Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-05-31
DAUCHERT
EVASIVE SAYS
SEN. CARAWAY
Arkansan Characterizcs Pc
tition for Morse as q
"Buffcr"-Will Have No
Effect.

Effect.
Washington, d. c., May 30.-The
petition for the release Of Charles
w. Morse. containing 10000 names,
including those of well-known Off
cials. was "thrown up as a buffer"
by Attorney General Daugherty and
the pardon, Senator Caraway of Ar
kansas charged in the Senate yester-
day.
"Unrortunately for any effect that
it may have been expected to have, =
Senator Caraway said, Mr. DauGhcr-
ty, former Attorney General Wicker
sham and Charles w. Morse, him
self the three men most interested
in the transaction-ar all on rec
ord as saying that the petition had
absolutely nothing to do with the
granting Of the eommutation of sen
tence."
The Senator then read from let
ter of Daugherty appearing i'm tho
Congressional Record May 26, in
which he said:
Morse WAS released upon the
recommendation of Attorney General
Wickersham, who based his recon-
lmendation upon the report of emi-
nent physicians of the government,
Including the surgeon general of the
army, and the records in the depart
ment show all the facs pertaining
to the physical condition of Morse
when he was released, which was
the sole ground for executive Gle
mency,'
Press Interview Quoted.
Senator Caraway then quoted from
the press an interview with former
| Attorney General Wickersham, who
characterized as perfectly truth
full" the statement of Morse that the
communication of his sentence was due
solely to President Taft and Mr.,
| Wickersham, acting on the report OF
doctors. A telegram from Morse was
then read by Senator Caraway,' in
which Morse said: 1.-THE commuta-
ton accorded me was based wholly
on my physical condition"
| ''The three men," said Caraway,
'who had something to do with it,
Harry NJ Daugherty, who got the
president to commute the sentence;
Mr.. Wickersham, the then attorney
general, who recommended it, and
Charles w. Morse, who was the
beneficiary, all had testified, UNI
fortunately, before this buffer was
thrown out Sunday, and each of
them says in his declaration that
the communication was based solely
upon a representation as to Morse S
health.
Therefore, publication Of the al
legged petition. according to the
testimony of everybody who( tes-
titled and everybody who knows
about it, had absolutely nothing to
do with the communication of sen
tence"
AL nave UOHt LO pSh'
ut seems" sair Senator Caraway
lin beginning his speech, 'that the
attorney general, Harry M. Daugh-
erty, and Charles w. Morse, have
both gone to sea. The papers sc
inform us. If it would not be of
tfensive ! should like to know il
they are going outside the threemile
limit to settle their differences about
whether Morse paid his fee.
'Jt seems that the attorney gen
eral went to sea with the president
on Saturday, and Mr.. Morse ant
his son. according to the morning
papers, either sailed Sunday on
were to sail on that day.
'1here may, of course, be nothing
in the fact that they chose the same
time to leave the country. SO far
am individually concerned and
suspect, so far as the American peo
pie are concerned, there is no
much concern about when they
come back"
Saying that no man is so poor {
witness as a lawyer, Senator Cara
way pointed out discrepancy IL
the statement of Mr.. Daugherty il
which he said he had only received
$4,000 for more than years worl
on the Morse case. The senator sale
that the contract with Morse was
dated August A, 1911, and tha
Morsos sentence was committed or
January IS, 1912, less than 81,
months later.
'There are little inaccuracies likt
the misunderstanding between tht
enator from Indiana (Watson) an(
Mr. Daugherty," said Senator Cara
way.
! "The attorney general wrote th'
6 senator from Indiana that he, tn,
: senator, misunderstood him. Blu
/ the senator from indiana has III
4 dicated the good opinion | entertali
of hin, Tor on Saturday he aai'