The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-01
Won't Make Public White
Slave" Letters. :
DRYAN DEFENDS M'REYNOLDS.
Attorney General Gives to House Ju-
dietary Committee All Inform alton
In California Cases-Subcom-
nttee Will Sort Out
the Evidence.


If all the correspondence in the Cami-
netti-Diggs white slave" case was
made public il would embarrass the
prosecution of the California young
men. Representative Henry d. Clayton,
chairman of the house judiciary COM
mttee. announced that only such mat
ter as the committee deemed advisable
to submit would be given to the house
this week when a report Is made.
This decision was arrived at after O
conference with James G. McReynolds,
attorney general, who turned over to-
the committee every scrap of informa-
ton in the possession of the depart
ment of Justice.
Secretary Bryan came to the defense
of Attorney General McReynoTds in
statement answering demands chat Mr.
McReynolds resign from the cabinet
on account of his part in the postpone
ment of the California trials of Cam
inetti and Diggs, charged with viola
ton of the white slave law, and Of
Smith and Bruce, charged with frauds
against the customs revenues.
Secretary Bryan thinks there is no
occasion for Mr.. McReynolds to re-
sign. He says also that neither can
Secretary Wilson be fairly blamed"
for requesting the attorney general to
postpone the trial of young Caminetti.
As for Immigration Commissioner Cen
eral Carainetti, Mr.. Bryan holds that
It is both unjust and ungenerous" to
demand i, III -
his sons conduct.
In accordance with the custom, the
Judiciary committee referred the 1880
luton of inquiry introduced by Repre-
sentative Julius Kahn of California
to tae attorney general before acting
upon them, and it was this act which
caused Mr.. McReynolds to send all the
papers to the committee in order that
the members might judge for them
selves what was best to do in the
matter.
ClaytUr's Statement.
Mr.. Clayton IN his statement said:
The judiciary committee had under COM
sf1eratiUn the resolution relating to the
postponeInent OF the trial Of the case
against the Western Fuel company di-
reetors and ]. G. Wilson and also the
resolutions relating to the postponement of
the trial of the cases against Dfggs and
CaminettE The chairman called the at
tention Of the attorney general as had
BEEN customary In such cases, to these
resolutions and invited from him any sug-
gestions that he might deem proper to
make. In response to the suggestion OF
the. chairman the attorney general trans
mittedi all the papers on fife in his office
re1 1afi inCr IN, AVksn
Tie attorney general in his note to the
chairman Of the committee said that a
few days ago he wrote the president a
full statement in regard to the continu-
ance- of the Diggs- -Camfuettf case and
sent the papers to- the president with re-
quest that he give them careful considera-
tlon, that they haG been returned to him
and that he sends them to the committee.
He also stated that he sent the complete
! files of the papers in his department re-
| lating to the prosecution Of the Western
| Fuel company directors.
The committee examined these papers
and reached the conclusion that some If
| them related solely to the merits of the
prosecutions themselves and In no wise
| related to the matter of their continuance
or either of thsml the continuance OF
| tiTese cases being the matters inquired
| about in the resolutions. A subcommit-
| toe. consisting of Mr.. Clayton MIR. Webb
Mr.. Carlin.. Mr, MCCOY, Mr. NOisteau, MI
| Morgan and Mr.. Chandler was appointee
and directed to. examine carefully all tht
| papers and to report hack to the commit
| tee those touching the particular mattei
| Or matters referred to- in the resolutions
| and also to determine which of the pa
pers in the two files which the attorney
general has submitted to the COMMITTEES
should not be published, because 1t wOul'
be detrimental to thu. public interests in
4 volved in the prosecution of the cases il
I the courts