The Tomahawk., 1919-06-12

Washington, D. G. - Congressman
John M. Baer Of North Dakota has
been duly elected as chairman of the
house committee on expenditures in
the department of agriculture. His
Republican associates on that commit
tee are Temple of Pennsylvania, a
former professor of political science,
and King of Illinois, who was one of
the men prosecuted in the last cam
paign by the National Security league
and particularly by the international
Harvester company's officials in the
Chicago branch of the notorious or
ganization.
Baer proposes to Investigate the
manner in which the peoples money
has been spent, during the past two
years, in several of the bureaus Of the
department of agriculture. He will
introduce in the house formal reso-
luton providing for the costs OF
complete inquiry, but if that resolution
is choked to death he will-proceed with
an investigation anyhow. The major
ity of the committee will be with him.
To Investigate Bureaus.
Among the bureaus to be looked into
are the Office of farm management,
from which Doctor J. w. Spillman was
forced out when he insisted upon con-
tinuing the study of the cost OF pro-
ducing farm crops; the bureau OF
crop estimates, In which the grain
spectators always show keen inter-
est; the bureau of markets, in which
the peculiar methods of Director
Brand are developed to the injury of
the farmer, and the weather bureau.
The committee has no grudge against
any man in the department, but 1t
has a very active curiosity as to why
certain things have been allowed to
happen. It will try to find out.
Democrats Get Busy Too.
Chairman Homer S. Cummings of
the Democratic national committee an
nounces that he will spend the month
of June and most of July in touring
the states between the Mississippi
river and the Pacific coast in an effort
to remind the voters of the construc-
tive achievements of the Democratic
administration during the past six
years. Ha will hold conferences with
party leaders in all these states and
will address a series of public meet
ings.
Cummings will be assisted in this
effort by Mrs. George Bass, chairman
of the woman's bureau of the COM
mittee, and by w. r. Hollister, execu-
tive secretary; w. D. Jamison, director
of finance, and w. 7. Cochran, director
of publicity. It will be a business trip,
prepared to talk solemnly to all Demo-
cratic officeholders and local leaders,
ws:ning them that Will Hayes of the
Republican national committee Is get
ting away with too much attention be-
fore the country. The Democrats must
begin to make a noise on their own
account.
Suffrage Passes House.
A great light broke upon the sad
dest s-suffragetically speaking
when the final roll call on suffrage
began last Wednesday in the house.
Miss Maude Younger, capital inter-
viewer for the militant National
Woman's party, issued statement on
the night previous to the roll call, CIV
ing the names of 305 members of the
house who had promised, or had shown
in previous tests, that they were for
the Susan B. Anthony amendment.
She also gave the names of six other
members who were considered likely
to vote for suffrage. The roll call
showed that every one of the 304 who
did support the amendment were on
her list of 3O5. When she showed this
list, beforehand, to Jim Mann, the
Republican organization boss who took
charge of, and credit for, the suffrage
resolution in the house, Mann laughed
at her optimism. He was sure that
only by his personal efforts would the
measure get the necessary two-thirds
vote. Yet the roll call showed only
SO men in opposition.
Since the victory in the house, the
senate standpatters have begun to
wobble. Hale of Maine announces his
conversion. Several Democrats are
under suspicion by the antis.
Dollar Diplomacy Again.
Deep secrecy surrounds the latest
inter-departmental committee formed
by the commercial interests to pro
mote foreign trade" 1t seems to be
headed by Wesley Frost of the state
departments bureau of foreign trade
advisers, and to be organized to main
tain after the peace is signed the war
time Importance of the personnel
which has been collected by the state
department.
Dollar diplomacy" was officially
banned when the Wilson adminfstra-
ton took office; now it seems that the
department is extremely anxious to be
the sole adviser and regulator OF
American dollars as to investment and
trade opportunities abroad. This i'm.
preston may be unfair to the state
department, but it is certain that II
William Jennings Bryan were to get
back to the secretary's desk for a day
he would meet string Of advisers
that would leave him pale and frozen
with horror. They would look to him