Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1925, Page 5

« \ Would line up squarely #nois, DAWESIS BACKED ON RULES SPEECH Approval of Attack on One- Man Filibuster Is Wide- spread. While prospects of a hot time in the Senate grew hourly over the Jashing administered time-honored Senate rules of unlimited debate by Vice President Dawes vesterday there were generous indications downtown among visitors from many parts of the country here for inauguration, that a very substantlal body of the electorate, if it came to a showdown between the Senate and Gen. Dawes, behind Dawes. Not all comment was favorable on the manner adopted by the new Vice esident in presenting his plea to the Senate, with the accustomed Dawes’ flourish, but a great majority of the large number approached on the matter declared the Vice Presi- dent had taken a “courageous” and a righteous” stand There was substantial agreement among the majority interviewed that if Dawes found the Senate unwilling to consider his suggestion “to pro tect the rights of minorities, without surrendering the rights of a majority to legislate,” the Senate would hear from the American people in no us- mistakable terms. Labor Backs Dawes. There was a noticeable hesitancy among prominent men in both public and private life downtown to speak for publication, although they warmed to the subject with great enthusiasm when speaking infor- mally. It was learsed, for instance, that at meeting in certain highly influential Jabor circles this morning the subject of the Dawes speech had been thor- ghly discussed. There were isdi- cations at this meeting, it was said afterward, that not only capital but labor, 8o far as it had been repre- sented, was unqualifiediy behind Gen. Dawes in his fight against certain Sen- ate rules. Warren C. Fairbanks, publisher of 1. Indianapolis News (independent), and son of the late Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, came out open- ly in favor of the Dawes policy in no uncertain terms. At a downtown hotel, where he is opping, Mr. Falrbanks vigorously upported the Vice President’s speech The American people, Mr. Fairbanks thought, were tired of the Senate’s insistent delay, and frequent one-man filibusters. In fact, he said, the Sen. ate had got itself into “bad odor with the American people as far as its methods of procedure were con- cerned, and now that Dawes had dragged the issue out in a spectacular fashion to throw it into public at- tention in forcible manner, the people would welcome the chance to make it an issue. Believes Dawes Will Fight. Joe Mitchell Chapple, editor of the National Magazine, Boston, who sald he had been with Gen. Dawes in France, ventured the opinion that a man who had been through what Gen. Dawes had scen, in actlon on the front and elsewhere, would not be one to desert his guns. Mr. Chapple vigorously backed Gen. Dawes' at- tack on the Senate. Some friends of Gen. Dawes, prom- inent in business and political life in the Middle West, differed over the method of the general's delivery of his speech, but sald that in their opin- | jon public sentiment, in that section, regardless of political faith, would stand behind him. | Vice President Dawes this morning spent considerable time in his apart- ment at the Willard Hotel, reading the newspapers, and reviewing ac- counts of {nauguration day, including the swift reaction of many Senators against his vigorous denunclation of their rules. Shortly after 10 o'clock, he left the hotel for the Senate. Reiterates His Stand. { Vice President Dawes took occasion last night to refer to his speech, dur- ing presentation of a small gavel, made in the shape of his famous undersiung pipe, from wood out of a piano stool used by the general years ago. The gavel was presented by Senator Willis of Ohio on behalf of | Post 64, American Legion, Marietta, Ohio. After being presented with the gavel the Vice President addressed the delegation briefly, and. according to the Assoclated Press, reiterated his| stand on Senate rules, adding that unless “the lssue goes to the people, the fundamental institutions of the country will suffer. The question, if cessary, must go over the heads of Senators to the people.” The legion nost delegation was headed by Capt. J. B. Hickman of Marletta. Vice President Dawes was sergnaded Jast night by the Hamilton Clubl Chorus of Chicago, of which Ernest O. Todd is director. The chorus was introduced by President Alexander Fyfe of the Hamilton Qlub. A dele- gation from the Union Club, headed by George W. Dixon of Chicago, also saw the Vice President last evening. Hax Many Callers. Among the many callers at the Dawes apartment recently have been: Lieut. Gov. Charles H. Lewlis of Ohio, J. Henry Best of Marietta, Ohio; Col. W. B. Causey, city manager, of Nor- folk, Va.; Frank H. Hitchcock of York, former postmaster general; Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming, Rep- resentative Rodenberg of Illinols, State Senator Richard G. Barr, presi- dent of the Illinois Senate; George A. Barr of Chicago, Morris F. Joliet, HIL; Lieut. Gov. of Illinois, Senator Deneen of Iili- Attorney General Oscar Carl- strom of Illinois, Representative John Allen of Monmouth, 111, and Frank L. Smith, chairman of the Republican Tiltnois State central committee of Illinois Henry M. Dawes, brother of the Vice President and former controller of the currency, plans to leave Wash- ington ' tonight for his home at Columbus, Ohio. Other members of the Dawes family are expected to leave Washington within a few days. MUSSOLINI TO ATTEND REOPENING OF CHAMBER Fascist Paper Denies Premier Is Too II1 to Be Present When Deputies Meet. he Associated Press . ROME, March 5.