The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-08
WHILE SENATE "0RATEs' PRESIDENT ACTS.
WATCH FOR .FRANKED" CAMPAIGN LITERATURE
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Washington, D. c., Jan. 81. - The
writer of this article believes that it
is the province Of the Klan to get
the truth and the facts to the country
and let people draw, their own con-
illusions about matters political as
well as otherwise. With this idea in
view and purely for the purpose of
analysis it is interesting to analyze
what has taken place in the United
States Senate this week up to date.
The writer sat in the gallery of
the Senate less than one hour before
writing this story and witnessed the
Senate vote unanimously on the res
olution directing the President of the
United States to do what he had al
ready done two or three days before
in the way Of appointing counsel and
taking steps to correct what trans
pired in the conveying Of valuable
public domain to private interests for
their own profit, by the preceding ad-
ministration.
The Senate has been debating the
question all week and while all this
oratory has been going on, President
Coolidge acted and acted quickly.
The real facts are that he beat the
Senate to the matter by about two
or three days for he acted at once
when the exposure was made of what
took place under the administration
of former Secretary Fall.
Upon the facts beinb learned, prac-
tically all are agreed that a terrible
mistake was made. That was evil
denced today when the Senate voted
unanimously telling the President
what to do. Republicans, Democrats,
Farmer Laborites, insurgents and
regulars all were of one mind and
they voted as solid unit. But
doesn't it look ridiculous for the Sen
ate to talk about this matter for
nearly week when practically every
one knew just what to do days and
days ago. While the Senate talked,
President Coolidge acted, that's the
difference.
Why the Speeches?
Why then all the speeches, all this
debate, all this oratory when every
one was thinking along the same
lines? Nothing to it in the world
but politics, that's all one can make
out of it. Each side was trying to
gain an advantage for party inter-
ests purely and solely. You can't
make anything else out of it.
But don't overlook the fact that all
these speeches in the Senate were
not made for nothing. They were
made for home consumption and cam
pagn distribution which will come
later. This is what the "deer peepul"
back home are prone to dub as pure
ly political bunk, that's all there is
to it. When one sits down and
analyses this thing quietly he can
reach no other conclusion. The Sen
ate talked and the President acted,
but the President got there first.
Punish the Guilty
Everyone believes there is guilt in
this famous case and it is practically
unanimous, too, that the guilty
should be punished. Sure, that's
what we all want, but say the United
States Senate can talk about this
case all winter and can render no
punishment. The case will now 60
into the courts and very likely to
the highest court in the land. There's
where the verdict is to come from,
the court of last resort will fix the
punishment and hat is where we are
headed for in this case. Neither the
Senate nor the President can fix the
punishment, that IS left to the judi
ciary; that's why our forefathers in
their great wisdom saw fit to divide
this government into the three divi-
sions, viz, the legislative, the execu-
tive and the judicial. The legislative
has done all the talking in this case,
the executive has taken the neces-
sary steps to get it into the courts,
hence it is now up to the judicial di-
vision to complete the business and