San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08

Curtis. had discussed "the political i'm
plication" of the oil inquiry. Sena-
tor Dill asked if the matter of scan.
dali had been discussed and Bennett
said that "the connection of a mans
name" with the oil inquiry became a
scandal.
Refer TO Principal" Wire.
Senator Dill again referring 10 the
principal" message, then asked il
the appreciation" of the principal
was that Senator Curtis appreciated
the fact that he could tell Mr.. Mclean
10 run his own newspaper"
The witness replied in the mega
tive.
Senator Walsh asked how closely
Bennett had been associated with At
torney General Daugherty. Bennett
said they were not very close. To
the best of his recollection he had met
Daugherty during the campaign of
1920. he stated.
Did you know him in the Morse
pardon natter" asked Senator
Walsh.
"Oh, yes. that's right said Ben
nett. ii was in more or less rela-
t:onship with Daugherty in the Morse
matter" He added that he was
working TO the same end, now much 10
his regret.
WAS not the pardon actually given
to you?" pursued Senator Walsh.
THE piece of paper?" asked Ben
nett. mo, l don't think So"
We'll, it is a small matter" said
Senator Walsh. but he proceeded 70
question Bennett at length about the
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President Taft.
Bitter Alteration Develops.
Asked if he was the "messenger"
referred to in one account of the OBJ
tanning of the pardon, Bennett re-
piied that the pardon was not OBJ
tanned with any such CELEBRITY"
Senator Dill took the witness back
TO Curtis conversations, saying that
the committee wanted all of that
story. Bennett got into bitter al
tercation with the committee. He
was stopped when he started talking
of matters Of midsummer of 1928,
Senator Walsh saying it was imma-
terial TO the inquiry.
An attempt to fix the date of the
conversation with Senator Curtis re-
ferred 10 by the witness resulted in
Benefits finally indicating lit was a
day or two" before January 80.
Washington. ID. C.. March Sat
torney General Daugherty's return to
Washington has brought no outward
sign Of a new and more acute crisis
in his cabinet status, but the feeling
persists in high quarters that his re-
tirement is imminent.
The undercurrent of expectancy
eddying around the attorney general
received no stimulus from his activi-
ties yesterday. He came back from
Miami after a nine-day trip apparent
ly in better health, attended the reg
ular cabinet meeting, Joined other Of
ficials in silence about his status, and
went TO work on the legal aspects of
the House resolution requesting the
names of the two members of Con-
gress charged in the Chicago grand
jury report with having misused their
influence.
Meanwhile, coinciding with his re-
turn, his name was brought into the
oil inquiry definitely with reference
TO efforts made to keep Edward B.
Mclean off the stand. and it became
known that the special Senate COM
mittee elected to investigate his ad-
ministration already had issued half
a dozen subpoenas for witnesses.
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Mon
tana, who will act as prosecutor in
the Daugherty investigation, pressed
forward his work today with n view
TO opening the inquiry Tuesday or
Wednesday. In line with the com
mittee's policy of maintaining secrecy
about its plans, however, no intima-
ton has been given as to the subject
to be investigated first, nor has it
been disclosed in what connection any
OF the witnesses were summoned.