repeal of excise tax on commercial bodies, tires, etc.; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

896. Also, petition of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, Washington, D. C., in re Mellon tax plan; Walter L. Dean, Kohl Building, San Francisco, Calif., protesting against passage of the soldiers' bonus bill and favoring the proposed Mellon tax plan; and Bingley Photo-Engraving Co., San Francisco, Calif., in favor of tax reductions; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

897. Also, petition of O. B. Parkinson, Stockton, Calif., favoring Secretary Mellon's tax-reduction plan; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

898. Also, petition of American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages, Washington, D. C., in re relief from tax on sirup and carbonic gas; Parrott & Co., San Francisco, Calif, indorsing Mellon tax plan; and Retail Merchants' Association, San Francisco, Calif., resolution favoring Mellon tax-reduction plan; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

899. Also, petition of Omaha Chamber of Commerce, Omaha, Nebr., in re increase in air mail service appropriation; to the Committee on Appropriations.

900. Also, petition of E. H. Liscum Camp, No. 7, United Spanish War Veterans, Oakland, Calif., indorsing the Bursum bill to the Committee on Pensions.

901. Also, petition of Mrs. W. L. Eddy, secretary the Nevada County Farm Bureau, Rough and Ready, Calif., in favor of Ford's Muscle Shoals plan; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

902. Also, petition of Mr. John A. O'Connell, secretary San Francisco Labor Council, San Francisco, Calif., resolution urging support of Senate bill 1220 and House bill 705; to the Committee on the Civil Service.

903. Also, petition of National Consumers' League, approving the Dyer antilynching bill; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 904. Also, petition of C. Richard Knapp, Grass Valley, Calif., urging support of the Kelly-Stephens bill (H. R. 11) and Merritt bill (H. R. 6) relative to price fixing; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

905. Also, petition of San Joaquin Grocery Co., Fresno, Calif., in re amendment to section 8 of food and drugs act, and California Metal & Mineral Producers' Association, San Francisco, Calif., opposing changes in provisions of transportation act; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

906. By Mr. SITES: Petition granting an increase of pension to Mary A. Deihl; to the Committee on Pensions.

907. By Mr. TAGUE: Petition of the Mazzini Club (Inc.) of Boston, Mass., opposing the enactment of the so-called Johnson immigration bill: to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization.

SENATE.

THURSDAY, February 7, 1924.

The Chaplain, Rev. J. J. Muir, D. D., offered the following prayer:

Our Father, we love to call Thee by this endearing name. We recognize closer relationship with Thee, and a better understanding of Thy relationship with us appeals most strongly to our hearts. Thou art with us in trouble, Thou art with us when the light shines most brightly, and the shadows can not keep Thee from us.

We beseech of Thee to be with us in this day and its manifold duties. May a consciousness of life made sublime be to us more and more an incentive to live according to Thy good pleasure, to honor Thee continually, and to seek the very highest interests of the land we love. We ask in Jesus Christ's name. Amen.

The reading clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the proceedings of Monday last, when, on request of Mr. CURTIS and by unanimous consent, the further reading was dispensed with and the Journal was approved.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Chaffee, one of its clerks, announced that the House had passed without amendment the following bills:

S. 152. An act to authorize the county of Multnomah, Oreg., to construct a bridge and approaches thereto across the Willamette River in the city of Portland, Oreg., to replace the present Burnside Street Bridge in said city of Portland; and also to authorize said county of Multnomah to construct a bridge and approaches thereto across the Willamette River in sald city of Portland in the vicinity of Ross Island;

S. 384. An act to authorize the building of a bridge across Waccamaw River in South Carolina near the North Carolina State line;

S. 602. An act to extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Arkansas River between the cities of Little Rock and Argenta, Ark.;

S. 604. An act to authorize the construction, maintenance, and operation of a bridge across the St. Francis River near St. Francis, Ark.;

S. 643. An act to extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Pamunkey River in Virginia;

S. 733. An act granting the consent of Congress to the construction of a bridge over the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.;

S. 1170. An act to authorize the Highway Commission of the State of Montana to construct and maintain a bridge across the Yellowstone River at or near the city of Glendive, Mont.;

S. 1374. An act to authorize the Norfolk & Western Railway Co. to construct a bridge across the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River at or near a point about 1 miles west of Williamson, Mingo County, W. Va., and near the mouth of Turkey Creek, Pike County, Ky.; and

S. 1634. An act to authorize the building of a bridge across the Lumber River in South Carolina between Marion and Horry Counties.

