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Subject to
Inspection
Coalition Votes Additional
Amendment Extending
Privilege to Special
Committees.
Adopted, 158-100 Vote
Washington. Feb. 22.—The house
democratic-republican-insurgent co
alition wedged another amendment
the revenue bill today making
lax returns subject to inspection by
certain congressional committees.
Tills amendment and another
adopted by a one-vote margin open
ing corporation tax returns to inspec
lion of state officials regardless of
whether the slate Impose* an income
tax as the law now requires, de
veloped the major controversial issues
of the day.
Both amendments drew fire from
the renuhlicans. Representative Mills.
New Yprk. charging that "this piece
meal destruction of the revenue hill
is not. only leading to complete dis
tortion of the measure, but to de
struction of tho income tax law it
self.” He charged the measure was
being made an instrument of politics,
adding that "instead of bringing re
lief for the taxpayers it is going to
harass them."
Representative 'Wlngo. democrat.
Arkansas, In reply, denied that
amendments thus far adopted had
done more than bring relief to a
greater number of taxpayers, and de
clared he would "rather he charged
with political motives than personal
Interest in framing a revenue bill."
The republican stand served to de
feat an amendment offered by Rep
resentative Moore. democrat, Vir
ginia, which would have opened per
sonal as well as corporation returns
to state officers. It was lost, 121 to
74.
Gift Tax Favored.
Additional charges in the measure
were tentatively agreed upon at a
meeting of some members of both
parties of the ways and means com
mittee. These would Increase the
g^'-'late or Inheritance tax and impose
a gift tax. Wliat rates will be pro
posed was not determined, although
the schedule advanced recently by
Representative Ramseyer, republican,
Iowa, to make the maximum rate on
(lie estate tax 40 per rent, applying
to the nruourit by which the net
estate of a deed exceeds $1,000,000
was favored by a number of those
who conferred.
Representative i-iongworth, the re
publican leader, who yesterday ad
vanced a new compromise on the In
come rate schedule* as a substitute
for the democratic rates already voted
into the bill, declared tonight he ex
ported eight or nino of the 17 repub
licans who supported the democratic
plan to vote for the substitute if an
opportunity Is afforded when the bill
is up for a final vote. The republican
compromise fixes the maximum sur
tax rate at 37% per cent instead of
the 44 per cent now in the bill, and
decreases the normal rate on in
comes below $4,000 to 2 per cent,
the rate now in the bill, but would
make It 6 per cent above that amount.
It would allow- no increased exemp
tions.
Open to Special B*xlies.
The amendment opening tax re
turns specified that they should be
inspected only by the house ways and
means and senate finance committees
and special congressional committees.
It was adopted, IT»S to 100./ The
amendment as originally proposed by
Representative Moore, democrat, Vir
ginia. would have made the returns
^available to all congressional commit
^S»es. It was changed on motion of
Representative Tllson, republican,
Connecticut by a vote of 14fi to 133.
Previously the house rejected. 158
to 80. an amendment submitted by
Representative Freor to make the
tax returns open to Inspection by
• nyone under the rules governing as
to other public record*.
Representative Garner and other
democratic a* well as republican lead
ere opposed this as not safeguarding
sufficiently the tax records, although
declaring it was preferable to no pro
vision for publicity on returns what
ever. Representative Hawes, demo
crat. of Missouri, declared the amend
ment would destroy the privacy of
t lie home.
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German Thieves Rah
Gen Shop of $20,000
With Clever Ruse
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Berlin. Keb. 22.—Clever thieve*
varied an old trick and succeeded In
i nbblrtg * Jewelry, stol e In a. erowded
Berlin at reel today of abount 120,000
woHh of loot.
Just at tb* noon hour when I be
proprietor and liia clerk* locked tip
and departed for luncheun, a dray
drew up and two men unloaded a
large box which they planed against
the ahop door. They Informed In
qulreta that they were waiting for
the proprietor'* return to collect
■ artage. In about half an hour they
teloaded the box end drove away.
When the proprietor returned h*|
discovered the loss of practically sll
the stock. Investigation disclosed
that ope man had been hidden In the
" ho* and working through a trick door
had cut out the nanel of the ahop door,
helped himself to diamonds and
ewelry. crawled hack Into his case,
reset the shop floor pr.cel and Vas
■ omforUI'ly entted away by his con
federate* • ^ ]
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Guilty Must Be
Punished-McAdoo
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Shocked by Revelations at
Washington, Declares For
mer Secretary.
l/os Angeles. Feb. 22.—William G.
McAdoo. candidate for the democratic
presidential nomination, returned
home today after testifying in the oil
lease 'investigation at eWashlngton.
"The shocking revelations at Wash
ington of betrayal of public Interest
must give profound concern to every
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McAdoo Prefers Coast
Home to White House
Pasadena. Cal., Feb. 22.—William
G. McAdoo who passed through here
late today on his way home to I.os
Angeles, In a brief speech from the
train platform, made this state
ment:
"I have this to say and I aay it
with real meaning. I would rather
have my California friends, or live
In California, than be president of
the United States.
