New-York tribune., 1912-01-16
THE DA VINWASHINGTON


make st public. The chairman Of the in
vestigstng committee. charged with decid-
ing question long ago decided by the
President. refutes all newspaper stories
purporting to give an inkling Of the con-
tents Of the report. He was indignant at
The suggestion that there NAV have been A
leak concerning such an important docu-
ment. other members Of the investigating
committee asserted that the chairman had
rIedged them 10 secrecy until the full COM
nittee may have had opportunity carefully
m weigh and consider the import Of the re-
mort. Mr. Moss since he burst into tenn
norsrv notoriety as the chairman OF the
investigating committee. has been a stickler
for deliberation. He went the limit to-day
Vhsn he indicated that the Wiley report
actually had been prepared and that IL rs
NOW before the fun committee for its care
f,d consideration" II an epoch making
treaty with some other nation were being
formulated Nr. Moss could not have been
more serious Nevertheless. Il is under
stood that the Moss report will not recon-
mend tho abolition of the Department ot
Agriculture. Solicitor McC1be may even he
retained and the Remsen board may not he
diana Democrat loses sight OF the fact that
no matter what may he tho report OF MS
committee n will come several months
after the President has practically ended
the W1ley-McCebe controversy by exoner-
sting the chief chemist, which eNonerauo
was followed by the removal OF Sohcitoi
NcCabe from the Food and DRUG Inspection
Board. The Moss committee. however. hds
a solemn duty to perform, and the pupnc
Is expected 10 await on tiptoe the decisive
report which Mr.. Mess expects To present
to the House next Thursday.
KILL, SHERWOOD BILL.-Armed with
bludeeon in the form Of a statement from
the Secretary Of the Treasury that ''Is
massage OF the Sherwood pension bill wouln
necegsitate an issue or bonds me senate
Committee on Pensions knocked thst
anomaly on the head to-day. Secretary
MacVeagh's statement followed the ofnclaI
estimate of the pension experts that II
would require an additional appropriate"
Of sllo 900 600 TO meet the demands or 'ne
Sherwood bill the second year that u was
in effect However. Mr.. SHERWOOD VIII nave
an opportunity to appear before the COM
ynittee next Monday and TO present the
reasons which he believes 10 warrant sup
mort Of his measure The members OF the
committee believe that everything posslhle
should he done for the needy old soldiers.
hut they also believe that there is neither
occasion nor warrant for the wholesale
bounty provided in the Sherwood bill. II
is probable that the Senate committee WIN
draft a bill of its own, although any Dill
which materially increases the pension bud
get will be regarded with disfsvor by the
President, who appreciates that nothing
could more effectually block genuine tarin
revision than such an increase Of the ex-
penses Of the government.
PADGETTs sILENCE.-There is little
more exasperating to the friends OF the
navy than the silent determination Of Rep
resentative Padgett. the Democratic chair
man OF the House Committee on Naval Al
fairs, so to curtail the appropriation for the
navy as TO preclude the building or more
than one bsttleship. even II he assents 10
that. II is realized by those familiar with
naval affairs that In view or the repidity
with which naval vessels become obsolete
il is necessary TO authorize two new ships
each year merely TO keep the feet up 20
the present standard. That is point the
Democrats refuse to concede, however and
Mr.. Padgett maintains persistent silence
on the subject OF his intentions, t1ct
which was somewhat rubbed into him on
Saturday, when he was a guest OF honor at
the Navy League banquet at which two
hundred naval officers. ably assisted by
half az many newspaper correspondents,
sang Justify at frequent intervals through
out the evening a song Of which the re-
fraln ran:
Amalgamation Is the cry,
But YOU take IL fun and BY.
What Is the need Of all this fuss
when Padgett's silence makes you cuts'
q, @. II.