San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-06
SELECTION Of
PICTURES CALLS
FOR JUDGMENT
Bloody Battle Scene lnap-
propriate Alongside
Meek Shepherdess.
STRIVE FOR REAL ART
But at All Events Make
Selections to Harmon
lie With Rooms.
STRIVE FOR REAL ART
BY DAVID LAWRENCE

Copyright by The San Antonio Lignt-
Washington, ID. e., April 4.-Dis-
appointment in the ranks of the pro
gressives" in Congress over the fall
ure of President Coolidge to nomi..
nate Judge William S. Kenyon o!
Iowa, to be attorney general, has not
been concealed.
While no doubt is expressed as to
the legal ability of Dean Stone. the
comment of many of the Western
senators is that the President had an
opportunity TO recognize the progress.
sive movement of the West and dld
not accept it. To the insurgent WING
at the Republican Party. the name OF
Kenyon was more than that of an
individual. 1t was symbol of pro-
gressivism. There are those who re-
gard the manner in which Mr.. Cool
idge dealt with the appointment of
new attorney general as his crossing
Of the Rubicon.
They consider that the President
has made his choice with the so-called
''stand pat" and conservative wing
Of the Republican Party, for Dean
Stone comes from the New York City
atmosphere of corporation law firms.
Progressive senator's found, for in
stance. on looking up "Who's Who"
that Dean Stone had been connected
with one of the firms which is said
10 be among those engaged from time
BY ]. p. Morgan and Company.
Retains Certain Liberalism.
But while Dean Stone has lived
among the corporation lawyers he is
said to have retained a certain liber-
alism. proof of which Is offered in
Lis attack on Attorney General Pal
mer for the raids on alleged Commun-
lists known as reds. That the Presi-
dent has found a S125,000 lawyer to
serve the government is not question
ed on Capitol Hill. But the radicals
in Congress were bent upon having
someone appointed who represented
the spirit of the West today.
Significant of this trend in the Sen
ate, for example, was the statement
of an Eastern Republican senator, up
for reelection this year. who as late
as 10 o'clock of the day on which
the appointment was announced sent
word to the correspondents represent
ing newspapers in his state to let il
be known that he favored Kenyon for
attorney general. Is
Had the President chosen Kenyon
he would. of course, have offended
many regular Republicans who think
it is time TO stop pandering to the
Western insurgents and that flirting
for their support will not avail Mr..
Coolidge anything anyhow.
May Not Fight Appointment.
So far as the insurgent Republicans
are concerned who think Mr.. Coolidge
by training and viewpoint to be a
conservative, there is probably much
truth in the assertion that he would
rot make himself progressive" IN
the eyes of the Westerners by one or
Two conspicuous appointments. Their
arrangement OF him is on other counts
than federal patronage.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Re-
publican leader, thought there would
be no fight on the confirmation OF
Dean Stone. Probably not. Western
Republicans are not planning to carry
their insurgency that far, but Sena-
tor LaFollette who insists that he
will run independently only If NJ,
Coolidge's platform is conservative
Is gathering, ammunition for his mass
attack at the Republican national con-
vention in June.
Did Not Play Politics.
The primaries in wisconsin which
showed Senator LaFollette victor by
q big majority, pave the way for what
may become a dramatic situation ri
the Cleveland convention. The Wis.
consin delegates plan to make drive
for a progressive platform, failing IL
which they will announce their dis.
sent and carry the campaign to tn.
country with Senator LaFollette as
their spokesman and candidate.
The naming of an attorney general
ts but an incident in the fight which
is daily widening the breach in thu
Republican Party. What might have
happened il the President had namet
Kenyon, is, of course, conjectural
but at no time since the beginning o.
the present session Of Congress di,
the insurgent Republicans appear Il
be as united in their willingness =
meet the administration half wa,
than they were in the movement fol
the appointment of Judge Kenyon
To-day they feel as II they have beer
rebnked.
The President has appointed an abl
man and one in whom he has per
sonal trust. He ignored the polite
Of the occasion which his friends ga,
ought tn helm him in tho LONG rim