The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-20
SAYS ATTORNEY
GENERAL HELPED
GET MORSE OUT
caraway Launches Bitter Attack and
Reads Letters. Claimed to Show
That pauoherty Was to
Get s25,000. ti
SAYS SHOULD NOT BE
ALLOWED HOLD OFFICE
Declares Attorney General Knew
Was Not Telling Truth When
Told Watson Had Nothing to
Do With Morse Case.
tBy Tho United Pres..)


Washington. May 90. - Attorney.
General Daugherty should resign
from office. Senator Caraway, Ar.
kansas. declared In the senate today
after reading photostatic copies OF
a letter and contract which he
said showed that the attorney gen.
eral and Thomas u. Fielder OF Al.
lanta. Ga, were TO get $4,000 II
they could get Charles w. Morse,
ship builder and flnancier out of
the federal penitentiary during the
latter part of the Taft administra.
tlon.
Previous charges of Caraway that
Daugherty was connected with the
Morse pardon were recently denied
by Senator. Watson, indiana. who
stated the attorney general told him
he had no connection with the case.
"The attorney general knew his
statement TO Senator Watson was
untrue" said Caraway. "The attor.
ney general did represent Morse"
To support his statements. Cara.
way then read to the senate
photostatic copy Of q letter which
the senator said was written by
Daugherty to Morse under date of
April 30, 1913, and an alleged con.
tract bearing the signature of Field
er under date of August 4. 1911. in
which II was stated Daugherty was
TO receive retainer of $4,000 and
In event of Morse's unconditional
pardon or commutation Fielder and
Daugherty were to receive $4,000.
The letter which Caraway said
was written by Daugherty to Morse
follows:
Columbus, Ohio, April 30. 1913.
"Mr. C. W. Morse,
New York City.
MY Dear Sir:
Il enclose you herewith. copy OF
the letter setting forth the contract
you made on August 4, 1911, with
Mr. Fielder, for his services and
mine. You will observe that | was
correct in the statement that there
was a balance due Of $4,000 when
you were commuted | also hand
you copy of paper you handed
me in the prison some time after
that time, and | have today asked
Mrs. Daugherty to send to you by
express the papers which | got from
Harry and others from time to time,
which you spoke to me about.
"As | advised you, have tele-
graphed Mr.. Fielder, and written
him, to meet me there with you next
Monday or Tuesday. will advise
you as soon as | have conflrma-
ton from him of this engagement.
"Yours very truly,
(Signed) III. M. DAUGHERTY."
AS read by Caraway, the alleged
contract was accepted by Morse.
After referring to charges recent
ly made against Daugherty by Major
II. l.. Scaife, war fraud investigator.
who as dismissed by the depart
ment of justice because he gave
certain information to Representa-
tive Woodruff, Senator Caraway
said:
Il say there isn't but one decent
thing for the attorney general to do
and that is to resign
"He ought not longer to embar-
rass the administration by con-
tinuing in office.
"If the attorney general desires
to make an explanation he may do
so. II he does not there will be
other things coming along right reg
ularly now-signed documents and
other things"
"If Daugherty was not joking when
he said he would go into court him
self il necessary to prosecute war
grafters," said Caraway in concluding
his speech, II want him to make
good his threat. l promise him, il
he doesn't do it, another document
he won't love will be printed in the
Congressional Record right away.
'1'll give him little time, but he
and | are threatening each other now
and I'll make good on my threats,
but he won't"