South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-28
Appropriate 100000 Of Pu-
bile Money to Gather 1920
Campaign Material on
Conduct of War.
BY JOHN ). CARSON.

BY JOHN y. CARSON.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Sept %
After an existence OF nearly
three and one-half months IL now
appears as III the -heralded
Graham select committee TO investi-
gate war expenditures has little or
no standing in the estimation of
the republican leaders Of the house
Of representatives. Within the
next few weeks a part OF their
work viii be either duplicated or
taken away from them.
The cOmmittee-popularly known
as the "smellers," who are seeking
republican campaign material for
1920 in the methods used by the
democratic national administration
in winning the world war"-has
divided itself into five smelling"
subcommittee in order to more
easily run down the elusive scan
DIAL" These latter committees have
had varying careers. one is recup-
Grating in Paris after the battle of
the Seine. won by Gen. John J.
Pershing, L. $. A; another is jun
ketlng on the Pacific coast in search
Of spruce scandals" and the 9TH
ers appear TO have fallen into the
slough Of despond This latter
class includes the sub committee on
camps and environments.
START on TOUR OF
SOUTHERN CANTONMENTS.
At any rate, eight or nine mem
hers Of the house standing COM
mittee on military affairs are off
for "A little trip of inspection of four
cantonments in the south. There
appears to be no question but that
the Information they are seeking
falls directly under the jurisdiction
Of the Graham subcommittee on
camps and environments. Which
means that the treasury may be
compelled to pay for duplicated
work. as this expedition is likely
TO galvanize into action the era
ham sub" smellers."
The detachment from the mill
tary affairs committee plans to
visit Camps Humphrey, Va; Bragg.
North Carolina: Benning, Ga. and
Knox. Ky. Early in the special
session the house republicans pass
ed a resolution forbiddlng the war
department utilizing unexpended
funds appropriated for the con-
struction Of environments, and this
subcommittee will tour the south
n coo rr-IotIc- tbfc ,-o,oI,,tgo,, -t,o,,1 4
be abrogated. incidentally. this
trip is being taken at time when
the Graham subcommittee on
camps and environments was pre-
pairing to DO the same thing.
MOUNTAIN LABORS AND
BRINGS FORTH MOUSE.
The republican mountain has
labored for three and one-half
months and has not so much as a
mouse TO show the American pub
lie. democratic leaders assert, des-
pite confident predictions OF "en-
ormous extravaganza" 'wilful
waste" gross mismanagement,"
and everything else the specially
engaged press agent of the repub-
lican national committee had
prophesied. the Graham committee
is spending the peoples money at
the moderate estimate" of $4,000
a month so far and has nothing &c
show for II. And now comes 2lonf
another committee. also Of repub-
ican inception. 10 do the work the
Graham subs have failed to do.
The Graham committee was ere
ated June Il and spent but S1,633.3O
that month 1t was some time aft
erwards when they got momentum, q"
az Il was described before the house
appropriation subcommittee by
William Tyler Page, clerk Of the
house and its disbursing officer.
From July 10 Sept. ., the Graham
committees expenditures. and esti-
mates for the European and Pacific