Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-06-27
SAYS M'NAB MADE PRESIDENT
AND ATTORNEY GENERAL
EAT THEIR WORDS.
CALLS ACTION HYPOCRISY
Made His Assault SO Broad That the
Enlirc Cabinet Of Wilson
Was Included.


Representative Mann Of Illinois, the
republican leader, attacked Attorney
General McReyuolds for postponinp
the white slave cases in san Fran
cisco, criticised Commissioner GEN
eral Caminctti, Of the immigration
bureau, father Of one of the defen-
dants, and declared that District At
torney McNab had made tine presl-
dent and attorney general, not only
beg the question, but eat their words. %
Frightened rabbits" Mr.. Mann
said, never got away quicker than
the president and the attorney gen
eral when this matter was brought
up"
Worse Than OiIcnsc.
Mr., Mann declared that the prcsi-
dent and the attorney general had
permitted themselves to be used to
prevent the enforcement of great
moral reform law ana insisted that
the administration excuse for the
postponement, Offered TO cast igno-
mlny upon one official in the depart.
ment Of justice who has bravery,
courage and knowledge Of how to do
things was worse than the "or-
fense."
THE younger Caminetti is youth
ful boy Of %, with l believe, several
children" continued the speaker
"and 1t was desirable to have his
father at the trial to protect him in
his guilcless innocence, having only
seven lawyers to do 50. His father
had been appointed commissioner
general Of immigration, one of the
duties Of which office is to enforce
both the Mann and Bennett white
slave laws in reference to the depOr-
tatlcn of aliens brought here for
prostitution-a fine man to place in
that position, whose principal object
IS to leave his office in order to go
to the side of his 27-year-old son,
under trial for white slave onenses.
Is Pure Hypocrisy.
THE action now taken is pure hy-
pocrisy. Manliness, such as | would
have expected from the Christian.
moral gentleman occupying the
White House. would have required
him to ask the district attorney to
withdraw his resignation and try the
cases. he being familiar with them
They have accepted the resignation
of the district attorney and dismiss
ed the officer who worked up these
cases
II suspect the elder Camlnetti and
possibly the junior Caminetti. may
be willing to have the cases speedily
tried, when the few men who were
familiar with the case. and who
have worked It up, are fired out OF
the service before any one else has
time to learn all the circumstances of
the case"
Mr. Mann charged that the new
cabinet Of officers seemed to have
an exaggerated Importance in their
own eyes. and an exaggerated idea
of the influence of each.
Telephoned Attorney General.
"a former member OF this house"
(now Secretary WILSON,, he said,
telephones to the attorney generals
office and the attorney general saws
that without stopping to go through
the files and so refresh my rccollec-
tion concerning any particular cir
cumstance of the case, sent the
following telegram to the district at
torney ordering him to postpone the
case
What sort of department of
justice is it What kind Of an at
-orney general is it he asked. "No
doubt the attorney general is a great
lawyer and great man. But If the !
democratic administration intends to
proceed upon the theory that when !
a cabinet officer telephones the attor- |
ney general. or when some wealthy |
defendant, as happened in the West
ern Fuel case, walks into the office |
Of the attorney general and asks to |
have case postponed, 1t is done. |
here will not be many democratic |
administrations in the next 100 |
'ears"