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lover of our Institutions and to every
patriotic American, regardless of par
ty,” McAdoo said.
"These transactions must be probed
to the bottom and the guilty brought
to punishment. This Is not a ques
tion of party politics, It involves tho
life of the nation.
"When men in high place, those to
whom the nation has the right to look
with confidence and respect, betray
their truat and proatltute their power,
a danger to democratic Institutions in
finitely greater than bolshevism or
any other Ism confronts us. The sub
tle poison of corruption ultimately
will do its deadly work.
"All good citizens, therefore, must
unite to drive corruption out of the
government, to elevate the standards
of public morality and to administer
the government upon the high con
ceptlon that public office Is a public
trust.”
Nerve*/of Steel Snap.
Chicago, Feb. 22. — Katherine
Malm'* vaunted nerves of steel have
snapped.
The 19-year old mother, on trial a»
a handit-slayer, collapsed when con
fronted with the testimony of her
chum, Rlani h lying.
Jtlnnrh King, a surprise tvltness.
had been carried lo the court room
on a stretcher from her sickbed In
Indianapolis. It was lo Planch that
Katherine hud fled after taking part
In the attempt to rob a mill, during’
which the mlU'w watchman, Edward
Lehmann, waa shot aod killed.
Denies Kn^ageinent.
Paris. Feb. 22.—Mabell* Olllrnan
Corey, divorced ‘wife of William E.
Corey, former head of the United
Kfates Steel Corporation, la arigaged
lo Prince Lula Ffrdlnand, son of the
Hues P>1 Galllera who Is a first cou
sin of King Alfonso of Hpaln, savs
the Herald.
The newspaper gives Mrs. Corey w
authority for the statement It adile
that Prince I,tils Ferdinand refused
to confirm the icport of the engage
merit.
The Day in
Washington
—
The agricultural appropriation
bill waa reported to the house car
rying $56,758,513.
The revenue bill waa amended In
the house to make tax returns
available to special congressional
committees.
Attorney General Daugherty ap
peared unexpectedly In the senate
and remained halt an hour In the
midst of hie foe*.
C. Bascom Slemp. secretary to
President foolidge, u ill be ralled
before the senate oil committee,
probabTy Monday, it was stated.
Senator Walsh, democrat, Mon
tana, rut short his southern visit
to return to Washington to resume
his work on the oil ipquiry.
Chairman Adams, of the republl■ /
can national committer, declared
the demand for Attorney (ienerol ;
Daugherty's retirement without in
vestigation appeared "absurd."
Laborer Confesses
Killing Aged Woman
Everett. Wash., Feb. 22.—Carl Ry
berg admitted today be killed Mrs
Gaura Mummey and badly Injured
her husband, .Joshua, Isst Tuesday
when he burned the home of the aged
couple.
Revenge is said to have been hla
motive, as ha waa angered because he
believed Mrs. Mummey waa Instru
mental in separating himself and hla
wife who Is Mrs. Mummey's grand
daughter.
Ryberg Is a laborer. 3S years old.
Youth KiUs Girl,
Her Mother, Self
Objected to His Sweetheart
Keeping Company With
Another Youth.
Las Cruces, N. M., Feb. 22.—Steve
Walter shot and killed Mies Blanche
Kell, and her mother, Mrs. John
Kell, and then shot and killed him
self this afternoon.
Walter went to the boms of Miss
Kell, one mile south of here, st noon
and objected to her Reeping company
wrlth another youth. A quarrel en
sured, which resulted In the shoot
ing.
The hodie* were discoverd by young
er children of the Kell family, who
had returned from school. Falling to
obtain entrance to the house by
knocking, they went to the windows
and saw the bodies upon the floor.
They notified neighbor*, who forced
an entrance.
Walter was the son of a mall car
rier to Organ, a mountain town
north of La* Cruces.
John Kell, father of th# slain girl,
is In Mexico on mining buslnesn. Kf
fort* are being mad# to get In touch
with him.
Webb Rice, Norfolk, Named
Head of Bar Association
Norfolk, Neb., Feb. 22.—Webb Rice
of Norfolk was elected president of
the Ninth District Har association,
succeeding Fred S. Berry of Wayne
R. J. Shurtleff of Norfolk Is secre
tary, Judge Anson A. Welch, W'ayne
delivered the keynote speech of the
annual meeting of th# association
here.
MacRcady Fails in Second Attempt
to Beat French Altitude Record
Supercharger Breaks Down and Forces American Flyer to
Descend After Reaching Height of 35,000 Feci —
Thermometer Fails to Record After 6J)
Degrees Below Zero.
