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BITTERLY ASSAlLS
WILSON4N DEBATE.
Congressman Criticises Course
in White Slave Case.
HINTS At POLITICAL PULL
Kahn Declares McNab Did Country
Service by Refusing to Be Party
to DeIay of Trial.

Kahn Declares McNab DID country
Service by Refusing to Be Party
to Delay of Trial.
Washington, July 30-An agreement
finally was reached in the house Tor
discussion of the Camlnettl-Dlgss
white slave controversy, which was
responsible for a Republican flibuster
for the past ten days.
Five hours of debate was agreed on,
with the time equally divided between
the two sides of the chamber. Repre-
sentative Kahn, OF California, opened
the debate with bitter attack upon
the administration for ordering post
ponement OF the white slave case.
Weary of the obstructive tactics, the
Democrats had brought in a report
from the judiciary committee on a res
olution by Representative Kahn calling
for a telegram from the attorney gen
eral, May 16, to McNab.
The committee report set forth that
the attorney general had supplied
telegram, which read as follows:
"McNab, United Safes District At
torney, San Francisco, Cal.-Please
write me fully concerning the charges
against Caminetti and Diggs and take
no affirmative action in respect OF the
same until you receive advices from
me. Answer. McREYNOLDS,
Attorney General"
Accompanying the telegram was
memorandum showing that it was sent
by the attorney general personally or
the evening of May Is.
Mr.. Kahn pointed out that the tele
gram holding up the trials was SEM
more than a month before Secretary
Wilson asked the attorney general fol
delay why was this telegram SEN
rom his hotel?" he demanded. 'Did
some one call upon the attorney gen
-ral at his hotel and try to exert in
;idious political pull in having the
Eases postponed?'
1t was evidently necessary te
whitewash the action OF the attorney
general" said Kahn, discussing Presi
dent Wilson's action in the case. why
the president saw fit to scold and cen
sure McNab and at the same time
adopted his policy of proceeding
promptly with the cases passes al
compi CLEMSON. If McNab did right
in insis inc on the early trial of these
cases-and both the president and the
attorney general now adopt his views
and insist that the cases must be
tried promptly and a, an early date
why should McNab have been cen
being successfully used to cause the
attorney general to order postpone
ment of the cases, why should the cen
sure not have fallen upon the should
ers OF the attorney general?
1T has lon, been believed by the
masses that there is one kind of law
for the rich and the politically power
full in this country and another kline
of law for the poor and weak. The
action OF the department in the Diggs
Caminetti cases and the Western Fue
company cases would seem to STAMP
these charges as true.
"McNab did the country a sigma
service WneH he IeluSeu " De party
to a program that would have given
verisimilitude to the statement that
Diggs, Caminetti and the Western
Fuel company directors, being rich OF
politically powerful, could secure de
lay and thus possibly defeat Justice"
Representative McKeller, OF Tennes
see, one OF the Democrats who stead.
tasty opposed discussion of the case,
characterized Ny Kahn's speech as q
political harangue," and declared:
Every member is disappointed by the
failure of the gentleman from Califor-
MIA to produce that exposure which we
all expected" The house was wasting
time spending five hours discussing so
'inconsequential matter of petty pol.
tiles" he declared