—Contrary * to statements in the opposition press tha Premier Mussolini would not participate in the reopening of the Chamber of Deputies, but would be represented by Minister of the In- terfor Federzoni, the Messaggero (Fascist) declares positively today that the premier will be present In the chamber next Monday taking the most active interest in the parlia- mentary work. This newspaper also declares un- founded the report that the premier is going to the seashore to recuper- ate from his iliness. The only ab- sence from Rome he contemplates in the near future, it says, s a trip to Anzio, March 18, in connection with the inauguration of the direct cable %ervice between Italy and America. A American cows produced 206,000,- 000 pounds of milk that was canned 2nd sent to other countries last year. By Lennon of | Fred Sterling | Virginia, SHELBY WOULD BE TRAFFIC DIRECTOR Announces He Will Seek Ap- pointment—Smith Also Wants Position. Inspector William S. Shelby, per- sonnel officer of the Police Depart- ment. today entered the field as a candidate for director of traffic. In making application. it is under- stood the inspector will include a proviso that he be granted indefinite leave of absence from his police duties. This is taken to mean the inspector does not wish to sever his conneétion with the Police Depart- ment permanently. Inspector Albert J. Headley, head of the existing Traffic Bureau of the Police Department, was non-commit- tal today on the question of whether he would be an applicant. Another member of the department who has made known his Intention of seeking the pesition is Traffic Police- man Milton D. Smith, president of the Policemen’s Association. Commissioner Rudolph, chairman of the board, sald today the Commis- sloners have not yet turned their at- tention to the appointment and sald it probably will be more than a week | before the dlrector Is selected. The Commissloners, he said, regard the position as one calling for careful consideration. The city heads are waiting for offi- clal coples of the trafic law before making plans to put into effect the various new regulatory features of the act. So many changes in phrase- ology were made at the last minute that the Commissioners are not cer- taln of the exact language. . DAWES’ “VIOLATION” OF SENATE RULES IS “OVERLOOKED” (Continued from First Page.) tors at that time will discuss yester- | day’s proceedings in the Senate. Crowded galleries and an unusual number of Senators, attracted by the prospect of a row, watched the pro- ceedings in an atmosphere so tense that the quiet was oppressive. At the end there was a universal sigh of re- lief that the impact had been no worse; but Senators, gathering in lit- tle knots to talk it over after the re- cess was taken seemed certain there was more to come. The Vice President himself looked on during the session with an in- scrutable countenance and _declined to comment on it afterward. Wearing a natty brown business sult, he had stepped to his place on the dais just at noon, and had called the Senate | to order by a single tap of the gavel, and then had stepped aside without a word while the chaplain offered praver. Them he walted calmly for the fireworks to begin. Senator Curtls said today he would not be surprised to see the Senate remain in session two weeks. He did not make an opinion as to what the activities of that body would be, but Senator Robinson stated that he be- lleved the World Court question would be taken up. Scarcely had Mr. Dawes completed his attack on the Senate rules yester- day when he raised further resent- ment by abandoning the usual meth- od of swearing in the new Senators in groups of four. After three groups had been sworn he directed the clerk to call the rest to the rostrum at the same time, 24 of them. When they were all there he administreed the oath en bloc. While this saved time, it disturbed the sense of decorum of some of the | Senators. Fails to Return to Body. At the conclusion of the President's inauguration at the east front of the Capitol Vice President Dawes failed to return to the Senate chamber with the Senate, and Senator Watson of Indiana, the assistant Republican leader, was forced to call the Senate to order, so that it might adjourn un- tll today at noon. When the Sen- ators had been called to order by Senator Watson, Senator Reed of Mis- souri and Senator Ashurst of Arizona criticized the Vice President for swearing 24 Senators In such a hasty manner. One Senator, Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, it was pointed out, on account of the hurry, did not have an_opportunity to sign the book