Evening star., 1912-01-27
OPPOSED BY UNDERWOOD
Majority Leader Against Starting
Probe at This Time.
UNTERMYER's TALE sT1Rs
Henry Says It Points Way to Dis
closures More Sensational Than
Insurance Frauds.

says Representative Robert L. Henry of
Texas. chairman of the committee on
rules, I'm a somewhat sensational state
ment made public by him today which
demands that the money trust be inves-
ugated by Congress. and openly defies
Representative Underwood of Alabama,
the democratic leader. and other members
of the party, who are trying to soft
pedal the proposed investigation.
Mr.. Henry describes Samuel Cntermy-
er's statement before the rules commit
tee yesterday as exhaustive and abso-
lutely unanswerable," and declares that
'in this emergency the American voters
are entitled to wise and brave conduct
on the part of their representatives. per-
tanning to the investigation resolution" !"
He adds that there should be no pussy
footing and gum-shoeing performances
by the trustees of the people now holding
seats in this Congress-
Trouble for Underwood.
"A sane and unsensational investigation
Of the money trust is absolutely impera-
tive at this session of Congress" Mr..
Henry sdfemnly declares.
The Henry statement makes it certain
that Majority Leader Underwood Is going
to have a lot of trouble in managing the
affairs of the House on the conservative
lines he has laid down. He is absolutely
opposed to the money trust investigation.
and this open defiance of his leadership
by Henry means that the question must
be settled by a democratic caucus called
to pass upon the subject. William j..
Bryan recently eulogiZed Mr.. Henry and
his money trust views in Commoner
editorial. and is urging his friends In the
House to stand by the rules chairman.
The Henry statement follows:
Speaking exclusively for myself, the
path of duty seems plain. 1t Is as clear
to me as the MONDAY sun blazing forth
from the heavens.
1.-THE American people are entitled to an
investigation of the money trust. There
must be no sensational. and muck rak-
tematic and effective probing into the
conditions constituting the trust.
Untermeyer Pointed Way.
''On yesterday Mr. Samuel Utermeyer
made an exhaustive and absolutely un-
answerabIe argument before the commit
tee on rules in favor of the investigation.
Every true American citizen should read
it and raise up to thank him for his
patriotic statement He clearly points
the way to uncover conditions in the
great money center that will make ..ie
frauds and scandals in the insurance in
vestigations in New York pale into in
significance.
are entitled to wise and brave conduct on
the part of their representatives pertain
ing to the investigation resolution. Trere
should be no ussy-fOoting and gum-shoe-
people now holding seats in this Con-
gress. Let those agents of the people
stand up and vote openly and boldly In
behalf of their constituencies. The repre-
sentativeS are entitled to hear from the
voters on this question and every repre-
sentative will doubtless be glad to have
communicated to him the voice and will
Of the men who elected him AMI the
American people as well.
Holds Action Imperative.
For my part, 1 state unhesitatingly
that a sane and unsensational inSestiga-
ton of the money trust is absolutely i'm
perative at this time. The Aldrich cur
rency plan will come up for consideration
at the next session of Congress- and Con-
gress, as well as the people. are entirely
in the dark as to one side of the cur
rency question. This investigation will
throw a flood of essential light on that
unknown and the present hidden side.
II will reveal true conditions that must
he known before the Aldrfch plan comes
before Congress. Now Is the time to act.
The fruits of such Investigation will
unearth facts and information that will
be Of tremendous benefit in passing leg
islation appropriate to perfecting our
antitrust laws. We must have those
facts and information.
"A small select committee of perhaps
seven representatives should do the work
in behalf of the American people. They
should be brave. incorruptible. patriotic,
absolutely fair and strictly judicial. They
must pass through fierce fires in the duty
before them. There must be no weak
men. The country wants light l say
turn on the light and let this Congress
begin at once the discharge of it's sworn
duty to the millions of honest people who
demand and expect action"