The message also announced that the House had passed the bill (S. 1539) extending the time for the construction of a bridge across Fox River by the city of Aurora, Ill., and granting the consent of Congress to the removal of an existing dam and to its replacement with a new structure, with amendments, in which it requested the concurrence of the Senate.

The message further announced that the House had passed the following bill and joint resolution, each with an amendment, in which it requested the concurrence of the Senate:

S. 1540. A bill granting the consent of Congress to the city of Aurora, Kane County, Ill., a municipal corporation, to construct, maintain, and operate certain bridges across Fox River; and

S. J. Res. 68. A joint resolution authorizing the erection on public grounds in the city of Washington, D. C., of a memorial to the Navy and marine services, to be known as Navy and marine memorial dedicated to Americans lost at sea.

The message further announced that the House had passed the following bills, in which it requested the concurrence of the Senate:

H. R. 486. An act to extend the time for the completion of the municipal bridge approaches, and extensions or additions thereto, by the city of St. Louis, within the States of Illinois and Missouri;

H. R. 584. An act to authorize the county of Multnomah, Oreg., to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Willamette River, in the city of Portland, Oreg., in the vicinity of the present site of Sellwood Ferry:

H. R. 2818. An act to grant the consent of Congress to construct, maintain, and operate a dam and spillway across the Waccamaw River, in North Carolina;

H. R. 3444. An act for the relief of certain nations or tribes of Indians in Montana, Idaho, and Washington;

H. R. 3845. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Little Calumet River at Riverdale, Ill.;

H. R. 3852. An act providing for the final disposition of the affairs of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina;

H. R. 4120. An act granting the consent of Congress to the Greater Wenatchee Irrigation District to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Columbia River;

H. R. 4182. An act authorizing the city of Ludington, Mason County, Mich., to construct a bridge across an arm of Pere Marquette Lake;

H. R. 4187. An act to legalize a bridge across the St. Louis River in Carlton County, State of Minnesota ;

H. R. 4366. An act granting the consent of Congress to the Great Northern Railway Co., a corporation, to maintain and operate or reconstruct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River;

H. R. 4439. An act to amend section 71 of the Judicial Code as amended;

H. R. 4442. An act to extend the insurance and collect-ondelivery service to third-class mail, and for other purposes; H. R. 4457. An act conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgment in any claims which the Cherokee Indians may have against the United States, and for other purposes;

H. R. 4498. An act to authorize the State of Illinois to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge, and approaches thereto, across the Fox River in the county of Kendall and State of Illinois:

H. R. 4499. An act granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto, across the Rock River, in the county of Winnebago, State of Illinois, in section 24, township 46 north, range 1 east, of the third principal meridian;

H. R. 4577. An act providing for the examination and survey of Mill Cut and Clubfoot Creek, N. C.;

H. R. 4807, An act granting the consent of Congress to the State Highway Commission of Louisiana to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across West Pearl River in the State of Louisiana;

H. R. 4808. An act granting the consent of Congress to the construction, maintenance, and operation of a bridge across the Pearl River between St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana and Hancock County in Mississippi;

H. R. 4817. An act granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois and the State of Iowa, or either of them, to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River, connecting the county of Whiteside, Ill., and the county of Clinton, Iowa;

H. R. 4984. An act to authorize the Clay County bridge district, in the State of Arkansas, to construct a bridge over Current River;

H. R. 5273. An act granting the consent of Congress to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. to construct a bridge over the Mississippi River between St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn.;

H. R. 5337. An act granting the consent of Congress to construct a bridge over the St. Croix River between Vanceboro, Me., and St. Croix, New Brunswick;

H. R. 5348. An act granting the consent of Congress for the construction of a bridge across the St. John River between Fort Kent, Me., and Clairs, Province of New Brunswick, Canada;

H. R. 5557. An act to authorize the settlement of the indebtedness of the Republic of Finland to the United States of America; and

H. R. 5624. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River to connect the city of Benwood, W. Va., and the city of Bellaire, Ohio.

