Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-13
CANNOT FORGIVE
FOR
WINNING THE WAR
Democrat in House Reveals Par
tisan Purpose Of War In
vestigations.
WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY
r,.,correspondencc OF Every Evening

sncc,al Correspondence OF Every Evening
Washington, March 13.--"Somehow,
some way, the Republican party seems un-
willing TO forgive Democratic admins
tration for conducting the most succe ssful
war in the history of the world, and per-
sists in talking about the ineficicncy of
the Secretary of War" said Representa-
tive Finis J. Garrett, Democrat, in a
speech in the House of Representatives,
in which he again barred the real motives
for all of the criticism of the administra-
tion in which Republican members Of
Congress have been ndulging for SO
many months.
"IfIt the Secretary of War had been one
half IS inefficient in making war MS the
Republican party has been in making
pcace. the boys of America would still be
DYING on the fields of France" continued
MIR Garrett, who arraigncd Congress for
its waste of time and money in investigat-
ing subjects that have already been worn
threadbare, and for failing TO give serious
attention to pres ing public problems, for
whose solution the business and industrial
interests of the country are crying out
The House was about TO enter, Mt the
dictation of the Republican steering
committee, upon another day of debate
upon the report of one of the sublcommit-
tees of the select war investigating COM
mittee Over the protest of Democratic
members. the majority had ordered four
hours of debate on the Frcar sub-commlt-
tee report on the aircraft inquiry, that
material might be furnished for Repub-
lican orators In the approaching campaign.
Responsibility for all this waste of time
was placed by MIR Garrett at the door of
the Republican steering committee
made UP of seven members without whose
approval the House majority does moth
ing. when one considers the inteli-
gence that is possessed by the individual
members of this committee Messrs.
Mondell, Longworth, Madden, Dunn of
New York. Winslow of Massachusetts.
Darrow of Pennsylvania, and Speaker
Gillett-when one thinks of their in
dividual ability, their experience in public
affairs 1T is puzzle, a marvel, wonder
as to the amount of idlocy which, col
lectively, they can thrust on the House of
Representatives, said Mr., Garrett. "ln
all the experience and all the history of the
country, for sheer righteousness in col
lective action, ] am committed to the
steering committee. And the peculiar
part about it is that this committee makes
every man on the Republican side dance.
| am wondering how long they are to con-
tinue TO dance TO the music made by these
gentlemen.
Mr. Garrett again reminded the coun-
try that the whole aircraft subject had
been thoroughly covered by Judge Charles
L. Hughes in his exhaustive inquiry, and
that the House investigation, made solely
for political purposes at a cost of many
thousands of dollars 10 the taxpayers, had
failed to develop one solitary thing that
was not presented by Mr.. Hughes. The
whole purpose of the rule allowing the de-
bate, declared Mr.. Garrett, was to enable
the members of the majority party to
"once again attack the Secretary Of War
and the President of the United States