose.
Representative I.obeck of Nebraska.
member of the District committee. told
the House that no extraordinary expendi-
lures would be made from the fund. and
that he for one would pay his own camp
fare and car fare He insisted. however,
that the committee must have money
with which 10 employ an expert account
ant.
I'VE will reed somebody" he said, in
getting accountants to go over the de-
tails of the auditing Office of the Dis
trict for nearly forty years One mil
lion dollars is reported as due the
government by the District. money that
has not been accounted for. and you
will understand that no member of this
committee will have the time to go
through the books for the last forty
years"