New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-05
HOUSE ACHIEVES LITTLE
Work of the Session Fails 70
Yield Campaign Material.
INVESTIGATIONS BARREN
Most of the Costly Inquiries
Dropped and Others Drag On
Democrats Anxious.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. Aug. with the adJouE'-
ment of Congress In sight, resume oi
the work OF the session shows that IT mas
been long on legislative activity anu snort
on accomplishment. This Is especially
true Of the Democratic House, when has
sDent more than 10000 for 1nvcstga-
tions'' and passed various bills on winch
action in the Senate is improbable. MUCH
of this attempted legislation was at the
behest Of labor.
The fact that the larger appropriation
bills are in conference precludes an esti-
mate Of the amount appropriated by the
first regular session of the SD Congress
and prevents a verdict at this time on
Democratic promises OF economy Inc
House majority, however. has failed 10
make good on a promise OF equal impor-
tance-the threatened expose Of irresu-
larities in the several government depart
ments. During the session dozen m
vestigatlons have been under way. Inc
majority Of them have been dropped, and
there are as yet no reports from many 81
the investigating committees. The result
is Il dearth Of Democratic campaign ma
terial.
Democrats point with special pride TO
the probe Of the Stanley steel inVesti-
eating committee This committee mas
spent s3g,CU and has determined that the
United States Steel Corporation is a mo-
nopoly and the sherman law should be
amended. Meanwhile. the administration
itFa h. ~ = D
trust. The committee consisted Of nine
members. and the disagreement among
them was such that five reports were
fled
Money Probers Will Use Allowance.
The Committee on Banking and Cur
rency was voted $4,000 TO probe the
money trust" It has expended to date
$500, and probably will use the entire
allowance.
The Judiciary Committee was allotted
$4,000 10 investigate the trust cyll In
general This probe is only fairly started.
but the committee has expended $3.50,
most Of which is charged against the
Archibald and Hanford impeachment cases.
Another widely heralded investigation
which brought no tangible results was
the inquiry into the sugar trust
The Hardwick committee spent Si1.+S
and presented a report OF such a charac-
ter that II has not been mentioned since
tho date 81 its presentation
Tho so-called Graham committee, Of
fcially known as the Committee on EX-
penditure i'm the Interior Department. also
failed TO produce campaign material The
Graham committee probed the baseloss
Controller Bay charges and abandoned
the controversy IL also has begun an In
quiry into affairs AT the White Earth Ind
ian Reser, alton and a general investiga-
ton Of the Interior Department and the
Indian. The cost to date. has been SlO.-
Az
The Committee on Expenditures in the
Postofce Department has a debit OF 81
sos. II has "dlscoyered' little apparently.
for no report has been filed. The commit
tee delyed for months into the old Lewis
Publishing Company controversy, gather
ing a record Of more than 5000 printed
pages.
For tho investigation Of the shipping
trust the House has voted the Committee
on Merchant Marine and Fisheries S25.0"
OF which g. 30 has been spent.
The House District Committee has an
appropriation OF $1,000 to probe the taxa
ton system OF the District OF Columbia.
Three Investigations undertaken by the
Committee on Expenditures in the De-
partment Of Agriculture have cost 1925
10 date These were the Wiley -McCabe
controversy. the Everglades controversy
and the preliminary inquiry into the meat
Inspection service.
Other committees on expenditures IN the
various departments have conducted IN
pr, ductiyc Investigations, at an aggregate
cost Of several thousand dollars. and the
House is awaiting reports from the ma
jorijy OF them.
Beyond the Investigations. the House
has been busy mainly with "pop8un'
bills and legislation favorable 70 labor.
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