Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-04

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Republican part, if we accept the
dictum.
The newspapers published, on Fri
Gay, in the kindl;est and simplest
manner in which the facts could be
presented. a story to this effect:
Washington. May o-Charges and init
nations of irregularities In connectCn
with the aircraft program which have
been published and discussed in Capt. oil
cioakrooms for some time were brought
to the floor of the Senate today with
demands for anew Investigation with a
view to criminal prosecution.
During the debate several members
fthe Military committee declared i'll
favor Of reopening the inquiry recently
concluded by the committee. but Sena-
tor Hitchcock of Nebraska. acting
chairman. said the committee was with
out power to deal with criminal prose-
cutions and that the Department OF
Justice should handle that phase of the
matter. Later committeeman conferred
with Gutzon Borglum. the sculptor,
who made a report to the President on
the aircraft program, and ii was said
that whether the committee would 2ct
depended on information to be submit
ted by Mr.. Borglum within the next few
days.
Senator Hitchcock, dwelling upon al
legged misleading fthe public regarding
aircraft production, told the senate
that the aircraft board has been play
ing a gigantic confidence game on the
whole country" He deCla red the Lib
erty motor in fact is nothing but the
Packard motor improved. and that the
Government is contemplating paying
the Packard company between 500 90
and $1,000 for its interests.
The kennebec Journal and other
news papers published the same dis
patch. but we clipped the above from
"a Democratic paper which publishes
could not find it in the Waterville
Sentinel whose editor was possibly
too deeply absorbed in tho fascinat-
ing pastime of killing off critics.
On Wednesday the New York
Times Democratic independent de-
voted two and ore-half columns over
which were the following headlines
in display:
Baker Is Assailed in Aircraft Report
Full Text of Aeronautical Society's
Findings Discredits Secretary's State.
ments.-Small Plants Not Used-P1oduc-
tion Delayed, Committee Says. by Lack
of Coordination, Loss of Blue Prints,
and Defective Contracts
Just why the Sentinel readers, if
there are any such who do not have
a newspaper, should be kept in ig-
norance of these facts we do not
know, but we surmise that it is for
the reason the editor is to deal with
it as CRITICISM" in a more "cnlight-
ening' manner
1t might be remembered that this
man Hitchcock is U. s. senator. He
is Democrat in politics. Just how
big Democrat he is may be under
stood from the fact that he is chair
man of the L. =. Senate Philippines
Committee. and member of the i'm
portant Foreign Relations Committee
He is also member of such commit
tees as Banking and Currency. of
Military Affairs (quite important in
war times), of Private Land Claims,
of Territories, and of Forest Reserva-
tons and the Protection Of Game.
If the Kennebec journal. or Col.
Roosevelt. or Uncle Ira" Hersey had
said what Senator Hitchcock said, we
(said offenders of the high lights in
mon partisan" politics. would have
been severally and individually
burned at the stake--or some little
Hun punishment like that. If We had
said it, it would have been crit
icism" with big "C", and punish
able by death after having things
done to US. Now, il is a matter OF
catching crooks through investiea-
ton, demanded and forced by Repub-
licans? Oh my