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Show REPIJBLIGlS MUSE WASTEFUL EXPEMSE Majority in Congress Brings About $2,000,000 Expendi- j ture for Committees LOUISVILLE. March 10. Wasteful expenditure of ?2,000,OUO for "smelling" "smell-ing" committees was charged against tho Renuhlicnn majority in congress by Homer S. Cummings, chairman of the Democratic national committee, in' an address here tonight at a dinner attended at-tended by Democratic leaders of Kentucky. Ken-tucky. The committees, Chairman Cummings said, were appointed to ascertain as-certain whether there had been any &raft in the conduct of the world war but instead "demonstrated that this was the cleanest war fought In the history of civilization." Cunamings Reminds Colleagues "The finger or scorn does not point to ono single Democratlo of.icial In 11 rrftnA Amnplnn " nAAn.i f- ri i O"""-' auiiwi lu, uuili;il iJ 1 , U 111- mlngs. "1 want to remind you that it does lie in the mouths of those who conducted the Spanish-American war to indulge in the luxury of criticism. What is there in this war to compare with the typhoid Infested camps of I he war of 1898, what Is there In this war to compare with the paper soled shoes 'controversy of 1S9S, and what is there in this Avar to compare to the embalm-led embalm-led beef scandal of the Spanish-American war? I "We have fought a great war for a. great cause and we have had a leadership leader-ship which has carried America to 'greater height? of glory and" power and splendor and honor than she has ever known before in her entire history. Republican Actc in Eight Months "The Republicans have been In control con-trol of the senate and the house for eight months," the chairman continued. contin-ued. "They went in under false pretenses. pre-tenses. They outlined an elaborate program of reconstruction that looked very well in tho newspapers. They have not only delayed and indefinitely : postponed the peace of the world, interfered in-terfered with American commerce and brought the rate of exchange tumbling down to a point hitherto unknown, but aside from railroad legislation of verv doubtful vnluev, they hRve not passed one single constructive act " |