The Washington herald., 1922-05-28
BEING SHADOWED,
CHARGES CARAWAY
Senator Attacks Attorney
General for Coward
ly Methods"

IN the morse case snow that MOrse's
release was based on reports "of
reputable physicians and United
States Army surgeons showing HIM
to be suffering from a serious ILL.,
ness"
Mr.. Daugherty did not mention
Senator Caraway in the statement
nor refer directly to the contro-
versy between Caraway and him.
self. The statement included re-
ports of Morse's condition made by
doctors and army surgeons. In II
he also named many members Of
the House and Senate who he said
appealed to the Department OF
Justice in Morse's behalf.
Resents Being Shadowed.
Mr.. Daugherty's statements fol-
lowed a further attack on the at
torney general in the Senate by
Senator, Caraway who read tele-
gram from personal friend in
Arkansas stating that Mr.. Daugh-
erty had sent an agent into Arkan-
sas to look up Caraway.
This telegram. signed J. II. Ander-
son said that "a man named
Matthews who claims to represent
the attorney general is making in.
quiries concerning you" Matthews
was operating In Little Rock. Hot
Springs and elsewhere in the State
Senator Caraway said Mr.. Daugh-
erty was welcome to put sleuths
on his trail. "if he wants to adopt
that cowardly method to keep me
from telling the truth about him."
Urges Harding to Act.
II would like to have the Attor-
ney General tell us just how much
of the f50.000 Congress gave him TO
investigate war fraud cases is be-
ing used to Investigate members of
Congress" said Senator Caraway.
"I think that Congress has a right
to know how much of IL Is being
used to intimidate Representatives
and Senators. not to protect the
government, but to protect Harry
Daugherty himself That he Is do
ing 4, do not think any living
man who has taken ten minutes To
Investigate the facts. will question"
Senator Caraway declared that II
President Harding did not eliminate
Mr.. Daugherty from the cabinet. he
would fare worse than did Mr.. Taft
In the 1912 election. 81 shall be
very much mistaken il he gets any
votes in the next election other
than those Of Utah and Vermont"
said the Senator.
Taking up the Morse case. Sem
ator Caraway said: The Attorney
General says he got only $4,000. and
he got that through Fielder. He
says That is all ] got personally.
He does not say who else got mon
ey, That was only half enough to
pay his part of the expenses. he
says.
.who Got ss.oeef
"T want to ask the Attorney Gen
eral this question: What use dio,
YOU have, Mr.. Attorney General
with $4,000 for your part OF the
swag to get one mans sentence
commuted II te had an honest case
for Communication? What acts did
you do, Mr.. Attorney General, that
took $4,000 to present Morse's case
and present all these things? Whom
did you employ, what doctor oio
you get to Issue a false certinca'e'
that you had to pay him such an
exorbitant fee' as that? You paiu
DR.. Fowler. Mr.. Attorney General
by putting him back into the place
from which he was kicked TOT pe-
ing crooked in this deal. You nave
made him the doctor in charge OF
the Atlanta penitentiary. and he Is
drawing the salary now. You paio
him in that way. To whom did you
pay the $4,000? In common de-
cency, Mr.. Attorney General you
cannot tell the people what you
spent $4,000 legitimately to repre-
sent one man in getting his SEN
tence commuted.
Mr.. Caraway also criticised MT
Daugherty for his letter to senator
Watson. Ipdiana. denying that ne
ever Md him that he had no con-
nection with the Morse case
johnson Fails Again.
J don't know what Senator Wat
SON will do about the placing OF
the brand of Ananias on his brow
that way, but IT was clearly done
by the Attorney General TO shield
himself" said Senator Caraway.
REPRESENTATIVE Johnson made an
other unsuccessfulSRttem to force
House Republican leaders to allow
action on, the Woodruff-Joh
resolution calling for an investiga-
ton into laxity in war fraud prose-
cutions.
Speaker Gillett again oyerruled
Johnson, holding that contested
election case must take priority.
Mr. johnson succeeded in holding
the foor for suficient time to make
the charge that certain Republican
members of the Rules Committee
have arranged to hold a meeting
next Thursday to kill the resolution
which the committee indorsed by
4 vote of six to five several weeks
ago. ~, A. 49,,
release, Mr.. Dausherty said that
"the release came as the culmina-
tion of probably the most remark
Able demonstration on behalf Of any
Federal prisoner ever convicted In
the courts OF the United states.
Among the Thousands who signed
the petitions for the release Of Mr..
Morse were men of national repu-
tation. many OF them occupying po-
roufl~ued 0n pa1s TtuO.