Evening star., 1924-02-08

by the Senate without debate or a dis
senting vote.
The Senate also voted without dis
cussion and unanimously to direct the
Secretary OF the Interior, to take
steps to recover from the Standard
Oil Company of California sections
sixteen and thirty-six in the Elk
Hills, California reserve. These plots
are near the field held by the Doheny
interests, which the government also
is seeking to recover along with the
Teapot Dome field in Wyoming. leas-
ed by Mr.. Fall to the Sinclair in
terests ....... .
With these two resolutions out OF
the way, the Senate swung again Into
debate on the Robinson resolution de-
manding the resignation of Secretary
DENLY for asserting to the oil leases
Senator Reed. democrat, Missouri.
opened this discussion with a care
Fal. E. l.. Doheny. Harry F. Sinclair
and Mr.. DENLY. ....
Senator Reed opened his address by
asserting that the 'sinuous trail OF
government Office. and now should be
extended to the penitentiary."
1--WE are about to determine" he
said. whether oil kings and cabinet
officers are immune from the law
which governs the common people
of the land"
Demands Court Action.
"All officers who have betrayed
their trusts must be brought to the
bar Of the courts. All officers who
have permitted the country to be
nlundered while they silent at their
posts must be removed. Every man
who has for fees or favor employed
the influence which he gained
through the generosity of the pub
lie to seduce public servants must be
exposed and condemned"
Asserting that Immediately after
taking Office Fall had begun setting
the stage for one Of the most gi-
Reed said that on April 7. 1922. Sin
clair in the role OF minor burglar
carried away the Teapot Dome"
April %. Doheny, playing the star
part, strolIed across the stage boast
Ing that his loot exceeded 100000
play was ended; the curtain was rung
down. The oil circuit season was
closed. The actors retired: Sinclair
to the race track, Doheny to his Gals
return to innocent pastoral pursuits"
Referring to Falls refusal to tes-
tify, the Senator declared that "he
who dares not speak lest he shall
prove himself a criminal stands
self-condemned."
See Doheny Trapped.
Nor is Doheny In happier plight"
he continued. "Entangled in the
meshes of his own words. tripped
lies fIoundering. Sinclair manifest
ly prefers the companionshfp of
bright-eyed Paris to the stony faces
of the Senate committee.
The crime stands confessed. So
concerned. guilt has been found by
q substantially unanimous vote in
both branches of Congress. That de-
cision Is backed by the universal ver-
tict Of l1O.000.000 people"
said. did not fall within the scope
of those who had lost all their de-
tenders.
Hits DENLY Defenders.
Has not the senator from Maine
(Mr. Hale) brought to the defense
of the Secretary the thunders of his
ibIe logic?" he said Has not the
grave and revered leader on the re.
publican side. in his most oracular
manner, warned against the outrage
of laying a finger upon the skirts Of
Denby's garments?
And here comes DENLY declaring
that he approves the leases That
he acted right. That. he would do
the same thing again. And that he
will not resign even if Congress
enacts the resolution
This defiant declaration destroys
all pleas in mitigation and likewise
all appeals for sympathy. 1t forces
Congress to act."
Reviewing Mr.. Doheny's testimony
that during the Wilson administra-
tion he paid George Creel for hts
influence. rather his tended