Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-24
JOHN DAVIS HIT
C. D. P. CORRUPTION
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under Daugherty's administration.
was concerned, Davis said that thu
/ appointment "of such a man in thC
department Of justice was Of itsclI
ample warrant for the summary re
moval Of the attorney general BY
! whom he was appointed
81 observe thatssince YOUR letter
was delivered TO me. he (Means) has
once more recanted and repudiated
his reputation" said Davis. when
he testified before the Brookhart
committee, I expressed the opinion.
which / see no reaso ntochange, that
no man should be convicted Of any
offense on the uncorroborated testi-
mony of a witness whose evil char
acter was SO generally known as his.
1t was you, however, who ap-
pointed him to a confidential posi-
ton in the department of Justice
You brought him into the circle of
Your official intimates. You created
him a government agent You gave
him his credentials. At the time YOU
did so, his character was already no
torlous, and if | am not misinforn.
ed, there was then to be found, in
the bureau of Investigation of the de
partment of justice. a file in which
his previous history was fully DIS
closed. l can imagine no maladmin-
istration in any governmental de-
partment more vicious than the en-
ployment of men of such character
Indictment of Wheeler.
Regarding the Indictment against
Senator Wheeler. Of Montana, nowl
Independent candidate for vice presi
dent. Davis referred to the report Of
the Borah committee which invest
gated the matter and reported that
the indictment was utterly without
foundation" He said that it was
significant that Wheeler was not in
dicted until he assumed the leading
part in the Daugherty investigation
and that thereafter George B. Lock
wood, then secretary of the republi-
can national committee, conferred
with William J. Burns, thon direeior
of the bureau of investigation, and
that department Of justice agents
and agents of the republican corn
mittee were sent to Montana to in
vestipate Wheeler's record.
"What other possible conclusion
can be drawn from this combination
Of circumstances except that the Sc
curing of this Indictment was
prompted primarily by motives oil
revenge on the part of yourself and
the republican party, and not by a
sincere desire to enforce the law?"
asked Davis.
The refusal of Daugherty and his
brother. Nal S. Daugherty, presi-
dent of the Midland National Bank
of Washington Court House, Ohio,
to appear before the senate commit
tee. Davis said. produced an "ex-
ceedingly painful impression" on
him and the country. If there was
any malice nthe part of the com
mittee, as Daugherty charged, Da-
Wis said it should have increased Ii
desire of any man, "much less an
attorney general, to meet his ac-
cusers on their own ground and deny
their accusation at the first moment
in the place where it was uttered
Demanded Resignation.
Davis reminded Daugherty that
his resignation was forced by pres
sure from congress on President
Coolidge and that the treason final
" put forward was, in short. t at
you could not be trusted to decide
to what extent the records Of your
office should he investigated.
eff you We're unfit for the high
position you held" said Davis, the
president, instead Of twice refusing
your resignation, should have accept
ed it when rendered or, better still,
have demanded it as soon as he as.
sumed office. IF, on the other
hand, you were a fit person to oc-
cupy the office of attorney general.
some better reason for your dismis-