The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-26

Los Angeles. Cal, May 25.--In Pres
ldent TattS statement answering the
charges Of Stenographer Frederick
M Re by, the president turned am
other spot light on Oscar Lawler,
Kerby having turned one the first one
when he charged Lawler wrote the
opinion upon which TAFT based his
whitewash Of Ballnger. Taft In his
statement said
H. therefore, requested Mr. I.aWler
to prepare al opinion ton the Claws
charges against BallingeD as II he
were president
This being the only time in the re-
corded history OF the United States
that D subordinate officer in the gov.
ernment has been handed the presl-
dental proxy, everything about Law
Ter becomes interesting, Who Is Law
Ter? What IS Lawler? Why is Law
ies? are a few Of the many questions
which millions OF Americans have
probably been asking during the week
that Lawlot has occupied the center
Of the stage in Washington.
Lawler is an assistant attorney gen
eral assigned to duty IN the depart
ment OF the interior, his official title
boing law officer of the interior de-
partment. LaWler has held the pos
tion during the TAFT administration.
PIior TO that time he had been
United States district attorney for the
southern district OF California, Tie
fact of this district attorneyshlp IN
California Is sufficient proof for any
one familiar with California political
conditions, that the Southern Pacific
interests were not unfriendly to Law
lcr, The Southern Pacific crowd has
controlled the destinles, named the
candidates and stood sponsor for the
federal appointees OF the Republican
party In California for so many years
that the oldest inhabitant can not re-
member when it was not so.
From the Southern Pacific with the
alliances through the common inter-
ests with the Morgan-Guggenheim
power trust, big business groups, to
Oscar Lawlcr United States district
attorney for the southern district oil
California was but one step to the
time he held thai Job, exactly as to-
day from the Southern Pacific and
chose alliances to Oscar Lawler law
office Of tho interior department
who wrote Secretary Ballingers ex.
oneraiion "as If he were president"
Is but one step.
That step is Senator Frank r Flint
Of California
Who Is F.int2
Whoever heard of Flint before he
suddenly Announced IN 1905 as Calf
fofnias choice for the United States
senate. Los Angeles had because he
was United States district attorney
there for awhile. A few people OF
California outside Of Los Angeles
knew of him, that was all
AT the time OF his election Flint was
Junior membee OF a firm Of lawyers
ID Los Angeles. which handled South
I'm Pacific railroad business. That
was the truth stating 1t blnntly. The
southern Pacific picked out Flint for
The United States senate. The South
ern Pacific political ring IN Los AM
geles, headed by Walter f. Parker
was notified. OF course Flint was Ell
ected II there was any doubt as to
who TUNED the trick for him il was
dispelled when, in a speech before
the Los ANGLER chamber OF com.
merce Flint said IT affords me
pleasure TO say it, and the state
nent may be interpreted as broadly
as il IS possible 20 do so, that | owe
my election as much to Walter y.
Parker as TO all other men and in
fluences combined
Owed some TO Lawier.
However much Flint may have
owed to Paker, he did not owe all
of his success at the polls to the
Southern Pacific machine leader Par
6er had three very capable Ileutenants
durlng the campaign Of Flint Two oi
them Ke.e Leo YouEgwcrth aud Not
ley Flint, a brother OF the senator
The other one was Oscar LaWlef
After Flint went to the senate
Young worth became United States
marshal Fl.nt the brother, became
postmaster at Los Angeles, ana youni
Oscar Lawler, who had risen from {
bellDoy in the California club 10 ;
clerk in the law office OF Flint, be
came United States d.stsict attorpe.
for the southern district Of Callfornii
This same Lawler is the man showi
by Frederick VI. Kerbys statemea
to haze dictated Tafts letter exon
Grating BallInger Of the CLAWS charge
that he clear-listed the Cunningham
Alaskan claims, which were option
cd TO the Guggenheims, and then I
have assisted IN the bhfning Of th
rough drafts, proving thai ne wrot
the letter.
When Lawler moved up from Uni
- SlaseS ale'rirs attc4.nny ~ IN
southern district OF California TO th
ASSISTANT attorney generalship to tn
Inte Ior department. as law office
the observing Ii Los Angeles sal
i'Fllnte FlIat meant simply sonther