The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-01-22


observes, Nothing that Mr.. Hoover
has done in the Presidency has met
with such an electric and delighted
response from the public as his re-
buff to the Senate. The clique of Sen
ators who invited this staggering re-
buke from the President of the Unit
ed States do not possess sense enough
to quit. They have the vanity of small
men who vainly hope to ward off pub
lie derision and contempt by persist
ing in further frantic excuses.
The full effect of this plunge into in
sanity will fall upon the Democratic
party. Democrats engineered this at
tempt to usurp executive power. DEM
ocrats bulldozed Senator Robinson,
their floor leader, into supporting
them, and he will now have abund-
ant leisure in which to repent. =. :.
The immoral majority that committed
the Senate to this disastrous collision
with the Executive makes itself RI
diculous. . The Democrats who con-
ceived this brilliant futility seem to
be determined to reap the full har-
vest of public derision."
The New York Herald-Tribune is
of the opinion that the Senate has
surpassed all its previous records OF
"pettiness, stupidity and attempted
usurpation of power" Heaping abuse
upon the a. members who voted to
avoid the confirmation of three of the
Federal Power Commission, the arti-
Gle continues, "a man may not be
blamed for stupidity-although the
Senate is no place for such. But
what must be said of the public SER
want who will waste five days of the
all too short time before the adjourn
ment of Congress, playing politics,
seeking to embarrass the President
and in cheap attempt to get fake
reputation for guarding the interest
of the people?"
"Pure partisan peevishness," is the
Interpretation placed on the Senate
by the San Francisco Chronicle, which
sees the incident as "just another ex-
hibition of insurgent ghost dancing,
abetted by the Democrats, with the
hope of annoying the Administration"
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
views the tactics of the Senate DEM
ocrats and insurgents as a serious
threat of relief legislation, while the
Portland Oregonian fears the estab-
lishment of a precedent for illegal ac-
tions, declaring, eff Presidential ap-
pointments that are legally made,
confirmed and put into effect could be
upset by the Senate at one time, why
not at another?"
"The rebuke administered to the
Senate" declares the Indianapolis
Star, SHOULD be understood and its
Importance recognized in every quar-
ter of the land. The Chief Executive
was not merely fighting back at a
group of bumptious Senators e.
He was defending vital principle in
our plan of government. Nothing
the Senate has done demonstrated so
forcibly, as has it's recall resolution,
the depths to which that body has
fallen. A majority apparently has
lost, or never had, proper concep-
ton of the Senate's function in our
theory of government"
Asserting that the Senate has been
"thown for a loss" the Philadelphia
Public Ledger observes: "There never
was any doubt that President Hoover
would not repel the Senate's latest and
most fragrant attempt to invade the
Executives rights and independence,
but the vigor and propmtitude with
which he has put that belligerent
body in it's place will command the
special admiration and applause of
the country"
The Baltimore Sun, one of the ma
tons leading Democratic dailies,
takes pessimistic view of the entire
affair but comedies that "the Presi-
dent has the Senate by the short hair"
Taking a grave view of the situa-
ton which adds weight to its in
dictment, the Washington Star de-
clares, "It thus clearly appears that
the Senate has done a futile, idle
thing and it must be assumed that it
knew the futility and idleness of such
an action, else it does not know its
own rules or the law. By voting as
it has for a return of the nominations
it has set no precedent except for
folly"
Analysing the reasons beneath the
Senate action the Boston Herald
charges, "Once again the Senate has
INDUCED in tactics which will further
impair it's standing. When he (the
Presidency imputes malicious motives
to the Senate majority, he voices the
belief of the great mass of the peo-
pie, and their 'unerring Judgment
will sustain him."