Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-02-07

HOisi itstA l. DIN u Oh d gran
scale Is about the best description
Of this conflict between Senator
Burton K Wheeler of Montana and
The Republican Party. In the be-
ginning this fight was merely
Wheeler's leadership Of the SEN
atorial investigation which turned
things upside down in the Depart
ment Of Justice and drove Harry
Daugherty out Of the Cabinet.
Wseeler was taking ne offensive
then. Then Daughterty put Wheeler
on the defensive by indicting him IN
Montana under statute forbidding
Officers Of the Government to re-
ceive outside remuneration for serY-
ing their constituents II is alleged
that Wheeler was paid to make Ger
lsin appearances before federal de-
partmeuts in the matter Of leases on
public lands. With this case pend
ing against him, Wheeler joined the
LaFolIettc forces in the last campaign
and ran for President, return
INC, after his defeat, 70 tho
Democratic fold, where he has been
welcomed regardless Of temporary
desertion
ALL THAT is history now, but 1t
has IN important bearing upon the
present attack of Senator J. Walsh,
Wheeler's Montana colleague, against
me elevation Of Attorney General
Harlan Stone to the United States
Supreme Court Walsh is opposing
confirmation Of the Stone nomina-
ton bv the Senate on the ground that
the Attorney General is "persecut-
inp" Senator Wheeler. This Stone
denies, of course, although he has
announced that he intends to bring
another indictment against Wheeler
in case involving a conspiracy to
defraud the Government. From
Stones point Of view, there is moth
my he can do but go through with
This ease even IL it costs him a seat
on the Supreme Court That is
just what il will cost him if he does
ndict Wheeler, because a bitter fight
viii be made by Walsh to have the
Senate adjudge Stone unfit for the
hiEh judicial honor accorded him by
the President.
TWO CHARMING additions have
been made TO the ladies If the dip
lomatic corps with the arrival OF
Emile DaesChuer, the new French
Ambassadors Daeschner has two
young daughters, both of whom
have completed their formal edu-
cation in France and England and
who are Of manageable age They
viii be introduced to society at the
next White House reception. Dae.
achner is proving to be "a worthy
successor to Ambassador Jusserand
who has retired after a quarter Of d
century service as the diplomatic
representative Of his government in
Washington.
HERBERT HOOVER has decided
20 stay ON the job in the Department
of Commerce for another four years
President Coolidge tried tOshift him
over 30 the Agriculture Department
hut Hoover wouldn't 90. He realized
that bureaucrats had such a
stranelehoid there that it would be
. killing job to root them out-the
kind of a job that he does not want
iust now, when a fight would be GER
tain 70 create for hm and interfere
with his presidential aspirations.
Hoover has won the confidence of the
business mep 81 the country and ne
Nil no doubt be one of the leading
Republican candidates for the pre-
sidential nomination in 1928 in the
event that Mr.. Coolidge decides he
has had enough
BASCOM SLEMP quit as the
Presidents secretary sooner than he
had intended to, chiefly because one
of The New York papers got hold of
the story Of his resignation. March
4 had been SET IS the date for