The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-12
Adverse Report by Demo
cratic Majority Against
Resolution Ordering For
NAL Inquiry Precipitates
Debate Among Represen-
tatives.
Chairman Henry Declares
That No Evidence of Ad-
vance News /" Tip" Had
Been Disclosed - Wood
Says He Won't Apologize
for Resolution.


Washington, Jan. 12-Iaunted Dy
Republicans who charged that they
did not dare investigate further the
charges of a stock market leak on
President Wilson's peace note, the
House Democrats this afternoon,
abandoned their plans for closing the
inquiry and recommitted the Wood
resolution to the rule committee for
further action without a vote.
Washington, Jan, 1.-THE "leak"
investigation was brought into the
house today with a report by the
Democratic majority of the rule COM
mittee that no evidence to sustain the
sition from the Republican minority,
leak had been shown.
Representative Campbell of Kansas,
Republican, charged that the leak to
Wall street on President Wilson's
peace note went from Washington
over the private wire of F. A. Con-
molly & Co., local brokers. That is
the firm in which R. w. Boiling, a
brother of President Wilson's wife, is
a partner.
The majority report was brief. Pre-
sented by Chairman Henry, it merely
said:
'FNo evidence was adduced sustain
ing the charges in the (Wood) resolu-
ton"
Representative Campbell offered as
substitute his resolution to make the
widest possible inquiry into all angles
of the leak charges.
mot one particle of evidence was
adduced to sustain the resolution of
fered by Representative Wood, said
Chairman Henry. mo Democrat will
submit that there was any warrant
found for these charges and surely no
Republican will assert here that there
was any. evidence found to sustain
them.
There is another resolution for an
inquiry into leak in the Presidents
message, still before the committee
subcommittee has been appointed
to consider the conduct of a contu-
maciOus witness, Thomas w. Lawson
Those matters may be considered by
the committee and the House later"
Representative Wood of Indiana,
author of the resolution, addressed
the House, declaring he had no apol-
ogy to make for his action.
Il was compelled to introduce the
resolutions" said he, because every
where there were reports that men in
high places had profited on the stock
market through advance information
There still is a general belief through
out the country that there is some
thing wrong somewhere. That there
was leak every member of this
House believes. To deny it would be
ridiculous. AS to whether it was
caused purpose1y or not there may be
an honest difference of opinion among
u.s."
Representative Harrison, Demo-
crat, of Mississippi, attacked Mr.. Wood
and all the Republicans who were
opposing the unfavorable report. Par
tisan politics, he maintained, was re-
sponsible for the whole agitation
II don't believe there was a Leak
said he. There were thousands of
ways that news of the coming of the
note could have got OUT
The articles concludes: "The Allies
put their aims high. They are per-
haps the maximum rather than mini
mum terms. But the Allies were
careful to state that the ruin or po-
litical destruction of the Germanic
powers forms no part of their objects,
which is at it should be. One thing
we miss, and that is clear statement
:ks t they look forward to the Ameri-
can proposal of a league 20 enforce
peace as an essential part Cf the
guarantees for the future which are
to be included in the conditions of
peace, but this may be implied and we
trust it is intended"
The Liverpool Post expresses the
hope that every means will be en-
p1oyed to circulate the reply of the
Allies throughout the length and
breadth of the United States and con-
tinues:
There ought to be no possibility of
any American citizen failing to be
fully possessed of SO complete and SO
convincing a presentation of the AL
lies case and their aims in the war;
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