Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-02

' | 10 the house judiciary committee oy . Representative Keller. republican, Min 1 n"5ota, as witness to be called IT !, support of his C,mand for tine iinD"a -'.- | mfnt of Attorney General Daugherty
 The rHief justice was desired to [. j. ltify. Mir. Keller wrote. in con.Iect. ..s,. i with his chaIsse. formally filed that A. torney General DauGherty had appoint led "uHtrustworthy, corrupt and danC,r- ous men to high office, knowing at :le time that they were men of such cha T. actcr. George W. Wickersham. former att1r- ney general, Samuel Gompers, president
 of the American Federation of Labor,
 and Guy Oyster. MT. Gompers secretary.
 also were mentioned by Mir. Keller as
 other witnesses he would ask the com mittee to summon as to this particul-r allegation.
 Regarding the committee request tn .t
 he gave the names of all persons who ! could testify as to any of the cha IT, es on which he based a demand for iva |, Ipeachment, MT. Keller whOte that he would not comply except in certain T;. --
 ticUlars as he and his advisers reg d , as safe.
 ; Setting forth If specific grounds for 1 impeachment Mir. Keller alleged that : Mir. Daugherty had practiced "f-ald
 and deceit" CT Mir. Taft while president
 to obtain the release from prison of Charles W. Morse and that on Morse's failure to pay Daugherty's associates in
 the pardon proceedings an agreed fee , he "prostituted" the office of attorney
 general for personal revenge" by se-
 curing an indictment of Morse
 , In his letter to Chairman Volstead i of the judiciary committee, Mir Keller | said the specifications he enclosed "set out and I am prepared to prove that the / said Daugherty is guilty of serious mis-
 conduct in office, highly prejudicial to the public interest; of grave abuse of . his discretionary powers; of wilwul and ! repeated violations of his oath of of- Q flee and of high crimes and misdemean- ors in If particulars, each one of which
 is supported by numerous instances" 4 If any of these If specifications . against the said Harry M. Daugherty e can be said to be more important than ' any other," said MT. Keller, ''it is that
 group of specifications that relates tc
 the refusal and neglect of the said liar. !. Try M. Daugherty to enforce the anti. "a trust laws of the United States of 'S America"
 SS Briefly summarized, the "II particu = lars" are as follows:
 "One-A wilful and deliberate attemp
 to paralyze and destroy the efforts anS
 activities of the federal trade commits !, sion in it's attempts to suppress anS = lprosecute violations of the anti--trust laws: l'y continued and deliberate re ' fusal to prosecute such violations 'h 'Two-A wilful and deliberate refus
 al to prosecute the violations of the an
 thrust laws that were called to his at n- tentiOn supported by testimony takei er under oath by the New York state join st legislative committee on housing. oi "Three-A wilful and deliberate re 'h fusal to prosecute the violations of tn
 antitrust laws that were called to hi
 attention, supported by testimony an r. evidence by the United States Senat ls' committee on reconstruction and hous he ing.
 Of "Four-A wilful and deliberate fail h. ure and refusal to enforce the statute
 of the United States passed by con
 gress for the protection of life and linn es of citizens engaged in travel en "Five-The dismissal from service i at the department of justice of faithfJ ito and efficient employe who had been er ny gagged in investigating war fraud casei
 "Six-AllowinE persons to remain i H. the employ of the department of justic D. after it had been proven that such peI he sons are guilty of having accepted fee le- to represent those charged by the dC ed partment of justice with violations ( fe, the federal statutes in cases upon whic
 the said employees had been engaged.
 "Seven-The perversion of the leg; ~, process of the United States for tn he purpose of instituting action for whic in there was no justification at the tim w of it's presentation and the demandin m. from the courts as against private indi' he uals processes of court subversive
 those rights of freedom of speech, ire
 dom Of the press and peacafie assembl ua asEured by the constitution and law cE of the United States.
 ~f.wnN ~Ia A111 He ha in the administration of justice, on b nd half of corporations. companies and il as- dividuals owned or controlled by or a - fiiliated with the banking house of J.
 Morgan and Company. . ''Nne-The use of fraud and dece ys practiced upon former President Willia , .i Howard Taft in order to obtain the T ". lease from a federal penitentiary of s5 W. Morse under the pretext that Nor was i'll; upon the failure of the ga
 Morse to pay to Daugherty's as5ocia
 in the pardon proceedings an agreed fe ,"L and after the said Daugherty became 2 It torney general Of the United States, q ~ prostitution of his high office to pu a- poses of personal revenge by securir a,s an indictment of the said Morse and ot
 CT directors of a corporation and
 attorneys for the corporation on
 charge of violating federal laws and m- failing to seek the indictment of oth ain directors of the said corporation equal m guilty with Morse of the alleged olfeni F: tH any. and by failing to seek the ! all dictment of another attorney equal zen guilty with the attorneys indicted whi
 other attorney Is in the employ of |
 department of justice. = hu- .'"Ten-The wilful diversion of pub nu- funds for an illegal purpose through | tne employment of agents in the bureau lew investigation of the department of ju on tice to shadow members of the house al or senate who had criticised his conduct
 the floor of congress.
 "Eleven-The perversion of the pr ars cesses of justice and the adminfstrati er- of the department of justice through t an- undue influence exercised upon the | 'm- torney general by one Thomas B. Eel or CT. former legal associate of the s1 ye- Harry NJ Daugherty in the Morse ea
 and others @ '-Twelve-CultinuIng submission
 V. the influence of corporations and ind ion tuals of great wealth and power in f
 a administration of justice and the del i, L. crate connivfng at the footing of one ris- the naval oil reserves of the UnIi nor States of Anerica by refusing. at in lbehest and demand of the Standard
 ICompany, of California to institute su