Evening star., 1922-12-02
SUBMITS CHARGES
IN NDAUCHERTy CASE
Basis of Representative KeI-
Ier's Demand for Attorney
Generals Impeachment.
MORSE CASE is CITED
Chief Justice Taft Among Wit
nesses to Be Establishment to
House Judiciary Committee.

A statement of formal charges by
Representative Keller. republican, OF
Minnesota, setting forth fourteen spe-
cfic grounds on which he seeks the
! impeachment of Attorney General
Daugherty has been submitted to the
House judiciary committee. which
| meets next Monday to consider the
charges.
MIR. keller's Statement.
The charges were considered infor-
ma!ly today by members of the judi
ciary committee.
Desiring TO obtain the views Of mem
berS as to procedure next week, Chair
man Volstead summoned committeeman
for discussion of Mr.. keller's bill OF par
ticulars, but less than a quorum re-
ported. Mr.. Volstead declined to COM
ment on the charges, beyond saying
they would be given full consideration.
There was no intimation as to whether
the committee would go ahead with the
hearing Monday, the date originally set.
The committee. it was said. felt some
uIle might Uc TeQUlTeu 10 go over lIle
bulky document filed by Mr.. Keller.
Transmitted to the committee late
yesterday, Mr.. keller's statement was
accompanied by letter to Chairman
Volstead. in which he declared the
specifications "set out and l am pre-
pared to prove that the said Daugherty
is guilty of serious misconduct in Of
;..t,
meanors in fourteen particulars"
If any of the grounds set forth "can
be said to be more important than any
other" Mr.. Keller said in his state
ment, 1t was that group relating to the
refusal and neglect of the said Harry
NJ Daugherty to enforce the antitrust
laws of the United States of America"
Taft Named rs Witness.
Alleging as another ground that the
Attorney General had appointed I'm
trustworthy, corrupt and dangerous
men" to high office, Mr.. Keller named
Chief Justice Taft as witness to be
called in support of this particular al
legation. with George w. Wickersham.
fcrmer Attorney General; Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor. and Guy Oyster
Mr.. Gompers' secretary. as other de-
SIT eu :" Illnesses III tnlS connection.
Another specification alleged against
the Attorney General by the Minnesota
representative was that he had prac-
t!ced fraud and deceit" on Mr.. Taft
while President to obtain the release
from prison of Charles W. Morse and
that because OF MorSe'S failure to pay
to DauEherty's associates in the par
don proceedings an agreed fee he had
'prostituted' the office of ATTORNEY
General for purposes of personal re-
vense" by securing an Indictment of
Morse
Other Allegations Made.
The reasons why Mr.. Keller desired
to have Chief Justice Taft and Mr..
Wick ersham testify were set forth in
his bill OF particulars. He cites the
case of William n. Jones, convicted in
1907 for alleged land frauds against
the government in Oregon, and sub
sequently nardoned by President Taft
He alleged that William J. Burns. now
chief of the bureau of investigation of
employed by the government, "sot
possession in advance" Of the prospec-
tive jurors who were to be called in
the trial Of Jones. and placed op-
posite their names notation as to
their so-called fitness from a prose-
cutting standpoint
Through the influence of a secret
service agent associated as defend
ant. he said. Jones was induced to
accept as jurors men to whom other
wise he would have objected" At
torney General Wickersham. after in
vestigating the circumstances. report
ed to Mr.. Taft. as set forth in the
Keller bill, that he could not "cour-
tenance the methods employed in the
prosecution Of these cases by requir-
ing an enforcement of the sentence
imposed in the Jones case"
Jones Promptly Pardoned.
On receipt of the report by Mr..
pardoned Jones. the bill set forth. At
the time of Burns appointment by
Mr.. Daugherty. Mr.. Keller asserted
that Mr.. Gompers went to him and
protested. called attention to- the rec
ord In the Jones case. and that Mr..
Daugherty, In his presence. sent for
the files which were, produced and
which contained the report uf Attor-
ney General Wickersham and the Gi-
rection of President Taft for the is
suance OF a pardon" In the full
stated that Mr.. Daugherty went ahead
and made the Burns appointment.
Mr.. Keller said 1t would require at
least a month additional time for
him to prepare full particulars in
his case. and that most of this time
would be taken up in examining doc
uments at the Department. of Justice,
to which he demanded he be given
access.
Would Prevent Surveillance,
Mr.. Keller said he had no objection
to furnishing the names Of Chief JUS
tice Taft. Mr.. Gompers, Mr.. Wicker
sham and Mr.. Oyster. but that "in
general 1 do not propose to have
the witnesses subjected to the sur
veillance of the detective bureau of
the Department of Justice. under the
guidance of MIR. Burns or of MIR.
Burns private agency. especially in
view Of the character OF the charges
made against the Attorney General.
involving Mr.. Burns"
'Nor do I propose" he said. that
Witnesses shall be terrorized. brow
beaten, driven or coerced or inveisled
out of tho Jurisdiction"
Mr.. Keller declared that since Mr.
Daugherty had assumed Office more
than thirty complaints of alleged
antitrust law violations had been