Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 5, 1924, Page 8

f AC. ut RB Fe PRO OE ORV Ae se Fe mine sagt! PAGE EIGHT. Che Casper Daily Cribune Tre Tribune issued every mday Morning Tribune Wyoming. opposite at. Casper, : Tribune Building, per (Wyoming) postoffice atter, November 22, 1916. pias 15 and 16 e Exchange Connecting Departments A 2 ge ee ser By and E. HANWAY HANWAY XIATED PRESS is exclusivecy * en- © edit also the local news published hei Member of Audit’ Bureau of Circulation (A. B. OQ) Advertising Representatives. dden, King & Pruddeu, 1720-23 Steger Ill, 286 Fifth Ave. Now lobe Bldg., Boston, Mass., Suite Bldg,, 55 New Montgomery 8t., Francisco, Cal. Coptes of the Daily ne are on file in the Now York, Chi- m and San Francisco offices and ome. San Trib ~ Bos s ¥ are SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Carrier and Outside State and Sunday By One Year, One Year, hs, Daily and Sund Three Months, Dally and Sunday One Month, Daily and Sunday subscriptions must be paid in advan and the Daily Tribune will not insure de- livery after subscription becomes one month in arrears. KICK, IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR TRIBUNE If you don't find your Tribune after look- ing carefully for it, call 15 or 16 and it will be delivered to you by special messenger. Reg- ister complaints before § o'clock. Ew All Favor Coolidge The New York Journal of Commerce, generally believed to favor Democratic policies, attempts to answer the question “Why Business Men Favor Coolidge,” in a leading editorial in a recent issue. First off, it says that Coolidge is favor ed by all classes of business men from the least to the greatest, but that state ment does not imply that he is not fa yored by other clas: “The chief reason, takably found in the lack of any con- structive policy on the part of the Demc cratic candidate.” It is unquestionabl, true that the aim of the Democratic candidate is to win the election. That is why he selected Governor Bryan as his running mate, for he was responsible for the selection. He evidently thought that he might win by playing “good Lord, good devil,” anything to gain votes. He “left Wall Street,” as he says himself so that he might not be hurt by his Wall Street connections. Selecting Mr. Bryan was along the same line. He evidently thought that by going to the other ex treme, he might win favor with the farm- ers and the workers. But the Journal of Commerce says that in selecting Bryan the “Democrats did themselves an almost irreparable injury.” It appears that the paper in question holds to the view that the selection of Mr. Davis was also a mistake. Anyway it Bays: “Mr. Dayis does not reach these men because his arguments, although well polished and lucidly, expressed, do not ring true. They seem to lack conviction and without conviction doubters cannot be won over.” On the other hand, it speaks of “the confidence inspired by the president's emphasis upon simple elements of busi- ness judgment as applied to federal af. fairs.” It also refers to the backbone of President Coolidge in standing out against policies: advocated by members of his own party, but of the advisabil ity of which he doubted. This strength of purpose they doubt that Mr. Davis pos. sesses. While agreeing with the Journal of Commerce for the most part, it fails to point out “some of the simple elements of business judgment” possessed by President Coolidge. The most important one is his adherence to an adequate pro- tective tariff as a prime necessity, if this cguntry is to prosper. He made this plain When he said in his recent accept- ance: “I am for protection because it main tains American standards of living and of business, for agriculture, industry and labor.” Mr. Coolidge is for protection because it is “good alik sumer.” The business men of the country are for him because they believe with him that “Were such protection removed the re. sult would be felt at every fireside in the land. Our industry would languish, fac tories would close, commerce-and trans portation would be stagnant, ture would become paralyzed, distress and economic depression would reach over the whole country.” They know that the election of any didate for the presidency except Presi dent Coolidge would mean an era of hard times, just as has followed the election of a ministration business men ar € yy the t Why Illinois Supports Coolidge The state of Minois has a populat of 6500,000 people, and ranks third in f inhabitants among the statex About 47 per cent are native whites de scended from native pare about 22 per cent, are native whites from foreigu nn = for producer and con: | parents; about 1814 born whites. Of the total native population about per cent*are foreign Pub.