The Connecticut labor news., 1924-02-23
ONE SCANDAL AFTER ANOTHER

Europe looks upon the United States as the swift est moving nation in the world in whatever Is started over here but Europe must have gasped at the rap idty with which one scandal after another dug up through the oil lease investigations in Washington dur ing the past week. From involving ex-secretary of the interior and few other officials the has spread out to include heads of departments members of Con- gress high nancers all the land but particularly in Wall Street and according to senator, President Coolidge himself knew what going two years ago but though then only vice president didn't try to stop it.
 A week ago the administration, Secretary of the Navy Denby and all sitting tight in the belief that the storm would blow and their skirts would be cleansed of the oil stench. But they reckoned without considering the aggressive members, notably Senator Walsh of Montana, who the probe committee. There whitewashng to be allowed in this matter who suffered be he democrat republican, socialist mugwump and when the committee began to call in brokers to find out just who got the money when how and why, the jig up
 Denby started the ball rolling by resignng after he had repeatedly declared he wouldn't. Mr. McAdoo who also being dragged in promptly took his before the public with what might be called def to the be- smchers and forth unscathed but the of the gang involved for under the hue and cry of potcs If it is politics that responsible for the dis closures then politics has redeemed itself from being the of the country. Where the end will be yet guess That there will be end, and an un- pleasant for exhalted in high places there isn't doubt.
 But the oil deals isn't all that the administration that has held forth since 1921 has to for in the line of scandal The reactonarv monev-bond element that con- trolled republican administrations from the beginning has finally brought everlasting disgrace the republican party, the only party, it's leaders claimed lift to govern Honest and patriotic republicans the country must resent it but they helpless now, they have been to do other than to accept what their masters in high finance throw to them.
 The administration began in fact in scandal that involving Senator Newberry who kicked out by his colleagues when shown up in his election expenses Bought and paid for didn't go in that instance than will bought and paid for" to up this latest oil mess.
 Then Attorney General Daugherty has been under constant fire since he took hold and only year de- mands were made in Congress that he resign. Politics" saved him that time but 'he's in again.
 Then what had it not been for the oil dsclo would have been shown up the most despicable instance of grating uncovered in this other comtry-that wherein it disclosed that in high place actually grating the disabled soldiers of the World War through the Veterans Bureau. If any thing could be than thateven the oil lease sales it is impossible to say what That probe isn't yet and may develop deeper things before it's closed.
 The treasury department through the income tax scandals the present interior department with its recam aon scandal and the treasury again through it's prohib