Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-13
Organized Fight
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ing a lease for offset wells In Teapot
Dome and had taken the matter up
unsuccessfully with Secretary Dan
iels.
]. Leo Stack, a Denver oil man.
with whom Crcel was associated. ana
! who had contra ctual rights I'm claims
in Teapot Dome. testified that he
had become convinced soon AFTER
Sinclair obtained tho lease that there
| had been bad faith, fraud and Sc
cret dealings" .,
The committee sought, but with ut
lie success. to establish definitely who
ksupplied the 100000 for the purchase
| of the Albuuuerque y. NJ, Journal by
sydney NJ. We'll and Carl G. Magee in
| Nav, 1922 but 1t was in evidence that
Joshua REYNOLDS. chairman or the
board of the First National Bank OF
! Albuaucrque, had taken 1t over from
| We'll after 50 days.
MaEec told of attacks he was maxi
! ing on Albert Il. Fall in his paper and
| of efforts he made to sell the plant. lie
| said he received an offer from the Los
Angeles Herald which. he asserted.
Represented Dohepy money. and also
| that Frederick g. Bonfils and H. ii.
! Tammen on the Denver (ColD Post had
: sent a man to see him, but he refused
| to deal with them.
| At it's second executive session late
| in the day the committee called Mr..
Strawn before it for second time ana
| was reported to have questioned him
| further as to his dictatorship In the
! First National Bank and its affiliated
| First Savings and Trust Bank. both
OF Chicago which were described in
| the publich earrings today as STANDARD
| Oil banks"
After the session Senator Dill. Demo-
crat, Washington. who initiated the
fight against Mr.. Strawn and Mr.. POM
creme. declared that he did not think
Mr.. Strawn should ever be confirmed.
81 think MIR. Strawn is a hgh-mind-
ed and perfectly honest attorney" Sem
| ator Dill said. but | think his cor
! rorate connections are such that the
public would not have full confidence
| in him as n prosecutor"
Senator Dill said he would make
| fight to have the nominations OF coun-
sci considered by the Senate in open
| executive session. go the people may
! know all of the facts that we know:
just what Is said for and against them
as counsel in the cases."
There Is known to be a growing feel
ing in the committee that at least one
| of the two counsels TO prosecute the
cases should he a criminal lawyer OF
| outstanding prominence and that the
other counsel should be n civil lawyer
with fun knowledge of the public land
| laws. Such a knowledge is regarded
| by some committeeman as absolutely
| essential In the prosecution Of the an
| nulment suits.
The nominations of the counsel will
be considered further tomorrow in ex-
ecutive session after the committee has
completed the cross-exa mination of Mr..
Stack.
With the Senate in recess until to-
morrow and President Coolidge in New
| York, there was no public discussion
of the DENLY resignation matter. Sec
retary DENLY maintained his silence.
but several senators issued public
statements regarding 1t.
Senator Johnson of California, who
Is opposing Mr.. Coolidge for the Re-
publican presidential nomination,
voiced largely the sentiments Of the
Republican insurgents in his state
| ment that the Forthcoming elections
would have to decide whether the at
titudes Of the executive or the Senate
was correct.