Evening star., 1924-04-08

The nations press is unanimous in
its approval of the Senate's action in
tabling Senator McKellar's resolution
TO GUST Secretary Mellon on the charge
that he had violated an old statute
which prohibits the chief of the ma
tions fiscal affairs from engaging in
business and commercial enterprises.
IF it is part of the plan of DEM
ocratic campaign strategy to pick off
the Coolidge cabinet, one by one, by
fair means or foul" the Grand Rap
ids Herald (republican) hopes "the
quick explosion of McKellars anti
Mellon balloon may give the conspir-
ators pause" An inquiry against
Mellon, the Lincoln Star (independ-
ent) points out, would only succeed
in clouding the real issues which have
been raised in the other Investigations
and all the good that will come out
of the cleaning-up process might have
been lost"
But the democrats and insurgents
"had too much sense to demand action
on it," according to the Roanoke e
World-News tdemocratie), which says
the attacks on Mellon and the others
"incvitably will react against the
democratic party. if they are pushed"
What is more, the Manchester Union
independent republican, asserts,
from all parts of the country con-
gressmen are receiving plain advice
that it is time to get down to real
business, and that mere political at
tacks on first-rate persons for nothing &
but partisan purposes will not be toll
Grated" Because "it possesses little
| of appeal TO the common sense of the
nation" the Philadelphia Bulletin (in-
dependent republican, assents.
To continue the attacks. the Scran-
| ton Republican independent republi-
CAM declares, would make the fact
| too clear for democratic comfort that
, they were actuated by the base mo-
tive of petty party advantage. In
] short, the Chicago Daily News Gnde-
! to bring the whole government into
discredit."
| Fortunately, there are democrats
/ in the Senate Of sufficient political
sense, if not sense of decency, to
realize that to pursue the course that
they have been following" according
to the Portland Express (republican),
| would only be to invoke a storm that
\
/ submerge them politically" The
New York Times Independent demo-
cratic) is pleased to note "an i'm
proyement in the intellectual and
moral health of the Senate, because
both sides are reverting to common
| sense"
democratfc) suggests that McKellar's
resolution served "at least one useful
| purpose in enabling a presentation
| of Mr.. MELONS case as public Off
cial unjustly assailed." Because che
! can stand up against any criticism
against him." in the opinion of the
| Buffalo News (republican), which
feels "he has the strong confidence OF
! the public"
| The Detroit Free Press iindepend-
tent) insists ''he has been a veritable
godse nd to the country at a peculiar.
" critical time-his general admin.
| istration Of the financial affairs of the
nation has been mastery, and he has
| gained the gratitude of all America
BY formulating. and forcing Congress
ton" The indianapolis News (inde-
| pendent) continues, TT would be not
only poor politics to launch a cam.
paign against the Secretary, but II
would be a. wrong to the country
/ their COED sense in making 1t cleal
that theYswere not in sympathy with
the McKellar movement"
! The Baltimore Sun (independen
democratfcE maintains the responsi
Bile democratic leaders have recog
| nized that ."Secretary Mellon stands
high in the; estimation of the coun
try: that his administration of th'
! Treasury Department concededly ha.
been one Of thu outstanding achieve
ments offthe Harding regime, and tina
the public may get an overdose Of thi,
sort of thing and turn sharply upol
those responsible Tor IT." This Is ais