Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-30
DEMOCRATIC IRE
BREAKS AROUND
Sen. ROBINSON
Efforts to Tie Oil Scandal
Up With Democrats
Starts Senate Row

WASHINGTON, March 20 pa
storm OF democratic wrath broke
around the head of Senator Robin
son of Indiana today when he took
up for the third time in 10 days
his lone-handed republican effort to
pin responsibility for the naval oil
lease scandal on the opposing party.
Again he got mo help from his re-
publican colleagues of the senate
and hard words from across the
aisle A#
II all figures in the record as
part of the agriculture appropria-
ton bill dabafes aud the clash be-
tween Robinson and first Walsh
OF Montana, then the fiery Glass OF
Virginia, came on the heels OF the
era Of political good will and hand
shaking declared in the senate yes
tcrday to celebrate passage of flood
control legislation in less than an
hour and hnlf to the senate's
own surprise and manifest JOY.
The house, however, cut to the
legislative line and got a trio of
small bills through, including the
measure that puts off revision of
the national origins basis of immi-
grafton quotas another year. 1t is
ready for presidential action
The scene in the senate was tense
aa Robinson charged that the oil
conspiracy was. hatched under dem
ocratic auspices back during the
Wilson administration, coupled with
declaration that President Cool
iGc.a was chiefly responsible for un-
earthing the Teapot Dome and Elk
Hills lease transactions.
That set> off Walsh of Montana,
who eaid he desired the senator to
understand hes was challenging
ssstatements of fact hot conclus-
ions. Glass then came in to storm
ait Robinson over implications that
the late Franklin x. Lane was in
volved in some shady way with
origins of the oil lease deals. Be-
fore he was through, the Indiana
senator heard such words as sian
der and scowardlv' shot in his
direction in the Virginian's most
biting tone of voice.
AFTER the interMde the senate got.
back to appropriations. only to-
have another storm break out when
Heflin OF Alabama led the cotton
state senators in denunciation of
the last September Is cotton price
trend statement by the department
Of agriculture bureau OF economics
which has been charged with chief
responsibility for $40 bale cotton
slump. Talk Of conspiracy with cot
ton market gamblers and desirabi-
lity of ousting the official RESPONSE
BILE for the prediction flared for a
while, but since the bill itself cuts
off funds for any future similar
statements, nothing. was done leg
islatively.
The agricultural bill, finally went
through with about $4,00O,0OO add
ed by the senate to repair road and
bridge damages from floods in New
Hampshire, Vermont and Kentucky,
and the senate then took up its
next great task, farm relief. but
with debate to open on Monday
In house leadership circles, the
sAnate's flood control bill awaited
decision as to what is to be done
about it over there There are ri
val house projects afOot-a NUM-
her OF them but the extraordinary
speed of the senate seemed to have
UPSET house calculations a little. At
least. nothing was done about it to-
day.
Denying that the conspiracy" to-
get. control of the naval oil reserves
had been formed during the repub-
lican national convention at Chica-
20 in 1920 Robinson said this CON
spiracy'' was formed in the city of
washington during the democratic
administration Of President Will
son.
"The record shows he added,