In which the Senators always sign after taking the oath of oftice. The general opinion expressed by members of the Senate was that the *Vice President had rather than helped a reform of the Senate rules. Some of them were bitter in their comment. Sena- tor Reed of Missourl, commenting on the Vice President, said: “His melody of voice, grace of gesture and maj- esty of presence were only excelled | by his_modesty.” Senator Smoot of Utah, Republican, sald: Calls Speech Untactful. “It would have been better if Vice President Dawes had made his speech in some other place than the Senate; if there had been any opportunity for changing the rules I do not see any now. Senator Caraway Democrat, said: “The best example of what a speech should not be was that of the Vice President. He disclosed he was al- most as lacking In knowledge of the rules of the Senate and the Constitu- tion of the United States as he was in good tgste—almost but not quite.” Senator Ashurst of Arizona sald: “It was the most acrobatic and gymnastic speech I have seen deliy- ered from that particular rostrum. Senator George of Washington, Democrat, said: s “The Vice President Gefeated any of Arkansas, delayed | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH Howard Mason Gore taking the oath of office, ax Governor of West Virginia, ton, W. Va. The oath was ndministered by Frank K. Lively, president of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West GLORIOUS BATTLE SEEN AHEAD AS DAWES SEEKS Vice President and Upper BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Everybody in Washington knows today why Vice President Dawes didn’t want to sit with the Coolidge cabinet. He has got to reform the Senate. And even the redoubtable general reallzes that this Is going to be some job. The Senate, in latter- day parlance, {s known as hard-boil- ed. As the English would say, it is going to take a lot of doing on the part of the Vice President to make any headway in the most deliberative body in the world. Washington has been wondering for some time how Gen. Dawes and the Senate would mi The two seemed incongruous. Today there is no more doubt. The general and the Senate do not mix at all. They do not speak the same language. There- fore, there is blood on the Capitol moon. St. George may be able to slay the dragon, but the old-timers at the Capitol who have seen the gallants come vainly forward in the past shake their heads and allow | that the dragon probably will devour| the knight. But Gen. Dawes never has ac- knowledged defeat. He has been ac- customed to having his own way. So has the Senate. Then it follows that in the squabble which the gen- eral precipitated about one minute after he had taken the oath of office one side or the other has got to yleld ground. May Go Over Senat. The Vice President was talking to- day of taking the matter of reform- ing the Senate “over the heads of the Senators.” Washington has heard no such language since Woodrow Wilson was in his prime. And Woodrow Wilson and the Senate @id not mix. Gen. Dawes ought to know that it is extremely difficult to go over the heads of the Senators. In the first place, they are elected for six long years. In the second place, the| Senate cannot all be turned out at one general upheaval at the polis. Only one-third of the Senate is elect- ed at a time. Therefore. trying to reform & body like that is going far indeed. Some of the Vice President's friends, who know of his impetuous ways, said today they would not be sur- prised it he should resign if he should find his fight with the Senate futile. He would resign as a protest and in that way try to make some impres- sion on the people. The difficulty of the situation is not with the people, however. They probably are im- pressed already. The real job is to — e likelihood of a change in the rules. There are some features of the rules that should be changed. But he de- feated any change by the brutal and clownish way in which he went about it. With all its fault the Senate is the greatest deliberative body in the world, and the only body in which gag rules have not been applied Vice President Dawes comes here from the business world where there is impatience of restraint. Here de- liberation is necessary as a check agalnst hasty and fll considered ac- tion, and to prevent the complete domination of executive authority.” Senator Robinson of Arkansas, criticizing the Vice President’s action in swearing in a great number of Senators at one time, said: “The ceremonies are necessarily formal. It is regrettable that they were made ridiculou: Senator Bruce of Maryland, Democrat, came to the ald of Vice President Dawes in his fight on the Senate rules. Senator Bruce said: Bruce Defends Dawes. “I am heartily in sympathy with the idea of -evising the rules of the Senate in such a manner as to ac- celerate the transaction of the public business by it. At present that body, in my judgment, is a highly defective mechanism for the purpose; for any | Senator can almost be said to be in| a position to speak at any time when !he pleases on any subject that he| pleases and as long as he pleases. “Under exIsting conditions 50 per cent of the proceedings on the floor of the Senate resolve themselves into | mere displays of human vanity. But I shall have to see a little more of the Vice President before I express an opinion as to whether he has the skill and address to induce the Sen- ate to break with its past. The only statement that 1 can hazard about him at this time is that he is evi- dently a ‘character.’ Praised by Two Senators. Two Republican Senators, Oddie of Nevada and Goff of West Virginia, commended the speech of Vice Pres- ident Dawes. Senator Oddle sald, | “It was a virile speech and shows that he is full of fight—something that the Senate needs. Senator Goff's comment was, “I think it was a constructive speech, | full of common sense.” Senator Willis of Ohio, Republican, said, “With regards to Vice Presi- dent Dawes' speech, I want to say that T am on my way to the barber shop.” Senator Ferris, Michigan, Demo- crat, said: “I think that the Vice | President has the lesson of his life coming to him. He has my pro- foundest sympathy. The rules of the Senate are hopeless. Improve- ments will have to be deferred to the next world.” Senator Harrison, Mississippi, Democrat, said: “If T gave a state- ment of what I think, it would set your paper on fire. What I have to say may be d on the floor of the Senate later. The attack upon the Senate rules by the Vice President was made with ing Own Way and Fireworks Are Expected. Task Is to Impress Membership. [ were roars of laughter. in the State Capitol, at Charle SENATE REFORM House Both Used to Hav- ’ try to impress the Senators. Their reformation is in their own hands. By starting out, in marine fashion, to “treat 'em rough,” Gen. Dawes raised new barbed wire entangle- ments in front of himself and it will take a long while to blast them away. Manner Rather Than Words Hurt. In many quarters of Washington today, as the speech of Gen. Dawes was read calmly, {t was agreed that it was not so much what he said, but the “nawsty” way in which he said it. Those throughout the country who peruse the document might not think of it as an harangue or a diatribe. But they should have heard it. The general gave every evidence of being furious. How a man could work up such an anger Iin such sedate sur- roundings was a marvel to all who beheld. The Vice President shouted and gesticulated. Naturally the peals of laughter which greeted his ear- nestly considered and carefully pre- pared remarks soon began to feed the fires of his ire. His voice took on a machine gun note. But the “enemy” did not retreat. It stood still and grinned. It is the most difficult thing in the world to fight with a grinning man. The scattering minority in public life who thought Charley Dawes was going to regard himself as a jar of jam to be placed on the vice presi- dential shelf and gather dust today are disillusioned. The general has turned out to be a pail of pickles. and he is going to sit right in the middle | of the dinner table day after da: “Hell and Maria” in Volce. The Vice President didn't say “Hell and Maria” once during his harangue, but “Hell and Maria” was in his voice. Before him sat some of the “pin- heads” "of the House of Represent- atives, men whom he had bawled out when they were members of a com- niittee attempting to investigate the conduct of the war. The “pinheads” applauded the vice presidential dia- tribe. The Senate laughed. There is no need to disguise the fact. The Senate laughed heartily. It was plain | to be seen from the outset that the battle between Senators and their | presiding officer is going to be a pretty one to match these coming years of storm and strife. Senator Borah was the first to smile as the Vice President started his {naugural address. The smile first of all was at the vehement man- ner of the new officer. Even Presi- dent Coolidge had a dry little grin on his otherwise cool and calm features as Gen. Dawes plunged right in at full speed to tell the Senate what he thought of that body as a whole. The Senate expected Mr. Dawes to be lively. There never has been such a virile, vigorous, vital man on the job as presiding officer. But it didn't think Dawes was going to take ad- vantage of the crowded galleries and the distinguished company of diplo- mats, Supreme Court justices and cabinet dignitaries on the floor to start a “war.” The “war,” however, came on with a rush The zero hour was just| about one minute after Dawes opened | his mouth. By that time he was speeding along at 30 knots an hour, shapping out his words and raising| his voice in staccato notes which cafried beyond the Senate chamber and out into the crowded corridors. As the torrent of reproach poured from the new Vice President the Senators began to look at each other. Amused twinkles were in their eyes. Then as the general continued to gesticulate and pound the desk in front of him the twinkles changed to guiaws. House Enjoys the Show. The galleries grinned and applaud- ed in turn. The House, long domi- nated by the Senate, applauded with vigor. The House was more or less used to the general. They had ex- pected “Hell and Maria” to do some- thing out of the ordinary. All Wash- ington had