Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-03-28
Hysteria And Its Victims-Candi-
date Coolidge And President
Coolidge.

mittee, the kepublican reactl0nary spokes-
men. the Republican reactionary press and
the allied special interest press have come
TO the defense of the scandalous Republi-
can administration. By every means in
their power they are seeking to belittle
and obstruct the various investigations. as
many Of them have done from the begin
ming and are trying to alarm the public
by asserting that the investigations are
shaking the confidence Of the people in
their government, when as a matter of
fact the investigations have only shaken
the confidence of the people-in fact de-
stroyed it-in the scandalous Republican
administration. The Senate is denounced
by these defenders of and apoloeists for
the administration as School for Scan
dal," ignoring the fact that the admins
tration and the. reactionary leadership Of
the Republican party furnished the scan
dals upon which to conduct this highly
educational institution.
This kind of defense. however. does
not brighten the average citizen. nor will
il ntimidate the honest men who are
bringing the disgraceful-and in some in
stances corrupt-transactio to light. 1t
is not deceiving that stalwart old Repub-
lican otgan. the Boston Transcript. That
highly respectable and intelligent sheet
does not regard the testimony concerning
Official derelctians, or corruption, as the
case may be. as "hysteria" on the part of
the investigators but rather believes that
the Mysteries are confined to the over
jealous defenders Of the administration
and Of the persons implicated Under the
caption, Mr.. Schwab's Hysteria." the
Transcript editorially says:
"Mr. Charles M. Schwab tells President
Coolidge that the investiea now being
conducted by Congressional committees
have produced a state of publc hysteria
that Is injuring business. But current
reports OF commercial and industrial con-
ditions do not justify prediction that bust
ness Is In any danger Of immediate coll spse
And, In the long run. business will suffer
more II vicious practices and dangerous
tendencies are not exposed than 1t can
possibly suffer through any excess of zeal
on the part of investigators or any desire
TO manufacture political capital"
After reciting the testimony concerning
the financial transactions Of Doheny and
Sinclair with former Secretary Fall and
referring to the kilograms passing between
Edward B. Mclean and his army of en-
ployes and satellites, the Transcript con-
tinues:
Congress is not responsible for these
things. The committees which are con-
Quoting investigations are not responsible
for them. They are an ugly and sinister
chapter in our recent history. But il is
one that 1t would be folly to ignore The
sooner the facts are revealed, the better
There Is over-much talk about the exces.
sive zeal or the questionable motives of
some Of the investigators On the other
hand, there has been up to this time too
little outspoken condemnation OF sweeping
statements to the effect that the investi-
cations are to be deplored because they
viii hurt business or undermine confidence
in Government. or bring other unfortunate
effects. Ii all smacks of effort to draw
red behring's across the trail.
Incidents In connection with the in
vestieations may properly be condemned,
as was the intrusion of Mr.. Vanderlip
with his repetition Of backstairs gossip
individuals among the investigators, or
other members Of the Congress. If they
overstep the bounds of propriety and of
decency, may properly be castieated. But
common sense devotion to the public
welfare demands that the facts be brought
to light. The investigation must 90 on.
u Il hurts business now. basiness win be
the better for II in the end. But IL is not
yet apparent that bushes is suffering
Perhaps, after all. It is Mr. Schwab who is
somewhat hysterical."
Another form of this hystetia on the
part Of the Republican reactionary and
special interest press and the Republican
reactionary leadership which controls the
Republican party and the Republican ma.
tional administration at the present time
is manifested whenever the name of Presi-
dent Coolidge is publicly mentioned in
relation to any Of the events brought TO
light by investigating committees, or re.
sulting from the Presidents official acts
and utterances.
A great deal of this hystefia is due to
the fact that the hysterical spokesman
and writer's do not differentiate between
Calvin Coolidge. President of the United
States, and Calvin Coolidge the self seeking
candidate for the Republican presidential
nomination in 1924.
II Calvin Coolidge, the candidate, parts
from Secretary DENLY with regrets" II
he retains Attorney General Daug as
a member Of the Presidents Cabinet after
all the testimony given in the investiga.
ton II he keeps young Roosevelt after
Roosevelt's own testimony IL he employs
Bascom Slemp as Private Secretary TO the
President after Representative Harrison's
expose Of Slemp in connection with the
Dear Ben" letters II he dominates public
officials at the alleged instance Of Joseph
w. Tolbert, convicted Of embezzlement, and
all Of these men are to be Coolidge dele
gates to the Republican National Conven.
ton. candidate Coolidge cannot fairly claim
immunity from comment or criticism as
Calvin Coolidge. President OF the United
States.
II Calvin Coolidge. the candidate, tele.
graphs Edward B. Mclean in connection
with political appointments in the District
Of Columbia and sends him warm social
greetings, candidate Coolidge has no just
ground for complaint as President Coolidge
II those telesrams are made public. and
attention Is called to the fact that Edward
B. Mclean Is the publisher Of the ORGAN of