The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-02
GIVE APPEARANCE OF EFFORT
TO LOAD THE CAMPAIGN GUNS
SOME POLITICAL PROPHETS BE-
LlEvE INVESTIGATIONS ARE
PROVING EMBARRASSING. TO
THE DEMOCRATS.

The Laird of Skfboo already
has been lampooned into telling the
Stanley steel committee just what he
thought was good for them to know
concerning the workings of the Car
negie Steel company-and no more.
James A. Farrell, president of the
United States Steel corporation, like
wise advised them they were ON the
wrong trail. Against these two iron
masters have appeared many small
dealers who claim to have been vic
TINS of the iron and steel octopus.
Before the house committee ON re-
forms in the civil service and the
committee on postoffices, Postmas .er-
General Hitchcock has been accused
of indiScretely shuntfng one million
dollars Of the public moneys into
the railroad company's Golfers.
The Moss committee, with it's re-
port on the Wiley Cabe-Wi son
controversy, which was so carefully
worded as to really hurt no one,
AeSo SO4AC anu 4nC NV MA
committee has investigated the
sugar interests, and it's report will
soon be sent to congress. The Lori
mer and Stephenson inquiries will
soon be history, while the triple
probe into the money, shipping and
harvester combines is yet to be I'M
dertaken.
Now those who are familiar with
the inner workings of the political
game among the members of con-
gress admit that the many congress
sional probes have been undertaken
with at least a secondary view to
dragging forth facts and figures to
embaTras the minority branch of
congress, as wen as to remedy and
reotify abuses.
That is why some political pro
phets believe themselves Justified in
declaring the democrats are finding
their inquiries more a source of en-
barrassment than of information, AL
though the fair-minded admit that
much knowledge of the sort which
should see the light of publicity has
come through these probes.
But, ON the other hand, the inQuir-
les now threaten to take reaction
airy course, and turn upon their crea-
tors and shame them.
The crux of the whole matter
really is whether the congressman
have been unable to obtain witnesses
who will substantiate what a lot Of
persons believe to be true about the
trusts, or whether there really isn't
anything to the whole business. The
inquiries have so far largely failed
to disclose the decadent conditions
suspected in commercial affairs of
the nation.
Facing the situation and with thou
sands of dollars already expended de-
spite their economy program, the
house democrats are up against in
ternal dissentions.
There are now in progress or
pending, Investigations against the
steel trust, the money trust and the
shipping trust.
Perhaps the most fruitless of all
the Investigations conducted so far
/ by the democrats is the Moss com
mttee's probe into the Wiley
McCabe-Wilson controversy. Although
the report upholds DR.. Wiley, Solici-
tor McCabe, who is an open enemy Of
the governments chemist when it
comes to the administration of the
| bureau of chemistry, escapes recon-
mendation for dismissal, and the two
warning forces are left in the de-
| partment
Although Andrew Carnegie admit
/ ted before the Stanley steel commit
tee that he had recommended Phil
ander Knox to President Mckinley
for attorney general at the time of
the formation of the United States
Steel corporation, at which period
Knox was a steel company's attor-
ney, and also told of contributing to
a campaign fund, which the members
of the committee chose to construe
as being against Mr.. Mckinley, the
interrogation Of the iron master failed
to really bring out many thrills
President Farrells three days on the
stand failed to reveal that amy of the
big industries are receiving rebates
from the United States Steel cor
poration.
Such points as these are being
seized by some of the democrats, who
contend that the Stanley inquisitors
are leaving unploughed much fallow
land, have overlooked vast mines of
information and are failing of their
object
Then, the progressive element Is
in the field, urging that the house
committee on rules order the triple
investigation of the money, shipping
and harvester trusts to go on.
The conservative element is op-
posing such a course. Bryan in the
meantime, IS saying things in his
Commoner about Wall street influ-