Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-19

PRECEDENT Cooiidge's sharp reply
to the Senate resolution demanding
that he force Secretary of the Navy
Edwin DENLY to resign added still
additional fuel to the fire initiated
by the Teapot Dome explosion. Par
tisanship runs wild. and the criticism
of the President on the one hand is
balanced by the praise OF editors
who are convinced he did the right
thing.
The Presidents firm refusal to
dismiss his naval chief will doubtless
win the approval OF those who ap-
preciate the importance of a strong.
independent executive in the Amer
lean scheme of government" the
Cleveland Plain Dealer independent
democratic) holds. although st will
not relieve the administration Of the
embarrassing Of having DENLY at
This is. in part. the opinion also OF
the Roanoke Times Independent
democratic). which asserts ut Is a
statement we'll behtting presidential
the public conception Of the, pro.
prieties. The Senate may not like
1t. but the country will" Yet the
Syracuse Herald independently sug-
gests time and tho judicial pro-
ccedings will tell whether the judy
Inent was as wise as 1t was mani
testify courageous"
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In the opinion of the Nashville
Banner independently, President
Coolidge has shown that he does not
propose to be stampeded." while. In
addition, the Albany Knickerbocker
Press points out, he "is wholly right
in considering the action of the Sem
ate as one Of intrusion by tho legis-
the executive" There is no question
that DENLY should resign, the New
York Post independently says. but
the Coolidge determination appeals
to the nation. He Is not looking for
for fight it has found it in this at
tempt to usurp the Executives pow
'erS." Because the matter was allowed
to drift" the Milwaukee Journal
Independently argues. the President
DENLY. not only as to his present con-
Harding cabinet" This opinion is ap-
proved by the Louisville Times Un-
dependent democratic), which insists.
As Mr.; Coolidge has adopted Mr.;
with interest and his candidacy will
progress, affected, who knows how,
by his declaration of responsibility
and independence and by what may
occur as a result OF his telling the
Senate who's who and what's what"
1--WE do not believe the courageous
action Of the President will prove
bad politics In the long rum" says the
Adrian Telegram independent repub-
lican), though 1t may prove advan-
tageous to his political enemies for
the moment" The issue "is Joined"
however. the Raleigh News and OBJ
server (democratic) insists. land 1t
now goes to the people of America
to decide at the polls next Novem.
ber." The Senate's order was "im-
prudent" as the Boston Transcript
independent republican, sees 1t.
land II the English system of par.
l,amsntasy gove ,5s Il to Be
tenn Of three separate branches. Is
1t too much to ask that 1t shall be
done in orderly manner. by constitu-
tiona amendment, and not by a sena-
cision may offend political expedi-
ency," the Buffalo News (republican)
sees in it something agreeable to
the spirit OF justice"
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"The vote on the resolution was an
outrage on the face Of It," asserts the
Cincinnati Times-Star (republican).
and the "chief motive Of most Of the
senators was not to stand for right
and justice, but to express their par
tisan views. and. II possible, to further
their own partisan ends" II tho SEN
ate wanted to remove Denby II
/ should have impeached." the Colum-
bus Dispatch independently points
j ont, and "the President is right in
standing firmly on his constitutions
| prerogative in this matter" But tn,
ltynchburg News (democratic) feels
"the mere statement Of the facts sui