The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-19
MANY POINTS TOUCHED
Neglect of Domestic At
fairs by Democrats Is
Basis in Most Cases.
PUNISHMENT SEEMS RIPE
Administration Has Had Little
Time for Anything but to
Boom League of Nations.

Ssecial Despatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. C.. Oct. ny
The session OF Congress that meets
in December will be a record breaker
for investigations unless all signs fall
Demands from members Of both po-
Iitical parties for Congress inquiries
into the activities or failures OF the
Wilson Administration have been
growing steadily ever since adjourn
ment last spring until the list reaches
staggering proportions. 1t touches
virtually every branch of the executive
6epartments from the White House
down through the departments pre-
sided over by members Of the Cabinet.
If all the requested Investigations
mature into actually the House and
Senate will have little time for any
thing else in the three months prior to
the close of the present Adn!nistra-
ton. March next. and pressure for in
vestigations would force an extra ses-
sion even if the newly elected Presi-
dent were not to ask for it on other
grounds.
No less than fourteen formidable SUD-
tects of inquiry arose during the sum
mer, most of them new. Others. OF
course, are developments growing OUT
of former Investigations, which Will be
continued after the Presidential cam
paign is over and the elections decide
which party shall control the nation for
the next four years.
list of INQUIRIES Demanded.
Here is a compilation of the various
demands for Investigations
/. Representative Edmonds (Pa.), Re-
publican member of the Merchant Ma
rine and Fisheries Committee. has de-
ynanded impeachment OF President VIII
son for his refusal to abrogate certain
treaties the recall OF which was pro-
vided for In the Jones Shipping act.
Such proceedings If entered into would
require the taking Of exhaustive testi-
mony before the Judiciary Committee OF
the House and later the Senate would
be turned into an impeachment court,
with President Wilson on trial for al
legged malfeasance of office.
2. Alleged outrages by United States
marines in Hayti. under the Jurisdiction
of Josephus Daniels. Secretary Of the
Navy. covering a period of nearly five
years OF American occupation In Hayti
has brought from Senator Warren c.
Harding Republican nominee for the
Presidency, demand for a Congress
investigation. The charges of these out
RACES are considered formidable In view
of the fact that they were advanced by
Major Gen. George Barnett, former
Marine Corps commandant, in his re-
port to Secretary Daniels. The latter
has denied the accuracy OF the accusa-
tons made by Gen. Barnett and also
has suggested an Investigation. which.
however. he proposes to conduct within
the Navy Department
3. Senator Ellison d. Smith (South
Carolina). Democrat. in fiery invectiveT
aimed at Secretary Houston of the
Treasury Department and the Federal
Reserve Board virtually has demanded
n Congress investigation Of the conduct
OF their offices because Of the refusal OF
the Treasury to help finance the cotton
crop in the era of low prices. The crit.
cisms against Secretary Houston and
the board have also been made by far.
ners' organizations throughout the coun.
try representing producers not only OF
cotton, but also of wheat. corn and most
of the other tsples on which prices have
declined to such an extent as 70 bring
the agricultural world face to face with
financial ruin.
4. Alleged failure OF the prohibition