| 7 Per cent were born in Illinois. The|and the house the prosecutor of them white stock of foreign-born came from Germany, Poland, Sweden, Russia, Italy, Ireland, Czechoslovakia, England, Aus- tria, Canada, Hungary, Lithuania, Ar menia, Norway, Scotland, Jugoslavia and Denmark, in the order named. This is indeed a composite lot; but it is only 1844 per cent of the total popu- Intion. All these came to this country und moved to Illinois because of the op- portunities under an American, and that means protective, system of government. Of the 6,500,000 population, only 2,000,- 000 or about one-third, voted in the presi- dential election of 1920. The Republicans carried Illinois by more than 800,000 plurality. In 1916, the Republicans -car- ried the state by 200,000 plurality. Tilinois is one of the richest and most prosperous states in the union. It has over 12,000 miles of steam railroads and 4,000 miles of electric railways. It ranks third among all the states in manufac- turing establishments and manufactured products. It has 18,593 manufacturing establishments employs more than 800,- 000 men and women, pays every year more than $1,075,000,000 in salaries and wages and produces products valued at more than $5,500,000,000. There are more than 500,000 wage- earners in Chicago alone. In that city the value of manufactured products is more than $3,500,000,000. The estimated value of farm lands and buildings in Illinois is $5,900,000,000. Nearly 60 per cent of the farms are op- erated by their owners and more than one-half are free of mortgage debt. Illinois’ crop of grains, fruits and other farm products is estimated at more than $500,000,000 annually. Its horses, cattle, ete, are valued at more than $300,000,000 annually, Its mineral prod- ucts are valued at more than $180,000,- 000 oanually. x The: people of Illinois have $4,800,000 deposited in postal savings banks $S85,- 600,000 in national banks and $1,221,317, than $2,111,000,000. In What brought about this wonderful pregress and prosperity in THinois? A policy of encouragement and develop: ment of American industries. The army of wage-earners in Illinois furnishes home market for the great bulk of farm products and fruits of the Without the industrial establish- | ments and industrial centers, the popu- | lation of Illinois would be less than one | 1 be obliged to send the bulk of their products abroad, paying larg sums for freight. Both the Democratic and the L lette or Socialist, candidates for dent, and all candidates for congress co- operating with them, favor a destrue- tion of the Republican policy of protec- tion. They want to increase the importa tion of foreign goods, and compel the manufacturers and producers of Mlinois to fight against this unfair foreign com petition in the American markets. What would be ‘the result? Every man- ufacturing establishment in Mlinois would be injured and farmers would be compelled ‘to sell their products in dis tant cities, perhaps abroad. } If the farmers and manufacturers of | Illinois want the prosperity of the state j to continue, they will e to work for jand yote for Republican candidates all al the line, They will have to to it that Calvin Coolidge and Charles } Dawes receive such tremendous mu ity in their great state that there will by no question of the election result bei determined in the house and senate threatened. ak Evils of Investigations Hon. John D. Works, former senator from California, one ofthe best inform- ed and highest minded statesmen ever to sit in congress, gives to the public in the followitlg his views respecting con- gressional investigations and the abuses attending such hearings as demonstrated in the recent session. The reader obtains an entirely new view of affairs by fol lowing Mr. Works: The subject of congressional investi- gations and their results, is to be made one of the most hotly discussed political issues of the coming presidential cam- paign. This being so, some explanation of the uses, functions and legitimate scope of such investigations, by one who has been there and participated in the workings of this branch of legislative activiey, may be interesting. This useful process of ascertaining facts affecting legislation, through com- mittees appointed for the purpose, is as old as congress itself, and if confined to the purpos aiding legislation, and fairly and judicially conducted, is unob- jectionable, but the extent to which it has been carried of later years, for polit- ical and other illegitimate and unlawful purposes, has brought congress into dis repute and deprived it of the confidence and respect of the people, has added mil lions ef needless and unnecessary ex pense to the already heavy burdens of the taxpayers and has become a public seandal. | The legitimate use of this Inquisitoria power is confined within very narrow limits. Properly it can be resorted to in order to enable congress to legislate im telligently and justly, and to inquire into | the conduct of its members and officers affecting their conduct and their fitness to perform their duties as such members ind officers, They are not proper or Ie il when extended to other public offi als with a view to their exposure, re moval from office or conviction or pun ment for crime or malfeasance ir ce. In other words. h investigation order to be legitimate must be con cted with and besr upon the duties ngress