The Holly chieftain., 1924-04-03
NEWS REV|EWOF
CURRENT EVENTS
Attorney General Daugherty
Resigns at the Request of
President Coolidge.
BY EDWARD W. PlckARo

BY EDWARD w. PickARD
AT LAST President Coolidge has
n rid himself and his admlnistra
tion Of the incubus of Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty. Last Thursday the
President in writing asked the resigna-
tion of Daugherty from the cabinet.
The resignation was received mt the
Immediately accepted. 1t went into
effect at once.
Mr.. Coolidge's immediate reason for
requesting Daugherty to get out was
the position the latter had taken in
refusing to open the confidential files
of the Department of Justice to the
Brookhart investigating committee.
Daugherty made good in his expressed
determination not to leave the cab
met unless the President directly
asked him to do SO. Now he and his
supporters feel that he has not been
fairly treated, in that the Investlga-
tion into his conduct has not been
completed.
A l. JENNINGS. evangelist, polltl-
"A clan and former train robber,
presented to the senate oil committee
his promised "whale of IA story" 1t
was to the effect that In 1920 the late
Jake Hamon. then Republican national
committeeman from Oklahoma. told
him that Harding was to be nominated
for president and that It had cost
Hamon S1,OO0.0OO. He said that $780,
900 Of this was given to the late Sen
ator Penrose of Pennsylvania md
s25.0O0 to VIII Hays. Hamon told
him. continued Jennings that he was
to be made secretary Of the Interior
and was to share in public lands.
However, he was killed soon after the
election.
Jennings also quoted Hamon as hav-
Ing said that with the money he would
make he eventually would become
president of the United States.
"Wasn't Hamon for Wood at the
start?' asked Senator Bursum.
He never liked Wood" Jennings
replied. He said Wood was too much
lmpregnated with the id fool hon
esty Of Theodore Roosevelt.
Roxie Stinson told the senate com
mittee investigating Attorney General
Daugherty a lot more alleged facts
damaging TO the reputation Of him and
his associates, and some OF them were
confirmed from other sources. Hel
OF q
"$33,O00000 oil stock deal'' carried oul
In the fall of 1922 by five men OF nj.
tional prominence, whom she declined
for the time being, to name. Sne snit
Daugherty and Jess Smith, her di
vorced husband. were sore becaus,
they were not in on it. This alleged
deal was In Sinclair stocks, but RoXie'.
story was so vague that 1t was re
garded generally as fanciful.
Harry Sinclair's refusal to answe
any more questions of the Teapo
Dome committee was reported to th
senate and that body. by vote Of {.
to ], decided to turn the matter owe
TO the federal grand jury. The ques
tion is 1ne Of the constitutional liml
tations OF the powers of congress, an,
1t will ultimately be carried TO tn
Supreme court for decision. Z. {
Chase, son-in-lnw of Albert Fall. ais
refused to testify, and as he held tn
position of collector OF customs at i
Pnso the senate voted for his impeacl
ment for conspiracy by the house.
was informed that Chase had nlread
resigned, but, us Senator Hefi
doomed, .'too late. too late. the da
OF Judgment has come"
The President still. to all appear
ance, is not disconnected by tn
oil and Daugherty revelations. Las
week, at the suggestion of the generf
board of the navy, he appointed
commissioner to determine the bes
means OF conserving the nations o
supply. The members are George OF
Smith. director of the geological su
vey; Rear Admiral Hilary Z. Jone
U. s. n. president of the generi
board and former commander in chic
of the United States feet. and X. l