The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-27
Important Correspondence Made Public at White House Last
 Night.
METHODS OF ATTORNEYS
THOSE OF THE DEFENSE ARE SERIOUSLY QUESTIONED.


 Newspaper Reporter by an Attorney for the Packers-Government Desir- ous of Allowing the Public Full In- formation on the SituatIOn--The Correspondence in Full
 Washington, Jan. 26.-By authority of President Roosevelt, correspondence was made public at the White house this evening relating to methods all legged to have been employed by attor- neys for the beef packers, who are un- der indictment at Chicago, to influence public opinion on the behalf of the packers.
 The documents consist of communi- cation made to Attorney General Moody by United States District Attor- ney Morrison of Chicago setting out certain alleged facts regarding the pay ment of sum of money to a Chicago newspaper reporter by one of the at torneys for the beef packers; a letter of the attorney general to the pres- dent, transmitting MT. Morrison's re- port, expressing the opinion that no way existed under the law by which the alleged offense could be punished; and letter from the president to the attorney general directing the publi- cation of the correspondence in order that the public might be informed of one situation, at least. which the gov ernment has to meet in prosecuting the case against the packers.
 The correspondence in full follows, with the exception of certain exhibits in District Attorney Morrison's report which were not furnished:
 Office of the the Attorney General
 Washington D. C., Jan. 25, 1906
 Sir: I forward herewith the report of MT. Morrison, the United States at torney at Chicago, showing that one of the counsel of the defendants in the in dictment against the beef packers has given a sum of money to a reporter of the Chicago Inter Ocean engaged in re- porting the proceedings in that case, and unsuccessfully attempted to give & sum of money to another reporter of the City Press of Chicago who declin- ed to receive it. Tn view of the fact that the articles of the reporter of the Inter-Ocean have been misleading, con- tain many false statements of fact and have been circulated widely through out the country I deem it proper to bring the subject to your attention. Under the statute which rigidly re- strlcts the power of the federal courts to punish for contempt of court there seems to be no remedy. I am advised by the district attorney that proceed ings for disbarment of the offending attorney would not be likely to prevail fin the federal courts.
 "I await your instructions with ref erence to the subject if you hayve ane 10 give.
 ''Very respectfully,
 "William H. Moody,
 Attorney General" 'Tbe president, the White House." 'Department of Justice Office of Unit ed States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois; 537 Monadnock Block.
 Chicago, Jan. IS, 1906. ,"The Attorney General, Washington,
 D. G.:
 "Sir-I have the honor to say that on the twenty-seventh day of December, 1905, Judge George W. Brown. who is one of the attorneys for the packers in the 'beef-trust case, gave to a Mr Hasler, who is a reporter for the Inter- Ocean and who reports the proceedings of the beef trust case, a certain amount of money, ostensibly as a Christmas present-the exact amount l do not knoW-and directed him to give one hundred dollars of it to MT. El- well, who is reporter for the City Press of Chicago, and who is also de- tailed to report the court proceedings in this case, and whose reports are used by all of the newspapers of Chi cago and largely by the Associated Press MT. Hasler had inttmated to MT. Eiwell before the day that he was going to receive a present, and on that day met him in the corridor of the fed eral building and handed him one hun dred dollars. MT. Elwen declined to take 1t and he pushed 1t into his pocket with Judge Browns card and told MT. Elwell that Judge Brown had sent it to him. Elwell went to his employer and told him about it, and his employer told him to take the money and give it to Judge Brown, which he did, and Judge Brown told him that he did not mean anything by it, that he just wanted to make him a Christmas present. then requested Captain Porter to have an interview with Mir. Hasler, which he did. and I herewith enclose a report of Captain Porter's interview, marked ex- hibit IA
 "On the fourth of January there ap- peared in the Inter-Ocean the article, which I herewith enclose, marked ex- hibit B. This article was also sent, with Captain Porter's report, to Chief Wilkie.
 'sThis morning an article appeared in the Inter Ocean. copy of which I
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