REJECTED AGAIN

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 March 1925, Page 5

REJECTED AGAIN

WARR.FIN'S APPOINTM ENT.

SENATE v. PRESIDENT CONTEST.

A BITTER FIGHT,

BY GABLE- PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPi RIGHT WASHINGTON, March 16.

President Oooliilge hastened another defeat in the sensationally bitter personal controversy between himself and the. Senate- when the latter again rejected the nomination of Mr. Charles H, Warren as Attorney-General, throwing back on White House for a. second time in a, week the President’s personal choice of a member of his own Cabinet. The Senate’s action is a direct challenge to Mr. Coolidge to fulfil his threat to give Mr. Warren a recess appointment in defiance of the Senate's advice anil concent. The vote to-day was 46 to 39 against t]ie Jconfirmation .of the appointment, compared with a. vote of 41 to 39 taken on March 10. Included in, to-day’s cliviison, in addition to- the Democratic bloc totalling! 35, were ten Republicans and one Fanner-Labourite. The heavier vote against Mr. Warren on this occasion was due to- the presence of Democratic Senators, who had not voted previously. Tire vote followed four hours’ acrimonious debate, which by agreement wa§ divided equally between the pro ponemts and the opponents of the appointment, and in which no seimtoi was allowed to speak for more than thirty minutes. Crowded galleries anu an. interested audience closely followed the'contest.

Senator Gillett, himself a. Republican, warned the Senate that it was not so popular with the people that it could afford to risk a conflict, with the President, who hail been elected by the greatest popular vote in histoiy. On the other hand Senator Borah, whale admitting that it was tine that the. Senate had in. the past permitted the President to- name his Cabinet without interference, claimed that this constituted a dereliction of duty on the part of the Senate, which ought to be ended. He pointed out the scandalsi in the- Department of Justice during the Dougherty administration as. a support for the argument that the Senate should have a voice in the selection of the members.of Cabinet. He justified a plain, home talk in. the Senate anil the action of those members who were attacking the stand taken by Mr Coolidge, and were condemning his attitude by means of resolution. It is stated' in. some quarters that, the Senate preferred. to continue the sos si on indefinitely in order to defeat Mr. Coolidge’s proposed plan to give Mr. Warrert a recess appointment, because if the Senate is sitting there is nothing to prevent Mr. Coolidge from submitting the name of a. further nominee. Meantime the .administration leaders are conferring with Air. CoolicVe and Mr. Warren, who Is a weekend truest at White House. The President’s next move is now awaited with interest