as a legislative body. here are certain federal officers whe are subject to bupeachment and remeval from office by congress but in that case uh house of representatives must initi | | | Che Casvetr Dailv by law, by preferring charges against the officer in the senate, when that bedy becomes a court for trial of such charges through certain of its members appointed for that purpose and called managers. In a matter of impeachment it would be entirely proper for the house to in- vestigate the facts through a commit- tee, with a view to determine what, if any, impeachment charges should be pre- ferred against the accused officer, but for no other purpose. For the senate, which is to become the court to try the charges, to make any such investigations would be not only illegal but highly im- proper. Of course, too, every investigation made by members of either house of con- gress should be treated as a judicial pro- ceeding, with’the view of ascertaining the truth about the matter under in- quiry, and every member of the commit- tee who is acting under his oath of of- fice, should act fairly, judicially and without bias or prejudice, personal or political. If he does not, he is unfit to sit on tho committee and any conclu- sion he may reach may justly be viewed with suspicion. With these Iegal and just limitations applied to the powers and duties of con- gress, and members of its committees, let the United States senate and its inves~ tigation committees during its late ses- sion, and the use that has been and is proposed to be made of the facts alleged to have been disclosed throngh what T maintain: were unlawful inquisitorial processes directed against officials and other persons over whom the senate and 000 in savings banks—a total of more | addition they have } 345,000 members in building and loan} iations, with assets of more than} half what it is today, and the farmers | ate the proceedings in the way provided its committees had no jurisdiction or right to investigate. For the purposes of this writing, only two of these invésti- gations need to be considered, namely, the so-called Teapot Dome and the Daugherty inquiries. * Ostensibly two things were to be in- vestigated in the first of these namely, the legality or illegality of certain oil sing contracts entered into by the rretary of the interior and the secre- of the navy, and Doheny and Sin- 1 the malfeasance in office of these two members of the president's cabinet. Manifestly the question of the legality of these contracts was for the courts and belonged exchisively to the judiciary department of government, and | the senate could have no jurisdiction over it or power to investigate it. The of- ficers assailed belonged to the executive rtment and the senate had no juris- diction or control over them as a legis- ‘ative body. It had no power or right to investigate or pass upon their official ondnet. It conld only act legitimately vl with authority as a court of im- rhment if proceedings were brought | be e it, and even then any criminal hurges preferred against these officers vould be within the jurisidiction of the ourts and not the senate. The senate, as 1 court of impeachment, could deal only with their right to hold office. Xt last, at the instance of the presi- lent, this whole matter has reached the courts of justice where it belongs, and the results of this long drawn out and snormous unlawful legislative investiga- tion is of no force or consequence except for political purposes, for which it was instituted and carried on, What has 1 id of the illegality of the oil inyestigation applies equally to the Daugherty inquiry. Daugherty was fan officer of the judiciary department | and a member of the president's cabinet. | As such he was in no way amenable to | the senate or to congress but wi | their jurisdiction, es peachment. It was an unwarranted en- chment by one branch of govern- ment upon another. The president was perfectly right to telling the senate that it was none of its business, This usurpation of power was a mat- ter of serious concern and a violation of the well-settled principles that are intended to make each of the three branches of government independent of the other. But this manifest breach on the part of the senate was greatly ag- gravated by the manner in which the ‘in- vestigations were conducted. No atten- tion was given to the well settled rules of evidence that should have guided the mmittee and its members who should have considered, themselves as judges, bound by their oaths of office to hear and decide justly and judicially. As it was, members of the committee became prosecutors, if not persecutors, of members of the cabinet with the mani- fest purpose of discrediting the admin- istration in power and driving members of the cabinet from office, in total disre- gard of the rules of evidence and orderly procedure. It was a gross abuse of the power of this great legislative body that has brought it into well deserved dis. credit and contempt. It was a political movement, plain and simple, and has now, as such, found