, 1924-04-23
DOPE

Washington. April 16, 1924.-Presi
ident Coolidge has again proved his
title to the country's admiration and
respect by his appointment of Har-
Ian F. Stone as Attorney General.
Even as intensely partisan a paper
as the New York World is compelled
to praise the selection. Dean Stone
has a h%erculean task before him, the
cleaning out of a Department grossly
mismanaged during eight years of
Democratic administration and incom-
petently managed during three years
of Republican administration. But
there is every indication that the
former Dean of the Columbia Law
School is equal to the undertaking.
The Democratic attack on Secre-
tary Mellon has proved a flivver.
True to their program, the Democrats
no sooner saw Mr.. Daugherty out of
the cabinet than turned on Mr.. Mel
Ion. There was no basis for their
charges, but that was in large part
true of Mr.. Daugherty, and entirely
true of Secretary DENLY. Truth,
however, was the last thing they
wanted. They were seeking sensa-
tionalism and party capital. But they
got only discredit, and the Democratic
press deresves a large share of cred
it for the failure of the Heflins, Nc
Kellers, ct al. The Democratic press
realized-what the Democratic dem
agogues in the Senate could not-that
the latter were only ~discrediting their
party in the public mind and their
editorial condemnation has checked
some of the scandalmongers.
Names instructed delegation for
Coolidge is accepted as the first in a
long series of such instructions which
will make certain the nomination at
Cleveland of the son of the Massa-
chusetts "dirt farmer" That Wiscon-
sin should have istructed its delegat-
ion for La Toilette occasions no sur
prise, although the instructions of
the Democrats to their delegates to
vote for Gov. Al Smith of New York
struck another blow to the corpse of
the McAdoo boom, as did also'the re-
fusal of the Iowa Democrats to in
struct their delegates to vote for the
Crown Prince. Its not regarded as
probable that the Democratic
ton will dare to nominate Gov. Smith,
because he is, as described by the
Democratic press, "a wet Roman
Catholic" but the fact that the Wis
consin Democrats preferred him to
McAdoo is striking evidence of the
d~isfavor into which the son-in-law Of
the late President has fallen.
The courageous letter of John w.
Davis declining to give up his law
practice in order to seek the Demo-
cratic presidential nomination and his
statement therein that, "The only linn
itation upon a right thinking lawyers
independence is the duty he owe to
his clients, once selected, to serv
them without tn slightst thought of
the effect such service may have or
his own personal popularity or politi-
cal fortunes" is everywhere regarded
as a severe rebuke to McAdoo who
dropped his client Doheny Immediate
ly the Doheny oil leases came under
investigation. 1t is generally held
that while MI. Davis may not have
promoted his political fortunes he has
gained the respect of upright, hon.
orable men by his courageous stand.
Democratic obstruction of tax re-
duction for partisan purposes is being
more and more several condemned
as it is becoming more widely appre-
ciated. A few of the ADLER Demo-
cratic leaders are pleading with their
colleagues to abandon the obstruc-
zionist program, insisting that the in
dignation of the Taxpayers will be
visited on the Democrats at the polls.
But thus far, these wiser councils
have proved unavailing with the lit
tie Democrats of the Wheeleh-W Walsh
Heflin-McKellar type, who seem to
have become drunk with their ability
to create scandals and with the pub
licity it is procuring for them. I'm
able to attract any attention as SEN
ators they are infatuated with the at
tention they attract as scandal-mon-
gers.
CATARRHAL DEAFNESS