The message further communicated to the Senate the resolution (H. Res. 171) adopted by the House of Representatives as a tribute to the memory of Hon. Woodrow Wilson, a former President of the United States, and appointing a committee to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate to consider and report by what further token of respect and affection it may be proper for the Congress of the United States to express the deep sensibility of the Nation.

The message also announced that in accordance with the resolution just above mentioned, the Speaker had appointed as members of the committee on the part of the House Mr. LONGWORTH, Mr. COOPER of Wisconsin, Mr. BUTLER, Mr. GREENE of Massachusetts, Mr. HAUGEN, Mr. KAHN, Mr. DAVIS of Minnesota, Mr. MADDEN, Mr. BURTON, Mr. GREEN of Iowa, Mr. VARE, Mr. GARRETT of Tennessee, Mr. Pou, Mr. BELL, Mr. SABATH, Mr. TAYLOR of Colorado, Mr. BYRNES of South Carolina, Mr. LINTHICUM, Mr. BARKLEY, Mr. CAREW, Mr. MONTAGUE, Mr. WINGO, Mr. EAGAN, Mr. FISHER, Mr. HAWES, and Mr. GERAN.

ENROLLED BILL AND JOINT RESOLUTION SIGNED.

The message also announced that the Speaker of the House had signed the following enrolled bill and joint resolution, and they were subsequently signed by the President pro tempore: S. 794. An act to equip the United States penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kans., for the manufacture of supplies for the use of the Government, for the compensation of prisoners for their labor, and for other purposes; and

S. J. Res. 54. Joint resolution directing the President to insti

bill. The emergency of time is my excuse for asking unanf. mous consent to substitute the House bill for the Senate bill, which is Senate bill 987, first on the calendar, and for the immediate consideration of the House bill.

The bill (H. R. 486) to extend the time for the completion of the municipal bridge approaches, and extensions or additions thereto, by the city of St. Louis, within the States of Illinois and Missouri, was read twice by its title.

Mr. ROBINSON.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Missouri asks unanimous consent for the immediate consideration of House bill 486. May I ask if there was a unanimous report from the Senate committee? Mr. SPENCER. There was. Mr. ROBINSON. There is no objection to the present consideration of the bill.

Mr. SPENCER. I ask that the House bill be put upon its passage.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the immediate consideration of the House bill?

There being no objection, the bill was considered as in Committee of Whole and was read as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That the time for the construction and completion of the municipal bridge approaches, and also extensions or additions thereto, which said construction and completion was authorized by an act entitled, "An act to authorize the city of St. Louis, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, to con struct a bridge across the Mississippi River," approved June 25, 1908, be, and the same is hereby, extended for the period of three years from February 11, 1924.

SEC. 2. That for the purpose of carrying into effect the objects of this act, the city of St. Louis may receive, purchase, and also acquire by lawful appropriation and condemnation in the States of Illinois and Missouri, upon making proper compensation therefor, to be ascertained according to the laws of the State within which the same is located, real and personal property and rights of property, and in order to facilitate and support interstate commerce may make any and every use of the same necessary and proper for the acquirement, construe tion, maintenance, and operation of said municipal bridge approaches, and extensions or additions thereto, consistent with the laws of the United States.

SEC. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved: Provided, That the city of St. Louis may construct approaches, additions, or extensions, in addition to those now existing, connecting said bridge with any railroad or highway within or through the city of East St. Louis, Ill.; but before constructing such approaches, additions, or extensions the location thereof shall first have been approved by, and a certificate of public convenience and necessity therefor shall first have been obtained from, the Interstate Commerce Commission. Full Jurisdiction and authority to consider and determine such questions is hereby conferred upon the Interstate Commerce Commission, in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of other proceedings for certificates of public convenience and necessity under paragraphs (18), (19), and (20) of section 1 of the interstate commerce act.

The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed.

On motion of Mr. SPENCER, the bill (S. 987) to extend the time for the completion of the municipal bridge approaches, and extensions or additions thereto, by the city of St. Louis within the States of Illinois and Missouri, was indefinitely postponed.

FOX BIVER BRIDGE, ILLINOIS.

