Evening star., 1924-01-29

)ut Of Cabinet
torneys, United States narshals, bal
inns and everything like that. he
looks over the applicants ana corners
with local politicians regarding thelr
qualifications. More than a year ago
on this floor demanded the resigna-
ton of Mr. Holland"
This demand, Senator Walsh ex-
planned, was in connection with
memorandum in a Hawaiian patron
age case. A note purporting 10 nave
been written by Mr.. Holland to Mr..
Daugherty and which fell into the jul
dietary committees hands. urged ap-
pointment of three Hawaiian officials
TO aid in a local election
johnson Asks Question.
Senator Magnus Johnson. Minne-
sofa, farmer-laborite, interjected to
ask whether, in view of the situa-
tion. the farmer-labor party should
not be represented by counsel in the
Presidents appointments.
1nquiring as to the relevancy OF
the discussion OF Mr.. Holland. SEN
ator Pepper, republican, Pennsylya-
mia, told the Senate he was in po-
sition to state with certainty" that
neither the selection of Holland nor
(
under consideration by the President.
Il had the advantage on Saturday
afternoon last to have a conference
with the President regarding this
matter said Senator Pepper. land
at time when neither he nor I knew
OF the agreement reached at the ex-
ecutive session of the committee to
which the senator from Montana has
adverted, and at that time and long
before the announcement appeared
tn, hn
reached the decision to make the
statement which he did make and to
employ counsel outside of the De-
partment of Justice
Senator King. democrat. Utah,
wanted to know IL, in view of this
statement. the President 'long ago
had decided that he had no conf
dence whatever in the Department
of Justice, the Attorney General or
any officials under the Attorney Cen
eral.''
THE senator from Utah knows
WELL" returned Senator Pepper. that
no such intimation was made to the
senator from Pennsylvania by the
President. / assume that the same
reasons actuated the President In de-
Gliding to obtain outside counsel that
actuated the senator from Montana In
proposing in his resolution that coun-
sci connected with the Department or
Justice be employed in this matter.
ment of Justice: 1t is an ordinary ex-
perience and practice of law where
counsel is personally interested in the
matter at bar he be asked to be re-
lieved In the proce edings.
Reads DnuKherty's Telegram.
In this connection, Senator Willis,
republican. Ohio. read into the record
the telegram received by the Presi-
dent yesterday from Mr.. Daugherty
at Miami, Fla, urging that inde-
pendent counsel be appointed to
: prosecute the oil cases.
! Senator Lenroot said he believed
| the oil committee was unanimous In
! its opinion as to the action that
should be taken. He added. how
ever. that the Walsh resolution
! should be amended so as to include
! the Sinclair contract for disposing of
! oil taken from Teapot Dome. Another
+. amendment would bring all con
! tracts and agreements between the
| Sinclair interests and the govern
ment under the terms of the resolu-
| ton.
E. Senator Robinson or Arkansas, the
! democratic leader, demanded TO
/ know whether the President when
! he reaches the conclusion that the
4. lease was improvidently and negli-
l. <
! Will say to Secretary DENLY:
! Here's your hat, what's your
| hurry
! Robinson Attacks Coolidge.
! The democratic leader declared that
! ION it's face" the Presidents state
! ment of last Saturday midnight as to
| the administrations course lis de-
| signed for political purposes"
shield his party from the political ef-
| fects of the sickening disclosures in
! the Teapot Dome investigation" said
statement asserts tla= no one is
! shielded for any party or political
! reason. and that he understands men
| are involved who belong to both pc
/ litical parties
1.-THE simple truth is that the blame
| for the shameful transaction. which
! has become a national scandal, rests
wholly on the administrations OF
President Harding and President
, Coolidge.
Throughout President Wilson's ad
mnistration persistent but unsuc-
cessful efforts were made by private
monopolistic interests to secure an
| opportunity to exploit the naval oil
7 reserves.
| The democratic Secretary of the
Navy, Josephus Daniels. resisted and
| denounced these efforts and it was
only after the change Of admins
| trations following the election ot
! 1920 that the mysterious and unex-
plained scheme was conceived tc
transfer the naval oil reserves from
| the control of the Secretary of the
Navy, where Congress had provided
! it should be exercised, to the Interior
Department for the purpose of dis
! sipating for private uses the naval
storehouses of vast quantities OF oil
which former administrations had
conserved for indispe nsa BILE public
/ use.
President Harding. without au-
| thoritS of law, ordered the transfer
and Secretary DENLY acquiesced ir
| this first step toward shameful