The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-04-15
NEW CABINET
Tsp POP U[AR
Coolidge's Recent Ap-
pointments Meets
with Approval

Washington. April-President Coo
,;dgs has again proved his title 10
Re country's admiration and respect
nv his appointment OF Harlan F.
s.or. as Attorney General. Even as
Intensely partisan a paper as the her
,.r,ean task before him. the cleaning
an, NJ a Department grossly misman
aged during eight years OF Demo
cra,;e administration and incompet-
.r,,v managed during three years o.
pe,ubi;can administration. But there
: every indication that the former
Dean Of the Columbia Law School is
eoual 10 the undertaking.
The Democratic attack on Secre-
,,rv Mellon has proved \ ilivver. True
to their program, the Democrats no
sooner saw Mr.. Daugherty out OF
,be cabine, than they turned on Mr.
Mellon. There was no basis for their
charges. but that was in large part
true of Mr.. Daugherty. and entirely
true OF Secretary DENLY. Truth, how
ever was the last thing they wanted
They were seeking sensationalism and
party capital But they got only dis
credit, and the Democratic press de-
serves a large share OF credit for the
failure OF the Helms. Mckellars, Ct
al. The Democratic press redlized-
what the Democratic demagogues in
the Senate could not that the latter
were only discreding their party in
the public mind and their editor'a
condemnation has checked some OF the
scandalmongers.
Senator Wheeler (more |. w. w
than Democrat) is now turning his
guns on Secretary Wecks-all ac-
cording to program. But Wheeler's
penchant for thoroughly discreditable
witnesses will probably soon dispose
OF that would-be sensation. Mean
time. Senator Walsh is soft-pedallinp
on the oil investigation. having heard
from many Democratic friends tha
the county is severely criticising the
Democratic sensationalists and awak
ening to the fact that it has beer
grossly misled by their efforts to
create party capital. The voters, irres-
pective OF party, want graft uncovered
and the grafters punished, but they
do not want to be deceived into be
lievinq their government is permeat
ed with graft when there's no foun
dation for such reports and they re
sent the defamation OF their public
men by witnesses of the character o.
Henry Woodhouse. convicted felon
Roxy Stinson, ct al.
Names instructed delegation foi
Coolidge is accepted as the first II
a long series OF such instructions
which will make certain the nomina
ton at Cleveland OF the son OF the
Massachusetts, dirt farmer That
Wisconsin should have instructed it, |
delegation for La Toilette occasion
no surprise, although the instructions
OF the Democrats to their delegates
to vote for Gov. Al Smith OF New
York struck another blow to the
corpse OF the McAdoo boom. as die
also the refusal of the Iowa Demo
Gratis to instruct their delegates &c
vote for the Crown Prince. Its mo-
regarded as probable that the Demo
cratic convention will dare to nomin-
ate Gov Smith, because he is, as de-
scribed by the Democratic press, "a
wet Roman Catholic" but the fact
that the Wisconsin Democrats pre-
fered him to McAdoo is striking evi
dence of the disfavor into which the |
OF the late President has
fallen.
The courageous letter OF John w
Davis declining to give up his law
practice in order to seek the Demo
cratic presidential nomiration and his
statement therein that "Thc only lin
itation upon a right thinking lawyers
is the duty he owes to
MS clients, once selected, to serve
them without the slightest thought OF
the effect such service may have on
his own personal popularity or polit-
ical fortunes" is everywhere regard
ed as a severe rcbukc to McAdoo who |
dropped his clicrt Doheny immediat-
ely the Dohcny oil leases came un-
der investigation. 1t is generally held
hat while Mr.. Davis may not have
promoted his political fortunes he has
gained the respect OF upright, honor
able men by his courageous stand.
Democratic obstruction OF tax re-
1ution for DarfiSan Durnoses is being /