Mr. McKINLEY. There are two bills the passage of which is asked for by the city of Aurora, Ill., which are in exactly the same condition as the bill just passed. The two bills were passed by the Senate. Similar bills have been passed by the House with an amendment which is satisfactory to the city of Aurora, and they have just been received from the House. I refer to House bill 4498 and House bill 4499. I ask unanimous consent for the present consideration of the House bilis Mr. ROBINSON. I suggest to the Senator from Illinois that

MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE AT ST. LOUIS.

Mr. SPENCER. Mr. President, there just came over from the House a bridge bill (H. R. 486) to extend the time for the completion of the municipal bridge approaches, and extensions or additons thereto, by the city of St. Louis. The bill is the

same as the Senate bill that is first on the calendar of the Senate. It was reported favorably for passage, but some difference of opinion arose between those interested in Illinois and those interested in Missouri. That difference of opinion has now been adjusted by an amendment which the House added to the

culty, he ask for the separate consideration of the bills and

have them considered one at a time.

Mr. McKINLEY. That is what I propose to do. I ask for

the immediate consideration of House bill 4498.

The bill (H. R. 4498) to authorize the State of Illinois to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Fox River, in the county of Kendall and State of Illinois, was read twice by its title.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Illinois asks unanimous consent for the immediate consideration of the bill. Is there objection?

There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, proceeded to consider the bill, which was read, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That the State of Illinols be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Fox River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in the county of Kendall and State of Illinois, on the spur of State Road No. 18, connecting the villages of Yorkville and Bristol, in said county of Kendall, to replace the bridge now connecting the said villages of Yorkville and Bristol, in accordance with the provisions of the act entitled "An act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906.

SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved.

The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed.

ROCK RIVER BRIDGE, ILLINOIS.

Mr. McKINLEY. I now ask unanimous consent that House bill 4499 be laid before the Senate and put on its passage.

The bill (H. R. 4499) granting the consent of Congress to the State of Illinois to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Rock River, in the county of Winnebago, State of Illinois, in section 24, township 46 north, range 1 east of the third principal meridian, was read twice by its title.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill?

There being no objecfion, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, proceeded to consider the bill, which was read as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the State of Illinois to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Rock River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in the county of Winnebago, State of Illinois, in section 24, township 46 north, range 1 east, of the third principal meridian, in accordance with the provisions of the act entitled "An act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906.

SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved.

The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed.

OIL LEASE DISCLOSURES.

Mr. WALSH of Montana. Mr. President, I have here a copy of the Philadelphia North American of Friday, February 1, 1924, in which appears an editorial containing some pertinent and sensible observations concerning the oil scandal, which I ask may be read at the desk.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? The Chair hears none, and the Secretary will read as requested. The reading clerk read as follows:

THE PRESIDENT MUST DO MORE.

Two questions have been raised in the public mind by the revelations in the oil-lease case--first, as to the punishment of Albert B. Fall and his accomplices in delivering the Navy's oil reserves to private exploitation; second, as to the effects of the disclosures upon the political fortunes of President Coolidge, who, until this scandal broke, seemed fairly sure of being the next Republican candidate for the Presidency. Devastating retribution has already overtaken Fall. In the public mind he stands convicted of gross falsehood, of corruption, of betrayal of friendship and his country's welfare; broken in health and stripped of honor, he is an object of scorn. And it may be assumed that the indignation aroused by his part in the sordid transactions will ultimately force out of the public service Attorney General Daugherty and Secretary of the Navy Denby, who helped to put through the deals he corruptly devised.

Partisan antagonists of President Coolidge, who confidently assert that the disclosures assume his elimination as a candidate, take too much for granted. On the other hand, those Republicans who hopefully insist that the scandal will not materially affect his chances for nomination and election argue from desire rather than from reason.

The truth is that Calvin Coolidge stands at the crossroads in his official and political career. If he promptly takes the right course, and follows it courageously and undeviatingly, he will not only pass out of the zone of danger but will reach new heights of prestige. But if he falters, if he evades or compromises or delays too long, he will irretrievably impair his standing with the American people.

