The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-26
HOUSE ADOPTS TIE
 PUJO RESOLUTION Increased Power in Money
 Trust Probe MIR. MANN IS FIERCE Empowers a Sweeping Investigation of Relations of Financial Inter- ests to Industrial, Transporta-
 tion and Banking Interests
MIR. MANN IS FIERCE


 their relations to industrial, transporta- tion and banking interests; and the ex- tent to which their inter-relations may constitute a money trust"
 By vote of 241 to 15 the Pujo resolu- tion. embracing practically all the alle- gations and authority of the original Henry money trust" resolution, was passed by the House immediately after Republican Leader Mann had, in a fierce speech, charged the democrats with try ing to hold up' the corporations, and force them to support the democratic can didate for the presidency.
 Vote on Resolution
 Those who voted against the resolution were:
 Republicans-Austln, Tennessee; Calder, New York; Cannon, Illinois; Dalzell, Pennsylvania; Draper, New York; Henry, Higgins and Tilson, Connecticut; Howell, Utah; Malby, New York. and Sulloway, New Hampshire.
 Democrats = Representatives Brantley. Georgia; Bulkeley and Whiteacre, Ohio; Evans, Illinois.
 Representative Pujo, chairman of the  banking and currency committee, an- nounced late today that he had tele- graphed to Samuel Untermeyer of New York and Edgar H.. Farar of New Or leans, the attorneys who are to conduct the investigation, asking them to meet the committee at once.
 Representative Mann charged during the debate that MT. Untermeyer of New York Is proposing to milk the money powers and the corporations that he is seeking to Investigate"
 This Is one of those come and see me resolutions" said MT. Mann. We have an important political campaign ahead of us. There is need for money. They say to the corporations Come and show up everything you have ever done, or else put up the stuff They say: If you dare make a movement in favor of our political opponents we will drag you up before the bar of our committed
 "No such gross abuse was ever exer- cised in the history of the government"
 Henry Denies Charges
 Chairman Henry of the rules committee denied MT. Mann's charges. He said the House had already passed presidential campaign fund publicity bill, which would prevent any ftmilking of the corpora tions." W
 "Mr. Underwood and Speaker Clark went into a democratic caucus and de- feated a favorable report on the Henry resolution" said MT. Mann. But these two gentlemen are candidates for nomina tion for the presidency. The gentleman from Texas has run them to cover. He has had his way now, representing an other candidate for the presidency. Mr.. Wilson of New Jersey, and the distin- guished candidates for the presidency f..fI to stand where they stood at the time or the democratic caucus. They have laid down and let the gentlemen from Texas walk over their prostrate bodies" Neither Oppose Resolution
 Chairman Henry denied that either Speaker Clark or MT. Underwood was op- posed to the new resolution
 ''They would not suppress my dear Hartman letters." he declared. They would not suppress the letters that were written by Perkins or about Perkins, or those records that are now lurking in bureau of this government"
 Chairman Pujo of the banking and cur rency committee said that wider powers of investigation were demanded by the law. yers who have been engaged by the com mittee.
 '1s it not fact that Mir. Untermeyer has had difficulty with some corporations and it is for that purpose that he is anX- ous to bring about this Investigations" asked Representatives Fornes. democrat, of New York.
 T do not know that" said MT. Pujo. ~~~~~.~-o~>~0--~-~~~-~ case did I consider in any way whether any support would be gained for or alien lated from either me or MT. Taft. In both cases, and in all other cases of the kind, considered nothing but what was demanded by right and justice
 Bonaparte's Statement
 Baltimore, April 25.-Respecting Theodore Roosevelt's letter to Attorney General Bonaparte, directing the lat ter to withhold the antitrust suit against the International Harvester company, MT. Bonaparte today said the action was put off pending the result of an investigation of the company by the bureau of corporations. The letter was included in correspondence sent to the Senate yesterday by tho department of justice.
 Former Attorney General Bonaparte said:
 'erhe letter in question was written while I was absent from Washing ton and while an investigation by the department of justice was in progress
 
 trust, but before any report had been made to the department or any de- cision reached by it.
 Several months later after the de- partment had received a full report from it's representative, a MT. Town send, l announced to the President that was ready to institute a suit for the Dissolution of the harvester trust
 Awaited Result of Inquiry "It was then ascertained that the bureau of corporatio had not yet completed it's investigation of the same harvester trust (which it was conduct | ing by direction of resolution of the Senate) and the matter being SUD- mitted to the cabinet it was decided that the suit should await the con cluson of MT. Herbert Smiths inquiry. Tt was supposed then that this would cause but a short delay. The inquiry lasted. however, not only dur ing the remaining year of Mir. Roose- yelt's administration. but during some three years of MT Tafts. and. so far as I know, is not finished yet. "fhe Presidents letter of August, | 1907, did not in any wise delay or af- feet the action of the department of justice, and when 1 told him I thought the suit should be undertaken, which was probably five or six months later. he immediately acquiesced The only impeachment was the discovery that MT. smiths inquiry was still unfinished and his tMr. Smith's) statement that he could not complete it if the sult should be brought"
 Smith Silent u-aShiprton Anri1 o5-Harhert Iynox