Evening star., 1924-02-25
DoHENY LASHES CRITICS.
ull Man Says Some Senators Have
Chocolate Eclair Spines.

oii Man Gays Some Senators Have
Chocolate Eclair Spines.
NEW YORK, February 25.-Ed-
ward L. Doheny Iashed back at his
rr:tics last night. calling them
character assassins' and Senators
with chocolate cClair spines." AL
though he is a democrat Of many
years standing. he accused his party
OF misreprescnting the matter OF the
oil leases to the public in an attempt
20 ooliterate the remarkable pros
has brought to the nation
Mr.. Doheny, at his home, Is East
saith street, last night, definitely
charged Senator Wheeler with max
ne raise Statements. and said that
senator Borah, who attacked At
lorney General Daugherty, els not fit
TO be believed" Senator Walsh is
anxious to be the next President, he
declares. and that will explain Mr..
"aish's unttring activity in putting
statements into the mouths of the
witnesses he examines"
PlunEes Into Attack.
Mr.. Doheny looked more like a
kindly. elderly college professor than
4 business man, but as soon as he
began to speak the academic atmos-
phere about him was dispelled. His
eyes flashed behind his gold-rimmed
spcctacles and his face flushed as he
plunged into his attack
Senator Wheeler lied when he said
DauSherty was friend of mine" he
said. Il met him only once and that
was three years ago next May at
the Metropolitan Club, with four
other members of the cabinet We
discussed oil, but 1t was European
a y,.fs
any communication with him since
that time.
AS for Mclean, have never even
seen him in my life, regardless OF
what Senator Wheeler says. He re-
four times in his speech. That's a
sooo name for him-'Eyerybody
knows Wheeler.
HE Is coward that takes advan-
tase of his immunity as a senator
body knows that he is a liar. More
over, eurybody knows where he
got his supposed information and
1hat was from Castor B. Means.
Denies Gift for Wood.
our years ago Borah said that I
nad contributed $4,000 to Mai, Gen
WOODS campaign fund. I was a dele
sa.e TO the democratic national con-
Fention and voted more than forty.
tunes for McAdoo at the time, so
wired asking him to correct his state
Alent. Although that telegram was
read on the floor Of the Senate. he sat
.t.ras -. ms seat ana made no reply. He
MI. Doheny pointed out that former
secretary of the Navy Denby had been
onsted in the hue and cry, althoueb
ne had never even been accused of
Wfongdoing. The democrats, he said.
arc planning to bowl over one after an
~
pms and send them from office discred-
tied men.
II do not think that Calvin Coolidge
win his keen mind. will allow Daugh-
crty TO be pushed from his position"
the oil man remarked. "Daugherty Ivas
shrewd enough to see tn. late AZ
Harding as presidential possibility
!niig before YOU or | did. He was a
friend OF MIR. Harding and stuck to
Hits Certain Senator'S.
MT. Doheny then paid his respects
70 the senator's who come from the
VIE t-EroWinE country, which he said
Europe -' III
These bolsllevik senator's" he de-
cIared, are afraid Of their constitu-
ents They have chocolate ec!air
%3iheS. What We need In this whole
OH affair is some one to pin down the
p"oplc who are talking recklessly and
say: Who told you this? Where did
you hear it" Most of them would
nave to admit. as did Mr. Vanderlip
~ the witness stand, that they were
simply hawking rumors.
think l have a right to say that
these men who are stirring up this
tNli are character assassins.'
FOR Just Il moment the oil magnate
showed that he had felt the innuen-
does and charges against him. He
tcoked old Then the youth and the
light returned
Il tell you there is no oil scandal
There never has been any oil scandal
No one has been corrupted. If any
one got any advantage out of those
oil leases 1t was the United States
government. You must remember
tfat the oil reserve was created at
Pearl harbor before the four-power
treaty was signed.
II welcome court action in this
Whole thing. | want a dispassionate
Judge to hear my side. Senator
never said. He asked questions
that could not be answered and then
made speeches about them that went
into the record.
Now that the President has two
good men to conduct this investiga-
tton why. doesn't the committee quit
and let them go to work. 1 want to
tell my story before an impartial
court.
IF so to the penitentiary there
are others that will go, too. Every
one that has had anything to do with
these leases, including Admiral Robi-
son and my associates, who negott-
ated the deal. And let me tell you
that it was no easy contract to get
Admiral Robinson is an expert and he
had all Of the advantage before nego-
tiationS were over"