They have attributed to him a character distinguished by devotion to high ideals, and even political opponents have recognized his adherence to exacting standards of personal integrity. Public confidence in him has been increased by observation of his habits of moderation, thrift, and prudence, inherited from a sturdy New England ancestry

traits that were strikingly dramatized for his countrymen by his taking the oath of office by the light of a kerosene lamp in the quietude of a remote farmhouse. Against such a background his character has seemed to the country to possess something of the ruggedness and solidity of the granite hills of his native State. And it goes without saying that only this high repute could have saved him from instant elimination as a candidate by recent events. No reader will doubt this if he tries to think of any other leader, in either party, who could retain public confidence under existing circumstances.

But to exercise command over such an emergency as that which now confronts President Coolidge requires more than personal integrity. A Chief Executive in his position can gain safety only if he gives convincing proof that he possesses the moral force and political courage that will enable him to vindicate public rights and public honor against friend or foe. It would easily be possible for Mr. Coolidge in this respect to fall so far short of the demands of the situation as to make valueless the great asset of his reputation for inflexible personal honesty.

The revelations thus far made have created an Insistent public demand, emphatically expressed in the Senate, for the retirement of Attorney General Daugherty and Secretary Denby, without whose connivance Fall could not have accomplished the diversion of the naval oil reserves. President Coolidge alone has power to remove them, and every day that he delays its exercise must reduce his prestige with the public.

When Mr. Coolidge was suddenly called to the Presidency by reason of the death of Mr. Harding, he correctly interpreted the wish of the entire Nation by announcing that he would continue the policies of his predecessor and for the time being would retain the Cabinet as it had been constituted. Even those who had regarded Daugherty as unfit for the post of head of the Department of Justice conceded that the Presi dent might well avoid an unbecoming haste in displacing him. But by no intelligible course of reasoning can it be contended that the plundering of the Nation's resources through official corruption was a Harding policy which the public desired to be followed or condoned, Thus far President Coolidge has made one important move, in the appointment of two lawyers of national prominence-one a Republican, the other a former Attorney General under a Democratic administration to conduct civil and criminal suits. Furthermore, he has expressed in general but vigorous terms his purpose to perform his full duty. "If there is any guilt," he declares, "it will be punished; if there is any civil liability it will be enforced; if there is any fraud it will be revealed, and if there are contracts which are illegal they will be canceled. Every law will be enforced, and every right of the people and the Government will be protected."

It is unfortunate, however, that President Coolidge's action was not marked by conspicuous promptitude. His reassuring statement, in fact, was not issued until midnight last Saturday, several hours after the Senate committee had unanimously decided to present a resolution embodying demands for the procedure followed. Senators openly charged, indeed, that the President, having been secretly apprised of the committee's purposes, undertook to forestall them and break the force of the resolution.

Morcover, Mr. Coolidge's statement was marred by the gratuitous and essentially misleading observation that "men are involved who belong to both political parties." It is true that E. L. Doheny, who loaned Fall $100,000 without security shortly before obtaining the lease of the Navy's oil reserves in California, is nominally a Democrat. But every official besmeared is a Republican. To say that the oleaginous scandal is a bipartisan affair because of the connection with it of Doheny, who has contributed to the campaign funds of both parties, is a paltry bit of political misrepresentation. As a matter of fact, Harry F. Sinclair, who likewise contributes to both parties, and who loaned Fall $25,000 after getting a lease of the Teapot Dome oil deposits, is an outstanding Republican; he was a prominent figure at the 1920 convention, and took an ostentatious part in the activities at the Harding headquarters.

But the parts played by these two oil speculators constitute a secondary issue. The matter of real concern is the corrupt procedure of a member of the Cabinet and the connivance of two of his colleagues. By his indiscreet utterance, therefore, President Coolidge has given his political opponents a great advantage; for it is incontestable that responsibility for the scandal rests square upon the Republican party. A Democratic administration withstood for eight years the intrigues and pressure of the same corrupting influences which gained their ends through a Republican administration. President Wilson was never reached by the arguments of the oil manipulators and their experts. Secretary Daniels, of the Navy Department, stood like a rock against the importunities of the same interests that persuaded his successor, Denby. Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior under Wilson, entered Doheny's employ after resigning from the Cabinet, but he left no trail of corruption behind him; nor does any reproach lie against William G. McAdoo, who is said to have acted as counsel for oil corporations after his retirement to private life. It was a Repub lican Attorney General who advised the transfer of the Navy's oil

