New Britain herald., 1926-05-21

self quite at ease as the commit tee listened and excused him.
 Regardless of what Culbertsor says now. 1t Is on record over his own signature that he thought the President acted "rawly" when he appointed Edgar Brossard of Utah 10 Culbertsons seat. "Brossard has been playing with the sugar lobby and now he has his reward" was a sentence in the letter.
 Culbertson's views upon the tariff were not in conformity with ortho- dox Republican doctrine. To this fact he owed his appointment to the commission by President Will son. Manifestly he was no man for the commission under the Coolidge administration If the commission were to be a rubber stamp. Gull bertson got off the commission be- cause he was not such an office appurtenance. The ministerial post merely gave him opportunity to achieve this end. He had been an active candidate for a diplomatic appointment. having had his claims presented for several posts. includ- ing that Of minister to China, be- fore he was finally named minister to Roumania.
 When the embattled Democrats in Washington got on the trail of the alleged packing" of the Tariff commission. observers in the capi- tai concluded they at last had found a real issue. which would sound like sweet harmony in all sections of the country except the east and the sugar beet growing districts. The Democrats played their cards in this issue with some discretion, too. At first the Senate finance committee headed by Sena- tor Shoot of Utah was to conduct the investigation. But Senator King of Utah. Democrat, scenting q whitewash, proposed the investiga- ton should be given 10 the special committee Of five. consisting of two regular Republicans. two Demo crats and one Progressive Repub- lican. saying it would give the committee an "unsympathetic ma jority' which would change tho tendencies Of the committee.
 Arose Senator Bingham of Con- necticut and with erudite pom posity questioned whether anyone could determine the nature of a Progressive Republican" Bing- ham was squelched very neatly by Robinson. who parried: There is not the slightest difficulty about that. If the senator from Connec- ticut thinks the chair has not suf- fcicnt intelligence to determine who are Progressive Republicans I would be willing to furnish a list" Fortunately the intelligence of Vice-Prcsident Dawes was equal to the emergency, so that Bingham learned later that LaTollette had qualified for the designation and the committee.
 But all this was by-play com pared with what the fiery Norris of Nebraska furnished as q tall to the kite Of investigation IL was Norris who blurtod out the charges that had been current In Washing tons undertow eyer since Culbert- son left the commission after he wanted lower sugar duties. And il was Norris who through his in- sistonce and oratorical persuasive ness got inserted into the resolu- ton a sentence ordering the com mittee to investigate the appoint m"nts Of members of the Tariff commission and 10 ascertain wheth- er efforts had been made 10 infiu- ence inc official action Of its mem- bers, and if so, what were the means or methods so used?"
 This made of the resolution a far more dangerous instrument than the original intended for the henc- acont mtqistrations of smoot. The committee made good start in calling Culbertson to testify though the minister to Roumania said just about what he was ex. pccted 10 say. 1T the committee can prove 10 the west that the Tariff commission has been packed" it will mean something substantial 1T the way Of votc-pulling in that sec ton. In the east, Of course, 1t vii spell nothing but condemnation fol the impertinent committee. The east, however, can consider 1t for. innate that no such bugbears Hk, Walsh. Wheeler or Reed of Mis-. aouri are on the committee.
 Yon can also judge a mans worth