The Alaska citizen., 1911-05-22
DEMOCRATS PLAN II INVESTIGATE
EXPECT TO UNCOVER MANY GROSS IRREGULARlTIES IN
 DEPARTMENTS.

WASHINGTON. April 22.-Hefore l he month expires WhoIc-al4 m,csri. gatious Of the several dcpartmcnts l Of th" government will be in thr pro 1 cess of inauguration The chairman i of thy nine Committees of ENpedi- 1 lures were unanimous today in de ! rlnriHg that nr an carly date. pruba. l hiN within a few days. they will call together the majority members of 1 their committees and confer relative i 'u looking into the affairs of the de- partmeuts
 Probe to Begin Again. Representative Bcan of Texas, chairman of the Committee on Expen- l diturcs iu the Department of Justice. said he will soon star: to work.
 A | understand it." he said, these committees have been useless under the Republican houses |. l for one. intend t9 justify the exist cnco of The committee of which I was made chairman and We expect 'o de a great deal ut work" Rrpr, sentative Helm of Kentucky. | chairman of tHe Committee on EN- pcnditUrcs in the War Department. said "I propose. with the support and the aid of rh" committee. to prosecute diligently and vigorously the work of inye~liga'inE the oNpcn- scs of tn" War Department that k embraced within 'hr scope and juris- dirtiou of thn committee. want to find ou' particularly he necessity of rNFtudius an annual appropriation of %loG,opn.oUU hy rhc government to maintain all army of 72.559 enlisted men and i.G16 officers
 All the other chairmcu talked in similar vein and il k unlikely that single department will escape the probe of 'h" house Democrats.
 Republicans Made p5etenses.
 Al the last session of congress several of these "cXpeuditure" com mittcos mel in order to forcstall the present Democratic house Mosr of he committees had not hcld meeting fer years. hut the house Re publican leaders thought il would he 3 good plan 10 ask a few questions of the department heads iu order to make a hmf at don2 something and aIIHy Democratic criticism and ru- mors uf eN,raEaGaEsc. mismauasc mrnt and graft The desired white washes were forthcoming.
 | is fhr purpose of thc Democrats To make q th1rou-h iuNrstigation. The heads of departments d. well ls subordinate officials will bo brought htlor, the eamnitneta nud an ar. tempt wilt be- made to get a the Ht"s u tEc d,pIr'mru.
 impeachment of Eelknap.
 
 ,slin. ,,iu,jdrnsr tu9f Blackburn cf ktHtu,Ee. "heH a member ,r Ihr huaac. Was cbairmau ul ihr War D' p1rurnr Expenditures Cemni'lpe and ju}cstisaIiou~ made by him led 70 thr Impeachment of Secretary of War BcIkLap. Nr Helm. another kentuckian, js now al the head of the committee. and if k rhe general expectation here that when the com mittcr dcNcS into that period of War Department activity existing during the Spanish War and immc- diatcIy following condition far Worse than that of Beiknap will ho disclosed
 Probe in Other Departments.
 Representative Graham being at ne head of the Interior pcpartmea' Committee will doubtlcS~Iy shed much additional light on the ms mauag,meut of that department uu- der the former secretary. AIr. Bal. finger
 fine Navy department has long borne an mnsaYory reputation an4 there are opportunities awaiting Chairman Hardy of Texas. according to the belief of house members Even the Department of Agriculture will not escape. There is less criti- Cism of Secretary Wilson than any other cabinet officer. but il seems certain that the house committee in charge cf it's money account will take steps 10 peep into things.
 A far as the present administra- ion k concerned. it is declared III Washington that the Department of Justice is the worst managed of al the departments Republicans, as well as Democrats, have few good words for Attorney General Wickersham, and the forthcoming investigation may lead 10 his resignation.