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reserves to control of Fall, upon recommendation from a Republican Secretary of the Navy, and this was accomplished by Executive order within 60 days after the Republican administration took office. President Coolidge to put forth the suggestion that this is a bipartisan scandal is to invite distrust of both his judgment and his motives. But his political embarrassment has another aspect besides the damage inflicted upon his party. Mr. Coolidge not only is the legatee of the scandal, but he is the outstanding candidate for the Republican nomination for President. Attorney General Daugherty, who boasted of having made Mr. Harding President, and Secretary Denby, an influential figure in the politics of his State, are both slated as delegates to the next national convention, and have declared in advance for the nomination of Mr. Coolidge.

Daugherty will have much to say about the make-up of the Ohio delegation. He was the chief dispenser of patronage under President Harding. As Attorney General he has had control of the legal proceedings against interests charged with defrauding the Government in war contracts, and it is widely held that even in the few cases prosecuted by his department great leniency has been shown to the defendants. For all these reasons he is regarded as a powerful factor in presidential politics, both in the matter of rounding up delegates and in the raising of campaign contributions. Under these circumstances it would be too much to expect that retention of Daugherty by Mr. Coolidge should be viewed by the Nation as a course without political inspiration or significance.

Another source of embarrassment to the President is the fact that, unlike most of the Vice Presidents who proceeded him, he was an active participant in the affairs of the administration. He attended the Cabinet meetings and presumably heard discussed the proposals brought forward by Fall, Daugherty, and Denby. At any rate, if he did not long ago become aware of the wretched deals that were put through, he is the only high official in Washington so oblivious. The public can not but believe that he was in possession of the essential facts before they were dragged to light by the Senate's investigation.

All these circumstances will necessarily be taken into account by the Nation, despite its settled belief in Mr. Coolidge's personal integrity. Something more than that is required of the chief executive at this time. The country looks not only for rectitude but for high

moral and political courage, and, above all, for action. In our judgment, which is animated by the friendliest feelings toward the President, he can not handle this problem successfully, or even safely, by relying upon narrowly technical or partisan skill. It is not a case for pettifogging tactics or taking advantage of developments; is a case for action-direct, resolute, and uncompromising.

The American people still believe in President Coolidge's sense of personal and official honor, and suspend judgment until he has had ample opportunity to disclose his intentions. But his position is critical. Unless he acts, and acts with promptitude and in a manner to satisfy the demands of the country, his availability as a candidate will be gravely diminished, and his nomination will doom the Republican Party to defeat.

Mr. EDGE subsequently said: Mr. President, may I ask, through the Chair, the date of the newspaper from which the editorial was read a few minutes ago?

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The article read by the Secretary appears in the Philadelphia North American of Friday, February 1, 1924.

Mr. EDGE. As I recall, Mr. President, the request that Mr. Doheny be subpoenaed to appear before the Senate committee was made on the afternoon of Thursday, January 31, by the Senator from Missouri [Mг. REED]. Apparently that editorial was written before the rather startling testimony which came out before the committee on Friday the 1st, which seemed to spread considerably the trail of oil activities. The editorial refers entirely to those things that have gone before, and not to what came out after Friday's meeting.

Mr. GLASS obtained the floor.

Mr. WALSH of Montana. Mr. President, I rise to correct the statement made just now by the Senator from New Jersey. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair has recognized the Senator from Virginia.

Mr. GLASS. I yield to the Senator from Montana.

Mr. WALSH of Montana. The article refers to the fact that Mr. McAdoo, after his retirement from the office of Secretary of the Treasury, was employed by certain oil companies. That information came from Mr. Doheny. Accordingly, the article was written after Mr. Doheny had testified.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does the Senator from Virginia yield to the Senator from New Jersey?

Mr. GLASS. I yield to the Senator.

Mr. EDGE. The word "subpœna " means little in the matter. I repeat that the request was made by the Senator from Missouri [Mr. REED] at the close of the session on the 31st. I can not reconcile at all the statement of the Senator from Montana that this article was written after the testimony, becauseMr. WALSH of Montana. It is very easy.

