The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-24
to
Pay if Deal
Democratic Candidate De
clares His Firm Would Have
Received Sum If Transac.
ton in Mexico Realized.
Negotiated the Farley:


Los Angeles. Feb. 23.-William g
McAdoo, candidate for the democrati.
presidential nomination, declared to .
day that his law firm would have re
eeived fee of s1.000,000 from til.
DoheDy interests il its negotiation.
in the Doheny companies Mexican
affairs had been successful.
McAdoo made this statement in =
telegram to the New York World. re
plying to telegram from the World
in which he said II was asserted that
he had not been fully eross-examined
1T his recent appearance before the
senate oil leasing invest CATION COM
nittee.
He pointed out that his law firm
had accepted fee of 100000 from
the Doheny interests for It's work in.
the Mexican negotiations and ex-
planned that there would have been
san additional fee of $500. goo IL any
firm bad succeeded In getting a salts
factory settlement" for the Doheny
companies in Mexico.
Resents Opening Up Private Affairs.
The former secretary OF the treas
Try and director general OF railroads
declared that IL congressional com
mittee would start an investigation
Of the private business connections OF
all presidential candidates. he would
ne glad to submit himself unreserved-
ly to such an inquiry. He assailed
what he termed "a continued effort
TO make my private law practice
a political issue" and declared:
THE matter Of my employment in
connection with Mexican affairs by
the Doheny companies already has
been covered in my testimony be-
fore the senate committee. This mat
ter has nothing whatever TO do with
the naval oil leases under inrestiga-
ton by the senate"
He added that under his arrange
m nts with the Doheny company. III
my firm had succeeded IN getting a
satisfactory settlement Of the Mexi-
can question. Mr.. Doheny's COM
panies would have paid an additional
flee OF s1oo 0o0. but with several hun
dred million dollars Of property at
stake. our rviees, had they been ef-
fective. would have been lightly COM
pensated by the additional fee"
Nothing to DO With Politics"
In conclusion the statement said:
ANY discussion Of the business or
affairs OF tho clients Of my New
York law. firm. unrelat 10 the oil
inquiry and without the permission
of such clients and the consent OF
my former law partners. il clearly
inadnissible.
II the law practice and the pri-
vate business OF candidates sor the
presidency. republicans and d mo-
Gratis alike. are to be the issue in the
forthcoming campaign. instead OF
Principles and policies which concern
the welfare and future Of the Ameri-
can peopl then l suggest that all
cand' 'ates for the presidency be
asked TO appear before the invesii-
eating committee OF the senate or
the house and give tn intimate de-
tails OF their professional and private
iafsairs i viii make no objection 10
lthe jurisdiction Of such committee
II all other candidates Will do like
wise
"of course. all this has nothing 10
lde with the oil scandal The real
point is To discover and TO punish all
r sponsible public officials who have
betrayed the public interests and all
Others who have been guilty Of
v1-ou doing in this connection"