The Minnesota fiery cross., 1924-04-11
TABLE RESOLUTION
TO REMOVE MELLON
Undivided Attention Of Congress
Needed on Many Import
ant Measures
CBureau Of Publication and EdueatIsn)

WASHINGTON, ID. c., April 2.
AT the present writing the Po-
tomac river is in flood stage,
Washington is mantled in snow,
the big Capitol up on the hill is
sprinkled in virtuous white, and
Uncle Sam has a headache after
a bad night out. However, there
is less scandal right now, and the
atmosphere is assuming a more
normal condition. Investigation
is about to give way to legisla-
ton, and it looks as if politics is
going to take a back seat for a
while.
Hearsay evidence never goes in
we'll regulated court, and it is about
to be thrown out in the national cap
ital. Senators are coming around to
where they have a decent respect for
honest evidence and we are about to
get down to business. However, what
has happened is like pointing the fin
ger of warning at rottenness and
crookedness and is bound to bring
about better conditions in govern
ment circles. The escapades of Fall,
Doheny and Sinclair will tend to
make the world better. The rotten
ness in Denmark has been exposed,
and now all the people want to see
is the guilty properly punished. The
public will be satisfied with nothing
less. The law is no respecter of per-
sons. Let the indictments, trials and
punishments of the guilty proceed.
Daugherty a Marked Man
Harry NJ. Daugherty is no longer
attorney general. For a long time
everyone but himself knew he was a
marked man. Mr.. Daugherty was lit
orally dropped overheard by Presi-
dent Coolidge, and some of Daugh-
erty's friends are disposed to cfiti-
cize the president for firing Daugh-
erty before he had a chance to de-
fend himself. The other folks think
the president ought to have acted
sooner than he did and that he might
have used harsher terms.
Be that as it may, the Daugherty
dismissal will not interfere with the
Coolidge nomination at Cleveland in
June. Everything seems to be so set
up for that event that Washington
and New York newspaper men are
now predicting the day and almost
the hour the nomination will be
made. 1t is scheduled for June II.
Mr.. Daugherty's close friends say
he is not whipped by any means, but
that he is also a 100 per cent Repub-
lican organization man and that he
will be found fighting in the Repub-
lican ranks this year just as he has
in the past.
Nipped I'm the Bud
After disposing of Mr.. Daugherty,
rush was started on Secretary Of
the Treasury Mellon. The McKellar
move to dismiss Mellon was quickly
tabled, end the resolution went to
the calendar, where it is more than
likely to remain, and sleep perma-
nently. Senator Robinson, Demo
cratic leader, disclaimed all respon-
sibility for the move on the part Of
Senator Mcclellan, of Tennessee. The
Republicans were unitedly for Mel
lon, and the Democrats were divided
in opposition, so under those circum-
stances it was thought best to pig
eon-hole the matter.
"A statement VI lHc
under which Mr.. Mellon had accept
ed appointment to the cabinet showed
that he had been scrupulous in en-
deavor that there should be no seem
ing invasion of the law. He was the
first to question his own eligibility
and it was only after seeking legal
advice and divesting himself of all
stock ownership in large number
of corporations that he felt he could
qualify for the treasury post.
The Democrats themselves seem to
have put a quietus on the reported
intention of 'going down the line"
and picking off cabinet members, one
by one. The country is to be con-
graduated that the senate seems to
have found itself again and that it
will now get down to business. Con-
gress will now likely pull itself to-
gether and begin legislation in earn
est. Speed up the program is now
the slogan on both sides of the cham
Der.
New Attorney General
President Coolidge is now confront
ed with the problem of selecting a
new attorney general. He is chiefly
concerned about getting a man who
will fill all requirements man who
will be willing to sacrifice a law