Mr. EDGE. Just a moment. Thursday the 31st is certainly before the 1st of February. This testimony came out on the 1st of February. That editorial, according to the statement of the President of the Senate, appeared in the paper of the morning on which the committee met; so that the editorial writer could not have known, unless he knew in advance, what Mr. Doheny proposed to say. He may have known that. I have no way of verifying that; but he certainly could not have known all the facts that came out at the meeting on Friday, the 1st. That was absolutely impossible.

Mr. WALSH of Montana. The explanation is that Mr. Doheny gave that testimony on January 31, and the editorial appeared in the paper of Friday, February 1.

Mr. EDGE. January 31? According to the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD that I have just consulted for my own information the request was made on Thursday, the 31st.

Mr. WALSH of Montana. The examination was on the 1st; but it does not make any difference.

Mr. EDGE. That is what I said; the examination was on the 1st.

Mr. WALSH of Montana. The editorial was on the 1st; but it does not make any difference. The only information the public had concerning Mr. McAdoo's employment by any oil company came from Mr. Doheny on the stand.

Mr. EDGE. Then, apparently the editorial writer had advance information. Of course, we can not tell about that. Mr. WALSH of Montana. No; he did not have advance information.

Mr. GLASS. Mr. President, my belated recognition and the subsequent interjections do not make the questions that I proposed to propound to the Senator from Ohio as apt as I would have wanted to make them. That Senator has escaped from the Chamber, evidently not desiring to be interrogated further. I merely wanted to ask if the nominating speech or any of the seconding speeches in the San Francisco convention dwelt on the aptitude or skill of the proposed vice-presidential candidate in bribing Republican Cabinet officers.

EDWARD L. DOHENY.

Mr. WILLIS. Mr. President, since there has been some controversy about the political affiliations of various eminent gentlemen, it has occurred to me that at this point it might be interesting if I should read briefly from the proceedings of the eighth day of the Democratic National Convention at San Francisco, Tuesday, July 6, 1920.

Mr. REED of Missouri. Mr. President, may I inquire under what order of business we are proceeding?

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. We are proceeding under the order of presentation of petitions and memorials.

Mr. WILLIS. Mr. President, I think the distinguished Senabecause it is a petition presented to a great convention in tor from Missouri will not object to what I am about to read, behalf of a noted Democrat. I read from page 437 of the proceedings of the Democratic National Convention presided over, as I remember, with distinguished ability by the senior Senator from Arkansas [Mr. ROBINSON].

The chairman said:

The Chair presents to the convention Hon. Lorin A. Handley, of California, who will nominate a candidate for Vice President of the

United States.

Then Mr. Handley said:

Ladies and gentlemen, California needs no credentials in this convention other than her electoral vote in 1916.

[Applause.] We are perfectly willing to yield the Presidency to Ohio [applause], but not the glory of electing the last Democratic President of the United States. The people of the great Commonwealth of California are not interested in the personal ambitions of any candidates for President or for Vice President. They are interested in this great Republic and its future. We believe that the hope not only of our country les in the election of the nominee of this convention, but that the hope of

citizens, not only of our State but of every State in the Union, in order that the honor of America might be rehabilitated and our Nation restored to her rightful place in the councils of the world.

We not only want to elect the great Governor of the State of Ohlo the next President of the United States but we want to elect with him

a great patriot to stand by his side to make humanity's fight. And California has a great patriotic son. California agrees with the Senator from Montana, and California agrees with the Senator from Nevada that you must not overlook nor forget that the great West is populated by free-minded and independent American citizens. [Applause.] And with the great progressive Governor of Ohio and with a great progressive, patriotic Democrat of the West the West can be brought into line again as it was in 1916. And California, therefore, presents her great and distinguished son, born in the State of Wisconsin. In poverty he started, a surveyor over the Southwest, a cowboy in Kansas, a prospector over practically every State of the West, a discoverer of the oil fields in southern California, and from thence he builds himself to the pinnacle of success such as every American citizen loves and admires, and California's son. The life of this man is a typical romance of American improved opportunity, and we take pride, therefore, in presenting to this convention as the man out of the West who can reach the hearts and the souls, not only of the Democrats of the West but of the great free-thinking people of the West. California, the great golden State, presents Edward L. Doheny for Vice President.

