The Washington times., 1924-01-28

That is the view overwhelmingly
held today by Republican Senators
and Republican members OF the
Lower House and other Republican
office holders in Washington as
they consider and analyze the s'tu"-
ton created by the naval oil ~
serve inquiry on which oeI.alo4
Walsh Dem.) of Montana is today
making his formal full-dress speech
on the Senate floor.
This moment il thought to be
sort of parting of the ways and
crossing Of the Rubicon for Calvin
Coolidge. It Is thought by the mass
of the Republicans in office here
in Washington, and 1t is amply ex.
pressed in their private converse
ton, that the true inside situation
now is that President Coolidge this
week and next week will choose be-
tween being on the one hand
"reminiscences Of Harding and being
on the other hand himself with his
own Cabinet and his own future.
Look For designations.
In frank terms this means that
Republicans in Washington have
come to the point at which they
look forward with satisfaction to
the prospect that President Cool
idge will secure the resignation Of
Secretary Of the Navy DENLY and
of Attorney General Daugherty, and
of various other dignitaries both of
Cabinet re nix and Of rank lower
than Cabinet rank, and will go
ahead with advisers and assistants
of his own choosing to an electoral
campaign which will be of his own
making.
1t is dominantly thought in Re-
publican ranks here that President
Coolidge has been extremely patient
toward the personalities and poll
cies left over to him from the reign
Of his predecessor.
It is thought that it now abun-
dainty appears that drastic changes
are desirable and indeed necessary.
The Republican party here in
Washington would enthusiastically
follow President Coolidge If he
without hesitation at this moment
threw overheard all Washingtonian
officials connected in any way with
such matters as the naval oil re-
serve troubles, the Veterans Bu'
reau difficulties, the prohibition en-.
forcement division scandals. and
the Printing and Engraving Bureau
mistaken dismissals
Inside Sentiment Strong.
Inside the Republican party in
Washington there is a strong senti-
ment and q strong movement TODAY
toward firm and instant departure
from the Harding past and an out.
right going over to the Coolidge
future.
If President Coolidge today en-.
tirely re-made his Cabinet and the
whole total drift Of the arrange
ments which he inherited from
President Harding, his action would
be greeted with cheers and with
vigorous demonstrations Of contented
loyalty throughout the Republican
section Of the Capital City.
1t is felt in that section that the
President perhaps has already been
too cautious in making the break
away from what was handed to
him when he became President 70
what he is able to do on his own
account.
The Democrats today in the SEN
ate will charge on good evidence
that President Coolidge's statement
court action against the
Sinclair and Doheny naval oil re-
serve leases was made only after
he had learned from Senator Len.
root that precisely similar sort of
action was going to be proposed
today in the Senate by Senator
Walsh of Montana, Democrat, who
is the one man really completely
and finally responsible for bringing
the naval oil reserve inquiry to it's
present spectacular results.
The Democrats will say, and al
ready for some time have been eff.
fectively saying all around the
town, that Attorney General Daugh.
erty does not stir and Secretary Of
the Navy DENLY does not stir and
President Coolidge does not stir
until Senator Walsh Of Montana
makes them stir by month after
month Of examination and cross