The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26

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frauds, Irregularities in the custom
service.
Jealousy Among Chairmen.
The success Of a few of the commit
tees in stirring up questionable propo
sitions of popular interest and the non
success Of others have led to a gooC
deal of Jealousy among the chairmeI
of the many committees. For instance
Representative Cox of Indiana, chair
man of the hoase committee on expen
ditures in the treasury department, ap
pealed to several newspaper men tn,
other day to turn up something fol
him.
II don't believe there is anything
much wrong in the treasury depart
ment," he said in a discouraged tone
THAT is, our investigations so fal
haven't revealed anything. Can't yol
put me on to good scandal or twoT
The newspaper men, confessing theil
inability to produce" Mr.. Cox looked
over the field and decided to butt in or
the activities of the committee on ex
penditures in the interior department
which is investigating the Controlle,
bay land tangle, by introducing q res
olution asking President Taft to inform
the house whether he was influenced
by his brother, Charles P. Taft, or by
any of the Guggenheim agents IL
throwing the Controller bay water from,
open to entry.
Being unable to get anywhere with
this resolution, which will not be ia
vorably reported, Mr.. Cox decided tt
borrow a little of the glory of the
Wiley inquiry from the committee or
expenditures in the agricultural de
partment, so he introduced a resolu
ton asking how many kicks had beer
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 nov
quarreling as to which shall investi
gate the case of Major Ray, who, it Il,
contended, as q result of his close re
lations with President Taft during the
1908 campaign. has been shown ia.
voritism in the army.
Officials Kept In Town.
The big batch of Investigations ha!
resulted in keeping all the members OF
President Taft's cabinet in town. In
deed, 1t has been many day sinct
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
partment of justice to tell how 1t hap
pened that after resigning as United
States attorney for the southern dis
trict of New York he was employed by
the department of Justice as a specia
assistant and was paid a big fee fol
his work in recovering on undervalua
tions of sugar imports from the sugar
trust.
Attorney General Wickersham has
already testified before the committed
on expenditures in the department o,
justice concerning the trust bustins
expenses Of the government and is tc
be called by the house committee OF
judiciary to tell what he knows of the
charges of Delegate Wickersham OF
Alaska that he favored the Alaska syn
dicate by permitting the statute of lin
itation to run when he had In his pos,
session evidence of fraud.
Several other committees may also
call Mr.. Wickersham in connection
with other allegations which have beer
made with other phases Of the worE
OF the department of justice.