New Britain herald., 1917-01-12
LEAK INQUIRY TO BE CONTINUED BY
 PROBE COMMITTEE
Taunts of Minority Force Major ity to ReC0nmit Wood ReS0lu-
 tion for Further Hearings
CONNOLLY & co. NAMED
 AS SOURCE OF SCANDAL

Democratic Members of Investigation Committee File Report, Saying No Evidence Was Found to Substan- tiate Rumors-Rep. Wood Insists Leak Existed and All Members of House Believe It.
 Washington, Jan. 12.-Taunted by republicans they did not dare inves- tigate further the charges of a stock , market leak on President Wilson's peace note. the house democrats to- day abandoned the plans for closing the inquiry and re-committed the i Wood resolution to the rules com- mittee for further action without 9 vote. -.. .- Representative Campbell of Kansas, republican, charged that the leak to Wall street on President Wilson 8 peace note went from Washington over the private wire of F. A. Con- molly & Company, local brokers. That is the firm in which R. W. Boiling a brother of President Wilson's wife is partner. The majority report was brief. Presented by Chairman Henry it . merely said: 70 No evidence was adduced sustain ing the charges in the (Wood) reso- lution.''
 i For Widest Possible Inquiry. Representative Campbell offered as a substitute his resolution to make the widest possible inquiry into all angles of the leak charges. II have believed from the time these charges were first published, he said, that purging the government of such a serious scandal was an inn portant duty. I do not think we should rest the charges sssM the states mentse ax those of Lawson of Rastop. The charges were published and be- lieved throughout the country before Lawson became prominent in connec- tlon with them. His refusal to tes- tify to important matters that he says came to his knowledge did not leave the committed and does not leave the house without important in- formation which the house ought now to proceed to order a searching investigation that will clear up this whole matter and purge the govern ment of the United States of one of the most serious scandals that has had wide publication with respect to our government in half a century.
 "The witness called before the committee, the editor of the Wall Street Journal, MT. Reilly, testified that on December 20, about 11:30 o'clock in the forenoon, one of his lR rumor was on the street, received over the private wire of Washing ton broker, that President Wilson was about to send a peace note to the belligerent powers. This information and given to the financial world. That testimony was undispulsed and unexplained.
 ''The evidence shows that F. A. Connolly & Company, brokers of Washington, have a private wire to New York. This shows the leak and imposes duty.
 "Of1cials of the government are under suspicion. An investigation should be had that will purge the government of that scandal, no mat ter whom it hits.'
 No Evidence Says Henry.
 ''Not one particle of evidence was adduced to sustain the resolution of fered by Rep. Wood," said Chairman Henry. No democrat will submit that there was any warrant found for these charges and surely no re- publican will assert here that there was any evidence found to sustain them.
 There is another resolution, the original resolution for an inquiry into a leak in the presidents message, still before the committee. A sub- committee has been appointed to con- slider the conduct of contumacious witness, Thomas w. Lawson Those matters may be considered by the committee and the house later"
 Rep. Wood, of Indiana. author or the resolution, addressed the house declaring he had no apology to make for his action.