El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-25
AsHNGToN. D. C, June Is

AZ = ASHINGTON. D. c., June Is
NJ President Wilson has tele-
graphed to United States dis
trict attorney John l. McNab, of san
Francisco, acceptance Of the latter's
resignation, the form of which the
president characterized "an inexcusabIe
lntlmatiOu of injustice and WrOn gdoing'
on the part OF attorney general Nc
Reynolds In letter to the attorney
general the president eXOnerated him
from blame and adopted Mr.. Nc
REYNOLDS suggestion that the Camin-
etu-Diggs and the Western Fuel com
Pany cases De prosecuted Immediately
by special counsel for the government
Heney May Prosecute Case.
W mite house OmlclalS announced that
the president would confer with the
attorney general about the appoint
ment Of special prosecutors and that
the president had in mind Francis j..
Heneys Progressive Republican, who
prosecuted the famous san Francisco
graft trials; Matt j. Sullivan, Demo
craL who assisted Mr.. Heney in the
Reuf trial and Thomas Hayden, Demo
crat, a former assistant city attorney
or san francisco 1t was said that at
least two of these three men, and pos
sibly all, would be selected to take
charge not only of the Camiuetti-
Diggs white slave cases. but the West
ern Fuel company indictments also.
President FavOrs Heney.
President Wilson and attorney gen
eral McReynolds had an early confer
cutor
President Wilson's attitude was said
at the white house to be that the selec-
ton of capable counsel to carry the
cases to trial was sufficient demon
stratiOn OF the sincere wish Of the adj
minis tratlon. 10 nave vigorous prose
cutiOn.
1t is president wilson's intention to
get Francis j. Heney to take the cases
if possible. He is regarded as being es-
pecially desirable because he has no pO-
litical interests with the administra-
with the selection Of a prosecutor
and AcNab's resignation, the white
house VIII consider the cases a closed
incident
..InexcusabIe Intimation.o
The president photographed Mr.. Nc
Nab as follows:
"JnO. L. AcNab, Esq.
San Francisco, Calf
CT greatly regret that you should
have acted so hastily and under so
complete misappreHens'o of the actual
circumstances, but since you have
chosen such a course and have given
your resignation the form of an mex
cusaDle lnt1marOn of in justice and
periOr, release you without hesitation
and accept your resignation to take
effect at once
(Signed) woodrow wilson"
Wilson Sustains 5IcReynOIds.
Attorney general McReynOldsS state
ment that he ordered a pOstpOnement
of the cases as an ordinary procedure
in criminal trials, without anticipating
that ANY fair minded man" would at
tribute ''malign motive" to him was
acknowledged by the president in this
letter.
My Dear Attorney General;
ALLOW me to acknowledge with sin
cere appreciation your letter, giving me
q full account OF the way in which the
department of justice has dealt with
the Diggs- Caminetti and the Western
Fuel company cases. pending in Cali
fOrnia, and transmitting the documents
connected with the two cases necessary
for their elucidation. I am entirely
satisfied that the course you took in
both cases was prompted by sound and
impartial judgment and @ clear instinct
for what was fair and right. approve
your course very heartily and without
hesitation.
VIII Press Prosecution.
But I agree with you that what we
may think of what has been done does
not relieve US of the obligation to press
these cases with the utmost diligence
and energy.
Il approve very heartily of your
suggestion that. in the circumstances.
special counsel be employed, the ablest
that we can obtain. I viii be very glad
to confer with you about the selection.