The Washington times., 1912-08-25
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PLANS TO HEAR
COL. ROOSEVELT
Standard Oil Senators Do
Not Want Further In--
vestigation Now.
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ada; Senator Jones left last night for
Washington, and cannot be back here
for some little time. He isn't going
back again. don't know where SEN
ator Paynter is.
so there's nobody to be got together
to hear the. testimony. of Colonel
Senator Dillingham; would name Sem
ator Kern on the subcommittee in
place of Senator Lea. Senator Kern
isn't here, but he's down in Virginia
somewhere, and could presumably be
brought here without much trouble.
No Hope of Early Gathering.
with affairs In the shape they are,
1t doesn't look to me as II we would
be able to take the matter up before
September 80. Senator Pomerene, who
has been acting in a sort of tentative
way for the Democrats on the commit
tee, has gone home to Ohio He can
come back by September 11-not
sooner-but he isn't member of the
subcommittee at all. OF course, we
don't want to have Roosevelt heard
without some Democrat being present
on the subcommittee to have an op-
portunity to cross-auestion him II de-
sired"
Senator La Toilette turned up in the
last hours, as usual, with all guns
loaded, cooked, and primed. The House
and Senate were in a huge disagree
ment over the deficiency bill. 1t was n
conference, the Senate having added
several millions of dollars to it, which
the House was unwilling to accept.
Meanwhile so many Senators had left
town that quorum could not be mus
tered, and La Toilette took advantage
of this to prevent adjournment, while
he insisted on passage of the resolution
for the Investigation of campaign
finances. He threatened to make the
point Of no quorum" and thus prevent
the Senate acting on the deficiency con-
ference report, unless first 1t should
pass the campaign fund investigation
resolution. The possibility of stopping
everything with the point of mo quo
rum put power in the hands of the
Wisconsin man.
Want One Sided Probe.
The enemies of Roosevelt want in
vestigation, and plenty of it, provided
it doesn't embarrass them, too. Gen.
tlemen who have done some letter.
writing themselves, and perchance have
sustained profitable business relations
with the generous Standard Oil interest,
of course don't want an investigation
broad enough to include their transac-
tions. They just want it to reach to
the punt VI IldhiHS
as possible for Roosevelt.
Roosevelt doesn't mind anything; he
wants all the investigation anybody
cares to order what he wants is to get
1t noW9 Again, his enemies are hostile
to this purpose; If there must be inves-
tigation. they want It to wait long
enough to give them opportunity to
study up on the situation, and ask
Colonel Roosevelt all the embarrassing
questions they can think out.
of Colonel Roosevelt hope to gain By
delay ls to break into his campaign
plans. He Is shortly to start on a great
campaign trip through the country,
which VIII consume most OF the time
till election. If he is compelled to break
into the midst of this tour and como
back to Washington to testify before
this committee five or six weeks hence,
1t will badly disarrange his plans. Ali
of which which looks perfectly good
to his enemies.
Adjournment Date a Gamble.
Congress. with these various compli-
cations on its hands, may get away
some time tomorrow afternoon, and
then again 1t may be unable to break
loose for two or three days. Nobody
wanted to guess, this afternoon, on the
outcome; and the people least willing
to venture guesses were those best tn
formed on the situation.
II common report be true, q probe
under such a resolution as La Toilette
introduced would be highly embarrass-
House. 1t would also bring up and