Evening star., 1924-09-22

THE EVENING
respect would have offered himself
to committee that had covered it
self with such infamy?
Doubts Gain to Davis.
These. Mr.. Davis. are few
thoughts I take the liberty of bring
Ing to your attention in the belief
that you have assumed some truth
in the slanderous stream that flowed
through the channels Of the Brook
hart-W Wheeler committee for many
weeks to find it's outlet in scare
headlines of a press not always fair.
Your continued effort to gain po-
ltical favor by setting up my Of
hcfal acts as an issue, and basing
your remarks solely upon falsehood
and slander, will avail you little po-
htically as a candidate and there
after as an American citizen and a
leader of the American bar There
Is something more important in this
year OF grace than election to Office
or political success. The funda-
mentals Of this Nation are besieged
by a desperate element composed of
the malcontents, the misguided, the
revolutionists and the light minded,
ever ready for change, no matter
what.
1t should be the duty of all men
and women who believe in our form
OF Government, who revere its
founders, who treasure all its splen-
did traditions and who appreciate It's
greatness achieved under our insti-
tutions-this land Of opportunity and
success where there is a broader and
Sfri ih,,fi of
than in any other country and where
the highest attainable is within the
sphere of any who strive-to pre-
serve this ark of liberty's covenant.
1t is not so much whether we are
Republicans or Democrats this year.
The test is, are we real Americans
and are we against those who seek
the overthrow of this Government
under leaders fresh from baptism
| of bolshevism in lurid and suffering
| Russia Our forefathers. with an as
founding vision. set up here a nation
| for us with a scheme of government
that has withstood the test of a CEN
tury and half and has been the pat
tern for all free governments since,
one of which is not red Russia, where
the only freedom the unfortunate en-
| JOY is the freedom to die to escape a
| worse fate.
very respectfully yours,
(Signed) H. M. DAUGHERTY.
Text Of Means Statement
Following is the text Of the Means
statement incorporated in Mr.. Daugh-
erty'S letter to Mr.. Davis:
To whom it may concern:
l, CASTOR B. Means, desire to make
the following statement Of facts re-
| garding my connection with the at
tack recently made by the Brookhart-
Wheeler Senate Investigating COM
| mittee against former Attorney Cen
| eral Harry NJ Daugherty and the De-
partment of Justice in particular and
the current administrations:
On February s, 1924, at Palm Beach
Fla. l received a telegram from my
wife in Washington stating that
| United States Senator Burton X
| Wheeler, of Montana, through a very
close friend, had requested that ]
see him in connection with the above
mentioned investigation. The infor-
! nation in this telegram came to me
| IN connection with other information
at that time. I promptly reported
this to close friend of Mr.. Daugh-
| erty. The suggestion was made that
| l see Mr.. Daugherty, and arrange
| mentS to this end were thought tc
have been perfected, but no such ar
rangement eliminated successfully
L was advised to go ahead and ge,
in touch with Senator Wheeler and
| find out what information Senator
! wheeler was seeking and what was
the basis of any attack Senator
Wheeler was about to launch against
Mr.. Daugherty and the Department OF
Justice. / called to see Wheeler anC
| held numerous conferences with him
both at his home and at his office, al
OF which l have record of.
Says Attacks Were Planned.
; The only evidence that Wheele,
| had of any possibility of an attack
on the Department of Justice and
| Mr.. Dapgherty which he disclose ed
| to me were some records in regard
to bringing into Washington Of NOV.
ing pictures Of the Dempsey-Carpen.
tier fight. Senator Wheeler had thi.
| evidence more or less in documentary
form and stated to me he was going
TO use this as an attack on Secre.
| tary OF State Hughes, President Cool.
| ldge and others who attended the ex.
hibit of these pictures.
A former agent of the Department
of Justice either directly or through
! some friends had furnished Senator
Wheeler with this information ant
evidence. I reported to friends OF
| AsLi hdOS uCTtN lldt tHlS was the ONLY
| evidence that Senator Wheeler had
| In the meantime, Senator Wheeler
| because of publicity that he wa.
about to or had offered a resolution
to investigate the Department OF
Justice and Mr.. Daugherty. began tc
have many callers at his office will
the most sensational statements ant
| stories as to conditions that existed
at the Department of Justice. In eacf
| and every instance L explained to hin
| that there was nothing of substance
| in the statements that these visitor.
were giving him, and showed VIII,
| the statements could not be true ant
that they were emanating from peo
| pie who had been discharged from
| the Department of Justice.
Upon my return from Florida ant
ii APT IEADED AND