New-York tribune., 1922-05-28
t the Attorney General does that

thing.
Yesterday the Attorney General. IL
order to shield him self, tried to put the
brand of Ananias on the brow of tn,
Senator from Indiana (Mr Watson).
do not know how far Senator Watson
will submit to it. have no doubt that
Senator Watson told the Gods trutt
and the Attorney General knows that
he did. In order to shield himself
from the criticism the Attorney Gen.
eral may have induced the Senator
from Indiana to say, YOU may make
whatever statement YOU please and
Will remain silent do not doubt
that high Office may have great at
traction for some people, but so help
me God. before would submit to such
an infamy | would surrender my com
mission and go out and try to make an
honest living by some other means
Quotes Daugherty Interview
Senator Caraway followed with q
long review Of the Morse case and the
with it. He quoted from an interview
with Mr.. Daugherty in a Columbus
paper in which he is represented as
saying:
"Aiy interest IN the case was not as
an attorney to get MIR. Morse's free
dom. but representing number OF
certificate holders in steamship COM
panes with Mr. Morse"
Senator Caraway went over the con-
tract in the Morse case and the cor
respondence of Thomas b. Fielder and
Mr.. Daugherty already put into the
record to refute the version of the
case and to show that Mr.. Daugherty
WAS one of the counsel in the pardon
case and that he had made conflicting
statements about his relation to the
matter.
Senator Watson, of Georgia. inter
ruptNg. said Judge Crovatte, of Bruins
wick. Ga. had informed him that he
physician in Brunswick who knew how
the -fraud" was worked by Fielder.
Daugherty and Morse on President
TAFT.
Referring to the Attorney Generals
own version that he had had about
$4,000 IN expenses in the Morse mat
ter Senator Csraway said
'fn common decency. Mr.. Attorney
General, you cannot tell the people
that YOU spent $1,000 in legitimate eX-
pcnses ia represent one man in getting
ms sentence committed"
He wanted to know what use was
made of this amount of money.
"W HON did you employ" he asked.
Nv hom did you pay the money 20 90
Scores Dauohe,,v Etb;cs
referring to MIR. Daugherty's state
mont in the letter to Senator Watson,
OF Indiana. that he had done nothing in
Tho Morse case which could not be
known to the world without rejecting
on any one, Senator Caraway said: "If
1It"e ."e 'oea OIL the A'lorney GeneraI
.. "nae - p'oIe eSslonal e'h'cs' .od pity
r. 80 '""G @S ne Is attorney
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',"'VI a"a! Salu N,r' p2uEnerty
Presidents frat ba "bntro,'od" pro";
dent Taft. and if the ccidoncc could be
believed "he is betraying this Admin
istration just as he betrayed President
Harding did not eliminate him from the
Cabinet he would go down to defeat. as
MIR, Taft had done.
Senator McCun Der entered Il strong
protest against taking 40 much time
away from tho tariff bill with discus
sion of Daugherty and extrancous mat
ters. He advised Senators. though
there was no rule limiting debate, if
they felt laundry work must be done,
TO remember that MONDAY is wash
day.
Warning Of a new movement BY
House leaders to kill the pending
" odruf resolution for an investiga-
tion Of the War and Justice depart
ments was issued to-day on the floor
by Representative johnson during his
daily hammering attempts to force the
issue to a head. A meeting Of the
Rules Committee called for next Thurs
day, he declared will attempt to over
ride the previous favorable action on
May on the measure, which is pri-
marily an attack on Attorney General
Daugherty.
Farmers Union Demands Inquiry
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S.V" VI 'e'e ''uc" p"1'eie eu lesoI Iu''on
ol' 1". nooIs lurther pressure was