The Washington herald., 1912-08-27

thoroughly In the publicity of cam
paign contributions. He has made
public the contributions in his primary
campaign and has been calling almost
weekly upon Col Roosevelt to follow
his example and to let his actions
square with the pledges in the Bull
Moose platform. Having obtained no
favorable response from the colonel,
Senator La Toilette eagerly seized upon
the Penrose resolution, and through his
personal efforts forced 1t through the
Senate II 1t had not been for the
Senator from Wisconsin the resolution
would never have seen the light. He
practically took the Senate by the
throat and by threatening to hold them
in session indefinitely compelled the
adoption OF the resolution.
Clark's Friends Opposed.
The inquiry will include, of course, the
Taft primary campaign and the campaign
made by the Democratic candidates for
the Presidential nomination. It will dis
close the sources of President Taft's
recent primary campaign fund, and
" Ill show where the money came
from that financed the Clark and Under
wood booms. 1t may also settle the
charges made by Marse Henry Waiter
son about the sources from which Gov
Woodrow Wilson drew his financial as
sistance. Champ Clark's friends in the
Senate have given evidence of strong
opposition to the resolution. and this
has led to comments that the Speaker
may not care to give the world the de-
tails Of the financing Of his late lament
ed boom.
Efforts to Curtaf1 Measure.
Efforts were made though before the
resolution was presented to have its
scope curtailed. Many of the Senators
objected to the inquiry into the recent
primary campaign and very few Of them
seemed favorably inclined toward the
amendment which included all financial
transactions between John D. Archbold
or George W. Perkins and members of
Congress within the scope of the inves-
tigation. Again Senator La Toilette
stood like a rock. There were heated
conversations between him and Senator
Smoot OF Utah. who seemed to be lead
ing efforts to patch up some sort of
compromise agreement.
occasionally Senator Penrose strolled
over to La Follette's desk and gave him
an encouraging smile and a pleasant
word. This act of appreciation only
served to rivet attention upon the
peculiar alignment that has forced
Penrose and the Wisconsin progressive
into standing shoulder to shoulder in
common fight.
Senator Bailey of Texas again made .
speech against the proposed resolution.
His objections were based upon oonsti-
tutional grounds He contended that the
Senate had no power to authorize a gen.
eral inquiry into Presidential primary
Senator Bacon of Georgia pointed out
however. that the contingency was not
altogether remote that the House of
Representatives might be called upon to
elect President and the Senate a Vice
President this fall He thought that such
a contingency warranted the investiga-
ton by the Senate II It SO desired. Mr.
Bailey acknowledged that this might ap-
ply to the Vice President, but he be.
lieved that II any Federal investigation
was to be undertaken in the Presidential
primaries It should come from the
House.
When the vote was finally taken on
the resolution Mr.. Bailey was not in the
chamber. Not a voice was raised against
the resolution.