The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-04-08
WASHINGTON IS
WELL PLEASED
W|THPROGRESs
Daugherty Resignation
Meets With Approval;
Big Money Tales are
Pure Fiction

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: toreny General Daugheriy. FOLLOWED
OF course by the latter's resignation
j. commanding the widespread approva
: il deserves Mr. Coolidge gave Mr.
Daughcrty every opportunity to re-
sign voluntarily for the good OF the
party and his own good. as well as
for that Of the people. that that the
executive cannot be accused OF snap
Judgment On the other hand. there
has come gradually 10 the attention
OF the President-whai under other
circumstances he would have been the
last 10 lcarn-ihe appalling incompet-
encc ence OF Mr.. naugheriy's admin
isirati0n OF the governments great
legal department. an incompetence
which has characterized II ever since
Mr.. Daugherty became Attorney Cen
eral. Since the senate investigating
started. conditions have become pc
embarrassing. The senate com
mittee recently demanded it be permit
ted TO send an investigator into the |
department to search for evidence. Mr.. |
Daugherty refused. on the ground that !
I would be aginst the public interests.
the refusal If made by any other at
torney general would doubtless have
been proper; bu; when made by Mr..
Daugherty il had sinister appearance.
II IS a curious instance ones deeds
coming home to roost that most OF
he men who are aiding senator
in his tight on Daugherty are
ormer agents OF the department OF
ustice whom Daugheriy refused to
Iismiss even when advised OF their
ntrusiworthy character.
The grave ILLNESS of Senator La
toilette. who at six,y-nine is stricken
nth pneumonia. after being i'll for
ONE time with grip. is regarded as :,
ighly inimical to the hopes OF those
no desire a third party Senator
Tram Johnson's failure to sweep
outh Dako'a '-carried the primaries
y a narrow margin-has served to
'nvince political observers here
lat Mr.. Coolidge's nomination is
riainiy. The hopes OF the third-party
es have ben increasing with the in
ease OF that certainty. But the ply \,
al breakdown of La Toilette has ~
rived to dash ,heri hopes. The story d
La Follette's mental breakdown in
! is being recalled and few there
c. even among his staunches sup
rters. who believe that even II he \,
covers his health that recovery will
sufficiently rapid to permit OF his
tive participation in the Forthcoming -.
mpagn. Talk OF Coolidge luck" is ."
ing revived and may prove a potent
to the man from Massachusetts,
, alone in the convention but in the
ctions as well.
What kind OF bootleg whiskey did
5 Smith carry to Roxie Stinson's
use on those weekend visits to his
-wiie' this is the question every
c IS now asking as Senator Wheel h.;
and his colleagues continue to -,
'adcast "RoNie's bedtime stories" -,
r latest is that five men made a pro-
of S5S.Oo00OO Sinclair Oil. She wv
s Jess Smith told her so. But
iator Wheeler and his colleagues .
uld not permit Mr. Daugherty's at ma
neys to ask here who the FIVE mel -.
-e. Even they saw how ridiculous
the story, inasmuch as all the men
D ever made money ont OF Sinclair :,
Units entire existence could no, ="
e made anything like that sum. a.
best, the bootleg mus, be reason
for three OF the ciphers. Close
n Roxie's fantastic tale came Al Ida
ningS, former outlaw. who testi- ng
THAT Jake Hamon told him he paid Poe
,9,OOO TO secure Mr.. Hardings ing
iina,ion; that Mr.. Daughe-ty 60, cou
1000 Senator Penrose like sum. soci
Hays $4,000. etc. OF course i, y
ntirely possible Jake Hamon told at,ei
to Al-Jake is dead and can't nal,
it-but il he did. it merely shows weel
easy Jake thought it was to Gre,
: 4 reformed bandit. Those who seho
at the Chicago convention-and at Il
correspondent was one OF them =
y the story is merely hgmeni =
he imagination. or a poor sort Of o
designed to fool the man to whom ~
As told Wheeler is having bad
with his investigation. The COS -
ie is eliciting is so prepos,erous
he IS making the investigation D
and more ridiculous. as OF course 81
: bound to be with is complete II
cal domination and purpose. -
representative Charles Z. Winter .
yoming. calls attention to the lac, =.
were the courts 70 cancel the ~
IT oil lease the government worid otl