Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-03-07

hour in villification of all sorts of
men. whether guilty or innocent, and
exchanges of personal vituperation
on the floor of the Senate among SEN
ators themselves.
Il think it is lowering the entire char
acter of this body in the opinion. Of
the people of the United States.
Therefore, + have no sympathy-in
fact. 1 have great dislike-for any
such attack as has been made here
To-Day or any such imputations as
nave been cast upon the President
or the United States at the present
time. | wish, for my own part. to
make this protest against it. Not
one thing has been discovered OF any
kind that reflects upon the President
or the United States.
nave known the present Presi-
dent of the United States for MANY
years. l know him we'll both in pri-
ttso ana IN public life. His private
out spot or blemish. The present
scandal of corruption or conduct i'm
once mas never come near him.
Presidents Past "TryinR."
he came into his present great Of
nee under the most trying circum-
sauces which can beset a President
and that is by the death of his prede.
cessor. He found himself, of course
with cabinet that was not of his
selection. He found himself with a
II. or questions, political ques-
!lonS and all sorts of questions relat-
ing to this great government which
were not his policies-that is, they
were not his personal policies-and
with which he had nothing officially
70 uo. me recent charges that have
peen made and Investigations that
nave been held have surrounded him
with all sorts of difficulties and try
ing conditions.
Il think he has borne himself well,
could bear himself better You may
De assured that he will be as prompt
TO punish misdoing in the public
service as any man who now listens
TO me In this Senate. He always has
done 1t. He did 1t AS Governor of
Massachusetts,. He will do 1t as Pres
dent of the United States. He has
done nothing 40 Justify personal at
tack of any kind. He is entitled to
all the respect that the Congress can
give him. He should be lifted above
the sort of discussion that has been
running through the Senate here day
after day, based on gatherings of the
cutters, on the whispers of the CORR
doris, on what is picked up from the
newspapers, on every sort of rumor
or calumny or false story. Many of
them have been exposed that have
come here.
Little Short Of "Outrnge.''
Il think it is little shoft of an out
rage to bring the Presidents name
in here and treat him as he has been
treated today in a place where he
cannot speak for himself, where he
has to trust to the words of others
and where. he is unable TO make his
own voice heard among those who
assail him. He alone knows all the
facts in relation to everything that
concerns him.
He has led. as 1 have said, an un-
blemished life. There is not a thing
that can be brought against him pri-
vately or publicly. His whole life
has been uniform and conforms to
the principles which l know he holds.
l think l can assure the Senate that
whatever record leaps to life, he
never will be ashamed"
Harrison Replies.
Replying to Senator Lodge, Senator
Harrison declared he had made no
attack upon the President
submitted telegram" he said.
which was sent by the President,
with his name attached, to Ed Nc
Lean at Palm Beach. l could have
gone further. / could have said that
the White House had been in con-
White House. through its officials.
had notified Mclean at Palm Beach
OF almost the exact moment that
Slemp. the Presidents private secre-
tary. had left the White House for
Florida; that Mclean was kept in
touch with Slemp's movements.
THE senator from Massachusetts,,
after going to the White House, tells
the Senate and tells the country that
Mclean was in such close touch with
the President of the United States
that, even though the President might
VI h f-
Mclean would at all times know, and
because the President did not know
where Slemp was when he should
have known, that he telegraphed to
Mclean asking him to advise him
ABOUT the situation, and SO on.
Sees Suspicion in Action.
suspicion does attach to Slemp, for
Slemp was down there in company
with Fall eating. ! believe. for twelve
Mclean and with Fail. Slemp cam
not give out a statement here that
removes the suspicion. am glad
that the Senator from Massachusetts
has seen the President and he has
made the statement he has. I hone
the country will accept it as true, for
do not want my President, I care not
TO what party he may belong to be
enmeshed in this awful thing that
almost topples down the very pillars
" HiSil tillS government rests.
Senator Hef1in, democrat, Alabama.
followed Senator Harrison, and it was
during his address that first reference
was made to Senate attacks against
President Wilson. Interrupting the
speaker. Senator Caraway asked if
he record showed that when Presi-
dent Wilson was being assailed that
the senator from Massachusetts came
to his defense.
"On the contrary" replied Senator
Hefn. he was leading the charge
against him; he was right in the fore
front Of the fight"
Recalls Sherman Speech.
Senator Mckellar, democrat, Ten.
nessee. interrupted to say that in
1919 he had heard the meanest. the
most vicious and the most insulting
a tacks that I ever heard fail from
mortal lips on the part of Senator
Sherman Of Illinois, against the then
PRECEDENT Of the United States. and
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