The Ocala banner., 1922-05-26
RAISING CANE WITH pAucHERry

they have something extra strong on
him in the claims of having found
a letter or. contract by which Daugh-
erty agreed TO get Morse out for $685.
900. 49,
Now. assuming that all this stuff
Is true. what would il indicate?
Just rwo things, one of which is
that Harry Daugherty is a good law
yer and the other that he is a good
business man. Il IL any crime to be
a good lawyer IS IL any crime TO be
a good business man? Hardly, and
il we had more of both. both in pri-
yate life and in the public service,
the world at large and the country
would be better of.
AT the time all this is supposed to
have happened, Daugherty was a
private citizen. engaged in the prac-
tee OF law. generally considered an
honorable profession Being engaged
in the practice of law it must of needs
be that the most of his clients and
patrons were of the criminal class
for a man seldom becomes identified
with the law unless he has broken or
ing one OF its commandments, or en-
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guilty of an infractiOn of the law
Such being the case any client who
may appear at lawyers Office may
just as likely as not, be a criminal
and since the dealings of an attorney
are with this class there is no occas-
ion to look gift horse in the mouth
and to be so very particular whether
the client is a notable character in
the history of malefactions or wheth-
er he is merely small potato skirting
around on the outskirts. of thin ice,
just enough to keep from breaking
through.
;. II therefore Mr.. Morse offered to re-
tain Mr.. Daugherty for a reasonable
fee Of $4,000 (and it was certainly
reasonable in this casee then it be-
came Daugherty's duty as a business
man to accept the fee, and having
accepted the fee it becomes his duty
to see that his client got his moneys
worth and was released. All the way
through it was nothing but a plain
case of the performance of a duty and
as such Harry Daugherty deserves the
praise OF the nation instead of the
condemnation of the 'yap' press
Winter Park Florida Post
The above is not truthful story.
1t is not in line with the facts and
could not have been written after
having read the shameful story as de-
tailed in the Congressional Record at
great and painstaking length and
backed up with unimpeachable evi-
dence to sustain every statement made
in the disgraceful affair.
1t seems that one Thomas 8. Fielder,
crook and corruptionist, who was
indicted in South Carolina and driven
out of Georgia by a torrent of public
sentiment, became Mr.. Chas. w.
Morse's attorney. and learning that
Mr.. Daugherty was high muck-a-
muck in the counsels of the g. o. D.
in Ohio and occupied a position which
would enable him to WELD more or
less influence with President Taft. as
sociated Mr.. Daugherty with him to
secure, the pardon of Chas. w. Morse.
For this service Mr.. Morse was to
pay a fee of $4,000.
President Taft. in the goodness of
his heart. was shamefully imposed
upon. He was made to believe that
Mr.. Morse was in the last stages of
consumption and could live bur a
few weeks longer and his one desire
was to die surrounded by the members
of his family.
A pardon followed.
Mr. Morse quickly recovered and the
war coming on sometime afterwards
afforded him another excellent oppor-
tunity to renew his schemes of graft
against the government and he is
again under indictment.
When this astonishing story began
to be whispered about Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty swore by the beard Of
the prophets that it was untrue and
had no foundation in fact: that he had
absolutely no connection and knew
nothing about the inside story of the
pardon of Morse.
He imposed upon the confidence of
his friend, Mr.. Watson. the United
States senator from Indiana. and got
him to make this dat-footed denial
upon the floor OF the senate.
In contradiction to which Senator
Carraway of Arkansas. proceeded to
produce the goods in evidence in the
shape of photostatie copies of letters
showing beyond the shadow of doubt
thar the Attorney General was fully
cognizant of the whole affair and re-
ceived his full share OF the swag.
What does one call that in plain.
every day English?
Not only was the Attorney General
connected in making false state
ment and deceiving his friends. but
Capt. Scaife. an ex-army officer of
high character, who worked up the
evidence against the Bosch Magnetic
Company. under indictment for
swindling the government out of large
sums OF money. it is shown that this
same man Fielder. after being closat.