Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-26
M'REYN0[DS' NAME
CLEARED OF UGLY
CHARGES BY N NAB
President Fully Exonerates At
torney General and CritiCises
Retiring District Prose-
Cutor.
WILL PUSH CASES THROUGH
Frances j. Heney May Be
Named to Handle Prosecu-
tions-Insinuations Inex-
cusable, Says Wilson.

IyG1IlSU w I0SSSA
tions-Insinuations 1nex-
cusable, Says Wilson.
Washington, June 26.--Having COM
pletely exoneratea Attorney General
McReynolds of the charge of having
Welded to .rich and powerful in
fluences' i'm the postponement of the
cases of Drew Caminetti and Maury
Diggs, charged with white slavery and
the Western Fuel Oil company cases
President Wilson today set about the
selection of attorneys To push thesse
cases OF prompt conclusions. Francis j.
Heney. the noted San Francisco lawer
and progressive is the presidents choice
for handling the prosecutions selec-
tion of an attorney to try the cases in
the federal court at San Francisco will
be announced today.
McReynolds Exonerated.
President Wilson last night gave to
the press a statement and letters in
which he accepted the resignation of
District Attorney McNab, of San Fan
cisco and cleared Mr.. McTeynoids'
name of the charges which he pro-
inounced IAN inexcusablc intimation of
injustice and wrong doing" Mr.. Nc
Reynolds previously had explained to
the president that he postponed the
Caminetti-Di Diggs case at the request OF
Secretary of Labor Wilson who de-
clared 1t would embarrass his work to
have Anthony Caminetti. father of one
of the defendants who recently WAS
appointed immigration commissioner,
called away from Washington at this
time.
The attorney general also explained
that the Western Puel OH case Was
postponed for reasons set forth by his
assistnnY MIR. Harr who quest io,sed the
completely of certain of the defendants
and wanted further time for the prose
cutlon of Investigations he had UNDER
taken.
Owing to the fact that his actions ls,d
been misconstr,sed by HclIab he urged
prompt and vigorous prosecution of the
two cases and the selection OF an out
side attorney TO try them
Washington Relieved.
With the wheeks OF the department
| of justice grinding again OH the cele-
bpated case. administration officials
| made no effort to conceal their relief
! oghcial Washington reflected that feel.
isss Probably no issue with wiirl
President Wilson has had TO deal since
his inauguration has attracted suf
widespread attention.
The attitude of White House officials
today in declining to comment on the
latest declaration of the federal grand
jury in San Francisco and the attacks
of former United States Attorney Me
Nab on Attorney General McIteNnolds
was that the action of the president
| and the attorney general in ordering
| tho cases to trial speaks for itself. II
was the official view that, however
mistaken Mr. McReynolds' cursors
| view of the situation on which Ire or
dered postponement, his action was
fro,
| 1T was pointed out that tho correspond
ence made public at tho White House
| last night shows that the attorney
general himself had reversed his opin
ion and been approved by the pres
| ident.
The Official View.
| President Wilson'S attitude TODAY
| was said at the White House To b.
| that the selection of capable ceunse
fi..icnt demonstration of the sincere
wish of the administration TO have 8
hvigorouS prosecution
II was President Wilson'S intention
to get Francis J. H"nev to take Tho
cases if possible. He IS regarded ss
being especially desirable because ll'
has no political interests with the ad-
1'hnnEls Hayden also were u7ylsr con
sheration and Representatives Ken
| and Baker have been mcntkn1d u.
po~eibs. selections Secretary laale,
personal friend of Heney's. HAS beer
asked TO use his influence ~ persuade
| that klVNer to undertake the work.
With the sekc,ion of Il ppcsecutol
and Ac Nah's resignation. the Whit'
HOUSE viii consider the cases a sLo.set
incident.
Wilson Scores MeNab.
| N'oGllipfrtou G. TlL,lp 1gt3-I0ht
| L.. 1icNab Esl, SAN Francisco, Cal:
grcailH regret that you slsusi haze ;Gte'
| 50 hastily and upscr so complete mis-
| apprehension of the actual circumstances
| but sing. You have chosen such a eours-
and have given your resignation he form
Of an inexcusable intimatbon of injusie
/ pnrior. release you without hesitation
and accept your resignation. 10 take cf
| feet at once. Woodrow Wilson.
Attorney General McReyrohfs' state
rnent that he ordered postponement o
these eases. without anything that IAN.
] fair minded man would attr,rlte "a ma
Ilign mov.' 10 him. was acknowledged b.
the president IN this letter:
| June "a ial3.-My Dear Attorney Cen
oral: Allow mo 10 acknowledges with sin
| core appreciation your letter of today Civ
| Ing me full account of the way in whicl
the department of justice has dealt will
| the Disgs- Caminetti and TIN. Western F'ue
company cases, pending in California, an4
transmitting the documents conrectst
With tie two cases necessary for tlr.i
,4ucLlation. ! am entirely satisfied tina
the course you took in respect to tn
cases was prompted by sound and i'm
partial iudgnen, and cLear instinct 70
what was fair and right. | approve you
course very heartily and without l.etsta
tlon. But ] agree with you that what w
! may think of what has been done doc.
not relieve u. from tfss obligation co pres,
t,eee cases with the utmost eiliapn.-e am
cr-.rgy approve very hsaltily of you
suggestion that, under the sireu,nstarsoe: g:
special Counsel be employed the ahlss
| that We can obtain. I will be very gh
to confer with you about tise ..e!sctk4l
| llcl,t that YOU will do this witleeH DELAY
am very glad indeed. thai you are civ
ing ycsir personal attention to the i'm
mediate. and d!ligent pssetuFnon of II.
caeas which agree with you N regarcsin
as OF serious Importance from every poin
of view Sincerely yours.
Woodrow Wilson
/ HOUSE DEMOCRATS CAUCUS.
4 Washington, June 35.-The rfva