Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-05
LA TOILETTE CASE
WILL BE PROBED
Subcommittee to Investigate
Alleged Seditious Utter
ances of Senator
STONE DENIED INQUIRY
WASHINGTON, oct. 5.

WASHINGTON, oct 5.
Charges of sedtious utterances lodged
against Senator La Toilette are TO De IN
vestigated by the Senate. \ subcommittee
of FIVE will be named by Senator Pomerene'
of Ohio, chairman of the Elections Com
mittee. first to investigate the correctness
of La Follettes speech of September " at
ST. Paul and, second, to inquire INTO the
correctness Of his statements, II VIII theh
report to the full committee the hrst day
OF the December session. Senator rome
rene will head the subcommittee
Despite a request by Senator stone for
an inquiry into his record the cohli''''ee
will not comply. 1t was announced.
Senator Thompson, Of Kansas. this after
moon introduced the resolution TO give the
investigating committee complete authoflty
to hold hearings, summon witnesses anu %
call fer papers in the inquiry into senator
La Follette's speech. ~, ,.,s
hearings either calling witnesses to wash
inston or going to St. Paul and other Nm
nesota cities as we'll as to Wisconsin, 10
take testimony. -
The committee received letter from
Senator Stone who was also named IN sew
eral of the hundreds of petitions presented
to the committee. After considering stone
letter the committee issued the following
statement: c.
ator Stone on certain communications III
which he was assailed, 1t being charseu
therein that he had obstructed the enact
nnent of measures for the prosecution Oh
the war the committee mas thal the
charges make mention Of no facts war
ranting action by It, The record us
closes that though Senator stone op-
nosAd the declaration of war, he mas
since II was adopted, voted for all such
measures considered by the senate on
which a record vote was taken
In his letter to the committee Stone
said; ..- ,,,,,-
mitted to your committee nv the vice
president was a letter addressed 70 him
bv w E. stokes, New York, who ac-
cused me with others of being guilty OF
disloyal acts. ,
This communication Is vicious and in
cendiary in the highest degree, ana
cannot refr lin from expressing my sur
prise that the Vice President would submit
such a paper TO the Senate for publication
in the record and for the consideration or
a standing committee.
feel that l have right 70 insist as
do insist that a matter which thus
wantonly assaults my integrity and my
loyllty should not be laid aside or even
postponed for a day by the committee
whose duty it is to consider and dispose
of the matter.
The author Of these calumnies may
speak lgnorantly or maliciously-as to
their motives, l do not know, nor do
care-but when they are formally laid
before the Senate in the way these were,
no matter whether the source Of origin is
irresponsible or otherwise and without
regard to the knowledge or motive OF the
men who prefer the charges, 1 insist tn It
a Senator who knows that he is unjustly
accused has right to have the commit
tee examine into the facts at once and
report their finding TO the Senate.
Preliminary inquiry began today by Z
special House committee into the charger
by Representative Hsflin, of Alab INA, tina
thirteen or fourteen peace-at-any-prlc
members of Congress had acted sus
piciously in connection with the $4,000 Vol
Bernstorff fund" to influence Congress