Arizona republican., 1922-06-05
MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 5. 1922
Generally downright fact may be
told IN plain aOay; and aOe Want
downright facts, at the present, more
than anything else. -Ruskin
The Anti-pausherty Conspiracy

There was nothing unreasonable though it may
have been unnecessary in the suggestion offered by
Attorney General Daugherty before the Illinois Bar
association tho those who supporting candidates
for the judgeships should consult the president
and the department of justice The only purpose of
the suggestion could have been to keep matters
smooth, that the of persons who might not
be considered available would be presented and
that those nominated would be the likely to
be confirmed without serious opposition by the
senate.
There will no doubt be a mad scramble for the
twentyfour offices. judgeships by far than
ever thrown open at once Among the scran-
blefs viii be the fit and the unfit The department
of justice will be overwhelmed and notwithstanding
Senator stanley's play upon "us" in relation to Mr.
Daughertys suggestion that those supporting candi-
dates ought TO consult with u.s. the appointment
must finally be made by "us, that is by the president
and the department. So the suggestion offered by
the attorney general seems to be very reasonable and
offered in friendly spirit and was intended
to be helpful one
Hitherto the appointing power has been less
considerate of the supporters of candidates 1t has
not called them into consultation but has allowed
them to bunder along in the dark until they encoun
tered cold and silent stone wall.
There is something suspicious in the present
seizure OF every opportunity to attack the attorney
general the eve of his investigation of
frauds. First, there brought the activity of
Mr. Daugherty in securing the release from the fed
eral prison at Atlanta of Charles W. Morse. That
many years ago. Mr. Daugherty not then
in any way associated with the government and had
no stronger influence with it than any other citizen
He was acting in professional capacity We
thought then and think that Morse should
have been compelled to his term. But
what part Mr.. Daugherty took in that matter was
one which any other reputable lawyer might have
taken
His part in the Morse affair was well known
and it could not have been forgotten a half dozen
years later when he appointed attorney general.
But not word of criticism heard nor was any
mention made of his connection with the pardon of
Morse. We were hear of it first when preparation
began TO be made by the attorney general for the
investigation the frauds the investigation
Of the thieves who pundered the treasury while
boys were pouring ost their blood in Europe
And who back of this sudden activity against
the attorney general? Was the thieves who were
throwing sand in the air and working through
the political enemies of Mr.. Daugherty, or it his
political enemies who did not the crimes
mitted under the Wilson administration exposed
an administration which had been inactive with
gard to the frauds during the year and half after
the war?
Anyhow, this years-old Morse is all that
Mr. Daughertys enemies his open political enemies
the hidden henchmen of the war fraud thieves have
been able to produce against his record as lawyer
and citizen.
His life therefore must have been remarkably
clean one. And his record as manager of the pre-
convention campaign of Mr.. Harding conspcu-
ously clean That the only campaign which
he fierce light that was thrown that time failed
disclose blot.