Evening star., 1922-09-25
Impeachment Resolution Not War.
ranted by Situation,


There is general condemnation Of
Representative Kellers resolution Of
impeachment directed against At
torney General Harry NJ. Daugherty
becauGe Of the sweeping nature Of
the temporary injunction obtained by
him, II, the railroad strike case. Edit
ors. without regard to political be-
lief. point out that there seems to be
no ground for the proceedings and
art,ue that 1t never was the intention
of the trainers of the Constitution
that impeachment should be invoked
against an official under circum-
stances of this character. If the in
junction is too broad, they hold. the
remedy lies with the courts. while Il
the Attorney Generals official acts
are displeaeing. the complaints should
be presented to the President.
The action of the House in post
poning consideration of the matter
until December seems to have been
we'll advised" in the opinion OF the
Springfield (Mass) Republican Unde-
pendenD. as the outcome OF the
court proceedings should at least De
awaited before the Attorney Generals
critics are permitted to force de
cision from the House judiciary COM
mittee regarding his impeachment.
That the extreme reach Of the tempo
rary order of Judge Wilkerson has
aroused a strong reaction Is wen
known. II the temporary Injunction
legal precedent would probably be
viewed by many as so menacing TO
the established rights Of American
citizens that the ,impeachment
charges would be pushed IL for no
other purpose than to register pro- pro,
ever leave Office by that route, how
ever, is highly improbable .
Representative Keller's program rs
not apt to prove very menacing TO Mr.
Daugherty." the Springfield (Ohio9 Daily
News (democratic) asserts. as what
the administrations consent. AS TO
whether he first impressed the admin
istration with the thought that gov
ernlnent by injunction would be ABOUT
the proper thing has not been aus
closed 1t is one of the singular fea-
lures of this whole business that. fol-
lowing Mr.. Dauzherty's original action
the President, apparently sensing the
public criticism, felt called upon pup.
licly to explain what it was all about
Of acts of federal representatives seems
tion dulles In the opinion OF the
Bellingham (Wash.) Herald Ondepend-
ent republican,, "the impeachment talk
Is what is classically, known as me
bunk In the first place. it would be
impossible to get a majority nv the
House to file charges: In the second
the Senate would not sustain them
More probably both houses would give
the Attorney General an overwheimins
vote of confidence"
While the people have been right in
questioning the sweeping character OF
the, temporary injunction. because OF
the tendency of the courts to press
judicial discretion in this matter over ,
(Ohio) Dispatch Independently insists
s'there was no occasion for Representa-
tive Keller's resolution. II impeach-
ment was in place the object OF sucn
proceedings should have been the Judge
who issued the restraining order. But
trainers of the Constitution not for any
mistaken use Of official discretion. but
for cases in which criminal intent can
be shown to be present. Deserved
criticism is only weakened when ;ais tareais
for offenses. or mistakes of judgment.
never intended to be reached by so
drastic a process" This. likewise. is
the opinion of the Waterloo QoWa)
Tribune independently, which argues
LndC ooiiC pCtsotS 'A'H
q little temporary satisfaction over the
Impeachment resolution. Meanwhile
wise labor leaders are not interested"
Most Of the charges made IN the kel-
Ter resolution. the Lansing lMich.l State
Journal (independent) thinks. smack
Of radicalisn. and yet: If there is
possibility Of truth back OF them, they
warrant investigation and action" 1t
also points out that "Daugherty may
have offended certain elements: he may
have gone too far In his Injunction
proceedings and failed in his full duty
In other cases. and his appointment to
the office Of Attorney General may not
have been the best which could have
been made, but there Is nothing which
calls for impeachment" In addition.
the Topeka (Kan.) State Journal (inde-
pendent republican, feels that ito say
that the Presidents action, through At
torney General Daugherty, takes away
constitutional rights ia absurd. The OBJ
ject sought will stand in the future as
q bulwark against such happenings as
the coal strike and the railroad strike
with their records Of savagery etnpha-
sized by the Herrin massacre and the
Arizona desert abandonment. It is gov
ernment Intervention against industrial
warfare by q single class-a warfare
which 10 inaueurated and engineered
for the express purpose OF bringing
about o general collapse Of the nation.
II the demande OF union leaders are not
complied WITH"
While In the opinion Of the New York
Globe (independent) there is not the
sscIi p3, fact cha nce" that the Senate would