The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-02-29
COOLIDGE PUTS
SENATE RIGHT
MCAD0O LOSING
Nation Approves Stand
That President Took
In DENLY case; some
Oil Lease Facts.

Washington-President Coolidge
has checked ''the mob spirit. That
IN the concensus of opinion in Wash
ington and it is abundantly confirmed
by the press of the country. Mr.
Coolidges sharp rebuke OF the senate
when it sent him the resolution,
passed chiefly by Democrats, demand
ing that he dismiss Secretary Denby
from the cabinet, has not only COM
manded the widest praise-from DEM
ocrats as we'll as Republicans-but has
brought home to the people what the
New York Tribune terms the mob
spirit OF the senate, its determination
10 lynch Mr.. DENLY first and try
him afterwards" AS The Tribune
points out, should it be found that
Mr.. DENLY has been guilty of some
of the things charged against him it
would become the duty of the senate
to sit as his judge in impeachment
proceedings, while the senate has de-
stroyed its judicial character by
lynching the accused before hearing
the evidence-before trial. Even the
New York Times, leading Democratic
paper of the country, goes SO far in
its praise OF Mr.. Coolidge as to COM
pare him with its greatest hero,
Grover Cleveland. 1t says, by his
bold and immediate assertion Of the
power Of the executive, as against an
overweaning senate, Calvin Coolidge
has taken his place alongside Grover
Cleveland"
The senate's oil investigation is 60
ing merrily along and is spreading
over so much territory, german and
non-germain, that it is doubtful if
the members of the committee will
ever get through, or even hnd time
to read, the mass of documentary evil
dence they are calling for. AS de-
stroyer of presidential boomlets at
least, it is proving an immense sue
cess. No democratic politician OF
standing and Judgment can be found
who does not regard the McAdoo
boom as dead beyond recuscitation;
even though Mr.. McAdoo hand-picked
supporters in conference in Chicago
make their best efforts to white-wash
their candidate in accordance with
the specifications provided in his call
for the conference. That the verdict
OF his friends will be precisely what
McAdoo has already dictated no one
in Washington doubts. Now rumor
has it that the committee will be credi-
bly, informed that the son OF Senator
Hiram Johnson OF California has been
for considerable time an attorney
on the Doheny payroll.
The Democratic section Of the SEN
ate investigating committee is having
a delightful tme-cxcept when it un-
willingly brought out McAdoo's Sc
cret connection with Doheny and the
ex-Secretary's $l50,000 fees-and the
Republicans are obviously scared toI
death, although if they had a little
more Of Mr.. Coolidgc's courage and
sagacity they would not be-. But the
general public, under Mr.. Coolidge's
leadership, is rapidly coming to re-
alize the extent to which politics in
moulding the investigation and the ne
cessity of waiting for facts before
jumping to conclusions. Mr.. Coolidge
has pledged himself that the rights
OF the people will be protected, that
no guilty man shall escape, and he
las inspired confidence that he will
keep his pledge, as the Democratic
and Republican press alike make
clear.
Gradually, the public is coming
more clearly to understand something
about the oil leases. For instance,
1t has been shown that under the
Doheny lease the government has ac-
iually received 81 per cent OF all the
oil taken out--instcad of the 8 per
cent estimated by Senator Walsh.
Dohenys company stands pledged, in
addition. to furnish free transporta-
ton OF tho governments oil to the
seaboard; to maintain for a period
OF IS years, constant supply of s.
100000 barrels OF oil, stored free, on
the Atlantic seaboard; to maintain,
storage free. supply Of 100000
barrels on the west coast; 10 exchange
Tor the governments crude oil any