"LODGE & CURTIS DISCUSS SITUATION WITH COOLIDGE"

SENATE RESOLUTION CALLING FOR DENBY OUSTER ENTERS FINAL STAGE

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On February 11, 1924, The Evening Star reports the United States Senate debate on the proposed resolution calling for the resignation of Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby* has entered its final stage.

The debate, which according to the Star has grown in bitterness, concerns the Secretary's involvement in the leasing of oil reserves (Teapot Dome).  

Pending the expected approval of the resolution, leaders Henry Cabot Lodge** (R-Massachusetts) and Charles Curtis*** (R-Kansas) discussed the matter at the White House with President Calvin Coolidge.

The White House has indicated, however, that while Congress does have the constitutional power of impeachment, it does not have the authority to ask for the resignation of a cabinet official.

*Edwin Denby resigned as Secretary of the Navy on May 10, 1924.

**Senator Lodge died on November 9, 1924.

***Senator Curtis served as Vice-President of the United States under Herbert Hoover. 

SOURCE

"Coolidge Confers With Party Chiefs As Senate Nears Denby Ouster," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., February 11, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/ 

 

 

Edwin Denby & Josephus Daniels

National Photo Company

Library of Congress

"LEGISLATIVE PROSPECTS IN PRESENT SESSION"

HARDING CONFERS WITH REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP ON PROGRAM

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On January 5, 1922, President Warren G. Harding "called into conference...a group of Senate Republican leaders for a prolonged discussion of legislative prospects in the present session of Congress."

The leaders attending included Senators Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr., Charles Curtis, James Watson, and Porter McCumber*.   The topics discussed with the President by the Republican leadership included the tariff, and proposed bonus for servicemen.

The New York Tribune reports that after the conference another such meeting was to be scheduled because "conclusions had not been reached."

*Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr. (1850-1924) R-Massachusetts, Charles Curtis (1860-1936) R-Kansas, James Eli Watson (1864-1948) R-Indiana, Porter J. McCumber (1858-1933) R-North Dakota.

SOURCE

"Harding Meets Senate Leaders Over Program," The New York Tribune, January 6, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/ 

 

 

 United States Senate Seal

U.S. Capitol

Photo by John White (2003)