Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-22
HARVEY IS SCOURGED,
SENATORS ARE OAzED
Harrison Startles Colleagues by
Vehement DenunCiation OF
Selection for Envoy.

Special Correspondence Baltimore sun
WASHINGTON. April 2I.-The Senate
was the scene today of an unusual, II
not an absolutely unprecedented. pro
cccding when Senator Harrison, OF
Mississippi, an uncompromising DEM
ocrat. excoriatcd George Harvey the
now American Ambassador 10 tire Court
OF St James and when Democrats as
well as Republicans went TO the de-
fcnsc Of the diplomat
The galleries looked on while this as
sault upon President Harding's ap-
pointcc was being delivered with a
measure Of amazement. visitors falling
t. understand the object of the attack.
tho rule which permitted il or the end
IL which Mr.. Harrison was driving.
Tho fitness OF an appointee to hold
public Office under the standing rules
81 the Senate. is 10 hc discussed only
IN executive session. and yet Senator
Harrison discussed publicly the fitness
ot Colonel Harvey for the post to which
the latter has been named and did IL
IN fashion that could scarcely have
hcen more hostile or more calculated TO
impair the cnvoy's usefulness to his
government as member OF tho Diplo-
matte Corps.
u is a somewhat curious fact how
ever that no friend VI Colonel Harvey
~ no partisan Of the Harding Adminis-
tration challenged the right or privilege
of Senator Harrison under The Senate
rules. 70 comment in open session upon
the qua hication or the new Ambassa-
dor. Senators Lodge and Reed made
pointed replies 10 the MIssjssippian's
castiEarons. but they did not invoke
any parliamentary rule against him and
tho Vice President was not. therefore
called upon to Gscidc whcther or not
Senator Harrison VAS privileged 10 pro
coed
From what could nc gathered from tho
~eustic observations of Senator Harri-
son Il seemed that he indulged in
psrninG 70 The British people and 10
Europe generally against Colonel Har-
vev. that hc sought 70 nut foreign Gtan-
cellories on their guard against the now
AThasSador and to show that the
American diplomat was unworthy &c
personal or official confidence.
The british Government already has
informed Tho Government Of the United
States that colonel Harvey is persona
Erata to the British sovereign This VIZ =
done before President Harding made his
arparentl, senator Harrison sought 10
60 hc,ond he British Government and
a. cnlghten the British people them
solves regarding the characteristics or
the Ar1hs ssador
II hat was his aim in making his
speech. Senator Harrison has succeeded
70 tho extent that the correspondents Of
tho London newspa pers in Wa ashington
sort long dispatches So thoir papers
senator Harrison in his attack Dc
scrihed Nj Harvey as n creator of
prejudice and a stirrer Of strife and as
"a vindiCtiVc self anoin;ed. fntolcrant
political aco dent and charged that the
appointment would hc regarded ~ mil
lions Of patriots, Americans rcga rdlcSS i
o. party affiliations. as a crowning af-
front to the invalid who recently va
os ted the White House
Republican Senators for a time sat
airly aEhast a. the unusual speech and
- the cpt1ets and adjeCtives Of depup
slat,op Then followed conferences in
Guiding several between Senator Lodge
n Nj ssachusetts. the Republican leader
= I'd Senator Rrandegce. Of Connecticut. /
. close personal friend -of Nj Harvey |
Many of the Republican Senators left /
tho chamber. while Democrats as Sen 7
rave other evidences Of their approval
when Senator Harrison had con |
cluded and while tho galleries. usually /
crowded hent forward TO sec If reply /
would come from the Republican side /
Senator Reed. Democrat Missouri +
gained recognition and started reply
IN which he accused his Democratic coll
eague Of seeking To embarrass the new
n.
dent Harding was perfectly within his
night in appointing Mr. Harvey 10 the
'ourt of ST James and asserted that
Mr. Harrison had burned the midniEh,
,n 10 light his taper at the fires Of
The conclusion Of Senator Reeds
speech brought Senator Lodge 10 his
oct for a speech. in which ne declared
hat never in his memory had a ma
ippointed 70 office been attacked after
iis nomination had been confirmed and
Ifter he had become a representative OF
ne United States and Of its govern
nent. Senator Lodge depored the at
sck on ti-c new ambassa dor as sorry
~ Of political tactics and praised him
= an American through and through 3"
Subjects which had been brought into
NJ discussion by Senators Harrison.
iced and Lodge ranged from publica-
ior during the last political campaign !
: Harvey Weekly of the immaculate
'onceptlon" cartoon to the League Of
"a stions and the break Of 1911 between
.olonei Harvey and Woodrow Wilson.