its proper place in a political convention and has been made a political issue. The Daugherty investigation was worse and more disgraceful than the other. In its inception it .was instigated by a sen- ator who had shown himself by speeche: in the senate to be the bitter and uncom. promising political, if not personal, en. emy of the attorney general, who had al- ready determined in his.own mind that he was guilty and should be driven from office. He introduced a resolution calling for the investigation and naming in it the committee to make the investigation and himself as one of the committee, in- stead of leaving the appointment to the presiding officer of the senate in accord- ance with the rules and customs of the senate, thus packing the committee with cm ty of members that the could tepend upon to aid him in his prejudged ation to convict the officer, in sure his downfall aml bring dishonor on the Republican administration. Nothing like it h&s ever been seen the United States senate. The, adoptio: of such a resolution that enabled this scheme to be carried out and such an in- vestigation to be had by such a commit- tee, known to be biased and prejudiced, was a serious Teflection on that body. When the committee was organized this same sena ccame the “prosecu. 0 Cribune tor” of the attorney general and took control of the proceedings. It could not re. justly be called an inyestigation. Its pur- pose was not to ascertain the facts in a lawful way and get at the truth, but to convict the officer whether or no and without regard to law or order or law- The “evidence” so-called, was mostly hearsay, coming from the lips of people so degraded as to be unworthy of credence, and of the most sensational and intrinsically unbelievable, and the conduct of the prosecuting member show- ed his unfitness to serve on such a com- mittee and his utter unreliability as a judge in a matter of that kin As judge or a juror to try the least import- ant question he had, before and during the hearing, shown himself to be disqual- ified by bias and prejudice to act at all. It is amazing that he did not himself, tion. see the impropriety of any one in his frame of mind taking part in a proceed- ing that called for fair and unbiased ac- It is not for me to pass upon the con- duct or the guilt or innocence’of the men whose acts were brought in question by these investigations, or upon the legal- ity or illegality of the oil leases. These are questions that an unbiased ‘court must determine after a full and Le ay 1 legal rules of evi. us examine some of the proceedings of Ha tie, law sane fees I am dealing here only with the pro ceedings of the senate which were, in my judgment, wholly without warrant, as unlawful inqu or legal authority. Assumed fact claimed to have been established by this orial proceeding, must be a very unsubstantial and unworthy foundation for a political issue. Lines and Angles By TED OSBORNE No news May be Good news But it is nearly Impossible for a Reporter to Convinee the City Editor Of that fact. TAKING A LIBERTY “ph’s thinkin’ George Washington.” de name ob his goat.” NOT READY Philosophy Professor—“Yes, you seem to understand all that. Now let us pass on to Immortality and Life in the Here- after.” TOO SOON Clerk—*“This matches your sample per- fectly.” Customer—“It certainly does. It could- n't_be closer.” wish?” Student—“I'm not prepared sir.” ob namin’ mah boy “Has yo’ got Sam’s pubmission? Dat’s ‘WORLD. FLIGHT NLY 80,000 [3 PAID OUT IN ne Ee He #98 Prestige Annexed at Record Trip. By EDNA MARSHALL Staff Correspondent, Casper Tribune (Copyright, 1924 Consolidated Press Association.) WASHINGTON, Sept, 4.—The prestige it has acquired by sending & group of aviators on a trail Blaz- ing flight around the world—to say nothing of the valuable lessons learn- ed concerning all-weather flying, has cost the United States govern- ment the re‘ative pittance of approx- imately $50 000. Fifty thousand was the sum con- gress appropriated for the flight and while the final footing up of. costs can not be completed until the fy- ers are home again with their ex- pense accounts, the indications are that a small part of the original ap- Propriation will remain untouched when the world-girdling planes are trundled into their hangars at the end of the trip. ‘That does not mean, however, that a private organization could dupli- cate the flight for any such small sum. Actual expenditures of the army alr service in connection with the flight are one thing. What ft wou'd have cost a private organiz- tion to duplicate the necesrary con- ditions under which the flight was made and what foreign governments expended on entertaining the fly- ers, constitute quite another. The bin for private concerns undoubted- ly would have run well up into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. In the first place the govern- ment spent nothing purchasing | ® planes or extra motors for the flight. The four planes, including the Seattle, in which Major Frederick L. Martin started on the journey and the 12 motors