The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-01
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I MOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,
\ VOTES 10 PROBE THE
MONEY COMBINE.
WAS NEARLY UNANIMOUS

" sHveStsVAe0 PtOpOSoo Panama ca.
nal Toils-Bili introduced BY Sen. 7
ator Polndexter to Abolish
H. Commerce Court.
Washington. D. Can investiga,
ton 20 determine whether there is 1
smoney trust In, the United States
operating through Or in connection
With the national banks, was ordered
By the house by q vote Of 80 to s.
While Republican regulars and in.
surgents protested that the inquiry az
proposed was sham" and q ode.
fusion. the Democratic forces united
in support Of q compromise money
trust" resolution, and succeeded in se.
curing all but eight Republican votes
In It's support.
/ Usage Of Panama to stihe Rates.
In an effort to preserve and pro.
mote the interests Of the government
by the protection and development Of
full, fair, open and profitable use Of
the Panama canal by the ships Of COM
merce and war Of all people and all
nations the house interstate and for
eign commerce committee embarked
on general investigation Of charges
OF ship trusts. subsidies and other ru-
inors of improperly in the usage of
the canal after it is opened.
The resolution was introduced by
the chairman of the committee, Repre-
sentative Adamson, of Georgia. It re-
cited the need of thorough inquiry
into the charges that the canal will
be used by trans-continental railroads
to stifie competition in freight rates.
1t empowers the committee to call
the aid of the government executive
departments to summon witnesses and
put them under oath and to get papers
and other information throwing light
on the matter. The result of the in
vestigation will be in recommends
lions for laws appropriate to the needs
disclosed by the inquiry.
Would Abolish Trade Court.
Senator Poindexter of Washington,
opened his campaign for the abolition
of the commerce court by advocating
before the senate interstate COM
merce committee his bill to end the
courts existence. Senator Townsend
asked questions designed to show that
only those who opposed the creation
of the court were disappointed with it.
Senator Clarke Of Arkansas, declared
if the court did not change its atti-
tude he would favor limiting its pow
ers or abolishing it although he had
voted to create it.
Washington, D. c. The scandal
Involving Major Beecher B. Ray of
the army pay corps, is engaging the
attention Of army men and politicians
because of the evidence already
brought out, and more to follow, in.
dicating that through the use of this
army officer in several campaigns the
army has been invaded by politics.
This has nothing to do with the per.
sonal scandal involving the name of
Major Ray.
The investigation into the Ray case
has proceeded far enough for it to be-
come apparent what the committee
hopes to show. Representative Helm
of Kentucky, the committee chairman
and his Democratic colleagues say
that Major Ray was used, in the 1904
campaign by Theodore Roosevelt, and
in the 1908 campaign by William H.
Taft, that he was detached from his
army duties, although his pay and ex.
pense allowances were permitted to
continue and assigned to Chicago
headquarters of the Republican cam.
paign committee; that while thus as.
signed he did political work keeping
the labor vote in line for the Re
publican ticket and paying particular
attention to the order of railway
trainmen of which he formerly was a
member.
More than this, the committee Dem.
ocrats claim that. as a result of these
political services, first for Roosevelt
and then for Taft, Major Ray was
shown unexampled favoritism, having
been assigned to Is separate and dis.
tinct stations in 10 years. although
the average tour Of duty Of pay
master at any one station is between
three and four years, and that. al
though guilty on three separate oc
casions of financial Irregularities and
once involved in a scandal relating
to woman, each time, against the
Recommendation Of his superior Of
ficer in the army. he was saved from
punishment by President Taft.
These papers. or : limited portion
Of them. as It afterwards turned out
were forwarded to the committee
which, when congress convened, i'm
mediately began q personal investi
cation Of the case. r Since then M
LESS than three additional bundles Of
papers. Of vastly greater interest ant
importance than those sent to con
gress by the war department last
summer. have come to- Hight.
One bundle. cent to the Helm com
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