Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-23
DAUGHERTY HURLS
DEFY At SENATE
IN CUSTER MOVE
Convicted Without H9aring'
He Will Take Fight to Vot-
ers, Attorney General De-
ClareS in Letter


WASHINGTON Feb. II. - Attor-
ney General Daugherty, in letter
today to Senator Pepper Pennsylva-
mia, served notice in effect that he
will not resign from President Cool
idges cabinet.
my elimination, voluntarily or
otherwise, will be a confession of the
truth of all the baseless charges Of
our adversaries, Daugherty said in
: his letter, and will! justify them in
= claiming that we have thereby ad-
emitted their truth ana such ;idnlis-
sion will accomplish The ultimate end
and purpose most gratifying to such
adversaries."
Mr.. Daugherty sent his letter to
Senator Pepper at the capital this
afternoon. The text of the letter fol-
loWs:s
"My dear Senator: Please accept
my thanks for your very kind note
of yesterday. Your complimentary
reference to my administration of the
department of justice is at this time
most highly appreciated. l am
amazed at your suggestion that my
interests are not to be decided on
the basis of justice or injustice even
though my honor, reputation and all
that l hold dear in this world are
at stake.
Your expressions of personal re-
gard are most gratifying and deeply
appreciated, and | am sure that
nothing will ever happen to change
our friendly relations.
Convicted Without Hearing
Coming now to the subject of
your letter, L am interested in your
statement that | am on the wrong
side of an issue in the mind of the
public. | assume you have in mind
the resolution Of Senator Wheeler,
and his speech on the floor of the
senate. You have then concluded
that l am on the wrong side of an
issue without hearing, without evil
dence and accepted as final the base
less, ScandalouS and defamatory
charges of my political adversaries.
You further imply that the public
has also concluded that / am on the
wrong side of an issue, without evil
dence, on eXparte statements and
baseless charges of those same ad-
yersaries. You must realize, as [
do, that these charges against me,
made on the eve of d presidential
election, are made with other motives
struction is but the accomplishment
of one phase of the program which
will be Immediately followed by other
and more drastic demands by the
same adversaries. My elimination,
voluntarily or otherwise, will be a
confession Of the truth of all these
baseless charges of our adversaries,
and will justify them in claiming
that we have thereby admitted their
truth, and such admission will &C.
complish the ultimate end and pur-
pose most gratifying 20 such adver
saries.
az will never re d party to such
a program. You say that my fate
does not involve d question of jus
tice or injustice. Nv dear senator
my personal interests sink INFO in
significance when compared with the
magnitude Of the issues now in.
volved. Is the preservation of the
orderly processes of the law and the
preservation of constitutional rights
OF no Importance? Shall regulations
be destroyed and public officials
driven from office by clamor insinua-
ton and falsehood? The basest crimi-
nal standing before the bar of JUS
tice has right to trial by his peers.
Am to be denied a right granted
10 even the DdSeSC CrlI1llnal.
To Appeal to Public
"If I am on the wrong side of the
issue to which you refer. and it has
already been concluded against me
by the senate to which forum / have
no access, without evidence Of the
truth or falSity of the charges
against me and if the public has like
wise, as you claim, without evidence
concluded that 1 am on the wrong
side of such issue, then nothing re-
mains for me to do except to plead
my cause before the bar of public
~ opinion and in order to do so accept
some of the numerous invitations to
Amake addresses throughout the coun-
fYtry and present before that great
tribunal all of the facts bearing upon
these matters. That tribunal, my
dear senator, by which we will all
ultimately be tried is the one before
whose verdict we must all bow with
respectful humility.
Very sincerely yours,
III. M. DAUGHERTY."
Senator Peppers letter was not
made public by Mr.. Daugherty, but
it was learned Senator Pepper ad
vised Mr.. Daugherty to resign.
RESULTS OF OIL PROBE
PUT BEFORE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 81. - AL
phases of the senate oil investigated
as considered within the last few
days by the senate committee were
today by the committee chairman
Senator Lenroot, Republican, Wis
consin.
Senator Lenroot on leaving I'll,
White House declared the questio.
OF retirement of Attorney Genera
DauShertv had been discussed on>N
incidentally anG that the conference
lasting an hour had been concerned
almost wholly with the more recent
leads and evidence adduced by hi;
committee.
A report that Attorney Genera
Daugherty has bought and sold Sit
clair oil stock is under investigation
by the committee.
Such report was submitted by
special investigator and was laiC
before the committee in executive
session. A check up of brokers
books to establish whether it is true
is now in proCress.
IT can be disclosed now that thi:
information formed the subject mat
ter of last Sundays conference be
tween Chairman Lenroot and Seua
tors WSeeler and Walsh. Democrats
Montana, and Atlee Pomerene. {
special government counsel in tn;
oil case.
Senator Wheeler. Democrat. Mon
tana. author of the resolution pro
posing an Investigation of Mr.
Daugherty's administration, said to
day he understood information indi
eating that the attorney general ha,
dealt in Sinclair stocks had been iai,