Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-19
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ceive their sanction without convinc-
\, nor do I believe from the pub
lished stories that I have referred TO
that they have found credence in the
minds Of the committee
The latest oil-politicai disclosures
today included sharp attacks from
both republican and democratic
sources on Harry +. Sinclair's $780,
600 contribution TO the republican
party in 1928.
Senator Capper, republican. Kan
sas, in a blanket attack on the en-
tire Teapot Dome affair last night,
asserted:
"For spectacular rottenncss, Il
doubt whether we have the equal Of
Teapot Dome in American history, or
ever will have"
He said the republican party "must
purge itself from the oil smudge."
and, by forceful action, show that 1t
indignantly repudiatcs the men who
participated in the rape Of the gov
eminent oil lands"
Representative Cordell Hull OF
Tennessee, a former chairman Of the
democratic national committee, is
sued another statement, demanding
the resignation Of all republicans in
high positions who have Contributed
to the suppression of the awful
facts" regarding the Sinclair Con-
tinental Trading company Liberty
bond transactions.
He also called upon Secretary Hoo
yer, Senator Curtis OF Kansas and
other republican candidates for the
presidency, who he said, should
have spoken out long SINCE to
make their presence felt and known
in this combined movement"
Sought Immunity
Combining his plea for q Thorough
job" OF reputation with a demand
that congress find more effective
means Of preventing lavish use OF
money in elections" Senator Capper
asserted the "smudre or oil, being
smeared blackly across the pages OF
history, is repulsive to the citizens
o. the entire country. The trail ii
Shiny, odorous, rceking with cor
ruption."
He said the implication was plain
that Sinclair. in donating to the re-
publican party the $4,000 in Lib
erty bonds % wipe ont q campaign
deficit, believed "this would buy him
immunity in his plot to loot the
Wyoming naval oil reserves"
Hull said his demand for the res
ignation OF high republican officials
applied to those who contributed.
either by affirmative act, a conspir-
acy o. silence, or criminal inaction.v
and that every standard OF political
and official honor" required the SEN
a~ration Of those political individuals
from every high position they still
occupy IN the Coolidge administra-
tion or the national committee
Leaders Quiet
President Coolidge. National
Chairman Butler, and other ranking
republican leaders thus far he ~
serted, have remained inactive and
i~narticulate, as have most other re-
puolicans In high key positions.
Senator'S Borah and Norris and GER
tain other progressive republicans.
70 their lasting credit. have spoken
out in righteous condemnation and
demanded quick restitution of these
corrupt bonds"
The former democratic Chairman
said that instead OF the bonds being
returned to Sinclair, they should go
back either 20 those oil companies
which were robbed BY the Cont
mental Trading company or TO the
FEDERAL treasury in part Of
delinquent taxes Of the Continental"
Senator Borah, who deposited in n
Washington bank Saturday Sl.4eO
that already has been subscribed ~
his 100000 restitution fund. was
criticized by Senator Nye last night
m Baltimore, the oil COMMITTEES
Chairman declaring the move sthe
most foolish step Senator Borah ever
took"
Nye Raps B0rah
his motives are the best Nve
added. "bnt he is unfair 10 the 49,
pie, for they are made to think that
Harry Sinclair is the only scoundrel
That has ever played with the repub-
iican party, and, besides, ii Is the
poor devil who can't afford Il who
viii put in his 81, S. and $40 on
tributions." ~
The Teapot Dome committee has
summoned 70 appear before II Wed
nesday Wilbur w. Marsh Of Water-
loo, Iowa, who, it has been testified.
suggested to the republicans that
neither they nor the democrats whirn
ne represented make a report On cor
trioutions for that rear since nona
was required under the law. Ma
has denied this.