Mr. ASHURST. Mr. President, I want, however, to say that the Democratic National Convention almost unanimously rejected that oil-smeared man and nominated instead the scion of a great family, Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Mr. HARRISON. Mr. President, may I ask the Senator a question before he takes his seat?

Mr. HARRISON. Now, may I ask the Senator if he does not know it to be a fact that Mr. Doheny voted for Mr. Harding in the last election?

Mr. WILLIS. I do not know that to be a fact, and neither does the Senator know it to be a fact. I do know it to be a fact that Mr. Doheny was a Democrat, lauded to the skies, and was nominated at the Democratic convention in San Francisco for a place on the Democratic ticket as Vice President.

Mr. HARRISON. I state it as a fact, may I say to the Senator, that Mr. Doheny got very much angered at a speech made by the standard bearer of the Democratic Party, Mr. Cox, touching the Mexican proposition, when he stated that he would never place the Army and Navy behind the oil speculators in Mexico and go to war, and on that statement Mr. Doheny turned against the Democratic Party and voted for Mr. Harding.

PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL.

A message from the President of the United States, by Mr. Latta, one of his secretaries, announced that the President had approved and signed the following acts:

On January 25, 1924:

The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the following message from the President of the United States, which was read and, with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:

I transmit herewith a report by the Secretary of State concerning a meeting of the Inter-American Electrical Communications Committee, which will open at the City of Mexico on March 27, 1924, pursuant to a recommendation adopted by the Fifth International Conference of American States held at Santiago, Chile, March 25 to May 3, 1923. I request of Congress legislation authorizing an appropriation of $33,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purposes of participation by the Government of the United States in the said meeting, in the manner recommended by the Secretary of State. CALVIN COOLIDGE. THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, February 7, 1924.

THE VERA CRUZ CLAIMS (S. DOC. NO. 33). The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the following message from the President of the United States. which was read and, with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:

I transmit herewith a report by the Secretary of State requesting the submission anew to the present Congress of the matter of the claims arising out of the occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico, by American forces in 1914, which formed the subject of a report made by the Acting Secretary of State to the President in September, 1922, and a message of President Harding to Congress dated September 14, 1922, which comprise Senate Document No. 252, Sixty-seventh Congress, second session, copies of which are furnished for the convenient information of the Congress.

Concurring in the recommendation made by President Harding that in order to effect a settlement of these claims the Congress, as an act of grace and without reference to the

On January 30, 1924:

S. 484. An act to extend the time for the completion of the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River between the States of Oregon and Washington, at or within 2 miles westerly from the Cascade Locks in the State of Oregon;

S. 627. An act to authorize the National Society United States Daughters of 1812 to place a bronze tablet on the Francis Scott Key Bridge;

S. 801. An act granting the consent of Congress to the construction, maintenance, and operation by the Valley Transfer Railway Co., its successors and assigns, of a bridge across the Mississippi River between Hennepin and Ramsey Counties, Minn.;

S. 1367. An act granting the consent of Congress to the State of South Dakota for the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River between Brule County and Lyman County, S. Dak.; and

S. 1368. An act granting the consent of Congress to the State of South Dakota for the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River between Walworth County and Corson County, S. Dak.

an appropriation in the sum of $45,518.69, I bring the matter anew to the attention of the present Congress in the hope that the action recommended may receive favorable consideration. CALVIN COOLIDGE. THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, February 7, 1924.

VISITORS TO NAVAL ACADEMY.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. In accordance with the provision of the act of Congress of August 29, 1916, touching the appointment of the Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy, the Chair appoints the Senator from Maine [Mr. HALE] ex officio member of the Board of Visitors on the part of the Senate, and the Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. COLT], the Senator from Maryland [Mr. WELLER], the Senator from Florida [Mr. TRAMMELL], and the Senator from Louisiana [Mr. BROUSSARD] members.

MOVEMENT OF PRODUCTS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST (S. DOC. NO. 35).

The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the facts as ascertained concerning the adequacy and sufficiency of the transportation facilities furnished in 1922 for the movement of the products of the Northwest Pacific States by the carriers which serve that section, which was referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed.