Evening star., 1925-02-24
Warren Case PrOvokes Debate.
On Extent of Senate Power

Long delay by the Senate in acting
upon the nomination by President
Coolidge of Charles B. Warren to be
| Attorney General has aroused some
interesting speculation on the part
of editors of the country as to how
far the Senate's power of advice
and consent" and the Presidents pre-
| rogative Of choosing his advisers in
reality extend. Party lines are well
dispensed with in the comment and
Democratic newspapers in some in
stances are found supporting the
President in his powers of nomi-
| nation.
From the beginnings OF the Re
public" says the Manchester Union,
| independent Republican, "the rela-
tionship between the President and
his cabinet has been universally re
garded as distinctively personal. In
every action of cabinet minister
that act is, in effect, the act of the
President, accomplished through the
| medium of the Presidents personal
representative. Obviously, under such
| conditions, the President should be
| granted without objection or cavil,
the right of choosing those who will
represent him in such an important
| and vital capacity" The New York
Herald Tribune (Republican) points
out that mo cabinet nomination was
| rejected before 1884 or has been re-
| jected since 1868.
president Coolidge and his ad-
ministration," declares the Loss An
geles Times Independent Republi-
CAM ARE directly responsible for the
character and capacity of the presi-
| Dental appointments. For a nomi-
nee for the cabinet or the Supreme
| Court to have to cool his heels in
| the corridors of the Senate committee
rooms until the politicians are ready
| to quiz him about his qualifications
| is hardly less than an insult" Be-
| lief in the Presidents right to make
such appointments as he sees flt as
we'll as in his ability to correct any
| errors made thereby, is expressed
| by the Minneapolis Tribune, (Repub-
lican) thus: president Coolidge call
ed for the resignation Of one Attor-
ney General when he thought the
good of the service required. He
| doubtless would do the same thing
| in the case Of Mr.. Warren If the
| latter came into office and failed to
meet the test. In a general way he
should have the same power to choose
that he has to dismiss. In either
instance the onus of responsibility
rests on him."
| The nRhL on wv ATTeHp dCcOTQlnB LC
| the Lansing State Journal (independ-
ent), raises a very natural query as
to what particular sense there la te
the Senate being asked to confirm
| cabinet appointments" The Journal
| adds: "The appointments are the
Presidents individual responsibility
The Senate certainly carries no re-
sponsibility for the actions of cabi-
net officials" In the opinion of the
| New York World: Nomination of
a cabinet officer should be confirmed
unless there is evidence of moral tur-
pitude or legal disqualification on
the part of the nominee. Beyond
| these points the Senate ought not, in
Justice to the Executive or in justice
to itself, to seek in any way to share
! the responsibility for the Presidents
cabinet" the World declares.
| "a tradition which has run over a
century is in the balance" declares
the Canton News (Democratic), which
addsi 'Tt has been an pnwritten rule