Evening star., 1924-04-04

pigeonholed the world court pro-
posal."
Discussing Senator Peppers state
ment that the mistakes in respect to
the appointment of officials who have
come under fire before the Senate were
the mistakes of the dead, Senator
Robinson said,
"He would make it appear" Senator
Robinson said, that the dead and not
the living are responsible for the
wrongs of which the country SO
rightly complains"
Referring to Senator Peppers state
ment that he would brand as "a po-
lIticaI ghoul' any person who for par
tiSan political advantage disturbS the
repose OF President Harding, Senator
Robinson declared he had not brought
Mr.. Harding's name before the coun-
try.
81 did not seek to hide behind him."
the minority leader Numbered. 81 did
not characterize as ghouls those who
would say he had made terrible mis-
takes. ! have not and l never had
the slightest disposition to speak dis
respectfully of the late Senator Hard
ing. AS most senators know, he was
my intimate personal friend"
When it is said that democrats
are undertaking" said Senator Rob-
inson, remember that republicans
quiries if they were ready to take
the responsibility before their God
and their country.
We did not aim at America when
we shot point blank at Albert B.
Fall: we did not aim at America when
we disclosed the Vaccinations of Mr..
Doheny and Mr.. Sinclair against the
public property; We injured nothing
worth preserving when we referred
to a grand jury the refusal of Sin
clair to testify, bolstered as he was
in that stand by the same propa-
ganda-"
Senator Robinson insisted that
President Coolidge had adopted the
Harding policies and had retained in
office the agents and advisers Presi-
dent Harding had selected.
Long after Mr.. Daugherty had be-
come discredited throughout the
country" he said, President Coolidge
had retained him"
Daughertys going, he said, was
not a question of honest administra-
ton, not a question of failure to
prosecute frauds against the govern
ment or failure to prosecute GRIM
inals who violated the laws of the
country, but it was a question of
political expediency" For this Pres
ident Coolidge was responsible, he
insisted, and it could not be charged
against a dead President"
Senator Robinson declared the
democrats had done their duty when
they exposed the treachery" of AL
bert B. Fall as Secretary of the In
terror and uncovered 'inefficiency,
neglect and corruption" in the Vet
Grams Bureau
an hour, the democratic leader de-
clared that if Senator Pepper was
willing to deceive" the American
people with respect to the outcome of
the investigations, the democrats
would meet that issue by an appeal
that will inspire every man and
woman in America who believes in
honest and clean government"
Replying briefly. Senator Lodge de-
clared he had made no effort to de-
lay action on the world court: NC
one has asked nc in This Sera..,
democrat or republican, to take that
subject up Senator Lodge said.
Robinson Advances Query.
Does the senator expect a vote by
the Senate on the world court at this
session." asked Senator Robinson.
Senator Lodge said no one could fore
cast a vote by the Senate at any time
and added that Senator Robin son
had had "the whole winter" m which
to move to take up the subject and
had not done so.
Il would be very glad to take it
up and have vote on it," Senator
Then the senator will have an op-
portunity to take it up" returned the
democratic leader. But you've got
to get it through the committee first"
amended the republican leader amid
laughter.
enator Lodge said that Whlle the
Investigating committees themselves
had caused no delay in the work of
the Senate the Senate itself had caus-
ed delay by spending whole days
discussing the testimony taken by
the committees"
Senator Pittman, democrat, Nevada,
wanted to know if Senator Lodge
was in sympathy with the investiga-
'tions.
Il think" Senator Lodge replied,
that when there is case like that
of the former Secretary of the In
terror it is the duty of the Senate to
investigate. We would not resist
any reasonable Investigation"