The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-19
SENATE WARNED TO GET TO WORK
Says People Back Home
 Are Rapidly Growing .--.. Impatient

WASHINGTON, March 19.-The Senate heard another fanfare of ora tory today, running the scale of all the disclosures of it's investigators, and then listened to solemn warning that the people back home soon may demand that Congress foregO it's grand iury'' puruits and address itself to a program of constructive legislation
 The Coolidge-McLeah telegrams, the Dempsey Carpenter fight films, Roxie Stinson and Secfeary Falls trouble some $100,000 all played their parts in a renewed discussion of the oil and Daugherty inquiries, launched from the dehocratic side of the chamber by Sem ators Nicely of West Virginia, Cara way of Arkansas and Heflin of Ala bama. ss The warming was sounded by Senator Borah, of Idaho, republican, addressing not only the democrats, but the senators on his own side of the broad center aisle that is the Senate's political mo- mans land, the Idaho leader predicted that unless the present ..!!objectless pro- gram" gave way to more positive re- medial measures the session would end without tax legislation and with other important duties but half performed.
 The next campaign will not be won l. on the platform written at Cleveland" " said Senator Borah to his party lead ters. .'We must. make. our record here if we are anxious to continue in pow er."
 Lodge Bitterly Assailed. Senator Neely in a carefully prepa red tspeech brought the oil disclosures back Unto sena torial debate after a quiescence of nearly week by bitterly assailing Senator Lodge, the republican leader, questioning the wisdom of President Coolidge in his telegraphic correspon- dence with Edward B. Mclean, and charging that newspapers were attack ing the Senate. because their interests were being undermined by the contin- ued disclosures before the Investigating i committees. -,..--s.-.
 The West Virginia senator said that everyone hoped Senator Lodge was cor rect in his defense of the President's l uprightness, but recalled that on anoth 1 CT occasion some years ago, MT. Lodge according to reports, had delivered him self of a somewhat similar tribute tt Albert B. Fall. The republican lead CTS denunciation of democratic sena tors for attacking the President, Sena. tor Neely said, was nothing less thar an attempt to foreclose the right o free speech in the Senate.
 Hughes Caraway's Target
 Secretary Hughes was singled out by Senator Caraway as the particular tar. get of his attack, but he added that Mir Coolidge, while he was vice president Postmaster General New and others also had attended the private showing of the Dempsey Carpenter fight filml at the Mclean home here, after they had been brought to Washington "ir violation of the law"
 He said that Mir. Hughes, an emi nent lawyer and former supreme court justice, must have known that the law was violated, and declared that aunless 1 Attorney General Daugherty had -''sus pended' the criminal code, all of those who attended the exhibition must bt prosecuted for conspiracy.
 Il wonder if we will be called upon, he said, ito remit the fines which tht the Secretary of State, the Postmaster General, the then Vice President, anC other cabinet officers who participated in this showing, because those who par ticipated were guilty of violating tn, law"
 Declaring that the president had con tributed mot a word" to the Senate'' efforts to drive the crooks" out of tn, government, Senator Heflin of Alabama renewed his demand that MT. Daughter ty be expelled from the cabinet and bt asked to explain to the country how Jess Smith obtained authority to exer else some of the important functions oi l the justice department.