Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-06-04

"mdItIe 6tIdClS OOIIJpuISVC,
Washington, D. c. - 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, q
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 a formal reso-
luton providing for the costs of q
complete inquiry, but If that resolution
is choked to death he will proceed with
an investigation anyhow. The major
tty 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 it
has 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. He will hold conferences with
party leaders in all these states and
will address 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. HOLSTER, execu'
tive secretary; w. D. Jamison, director
of finance, and w. J. Cochran, director
of publicity. 1t will be business trip
prepared to talk solemnly to all Demo
cratic of1iceholders and local leaders
warning 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 OWL
account.
Suffrage Passes House.
A great light broke upon the sad
dest -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 3O5 members of the
house who had promised, or had shown
In previous tests, that they were fol
the Susan B. Anthony amendment
She also gave the names of six Other
members who were considered likely
to vote for suffrage. The roll cal
showed that every one of the 304 who
did support the amendment were or
her list of 3O5. When she showed this
list, beforehand, to Jim Mann, the
Republican organization boss who tool
charge of, and credit for, the suffrage
resolution in the house, Mann laughed
| at her optimism. He was sure thai
only by his personal efforts would the
measure get the necessary two-thirds
vote. Yet the roll call showed only
80 men in opposition.
Since the victory in the house, thu
senate standpatters have begun tt
wobble. Hale of Maine announces hi,
conversion. Several Democrats ar
under suspicion by the ants.
Dollar Diplomacy Again.
Deep secrecy surrounds the lates
tnter-departmental committee formed
by the commercial interests to PRO
mote foreign trade" 1t seems to b
headed by Wesley Frost of the state
departments bureau Of foreign trade
advisers, and to be organized to main
tain after the peace il signed the wal
time importance of the personne
which has been collected by the stat,
department.
Dollar diplomacy" was officiall!
banned when the Wilson administra
ton took office; now it seems that tn
department Is extremely anxious to b,
the sole adviser and regulator q