Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-14
REPUBLICANS
%lLL RALLY TO
DEFEND MELLON
Counter Attack Launched by
Administration in Revenue
Department Investigation
Wrangle
(By The As. ciated Pressl


WASHINGTON. Apri, 1.-THE ad-
ministration is preparing to renew with
increased vigor its counter offensive
against the fight on Secretary Mellon il.
the senate.
President Coolidge conferred at
length today with the treasury secretary
and with Senator Watson Of Indiana.
one of the administration senate leaders
and chairman Of the special committee
which is investigating the Internal rev.
enuc bureau. II was Indicated senator
watson would make another speech IN
the senate. probably tomorrow. setting
forth in greater detail the argument for
discontinuance Of the inquiry.
Other senator's on the republican side
are expected 10 join in the counter at
tack in support Of President COolidgc's
charge that the revenue bureau com
mittec has not kept within its proper
rights and his warning that the time has
come for the senate to "return to Il
government under and in accordance
with usual forms Of the law of the land :
Whether Secretary Mellon will take any
further direct part in the argument re-
mninS To be developed
In renewing his request for action on
his resolution 10 end the revenue bureau
investigation. Senator Watson VIII reply
To the statement issued last night hy
Governor Pinchot Of Pennsylvania who
suggested employment by the committee
of Francis i. IIeney The Indiana sen
ator takes the position that nothing j.
to be gained by the inquiry proposed by
Governor Pincbot into the prohibition
. enforcement under Secretary Mellon.
AThe general question Of the strategy
ne employed in the next phase OF the
atfrs> vas discussed at today'S confer
lnce bciween~the president and Secrp
harry Mellon and senator Watson. After
Fward. senator Watson saNl no definite
conclusions were reached. Ifc liasicncd
to the capital 10 report the views of tn"
president to the conference Of republican
senators which met prior To the convcn
ing of the senate.
\ Should an agreement be reached ~
the republicans they will proceed with
the immigration bill Senator Watson III
Gated he would make no move tn bring
NJ his resolution today
The impression il given IN admini>tra
ton circles that opposition ,o the employ
mrnt ot Mr. heneN iaN Hu uffl'tF
than the technical legal grounds >ct
forth by the PRESIDENTS message, and
that the fight against any such step
would be continued regardless of demo
cratic proposals to make Mr.. llcncy
retention legal by formal senate rcSo
luton.
The president pointed out in hiS mes
sage that 10 employ The famous Cali
fornia prosecutor with the undcrstandin.
that his expenses would be paid ont OF
- pocket of Senator CouzenS. rcpub-
an. Michigan. would conflict with th"
4 revised statutes. There appeared 10 be
complete agreement today, however.
\ THAT Mr.. lIency'S employment under any
circumstances would not only be ohIec-
tionable a. the White House. but would
I be regarded by Mr. Coolidge and Sccre-
tary Mellon. a. a proof that the inquiry
was actpatcd by destructive and not con
structiye motives.
The president and hi> advisers appear
completely convinced that If Mr. iiency
j. permitted tn direct the course 81 the
investigation il will amount 10 nothing
less than war 10 the knife between Mr..
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