The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-24
DAUGHERTY
UNDER fire
ONCE MORE
Has Congressman and Sen
ators 'Shadowed', Cara
away Says.

washington, May z4.-AIIOrney-
General Daugherty was charged by
Senator Caraway, Democrat, of Ar
kansas, speaking today in the SEN
ate, with having assigned secret
service operatives to shadow mem
bers of congress.
The Arkansas senator declared
Mr.. Daugherty never had denied
the charge recently made by H. L.
| Scaife, discharged department OF
| justice smploye, that secret service
men, including a negro coachman,
| had been assigned To follow mem
bers of the house. The senator
added the statement that he knew
of witness who would testify that
secret service men are trailing
members of the senate as we'll as
spying on members of the house"
| Mr.. Caraway's statements in the
course of another long address on
/ the Morse case and war fraud
prosecutions were made in COM
menting on statement issued by
the attorney general declaring that
his connections with the Morse
| case were shown by letters of for
mer President Taft and Attorney
General Wickersham
Daugherty "Not Candid
Referring to Mr.. Daugherty as
"the titular encouragement"
Senator Caraway said that Mr..
Da,agherty's seateHent-a--was @eenot
candid" and that he used that term
to be polite and not to state what
he really meant. The Taft and
Wickersham letters, Senator Car
away said, did not show Mr..
Daugherty's connections with the
Morse case, as stated by Mr..
Daugherty because, the Arkansas
! senator declared, they did not show
| that Mr.. Daugherty and Attorney
c. B. Fielder had a contract calling
for $25, 900 to secure Morse's re-
| lease.
They did not show that Morse
was given some kind of a chemical
to make his kidneys bleed" Sena-
tor Caraway said.
absolutely FOOLISH
: Senator Caraway characterized
as absolutely foolish Mr.
| Daugherty's statement that his war
fraud prosecutions were causing
the attacks upon him.
The Arkansas senator declared
that if Mr.. Daugherty was accusing
him of being actuated in the con-
| troversy by a desire to throw up
a smoke screen, and shield war
grafters" he was uttering "a will
full and malicious falsehood, and l
Il Of J., r. h
ReVerting to the charge that Mr..
Daugherty had sought to have Mr.
Fielder, as attorney for the Bosch
Magnetic company, employ Mr.
Scaife, discharged department of
| justice employe, as an assistant in
defending the company, Senator
Caraway said that 1T is up to the
attorney-general to explain that
situation"
"Flavcr Of Corruption,
He asserted that unless Mr..
Daugherty did so it would stamp
the department with a flavor or cor
ruption which he cannot avoid or
ignore
He owes it to himself and to the
administration which appointed
him, and to his party to deny that
| charge" the senator said.
Attorney-GeneraI Replies.
Washington, May 24.-Declaring
his conviction that the people of
the United States have confidence
in the department of justice being
fair, judicious and effective" At
torney General Daugherty,- in
formal statement, said today that
prosecution of war fraud cases
would be carried out as expedi-
tiously as possible, irrespective of
attacks being made on him in con-
nection with the Morse case.
The attorney general in a state
ment, his first direct reply to
charges made by Senator Caraway,
Democrat, of Arkansas, and others,
said:
Cites Taft Letters.
THE correspondence of former
President Taft and Attorney Cen
eral Wickersham, which was again
published this month. really shows
my connection with the Morse
cases of many years ago, both civ
il and criminal The incentive and
motives inspiring this and other
agitations will not accomplish the
results hoped for by those behind
the scenes"
CUT PEACH RATES.
Rochester, N. Y, May A.-R- G..