Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-06-01
CRITICS. FIRE
BRINGS REPLY
Attorney General Daugherty Re-
views Morse Case as
Enemies Carry On.
TRIES TO JUSTIFY ACTION
Statement Issued by the Department
Of Justice is Made Up From the
Records of the Famous
Case.

Washington, May 29.-The terrific
bombardment to which Attorney Cen
eral Daugberty has been subjected of
late is featured by three noteworthy
developments:
The attorney generals department
issued q statement reviewing the
Charles w. Morse pardon case, tend
ing to justify his association with it
as one of counsel for Morse.
Senator Caraway fArk), Democrat,
accused the chief of the Department
OF Justice Of spending the taxpayers
money In shadowing congressman who
were questioning his fitness for his
post in the cabinet, instead of spend
ing II in the prosecution of war con
tract crooks.
Speaker Gillette, in the house. sue
cessfully baked efforts of Representa-
tive Johnson Is. d. to bring about
vote On his resolution ordering an in
vestigation of the attorney generals
conduct in the fraud cases.
Record Of Morse Case.
The statement issued by the Depart
ment of Justice is made up from the
record of the case which Indicates
that Morse was pardoned upon recon-
mendations of reputable physicians
and army surgeons, and that many
members Of the house and senate.
Democrats and Republicans, were
among the thousands of petitioners for
Morse's release from the Atlanta peni-
Tertiary.
''The record, as disclosed in the Of
fetal files" the statement says, 'indi-
Gates beyond any question that Mr..
Morse was released from confinement
In the federal penitentiary at Atlanta.
Ga. upon reports of reputable physi-
clans and United States army sur
geons showing him to be suffering
from serious illness.
''The release came as the culmina-
ton of probably the most remarkable
public demonstrations on behalf of
any federal prisoner ever convicted in
the courts of the United States.
Thousands of Petitions.
Thousands of persons had petit
toned the government for the pardon
of Mr.. Morse before action was finally
taken resulting in his release on Janu-
airy IS, 1912, upon the medical reports
of his physical condition.
"Among the thousands were men of
national reputation, many of them oc-
cupying positions of responsibility and
trust under the government itself. De
spite the high character of those who
thus disclosed their sympathy for Mr..
Morse, ii was not in response to any
public demonstration, strong as that
was at the time. that Mr.. Morse was
released, but solely upon the reports
of the medical examiners
"Chief among these were the dis
tinguished officers of the medical
corps of the United States army. COM
prising an army medical heard, who
found that Mr. Morse was suffering
from chronic valvular disease of the
heart chronic nephritis. commonly
known as Bright's disease. and slight
arterlosclerosis.
''The officers constituting this hoard
were Col. III. p. Birmingham, presi-
dent; Mai. p. G. Fauntleroy and Mai.
f. #. Russell. recorder. This board.
under date of December 80, 1911. ex-
pressed the opinion that while Mr..
Morse was not in any immediate dam
ger of death, the complication of dis
eases from which he vas suffering
was incurable and that on account of
the psychic element in his came an
Improvement under existing conditions