Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-06-27
President Also Comes In for
Criticism by Representative
Mann Because Of McNab'S
Resignation,
ELDER CAMINETTI IS
SEVERELY LAMBASTED
Sarcastic References Made
10 Department of Justice
and Lack Of Efficiency
Among Cabinet Officers,

lny uosnna JOURNAL srrctAl teAseo ~lefl
Washington. June 26.-ln "a Nis"I-
ous speech in the house today Repre-
sentative Mann. of Illinois. the r'puh-
ncan leader. attacked Attorney GEN
eral McRcynolds for posiponing the
white slave cases in san Francisco
criticised Commissioner General Cam
inetti. Of the immigration bureau
father Of one of the defendants, ana
declared that District Attorney Me-
Nab had made the president ana at
farney general not only 10 beg tn
question hut eat their words
Mr.. Mann declared that the presi-
don't and attorney general had per
lnittod themselves TO Dc used To pre-
vent the enforcement Of great NOR
al reform law" and insisted that the
administration excuse for the postpoh-
ment Offered to cast ignominy upon
one official In tn department of JUS
tiee who has bravery. courage ana
knowledge of how to do things was
worse than the "offense.
THE younger Caminctti is youth
ful boy of % years with, ! believe
several children continued the
speaker. and il was desirable 70 have
his father at the trial TO protect him
in his guileless innocence, having on
ly seven lawyers TO do so. His father
had been appointed commissioner OF
immigration. one Of the duties ot
which office is To enforce both the
Mann and Bennett white slave laws
IN reference To the deportation q
aliens brought here for prostitution
n fine man TO place in that position
whose principal object is 10 leave his
office In order 70 go TO the side of his
27-year-old son under trial for White
slavery
"Thc 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 90 withdraw
his resignation and try these cases
he being most familiar with them.
They have accepted the resignation
Of the district attorney and dismissed
the officer who worked up these cases.
II suspect the elder Caminetti and
possibly the junior Caminetti may be
quite willing To- have the case speed
ily tried, when the few men who were
familiar with the ease and who have
worked IL up are fired out of the serv-
ice before anyone else has time to
learn all the circumstance Of the
case
Mr.. Mann charged that the new
cabinet officers seemed to have an
exaggerated importance in their own
eyes and an exaggerated idea of the
influence OF each.
"a former member of this house, -
(sccrctary Wilson,, he said, "tele-
phoned to the attorney generals Of
flee and the attorney general said that
without stopping to go through the
office files and so refresh my recol-
lections concerning any particular cir
cumstances Of the ease, | sent the fol-
lowing telegram to the district attor-
ney, ord ring him to postpone the
case.
what sort of a department of JUS
tice is it, what kind of an attorney
general is IT, No doubt the attorney
general is great lawyer and a great
man. But If the democratic admin
istration intends to proceed upon the
theory that when a cabinet officer
telephones the attorney general or
when some wealthy defendant. as hap
penad in the Western Fuel case, walks
into the office of the attorney gen
eral and asks to have a case post
poned, it Is done, there will not be
many democratic administrations in
the next hundred years
Representative Kahns resolution to
have congress investigate why Attor-
ney General McReynolds ordered the
delays in the now celebrated Diggs-
Gaminetti white slave cases and the
Western Fuel company prosecutions
at san Francisco, was not taken up
today by the house Judiciary commit
ttee because Of the absence Of quor-
un. Another meeting is to be held to-
morrow.
Wilson's direction that the prosecu-
ton be Immediately resumed will not
deter him from pressing his reso-
lutions and he expects them reported
out to the house for action. Represen-
tative Kahn made statement of the
history of the cases to those members
who attended todays meeting and de-
cIared the committee owed it to the
country to make public all the cores
pondence which resulted in the post
ponement.
Then you don't think the explana-
tion made by Secretary Wilson was
satisfactory? asked Representative
Webb
mo, / DON'T said Mr. Kahn.
II is my opinion said Mr.. Webb,
that United states Attorney McNab