The Washington times., 1924-06-04
bROOkHART
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TRIAL

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IN opportunity to appear, or to can
witnesses Of his own choice.
"Sirce the commencement OF your
inquiry, that IL to say on the twelfth
day Of March last, have hoped to
Be- asked to appear before your
committee and have been somewhat
surprised that ] was not asked to
appear at an earlier period in your
proceedings, as was. under the
impression that the investigation
would be confined to my official
actions as Attorney General Of the
United States and matters directly
relating thereto.
Ignored His Witnesses.
"sThe fact that your committee
has not up p the present time
called q single witness suggested by
me. and has sought for evidence
from unexpected sources and gen.
orally from persons % situated that
under ordinary circumstances very
little credenoa would be- given their
testimony, has from the beginning
caused me 70 feel that there was a
q feeling Of antagonism entertained
toward me by certain members of
your committee, and that these
members instead Of prosecuting
fair and impartial inquiry into my
official conduct az Attorney General
Of the United States have made a
desperate attempt to blacken my
reputation and injure my standing
In the country by the statements of
unreliable witnesses which would
not DO admitted in any court Of JUS
tic6.
Cannot Understand Feeling.
Il have never been able to under
stand why your investigation was
conducted upon such unusual and
unpopular lines, and with such bit
ter feeling toward me on the part
Of certain members Of your commit
tee.
Nevertheless, full Of confidence
ln the ability Of the Department Of
Justice to demonstrate to the salts
faction Of your committee, or any
other, the fact that it functioned
during the time Of my administra.
ton to a high degree Of efficiency
have been ready and anxious to
assist your committee in every way
within my power to make public
the splendid record Of accomplish.
nnent Of the department"
Daugherty also was Indignant
that the committee had not sum-
moned the various assistant attor-
neys general "before my appear
ance." 20
''The adoption Of such a. course
would In all .obability eliminate
The necessity Z my appearance. in
connection with the investigation
Of my official duties, by reason Of
the fact that full and accurate in:
formation would be in the posses,
sion Of the committee as result
Of calling the assistants in active
charge Of litigation.
THE calling Of these witnesses
at the commencement Of the in.
Quky would have enabled the
COMMITTEES to bring this inquiry to
an end at an earlier date, at least
IN 30 far as It concerned my Off
cial conduct as attorney general"
Daugherty declared.
Comment BY Brookhart.
Saying he spoke. not for the
committee, but for himself, Brook
hart thus commented upon Daugh-
erty's letter:
Inc criminal conspiracy OF the
late Jesse Smith In Daugherty's
household has been clearly estab-
lished as far as 1 am concerned,
and am sure it would hold in any
court. We have proved and con-
Victed Smith Of that conspiracy.
Jesse Smith profited in a way
which cannot be explained except
ON a theory Of a criminal con-
spiracy, and he lived with Daugh-
arty.
"The tax returns Of Daugherty
himself showed he had no property,
and he was in debt when he became
Attorney General. The records in
his brothers bank showed also that
ne had q deposit Of $4,000 accu-
. mulated in the two or three years
that he was in Washington ON a
$4,000 a year salary.
His refusal to let us see the
bank records and other documents