expected “something,” for the general had refused to give out advance copies of his speech. He had sald “Walt and see.” Nobody, however, had thought the general would go so far on his first appearance. was himself amazed, but he probably felt that for the time being, at least, Mr. Dawes was performing as a mem. ber of the legislative branch of the Government and not as an executlve. When Gen. Dawes concluded hls taking of the Senate to task there Senator Jim Reed of Missourl, a sick_man, almost fell out of his seat. He held his sides from laughing so hard. There never was a spectacle like this at any preceding Inauguration. Hell and Marfa is on the job. Washington sits open-mouthed at the future. (Copyright.) Hotel Inn Phone Main 8108-8109, 604-610 9th St. N.W. 38 weekly; $10.50 rooms, $8; $14 shower a 1 ory, $10; 2 s toom, 50 ot more. 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He knew in ad- vance his speech would not sit well on the Senators, but that he was ap- pealing over the heads of the Sen- ate to the American people. His best friends say presidential ambition is farthest from his thoughts and that what he did on Wednesday was simply the “Dawes way” of doing things. Viewed dispassionately there is no doubt that many of the Senators real- ized Mr. Dawes was striking at one of the weaknesses of the Senate, the ability of one Senator to block leg- islation and even defeat it by fli- buster. But the true defect is not in rule 22, as Mr. Dawes pointed out, but in the leadership of the Senate Itself which allows important bills to drag along either in com- mittees or in the Senate and then at the last moment a minority can exercise a powerful influence. Cloture Seldom Invoked. Under the present rules it is possible for 16 members of the Senate to invoke cloture ending debate, but it is sel- dom done. Frequently, too, the ma- jority party Is perfectly content to let the fillbusters of the minority kill legislation so that the responsibility for defeat of bills they themselves dislike can be placed on the shoulders of the minority. Mr, Dawes will have to reform the entire political morality of Congress before he can get at the heart of the trouble. Talking with different Senators, one gets the impression that most of them resented the Dawes speech for various reasons. The Democrats, of course, sald he behaved “like a clown.” shak- ing his fist at the Senate and shouting in a high-pitched voice. Some Repub- licans said privately they thought it was in bad taste to make a contro- versial speech on such an occasion, when Senators themselves felt in duty bound to remain silent. On any ques- tion of changing the rules, the Sena- tors feel there are two sides, and many of them would have liked to point out the safeguards in the present system, but they refrained because it was a ceremony and not a time for debate. Strong Leader Held Needed. When Mr. Dawes gets into the cloakrooms and knows the Senators well enough to slap them on the| back, he will find the resentment against his speech disappearing. If he is an impartial presiding officer he will win the esteem of the Senate, but he will find that the Senate likes to take the initiative In proposing changes in the rules and that both the Democrats and Republicans feel that on occasion they have “saved the country from disaster” by talking measures to death. The proposal to have the United States enter the World Court would not have been op- posed by the Democratic party, but would have been filibustered to death by a group of Republicans. What is needed, first, therefore, is discipline within each party and President Cool- idge in his inaugural laid before the country his doctrine of regularity which caused much favorable com- ment among both Democrats and Re- publicans. Next, the Senate needs stronger or more effective leadership, or perhaps vision. Most of the bills which failed to committee of the Senate a week or pass were abandoned by the stering 10 days ago. Some bills were The idea of holding night sessions during the short session of Congress, beginning those night sessions in January, would have jority party had it in its power to hold them and cause the Senate to have twice as much time as it did have. Whatever else may be said about the unprecedented speech of Mr Dawes, it means that he as presiding officer will take advantage of every rule that permits him to expedite business, and though he may be a little amateurish in his tactics. from the Senate viewpoint, they will get used to the “Dawes way” sooner or latter only by personal persuasion and disregarded or taken seriously as an earnest advocate of change for progress sake. He will accomplish the later, and he will either be ridiculed and not by disciplinary lectures from the rostrum. (Copsright, 192 . Some Modernist. From the American Legion Weekl. Teacher—You'll have to stay in after school and work on your geography lessor. You didn’t locate a single one of the cities. ‘Willie—I can't locate them, but I know how to tune in on the whole blame lot. Rare Tact, at That. From London Answers. Cuthbert—Father, what is tact? 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