The Washington times., 1924-03-29
Mellon SCALP
DEMANDED BY
DEMOCRATS
Senate Expected to Order
Probe Of secHets+y, Based :
on Old Law.
lConKinued from FIrat Pag,

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with few exceptions. are opposed
to Mellon and his policies. His
persistent attacks upon their tax
schedules. has earned for him q
fairly solid Democratic opposition.
The Republican insurgents who
have denounced him on the floor.
az the spokesman of 1.-THE vested
interests" and the tool of Wall
Street." are opposed to him on
general principles. A combination
Of Observation-Disclosures Ii strength
can control the Senate any time
It 10 exerted, as amply demonstrated
in q score OF instances.
Committee Divided.
The Judiciary committee, Is fair
ly well divided between Mr.. Melons
friends and opponents, There are
nine Republicans and seven Demo
crata. Among the Democrats are
such opponents Of Melons policies
as Senator Reed Of Missouri, Senar
tor Caraway OF Arkansas, Senator
Ashurst Of Arizona. Senator Stanley
Of Kentucky, ana Senator Walsh OF
Montana. And on the Republican
side are Senator Norris Of Nebraska,
an insurgent and frequent critic Of
Mellon. Brandagee Of Connecticut
Is chairman.
The peg upon which the investiGa.
ton Is to be hung Ia a statute that
dates back to revolutionary times,
prohibiting the Secretary of the
Treasury from engaging in trade
and commerce"
Mellon Still Has Interests.
| At the time OF Melons entrance
into the Cabinet he was an officer
and director in more than half q
hundred great corporations and
banks. He resigned his offices, but
his interests" remain. according to
his opponents. They win seek to
show that he has been unable to
divorce his private. business from
his Government post.
In the background, too, turks the
never as yet explained assertion of
CASTOR B. Means that he once in
vestigated Secretary, Mellon at the
instance of the late President Hard.
ing land got him." Means gave this
testimony as a witness against
Daugherty. What he got" on the
Secretary Of the Treasury he did
pursue the inquiry. The inference
whiskey Withdrawals. Mellon sis the
Cabinet officer responsible for pro.
Inhibition enforcement. He and his
family were the principal stock
holders of the Overhold Distillery
Company. one Of the largest in the
country.
Republicans are indignant and
alarmed. They charge q we'll
defined political plot to the Demo
Gratis to pick off members Of the
Cabinet singly, one after another,
after the manner Of Shippers in the
war. After Mellon, they assert.
viii come Secretary Of Agriculture
Wallace, Secretary Of Commerce
Hoover. and Secretary Of War
Weeks.
The Republicans charge that the
Democrats are merely aiming to
keep up q drumfire Of attack and
sensation that will run into the
approaching campaign, and provide
ammunition for the .to.Novem.
Der battle.
But having sat silent under the
attacks on DENLY and Daugherty,
Republican Senators, many Of
whom are up for reelection, hest
tate now to rush in to defend
| Mellon.
1t is not improbable, however,
that there will be a meeting of the
Republican leaders within the next
week to stiffen the lines of defense
and map out a counter-campaign
Of assault against what they term
an organized political drive to dis.
credit the whole OF the Cabinet.