Evening star., 1925-05-19

sirous of doing so may, with entire
propriety, contribute to such funds
but i take strong exceptions to much
| of the contents of your letter and tC
other matters inclosed, and to the Ell
tire spirit and policy manifested there
| in. and refuse to subscribe money. AND
| thereby subscribe to statements which
are highly improper and utterly un
| justified.
Publicity CIassed as Harmful.
More than that, / assert that the
publicity given these statements and
objects are calculated to inf1uente
court and jury and interfere with the
due administration of justice. No
ore has n right to do that. 1t is
subversive of and contrary to our
principles of government and judi
cial procedure"
Mr.. Winter says that Senator
Wheeler is presumed to be innocent
until proved guilty, Just the same
as any other man." but that "he is
not to be tried by the public, the
newspapers or the United States
Senate, but by the courts and jury
in the usual manner" He continues
II deny and resent your statement
that the behavior of the Department
of Justice toward Senator Wheeler
is disgraceful to any free people.
| deny and resent your charge that
it has tried to destroy and black
mail him | deny and resent the
statement that his prosecution re
suited from the discharge of his pub
lie duty / deny and resent your
statement that the department has
prosecuted him without evidence.
deny and resent your further state
ment that the 'Daugherty plans of
revenge have been carried forward
under his successors
Calls 1t Outrageous Slander."
This last statement is an out
rageous slander of eX-Solicitor Gen
eral Beck, Acting Attorney General
for time; of Justice Harlan +.
Stone, formerly Attorney General,
and Attorney General Sargent. and
the goon sense and justice of the
American people will deeply resent
1t. 1t is a foolish, unwarranted and
dangerous statement. whose only ef-
iect Will be to undermine the un-
thinking public confidence and to en-
courage lawlessness and defiance of
all constituted authority.
Given publicity, as there has been
In our daily papers, your allegations
and activities clearly may prejudice
the body of the people of this District,
and, therefore, the jury which will be
selected in the case. The result may
be that fair trial may not be had.
The people demand justice. Anything
but an impartial jury is abhorrent TO
every good citizen. Your publicity
would substitute mob rule for the
court, and public sentiment for JUS
ticc.''
Basil NJ. Manly, vice chairman of
the Wheeler defense committee. when
his attention was called to the Winter
letter today, said:
The statements contained in the
matter sent out in the appeal for
funds by the Wheeler defense commit
tee are based on the record before the
Borah committee of the Senate, which
investigated the charges against Sen
ator Wheeler. and the record made in
the Montana trial of Senator Wheeler.
The only conceivable way in which
Mr.. Winter can deny the statements
il because of his ignorance of that
record. / challenge him to say wheth-
er or not he has read the record in
the case
The formal appeal for funds to aid
in the Wheeler defense in the District
of Columbia was sent out by the COM
mittee about a week ago, Mr.. Manly
said. Already, he said, hundreds of
letters have been received approving
the appeal and contributions to the
fund have been many. The letter of
appeal was sent to several thousand
persons, he said, including members of
Congress. a statement Will be issued
Mater showing the amount of the fund.
etc, he said.