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cept his recommendations that these cases
be tried promptly, but wherever there are
States they applaud and approve his
course. despite the sratuitous and unde-
served reprimand Of the President OF the
United States.
Should Have Been Told to Proceed.
MI. Kahn said that after McNab's
resignation had been received at the
White House with the statement OF his
reasons for not wanting q postponenent
OF the white slave cases. the big broad
gauge thing to have been done would
have been to telegraph McNab that
mistake had been made-to go ahead with
the prosecutions:
1T would have been a powerful demon
stration OF the Presidents determination
to support public official who was try
ing zealously. courageously. to do his
DUTY du IN, n,otwithstanding the pressure OF
added
Mr.. Kahn was satirical in his charac-
terization OF Attorney General Mercy
district attorney has resigned, and I am
shedding no tears"
This was published after McNab's long
telegram stating that Q pull had been at
work was published:
eff the Attorney General made such a
hippant statement to Mr.. McNabs seri-
GUS charges" declared Representative
Kahn, and have never seen any denial
from any source whatever. he made an
when an ofhcial. no matter how exalted,
can whistle down the wind with a super
cilious sheer charges OF as serious a ma
ture a. were contained in McNab's tele-
gram Of June 81
why the President saw ut to scold and
censure Mr.. McNab and at the same
time adopt his policy Of proceeding
promptly with the prosecution OF these
cases passes all comprehension. II
McNab did right in insisting on the early
dent and the Attorney General now
adopt his views and insist that the cases
must be tried promptly and at an early
date-why should McNab have been
censured? II insidious political pull was
being successfully used to cause the At
OF the cases. why should the censure not
have fallen upon the shoulders of the
Attorney General? These are some OF
the questions that the people OF this
country are asking themselves. These
are some OF the things the people want to
know.
Tho Attorney General says that on
May 16 he wired McNab. directing him
to forward q full report and take nc
further Affirmative action in the cases
until further advised. This telegram was
sent on the evening of Friday. May 16
is no copy Of 1t in the papers sent by the
Attorney General to the committee on
the judiciary. The report Of the COM
mittee on the judiciary does not contain
copy Of this telegram. SO l naturally
assume that no copy was retained. II
was sent on the evening of Friday. May
16. from the Attorney Generals hotel
Why was 1t sent? Why was it sent
from his hotel? Why was 1t not sent
from the Attorney Generals office in the
Department Of Justice? At whose instl-
CATION was 1t sent? Did some one call
upon the Attorney General at his hotel
and try to exert insidious political pull
in having the cases postponed? Were
the friends OF Diggs responsible for 1t.
or were the friends of Caminetti respon-
sible for 1t?
Turning for a moment from the Can't
netti case, Mr.. Kahn referred to the
Diggs case. He said:
But while all this influence was being
exerted for the postponement of the case
of young Caminetti, what subtle and in
sidious influence was working the pc.
litical pull for young Maury Diggs? That
has not appeared anywhere on the sur
face. Young Diggs is the nephew OF
State Senator Diggs Of California. He
for the unfortunate escapade. 1t does
not appear. anywhere that his relatives
were so occupied with governmental at
fairs, at Washington or elsewhere, that
they could not attend his trial. Then
why did the Attorney General order a
postponement in that case? And why
was the Diggs case always coupled with
the Caminetti case? 1t does not appear
in any of the records. SO far as have
been able to learn. that the young men
were to be tried jointly. And If the At
torney General had really become con-
WINGED that the presence of the elder
Caminetti was absolutely necessary in
Washington. why did he cause the hand
of Mr.. McNab to be stayed in the Digs
case? That also is a query the answer
to which the country and those who have
absolute faith in Mr.. McNab's honesty
and probity would like to know. But
the official records submitted to this
House and taken from the files Of the
Department Of Justice are a blank upon
that phase OF the controversy. Truly. in
seriousness was never more patent than
in the matter Of what might be con-
sidered an indefinite postponement OF the
case Of Maury Diggs."