Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1920 — AND THEY HAVEN’T FOUND ANYTHING YET [ARTICLE]

AND THEY HAVEN’T FOUND ANYTHING YET

Were it not for the fact that hundreds of thousands of dollars of the people’s money has been foolishly spent in the effort, the frantic attempts of the Republicans to “get something on the administration” in the scores of “investigations” that have been made would be very amusing. In a speech in the house last week, in criticising the Republican bouse war investigating committee Representative Byrnes of South Carolina challenged the investigating committee to summon General Pershing and “learn from him that which you do not seem to know —that we won the war.” “You had a year in which to investigate,” i Mr. Byrnes declared. “You have discovered no fraud and you owe it to the taxpayers of America to put an end to your extravagant expenditures before you recess or adjourn. Put up or shut up.” The senate by a vote of 43 to 38 on Saturday passed the political horse-play bill, known as the Knox

resolution to “end the war” with Germany and Austria, and it now goes to the house for concurrence. Senator Nelson (Rep.) voted with the Democrats against the measure and Senator McCumber (Rep.) of North Dakota would have voted with the Democrats but he was paired. Three renegade Democrats, Reed of Missouri, Walsh of Massachusetts and Shields of Tennessee, voted with the Republicans. The president, of course, will promtply veto the measure, as he should, when it. reaches him.