The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-15

Ia further questions. what MIR Law
Ter prepared was what might bc
termed a suggested form OF letter
which the president could adopt II he
saw fit. u practice of every day occur
renee In the executive departments"
Mr. wickersham said he preferred
not To discuss the matter, as II would
be manifcsty improper for him to do
SO before he had seen the presidcnt
However. In his recent letter to Chair
man Parker Of the house committee
on judiciary. Mr. Wickersham said the
president had before him when he act
ed on the charges. documents and
rough notes. lie said that he had art
erwards compiled at the presidents
direction the summary which the res.
oution of Representative Harrison of
New York. If adopted. would direct
him to furnish. Mr.. Wickersham
wrote Mr.. Parker that the resolution
seemed To be an inquiry into the de-
tails Of the intercourse between the
attorney general and the president.
which 1t would be neither competent
nor seemly for either house to at
tempt
Three Requests.
Mr.. Wickersham said he had RE-
ccived three requests for Information
bearing on the subject In his posses
sion and that he thought they had
been complied with to the full extent
that propriety would admit He said
that he, nevertheless. instructed his
search of his files and today the Law
Ter letter was found.
Mr.. Wickersham said the memoran-
dunn had been entirely overlooked In
his previous communications To the
/ committee. As soon as 1t was found
Mr.. Wickersham said he sent the let
ter To Senator Nelson.
The attorney general said that the
Lawler letter had been handed to him
by Lawler on September II and that
he left II with the president at Beverly
the next day
Assistant Attorney General Lawler
said that. ~ the matter involved his
relations with the president. he could
not discuss II without the presidents
permission Personally. he said. he
was perfectly willing to make "A reply
but he did not consider such an ac-
tion would be respectful To the prcsi-
dent unless he had obtained his con
sent.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Pierce and Don NJ. Carr declined Ia
comment on Kerby's statement II. g
I'inney, assistant to the secretary ol
the interior. declared that kerby's AS
sertion that he uFinney) took part In
any conference on the subject of the
I.awler memorandum was a lie
Attorney Brandes. counsel for CLAW
Is. has made several efforts 10 obtain
the Lawler memorandum and has
promised II would appear So similar To
the presidents letter Of September ~
as to prove that 1t formed the basis of
the presidents. letter Of eSoncraion.
Attention was called to tha E1"tuo-
randum by Mr.. Brandcis when he be
gan cross examination of Fred Den
nett, commissioner of the general land
office. late this afternoon before the
investigating committee,
bennett denied that he knew of II
or that he had any conference or cor
respondence with Attorney General
Wickersham In reference to the sum
mary of the CLAWS charges which Mr..
Wickersham prepared for the presi-
dent His statement that he took no
part in the conference previous to the
preparation of the I.awler letter was
flat contradiction of Kerby's state
ment.
The subject was passed over for the
time being. Referring 10 Mr.. Ballin-
gers statement ON examination
that he had not finished killing
snakes" Mr.. Brandeis asked the com
missioner II there was feeling among
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