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...against Messrs. Doheny, Fall, Sinclair. Last week, the indictments were thrown out of court by Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy of the District of Columbia Supreme Court on a technical point (an assistant to the Attorney General had unlawfully appeared before the investigating Special Grand Jury). Mr. McCoy, a Democrat appointed by President Wilson, is credited with knowing the law well. His technical point will presumably be sus- tained when Messrs. Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts, Government counsel, appeal to a higher court. The Government will then be left the choice of abandoning criminal proceedings or seeking new indictments...
...Socialist, Democrat and Catholic Parties, or Weimar coalition (socalled because these parties secured the passage at Weimar of the Republican Consitution in 1919), true to prediction, joined forces in support of coalition Candidate Wilhelm Marx, ex-Chancellor and leader of the Catholic Party. The Socialists gave in on condition that their leader, Herr Otto Braun, ex-Minister President (Premier) of Prussia, be re-elected as head of the Prussian Government. This was conceded and effected. The Democrats, opposed to a fusion with the Socialists, at first flirted with the Monarchists, but to no avail; later they definitely joined the Catholics...
When the Senate convenes in December, this appointment must be resubmitted. That there will be a dramatic fight is improbable. First, Mr. Woodlock, a Democrat, cannot be rejected unless all Democratic Senators, both North and South, leagued with all Insurgents, vote against him. Second, there is likely to be another vacancy in the nine-chaired table, to which Mr. Coolidge will appoint a Southerner, thus removing the sting from their objections...
Messrs. Bower and McKenzie were strenuous advocates of acceptance of the Henry Ford bid. Democrat Dial rendered some assistance to the Administration in the last Congress. All five will receive a minimum compensation of $30 per diem...
Willy Hellpach (Democrat...