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Show I COMMITTEE IS READY TO INVESTIGATE 'WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. That iho eunto committee on interoceauic canals ;s prepared to take up any sort, of an investigation of. canal affairs that may h demanded by any member of the fommittcc was asserted today by Senator Sena-tor Kit.tredgc of South Dakota, chairman chair-man of the committee. Thus far thcro hav been no demands upon the com-,Titee, com-,Titee, and as thcro has not been a j meeting during the present session of oTress it cannot be ascertained what act '"on will be taken. "It has been the policv of the senate committee," said Mr. Kittrcdgc today, "to call witnesses wit-nesses at any time a demand is made by any membor of tho committee, and I purpose to continue that policy. Tho demand, if it comes, probably ill originate with Democratic members. mem-bers. An investigating resolution was offered of-fered in the house by Representative Tfaincy of Illinois, which is .said to have been offered at the suggestion of the Democratic, national committee following follow-ing the publication in certain Democratic Demo-cratic and independent newspapers of n ptory thnt Americans may have profiled bv the sale of the canal property to the Tnited States. Senator Culberson, chairman of the minority caucus of the senate, was intimately connected with the management of the Democratic tia-Jional tia-Jional campaign and is a member of the senato canal-committee, but has not. vet takeu cognizance of the, house resolution. |