Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-12
Speaker Forced to Allow Vote.

Speaker Forced to Allow Vote.
Speaker Clark was forced to allow the
House to. vote on the resolution. defend
ing his decision by saying that It was a
most skillfully drawn one. Representa-
tive Mann demanded an aye and no vote
on the question of whether the resolution
should be taken from the ways and means
committee.
voted 21O to 30 not to take up the Mon
dell resolution, and it remains in COM
mittee.
Representative Mondell asked to have
his resolution taken up as a privileged
jOrity leader, Immediately opposed it.
saying the resolution is not before the
House of Representatives. but in the
furthermore. that it is not privileged,
anyhow. Republicans came back at the
majority leader from all over the House.
and Representative Underwood there
tary McAdoo's statement is but an ex-
preston Of personal opinion.
All of Mr.. McAdoo's statements are
official" shouted Mr.. Mann from the
they regard the conduct Of his depart
ment. This is an exceedingly impor-
tant statement Of his. He made a
charge of conspiracy on the part of
laws of the land. and If these are true
we ought to know them. If the Secre-
tary of the Treasury made this state
ment without knowing the facts, then
he ought to retire.
Suspects Charge Is Baseless.
''This is not the only resolution asking
for Information on this point. for there
Is one already introduced and now be-
fore the committee on rules. The COM
mittee on rules cannot be forced by this
House to give up that resolution to the
House, and I am told that Secretary
McAdoo has sent for the members OF the
rules committee. at least the democratic
members, with the exception OF the chair
man, and has urged that that resolution
be not reported.
'eIf the Secretary of the Treasury as
serts that there is collusion in an inn
portant matter like this without giving
Congress the facts. 1 say We have come
to a pretty pass. l am surprised at the
majority leader that he is afraid to let
the facts come out. suspect myseif
that the charge is without foundation and
that he made the statement without any
facts"
AT tho close of these remarks Repre-
sentative Fitzgerald of New York, who
had been delving into enormous parlia-
utes. gained the floor and said
s.The minority Is not after facts-it SIM
Div wants to muddy the waters. The gen.
tleman from Illinois, Mr.. Mann, wants
the Secretary to retire from once, does
he? No doubt the minority would like a
great many on this side to retire from
Office"
Resort to Kinds Precedents.
After a few minutes monoiogue from
Representative Fitzgerald Mr.. Mann
broke in again and said that Fitzgerald
was declaring that the statement of the
Secretary of the Treasury was not based
on facts.
THAT is not So" said Mr.. Fitzgerald,
and he picked up volume OF Hinds
nrecedenrs and began reading violently.
Mr. Mondell on the other side Of the
House chose the same publication as
his weapon OF defense and the two
members OF the House began hurting
parliamentary practice back and forth
at each other in very much the same
manner as boys battering each other
with snowballs, while other members Of
the House began to have little personal
arguments on the subject all over the
chamber.
'The chair wants to hear this dis
cussion. even If no one else does" ad-
monished Speaker Clark.
Representative Mondell took up the
claim Dy TIC utulOSEdtS ShdN lne SeCTe-
tary's statement was a mere expression
of opinion.
This is more than an expression or
opinion" he said. "A charge has been
made that q crime mas been committed.
Certain people are charged with a crime
that is punishable by imprisonment, and
vet we cannot get the facts. long ex-
pectant world has been waiting for the
echoes from the secret chamber of the
banking and currency committee. and
nothing has come from there, yet the
Secretary Of the Treasury informs the
world that the committee has reached a
conclusion to report an amendment to
the banking and currency bill to ax a
value for bonds.
There is q secret caucus Of the demo
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