The Washington herald., 1922-06-04
Senator Resents Attempt
To SILENCE Attacks
On Daugherty."
CRITICIZES SLUR
ON LAWMAKERS
Asserts Attorney General
Dare Not Speak for
Himself"

President Harding was assailed
sharply In the Senate yesterday by
Senator A. o. stanle Kentucky.
Democrat. for defending Attorney
General DauEherty In the face of
the charges hurled at him from
Congress and for seeking to silence
newspaper attacks upon the Attor-
ney General.
Senator Stanley read newspaper
articles appearing yesterday. fol-
lowing Fridays conference between
the President ana Washington
correspondents In which accusers
OF Cabinet of1cials were referred to
as blackguards. One Of the articles
stated that Mr.. Harding took a
two-dsted hing at the political
blackguards" and that he appears
TO resent the space given in the
newspapers to the Safeguarding OF
any rascal who gets up ard makes
charges" The same article added
that IN the Presidents view news
papermen and newspapers would
perform a public service by putting
on the brakes"
Dare Not Defend Him.
The President is using his high
once to stife. II not muzzle the
press" Senator Stanley declared.
Who are these political black
guards who are assailing the At
torney General? They are two
members of Congress who on yes
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country and Senator's representing
proud commonwealths. Is Il pos
sible that a genial. self-poised.
courteous gentleman, occupying
this high ONCE. could so far forget
himself in his desperate attempt to
shield a man who dares not speak
for himself?
The Republican party. which
has existed for nearly 100 years.
for the first time dares today. to
see charge after charge hurled into
the teeth of the chief law oficer
Of this government, and there are
none so poor to do him reverence.
Remembering the pathetic end Of
the Senator from Indiana. Mr.. Wat
son. they dare not speak in his de-
fense lest his contestants shall
shame them.
Seriousness of Charge.
will the President in his des-
peration. finding no other who dare
to say a word for this discredited
official. denounce Senators as
blackguardr who criticize the ne
farious and crooked operations of
a political broker who makes II a
business, IL is so charged, to de-
ceive the Chief Magistrate of the
nation and II one dares to express
his adherence Of these unclean and
abominable offenses, he Is a rascal
and a blackguard."
Referring to the charges made
against the Attorney General, Sena-
tor Stanley said: He has been
charged on the floor of the Senate
and the House with offenses so
serious. so revolving to every sense
of honor that II might be said 1t
was such language as no good man
would deserve and no brave man
would endure"
JudReshfps as Prizes.
Senator Thomas ]. Walsh. Mon
tana- Democrat. took occasion to
answer Mr. Daugherty's statement
Friday. in Chicago. to the effect
that there was no politics in the
The Senator read a memorandum
dated March 16, 1922, by Rush Hol-
land. assistant attorney general,
for the attention of Mr.. Daugherty
in which he recommended the ap-
pointment Of certain Republicans
to Federal judgeships in the Ha-
wailan Islands, because "it Is be-
lieved that II these nominations
are made now. that such action will
materially aid the Republican can
dtdate for delegate"
That Is to say" said Senator
Walsh, "the judgeships in the Ter
ritory of Hawaii are being handled
In order to promote the election of
q Republican delegate from that
Jurisdiction" He declared that
Holland ought to resign.
Representatives Roy o. Woodruff,
Michigan. and Royal C. johnson,
South Dakota, republican ex-service
men, conferred with Senators Will
liam E. Borah, Idaho. and George
W. Norris. Nebraska, to enlist their
aid in putting through a resolution
for an investigation of Mr.. Daugh-
-Iy's alleged failure to prosecute
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