used, had been bought during the war days to be used for fighting purposes. They had been in storage, suffering certain deter- joration. When the flight was pro- jected, they were simply turned over to the aviation department to be used for the wor'd flight instead of On some other venture. Moreover, these planes and mo tors, save for the one lort when Ma- jor Martin crashed on an Alaska mountain and the one lost when Lieutenant. Wade fell into the sea are still the valuable property of portation of government officers who studied the possibilities of the flight and worked out data to make it a success and for hotel expenses of the filers. Whether or not the full $50,000 was expended, army officials feel, the flight was “dirt cheap” in view of the value of the contributions to the science of flying and the demon- stration of the fact that airplancs can fly around the world. NOTICE The Natrona County High Schoo! and@ all schools in District No. 2 which includes Casper, Salt Creek ON Fields, Mills and Evansville, will open Monday morning, September it nine o'clock. ntil new buildings are competed, grade school boundary lines have been established as follows: WASHINGTON: All pupils be- tween the Burlington and North- Western tracks, west of the center of McKinley Street. WILLARD: Al ‘pupils between the Burlington tracks and Fifth street with a western boundary from first grade at the second semester in January. High School students may register at the Principal's office September A. A. SLADE, Superintendent. Publish September 2, 6, 1924. SHERI MAN EL FR CHECK FRAUDS W. E. Cunningham, 30 years ol, of Sheridan, was arrested Thursday afternoon by the police department charged with cashing several short checks with local business houses. Cunningham ts said to have wrt ten one of the checks on a Sheridan bank and the other three on local institutions. —- A physiciandentist \of Paris, Texas, called.it a day’s work when a waman with twelve children called and had the tonsils of all of them removed, and all of her own teeth ex- Clerk—“How many yards do you Customer—“Oh, not any yet. You see, He—“Now that -you have graduated? from school I suppose you can conju-| gate ‘love’ in several languages.” She—“No but I can decline * eral.” Chef—“Which onc ob de prisoners shall I serve first, yoh majesty Cannibal Kin mm first, chef.” First Londoner—“Nobb: visionary chap, eh what Second. Londoner—“Deucedly so. He is always building castles in the fog.” this is the first shop I've tried.” a gentleman OUR DAILY SONG RIT Week Off.” IN OLDEN TIMES “Avaunt there, Mehitabel, what sen- tence dist our worthy magisfrate im- pose on yon scolding shrew, Dame Wag- oe gintung ry “I Have a Wee Cough, So Tl Take a 0 8, fair Clarissa, he didst or- even if I am a cannibal. Serve the taint is a rather dain that she be immersed twelve times in yen village duck pond.” “Fie upon thee, Mehitabel, who wouldst have believed he couldst soak her thus ard?” UNCLE HOOK Violinist (proudly)—“The instrument I shall use at your house tomorrow is SAYS over two hundred years old.” Mr. Gotlotts—“Oh, never mind. It's good enough; nobody will know the dif- ference.” “Hist!” Said the Villain And the Audience Promptly Did. THE BIG PROBLEM powers?” plying with them?” cake? Why, it’s as hard as a brick.” Cook—“Yes, mum, that’s the way sponge is until it’s wet. Soak it in your tea, mum.” Critic—“Why not w years, and month.” OUR DAILY so: “Tl Be W Sheds Its Fur.” PROCESS REVERSED Author—“I can write a month, but I can't sell it in five year: fi tmaaybe you can sell it in a} one G HIT novel in in Fr “Et ain’t so hard t’ find th’ road t'|to the success, but th’ feller who sets down an’ waits fer a free ride is goin’ t’ git left.” First German Statesman—“Then. we have agreed to the demands of the Second German Statesman—*Yes. The next question is, how shall we ayoid com- Mistress—“Do you call this a sponge n h You When the Wienie | the government. The other ten mo- tars need only'a little overhauling to put them in perfect condition. The navy cruisers, coast guard 2 vessels and other ships which as- ‘ ested and accompanted the flyers’ L * t b ft a te e FREE PENCILS With Each School Supply Purchase of 10c—Saturday and All Next Week Saturday will be a big day in our school supply department, ‘because we have what the school will require and you will find * ~~ Los ANGELE. Quality and Prices Right “The Home of Waterman Fountain Pens” $5.00 Reward we dollars reward will be paid the c party furnishing ‘Daily Tribune Information to the capture of tha patenaseeaue We Will ue it Them Right trom ees ee of the paper should not pay . . one their subscription except the y carrier who delivers the — = paying the right collector, Telephone 1 Send the Kiddies Down— - an authorized = oftice. if you are not sure you are ask bim to show his credentials. If he can. sot_do so please call the Tribune. SALT CREEK BUSSES 3 Busses a Day Each Way LEAVE CASPER Townsend Hotel 8 a.m, 10 a. m., 2:30 p.m. LEAVE SALT CREEK Se. m, 2 p.m. 5:30 Pp. 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