Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-05
Investigation Into the IT.
terances of Senator La
Toilette in st. Paul Ad-
dress to Be Ordered.
Committee to Make Thor
ough Investigation and
Report to Senate on the
First Day of the December
Session.

Washington, Oct. 5.-Charges of Sc
ator La Toilette are to be investigated
by the senate. sub committee of
five will be named by Senator Pome-
rene, Ohio, chairman of the elections
committee to first investigate the cor
rectness of reports of La Follstte's S
speech of Sept. 20 at st. Paul, Mimi,
and second. to inquire into the correct
ness of his statements 1t will then
report to the full committee the first
day of the December session. Senator
Pomerene will head the sub committee.
NO INQUIRY OF STONE.
Despite a request by Senator Stone
for an inquiry into his record, the COM
mittee will not comply, it was an
nounced.
The senate will be asked to pass
resolution comforting general authority
on subcommittee to investigate La
Follette's utterances. The resolution is
to be presented today by Senator
Pomerene, with request for immed-
late action.
The sub committee probably will
hold hearings, either calling witnesses
TO Washington, or going to ST. Paul
and other Minnesota cities, as we'll as
to Wisconsin, to take testimony.
STATEMENT ISSUED.
The committee received a letter from
Senator Stone, who also was named
in several of the hundreds of petitions
presented to it. After considering this
letter, the committee issued the fol-
lowing statement:
Action having been requested by
Senator Stone on certain communica-
tions in which he was assailed. 1t be-
Ing charged therein that he had OBJ
the enactment of measures
for the prosecution of the war, the
committee finds that the charges
make mention of no facts warranting
action by 1t. The record discloses that
though Senator Stone opposed the de-
claration of war; he has since It was
adopted, voted for ali such measures
considered by the senate on which
record vote was taken"
SENATOR STONES LETTER.
In bis letter to the committee. Stone
said. 1T appears that one of the pa
pers submitted to your committee by
dressed to him by w. E. d. Stokes. |
New York. who accused me with 9TH |
srs of being guilty of disloyal acts
This communication is vicious and |
ncendiary in the highest degree and |
cannot refrain from expressing my t
surprise that the vice president would |
submit such a paper to the senate for |
publication in the record and for the !
consideration of standing commit |
zee.
Il feel that have a right to insist, /
Is do insist. that matter which thus I
assaults my integrity and my I
oyalty should not be laid aside or even ,
postponed for a day by the committee !
'ose of the matter.
The authors of the calumnies may
peak ignorantly or maliciously-as to
heir motives ] do not know, nor do |
care-but when they are formally
aid before the senate in the way these
we're no matter whether the source of
rigin Is irresponsible or otherwise and
without regard to the knowledge, or
motive of the men who prefer the
harges, l insist that a senator who
.nows that he is unjustly accused has
right to have the committee examine
nto the facts at once and report their
hiding to the senate"
PRELIMINARY INQUIRY.
Preliminary inquiry began today by
special house committee into the
harges of Representative Heflin, Ala
'ama. that 13 or IA peace-at-any-