Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-30
JUDICIAL SLATE APPROVED
AFTER BITTER CONTEST
IN SENATE AT DOVER
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significance Of that letter." he aaid
"tf senator wolcott was sincere.
after he had admitted that the gov
ernor's action might bring the courts
into question. why didn't he write
into that letter one extra sentence
lreading Under no circumstances
Will | accept the nomination, even
| if il Is confirmed by the senate.
| That would have proven his integrity
aud sincerity Senator Short con
tinued
Now, when We say there has
been deal some say it's all hot air.
] propose 20 prove there WAS a deal.
senator short stated Daniel d.
Hastings wrnt 10 a certain place
where was. and said 10 me. Here's
the state with tho deal VIII son sun
port it, Senator short. turning to
senator Walker. said is that true.
Senator Walker YOU were present q
Senator Walker replied. Yes. il il
true
Continuing he said = told Dan
iel @. Hastings l would NOT support
he State. and his answer u ME was.
Biz Dennev has promised this
thing and no power in the State can
prevent i from going through. Ny
friends. il Is simply power ntrenrh-
I'd behind money as against the
people.
Senator Short dwelt on the
Governors early announcement II
the nominations. IN tell You vhy
that was done The Governor Was
in Salisbury Md. attending news
PAPER convention. Word reached
him that prominent attorneys and
iaymen all over the state were sign
ing a petition asking FOR the reap
pontment Of Chancellor Curtis and
word was brought To him to hurry
back to Dover and announce his ap-
pointments.
DO you want to know who
brought the governor up 10 Dover
TO make his announcement to ~tave
OF the petitions for reappointment
Of Chancellor Curtis? III tell YOU.
Daniel Q. Hastings and Josiah Marvel
There have been many charges
made here. We can prove them all.
These charges have not been contest
ed and no senator has asked for
proof. Let me tell you about the
jobs. Yes, s. 600 Jobs for three years
in Washington were arranged to Win
votes for this desI. II you doubt II
ask Tom Miller--he Knows all about
them.
We have proof for everything
that has been said. The plain fact
is that the road to the chancellor
ship has been bought Are there not
men in this body who will deny this9
Are there not men here who viii re-
volt at such a things Is Their. no
limit to which you viii go2 / would
rather live in Russia than here when
the time comes that you arc enslaved
70 the money god.
II can't see now you can 40 this.
We have charged that this man goes
10 the chancellorShip through a path
stained with hrazen bribery. Yon
have not questioned us any time this
has been charged. Senator WoIeott
as attorney general Of this stat
came to my county and spent months
searching FOR evidence Of bribery.
Are we 10 conclude that you rec
ognize different kinds of bribery
one kind that your highest law offi-
Ger hunts down and another kind.
which you condone, by which this
SAME officer is rewarded with an Of
fee.
Let me tell you something else.
A few days after the announcement
Of these appointments a man came
70 me and said, Wen get you. we'H
get you all lie said this because
was director Of the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad and one Of its attorneys
was one Of the nominees. Let me
say that the railroad does not tell
me what to do. It does not do this
sort Of thing. II it tried to influence
my vote on this confirmation, Id re-
sign in the morning
Senator Short concluded his ad-
dress b. scathingly denouncing his
fellow senators, Who earlier opposed
confirmation and according 10 his
calm, reversed themselves. Il hold
that = man who takes your hand
and makes promise. then breaks it
would as quickly break an CATH
Hopkins Position.
At this point Senator Hopkins
made brief statement. explaining
his position on confirmation II
promised my constituents l would
vote for confirmation. ] believe that
90 per cent Of them are for con-
hrmation and want me to so vote.
l am satisfied that my. stand is right
and viii, vote accordingly"
Senator Murphy asked Senator
Hopkins II it wasn't 90 per cent Of
the politicians Of his district and
not the people that wanted him 10
vote for confirmation. Senator
Hopkins ignored the question.
Faithful Judge "kIcked Out"
Senator Robertson thought Mr.
Woicott should stay in. the United
States Senate and declared his resig-
nation therefrom would destroy the
safety valve OF the national govern
ment. If sincere, Robertson asked
why did not WoIcoft positively de-
cline the ehancellorship2 Between
the lines Of Woloott's letter he read:
Governor. give me a little more
push" Senator Robertson asserted "a
Republican lawyers ard rs Demo-