El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-29
CONGRESS PROBES
WHITE SLAVE CASE
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Their advices from the attorney general
The committee report sets forth that
the attorney general had supplied a
I !.3IegS15s y, which read as follows:
san Francisco, Cal
please write me fully concerning
the charges against Caminetti ana
Digs, and take no affirmative action
IN respect to same until you receive
orders from me. Answer.
'3icReynolds, Attorney General"
Accompanying the telegram was a
memorandum showing ii was sent by
the attorney general personally on the
Kahn to Debate Case.
Presenting the papers, the judiciary
resolution be tabled, since its purpose
had been accomplished
On that report chairman Clayton ar
ranged for five hours debate to allow
| representative Kahn and others to dis
! cuSS all circumstances OF the Can't
netti case.
Representative Kahn pointed out
that the telegram holding up the
/ trials was sent more than month
before secretary Wilson asked the at
| torney general for delay.
1t was evidently necessary to
Whitewash the action of the attorney
general" said Kahn, discussing presi-
dent wilson's action in the cases.
instead of having been condemned
McNab should have been commended by
the president. If the president had
called on him to withdraw his resig-
nation and proceed with the trial of
these cases he would have made him
self infinitely stronger with his coun-
try men.
1t has long been believed by the
masses that there is one kind of law
he Ri ord h.. oil 11rrr
I full in this country and another kind
OF law for the poor and weak. The
7. action of the department in the Diggs-
Caminetti cases and the Western Fuel
company cases would seem to stamp
these charges as true.
McNab did the country a signal
service when he refused to be a party
to the program that would give verf-
slmilitude to the statement that Diggs
C2minetu and the Western Fuel COM
Pany directors, being rich or political
IS powerful. could secure delay and
thus possibly defeat justice"
Mcclellan Answers kahn.
Representative Mcclellan, OF Ten
nessee, one of the Democrats who
steadfastly opposed discussion of the
case, characterized representative
Kahn's speech as "a political har-
rangue," and declared that every
member is disappointed by the failure
OF the gentleman from California to
produce that exposure which we all
expected" The house was wasting
time spending five hours discussing so
lnconsequential a matter of petty
politics. he declared.
Henry Urges Another Probe.
Investigation of secretary McAdoo's
charges that New York bankers have
organized campaign to depress the
price OF government two percent bonds
was demanded in statement issued
today by representative Henry, aid to
the socalIed insurgent Democrats on the
house banking committee.
Chairman Glass, however. declared
the committee had its hands full con-
SlderlnS the currency bill and did not
propose TO be diverted. He and other
members of the committee, however
retarys opinion as TO the reason for
WrangIc Over Currency.
Democrats of the house banking and
currency committee have agreed TO al
low themselves two weeks more OF
rency bill
The committee members voted to
authorize the chairman to TASK for a
caucus Of the party TO be called on
august II, to act upon such a report
on on the pending currency bill as win
then be made" Further than this the
members directed the chairman to maxi
the meeting
The supporters of the administration
Dill, having failed in weeks of discus
sion and argument to win over three or
four opponents of the measure among
the Democrats of the committee. have
decided to proceed without them and
allow those dissatisfied with the meas
ure to carry their fight to the house
caucus This will throw into the caucus
the entire fight over the socalIed insur-
gent amendments, providing for cotton
corn ana wheat currency as framed
oy representative Henry, of Texas. and
representative RagsdaIe, of South Car
DINA
g. H., IL
ference refused to allow the debate TO
be made public. 1t then was voted TO
enJoin secrecy as to the proceedings on
every member Of the conference.