Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-02
TAT 7 A WITNESS
IN DAUGHERTy'S
CASE; OTHER MEN
Of NOTE CALLED
Representative Keller of
Minnesota Says He In
tends to Prove Attorney
General Is Unfit
ACCUSES UNFAIRNESS
IN THE JONES TRIAL
House Members Said to
Have Been Shadowed by
Detectives Since De-
nounCing Cabinet Member

DounCing Cabinet Member
Washington, Dec. 1.-Represcnt-
atiye Keller, republican Of
Minnesota, in statement to-
dav 10 the house judiciary
committee named Chief JUS
tice Taft IS a witness to be call
ed in support of the Keller DC
maud for the impeachment OF Az
torney General Daugherty. Testi-
mony Of the chief justice was de-
sired, Mr.. Keller wrote. in connec-
tion with the lattor's charge that
Attorney General Daugherty had
amounted to high office "untrust-
worthy, corrupt and dangerous
men"
Other witnesses Keller intlmated
| he would summon include george
! ". Wickersham. former attorney
general: Samuel Gompers. presi-
dent Of the American Federation or
/ Labor, and Guy oyster, Mr.. Comp
crs' secretary
In his charges, formally fHed'
| MIR. Keller set forth fourteen spe-
cific grounds for the impeachment,
alleging that Mr.. Daugherty mad
practiced fraud and deceit on Mt.
/ Taft. while president, TO obtain the
release Of Charles w. Morse.
The reasons why Mr.. Keller de-
sired to have Chief Justice Tatt
and Mr.. Wickersham testify We're
set forth in his bill OF particulars.
He cited the case OF William y.
Jones convicted in 1907 for alleged
| land frauds against the govern
ment in Oregon and subsequently
pardoned by President Taft. lie
alleged that William j. Burns now
chief Of the bureau OF investigation
Of the department of justice, and
| then employed by the government,
got possession "1n advance of the
| list Of prospective jurors which
were to be called IN the trial oc
| Jones, and placed opposite their
names a notation as to their so@
called fitness from a prosecution
! standpoint.
Through the Influence OF a secret
| service agent associated as a de-
! fendaut, he said, Zones was iu-
| duced to accept as Jurors men TO
whom otherwise he would have OBJ
! jected." Attorney General Wick
crsham. after investigating the cir
cumstances, reported to Mr.. Taft,
as set forth in the Keller bill, that
he could not countenance the
methods employed in the prosecu-
! ton Of these eases by requiring "an
enforcement Of the sentence im-
posed in the Jones case"
Upon receipt Of the report by Mr..
| Wickersham. Pr Il d G Il t Taft
promptly pardoued Jones the bill
set forth.
At the time OF Burns appoint
/ ment by Mr. Daugherty. Mr.. Keller
asserted that Mr.. Gompers went to
him and protested. calling atten-
tion to the record in the Jones case,
and that Mr.. Daugherty. in his
| presence, sent for the files which
We're produced aud which con-
| tanned the report Of Attorney Cen
/ eraI Wickersham and the direction
[ of President Taft for the issuance
/ Of a pardon"
Ignored the Charges?
| "In the full knowledge of the
I facts" Mr.. Keller stated that Mr..
( Daugherty went ahead and made
/ the Burns appointment.
Mr.. Keller said it would require
at least a month additional time
for him to prepare full particulars
| in his case. and that most OF this
time would be taken up in eXamlnS
documents at the department OF
justice to which he demanded he
be given access.
| Declaring he had evidence to
prove that Harry NJ. Daugherty is
unfit to be attorney general of the
| United States" Mr.. Keller said Mr..
| Daugherty's consistent refusal TO
/ prosecute offenders charged with
violations Of the antitrust laws
| had become public scandal"
"Reverting to your extraordinary
| demands that l furnish names and
addresses Of witness on whom [
| rely to support my charge" Mr..
| Keller said, 81 assume on do not
/ thereby intend to limit me to the
calling Of witnesses who are named
| However, apart from that cousid-
Grafton I respectfully and emphat-
| icaIly protest against being COM
| PEELED to comply with thi, demand
and beg to advise you that I shall
refuse to do so except in the par
| ticulars in which I and my ad +
Vlsors regard it as safe for me to
| obey"
Mr.. Keller said he had no obiec-
ton to furnishing the names Of
| Chief Justice Taft. Mr.. Gompers,
| Mr. Wickersham and MIR. Oyster,
| but that ''ln general l do not pro-
| pose to have the witnesses subject
| ed to the surveillance of tho detec-
| tive bureau Of the department OF
Justice under the guidance of Mr..
Burns private agency. especially
in view of the character of the
charges made against the attorney
general, involving Mr.. Burns
| Nor do | prop Sc" he sal
that witnesses shall be terrorized
| browbeaten, driven or coerced, or
lnyelgled out OF the jurisdiction"
lie called attention TO charges
that We're made on the floor Of the
mouse and senate by members who
| nave assailed the attorney general
that since their announced opposi-
ton to the attorney general they
have been shadowed by detectives
and their offices broken into and
| papers stolen,
| Mr.. Keller made formal demand
/ Tor documents he said we're in tho
| possession Of the department of
Justice and other government de
partments, and declared that il the
attorney general were called before
the committee he expected to be
permitted to examine him through
his counsel.
Antitrust Cases
Mr. Keller declared that since
Mr.. Daugherty had assumed office
more than thirty complaints of al
legged antitrust law violations had
/ been made In writing hV the fed
/