Evening star., 1927-10-19

The decision OF the United States
Supreme Court restoring the Teapot
Dome oil reserve to the Government
for the use of the Navy is made the
occasion for striking tributes to that
tribunal from the press of the country.
Emphasis is placed upon the unani-
nous uttera nee of the court charging
unfaithfulness in Office on the part of
former Secretary Fall and corruption
in the transactions with Harry f. Sin
clair The plainness of the courts
language is a subject of comment.
"Since 1t was created by the trainers
Of the Constitution" says the Toledo
Blade independent Republican,. "the
Supreme Court of the United States
has commanded the confidence of the
people in it's ability and absolute in
tegrity, and the Fall-Doheny-Sinclair
decisions prove the wisdom of the
words of an old French publicist. 1t
has no guards, palaces or treasures.
no armies but truth and wisdom, and
no splendor but the justice and pub
licity of its judgments The Albany
Evening News independent Republi
CAM adds that Sinclair will find
eventually that neither he nor any
man is bigger than the Government of
the United States"
in almost the language of judicial
wrath" according to the Fort Wayne
Journal-GaZette Democratic), and the
Providence Journal independently ex-
presses the hope that never again
win the use of Federal property he
signed away in the circumstances that
the Supreme Court says surrounded
the first transaction" The Kansas
City Post independently comments:
"The American people have become
extremely cynical about their system
of Justice, it often being charged that
only the poor criminal goes to jail
Here is an excellent opportunity TO
disprove such contentious" The Mil
waukee Journal independently asks:
Were there ever palmer words of
condemnation"
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at is a matter of pride" states the
Hartford Times independent Demo
cratic). that the Supreme Court did
not mince matters in calling these de-
ceptions and frauds by their right
names.' and the Little Rock Arkansas
Democrat Democratic) remarks: "Of
course. the highest court didn't in
dulge in such worldly adjectives IS
rotten but it did use expressions like
transactions arose for no legitimate
purpose persuasive evidence of such
a conspiracy 'faithless public officer
and others Of appropriate dignity"
The Charleston Evening Post dndepen-
dent Democratic) observes: "A truly
amazing record of official corruption
and complacency and of public indif.
ference, compensated for only by judi
cial integrity"
"In his first public pronouncement
as President" it is recalled by the
Birmingham News Democratic), 'Alr.
Coolidge advocated prompt. unf1inch-
ing prosecution of persons rightly sus-
pected of guilt. This promise has been
measurably redeemed, even though the
President has failed to drive the prose.
cution home in fashion that would
have restored the moral fervor of his
country" The success of the Govern
ment's counsel. Roberts and Pomerene,
is subject OF comment by the Pitts
burgh Post Gazette independently and
Springfield Union Republican). "A
debt of gratitude TO the little group of
men who stuck relentlessly to the task
of dragging these transactions out
into the open" is recognized by the
Newark Evening News independently,
and the Omaha World Herald Tin
dependenD remembers that Senators