Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-21

CARAWAY CHARGE
AROUSES SENATE
\
Daugherty partnership"
With Fielder Said Still
to Exist.
scAIFE INCIDENT NOTED
Alleges Attorney General Urged
Hiring Away Of Governments
Main Witness.

government. and reiterating his dec
laration that the Attorney General
was employed in conjunction with
Mr.. Fielder to obtain the release from
| the penitentiary of c. w Morse in
1911, Senator Caraway Of Arkansas,
democrat. yesterday produced a stir
| in the Senate.
Senator Caraway based his charge
that a partnership still existed on an
at the suggestion of the Attorney
General, the services of Capt. II. l..
Scaife. formerly in the Army. who.
until recently, was employed by the
Department OF Justice.
Senator Caraway cited a letter
written by Capt Scaife and published
in the Congressional Record, that
Fielder had sought his Capt. Scaife's)
services as associate counsel In a suit
unsigned to set aside the sale of the
Bosch Magnetic Company's plant by
the alien property custodian. Seattle
he was referred to him by the Attor-
ney General. The letter was address,
ed to Representative Woodruff. who
remarked that q substantial retainer
was offered Scaife, who at that time
was in the employ of the government
to.
Photostntic Copies offered.
Senator caraway offered to the
ments alleged to have been signed
H. NJ, Daugherty" and by Fielder, in
support of his assertion that the At
tcrney General, with Fielder. had
been retained as a counsel in the
Morse case and had obtained money
for this work.
The Attorney General left the city
late yesterday for Baltimore, making
no statement His office assistants
stated that Mr.. Daugherty had not
of Senator Caraway's charges.
Senator Caraway came out fatty in
calling for the resignation of the At
torney General.
Il say there is but one decent thing
for the Attorney General to do" said
the Arkansas senator, and that is
to resign. He ought not to embarrass
the administration by longer contin-
uing in office, because he has not
denied for whole week this state
n.ent in the record that he induced
Fielder, his close associate and form
err colleague. in the procuring of the
pardon or Communication of sentence
for Morse, to hire the governments
witness in this case (the Bosch mag
reto caseD. which he. the Attorney
compelled to prosecute.
senator Willis to Defense.
Senator Willis of Ohio was the only
republican senator to attempt to de-
fend Mr.. Daugherty. He called the
attention of Senator Caraway to the
fact that statements of Fielder were
being used by Senator Caraway to
disprove the fitness of the Attorney
General to hold Office. Fielder at the
IN irr,a hofv hor
reliable. On. being questioned by
Senator Caraway. Senator Willis ad-
mitted lack of personal knowledge
regarding the Attorney Generals al
legged connection with the Morse case.
The Ohio senator did not touch on
the letter alleged to have been writ
ten by the Attorney General in 1918.
reminding c. w. Morse that money
was due him and Fielder for services
| rendered
II did not want to go further into
these matters" said Senator Cara
York tMr Wadsworth) in his anxiety
to put Mr.. Fielder right before the
country, wanted to do IT," (Senator
Caraway had reference to a letter
written by Mr.. Fielder. in his own
defense. which Mr.. Wadsworth placed
IN IN the Congressional Record friday
4 shall. therefore, meet the issue.
And l want to say now, for fear /
forget it, if the Attorney General
wants to make an explanation he
may do so. If he does not, there
are other things that are coming
documents. which the Attorney Cen
eral and none of his apologists can
repudiate."
Reference to Fielder.
Senator Caraway began his ar
ralgnment as follows.
Il never would have discussed Mr..
felder's reputation at all if it had
not been that he was connected, and
boosted of the fact, with the Attorney
GeneraI Harry Daugherty. in secur-
ing pardon. He thrust himself
into the controversy and his reputa-
ton was discussed.
This whole controversy grew out
of a reference to a report which was
common that Daugherty. before he
became Attorney General. had been
| instrumental in securing a pardon
or Communication of sentence for Morse.
when I made that reference, the
senator from Indiana, Mr.. Watson,
had insisted that the Attorney Cen
eral told him he had absolutely moth
ing to do with the pardon or COM
muntation Of sentence for Morse"
Senator Caraway then read from
the Record Of May the statement
made by Senator Watson in defense
or Mr.. Daugherty.
Senator Caraway continued: 81
have now in my hand a photostatic
copy of the contract between Harry
Daugherty and c. W. Morse. in which
for $4,000 contingent he would get
him out Of the penitentiary. 1 shah
read it for the benefit of the senator
from Ohio (Mr. Willis), who rushed
to the defense of the Attorney Cen
eral. I shall read 1t for the benefit
Of the senator from Indiana (Nfr.
Watson), who purposely absents
himself from the floor when he
knows this question is to be discuss
ed. He may read it in the Record.
Senator Reads Letter.
The Arkansas senator then read
the letter said to have been written
by Mr.. Daugherty to Morse after he
SIS. 900 still remained to be paid.
Declaring that there was some rea.
son for the assurance given Senator
Watson by Mr., Daugherty. and which
ne mad repeated on the floor. to the
effect that the Attorney General had
Morse, Senator Caraway said:
III 1t was a transaction that in
VOWED nothing but honor the At
torney General would not have as
sured Senator Watson that he had
nothing to do with the case at ALL"
oeu0tOT SATaWAy REFERRED 70 Inc
Seattle matter, involving an alleged
suggestion made to Fielder by Mr..
Daugherty that Seattle be employed
IN the Bosch magnetic case, as fol-
lows:
Fielder knew that this man Seattle
was the principal witness for the gov
eminent. the man who had made the
Investigations on which the govern
ment was expected to recover from
this company anywhere from two to
ten millions OF dollars, and coming
directly from the Attorney General.