Day Ion, C>„ Feb; J2.--Ipor the sec
ond time within two month* tha
Fnlted Plates today failed to wrest
the world's aviation altitude record
from France,
Ideut John A. MacReady, McCook
field flying a< e and former holder of
the tltln, arouepd hope that the honor
would return to America, when he
pushed his I<epere biplane to an In
dicated height of 41,000 feet, hut, sub
sequent callberattona of his Instru
ments reduced this to 34,9*3 feet, fsi
under the mark of 3K.R65 feet set
by the Frenchmen, Had! Ijecolnle.
While Lecolnte s actual altitude w.n
less than *7.000 feel. MacReady must
h«\e attained a height of 37.9713 feet
to have broken the record A recent
| uling requires that nnv new record
■ lie 1,300 feet higher than the old one
.e-fore It becomes official.
MacReady attributed his failure to
day to two causes-n breakdown of
his a ercbarger, the machanlem
which permit# hla engine to operate
In Tariffed ntmoaphere, and to the
extreme cold.
When hla Instrument# t eg titered r\rf
altitude of 41. MOO f«*et with the eti
glne apparently tunning perfectly
there waa « audden snap, he said,
which shook the plane from end to
end. Me prepared to make a para
chute Jump, he said. hut found that
It whh the au pare lunger and waa able
to hrlng the ship to the ground. A
similar accident forced him down on
hla last attempt. At thla height hi*j
thermometer had failed to i eglater
after touching HO decree# below g#ro
aentrlgrade. Mac Ready estimate# it
wni much colder a# he had rdImbed
some distance after noticing that hia
thermometer had stopped ot ring.
So far a# Ins prrannal condition
was concerned he could have gone
.higher. MaoReady declared but hi*
| engine was uMales* afu>» tin tupei
chajgai had failed.
Third Party
to Oppose
Dual Filing
Progressives Meeting at Grand
Island Would Wipe Name
of Bryan and Others
From Slate.
Fight Over Credentials
Grand Island. Neb., Feb. 22.— I>e
cisions to affiliate with the farnier
iabor convention called for May 30 at
St. Paul to nominate a presidential
candidate, and to oppose fusion with
either the democratic or republican
party In Nebraska was reached today
by a conference of members of the
progressive party who demanded
that the names of Governor Charles
Bryan and other democrats be with
drawn from the progressive ballot be
fore the April S primaries.
"We appeal to the voters of Ne
braska who are In sympathy with the
program of the Minnesota farmer
labor movement to rally to the pro
gressivr primaries and to file and sup
port those only who are committed
to a third party movement as party
nominees,” said a resolution demand
ing removal of the democratic
names.
W. H. Green of Omaha, executive
secretary of the party, recently
charged that the acceptance of pro
gressive party filings by democrats
was an attempt by the democratic
party to rid Itself of a political rival
FiKlit on C redentials.
Green was chairman of the com
mittee that brought in th» resolu
tion for withdrawal of the democrats,
which said that if the request is not
granted, then the secretary of state
should exclude the democratic names
from the list of progressive party
candidates. Mr. Bryan is seeking re
nomination as candidate for gover
nor, Nebraska law permitting candi
dates to run on more than one
ticket.
A fight over adoption of the con
ference’s credentials committee re
port, which provided that only those
who belong to and are affiliated with
the progressive party and intend to
support its candidates could be ad
mitted to thejneetiug. resulted In
some heated debete, following which
nine of those in the convention hsll
quit the meeting. Those who opposed
the report argued thst it would pre
vent members of the party from sup
porting men in other parties if they
desired.
Substitute Report Kails.
Joseph Gilbert, editor of a farmer
labor newspaper at North Platte and
eight others who supported his posi
tion failed to put through a substitute
report which said that the only quali
fications for participating delegates
would have to bo that they believed in
maintaining a third parly movement
in Nebraska, and walked from the
hail when the report of the commit
tee. headed by W. J. Taylor of Merna. I
was adopted. 34 to 9.
Mayor T. J. Ellsherry of Grand If
land, who filed the progressive peti
tion to put Governor Bryan's name on
the progressive party ballot, defended
his action. Subsequently. Mr. Ells
berry pointed out that the meeting
was not an official convention of the
progressive psrty and that therefore
any action It took did not necessarily
become binding. In this poaltlon he
was aupported by J. M. Paul of Har
vard, who acted til chairman
Suit Threatened.
A threat to bring a lawsuit. If neces
sary, to get the names of democrats
off the progressive ballot, was made
by Mr. Tsvlor. who recently filed a
protest With the secretary of state
The protest was overruled by that of
ficlal.
The conference opened with an ad
dress of welcome by Mayor Ellsherry,
following which the party chairman.
Rev. J. I.. Beebe of Omaha, one of
those who la opposed to Governor
Bryan's name appearing on the pro
gressive ballot, declared tUe governor
was mistaken when he said the Fed
eral Reserve hanking system was a
government Institution. He offered
to debate the matter with Mr. Bryan.
Alaskan Air Mail
Proves Success
fly Awiflitfd Free*.
Fairbanks. Alaak*. Feb 22 * Ne
naim to McMrath air mail set vice
was aucoessfully Inaugurated yestar
day by A'nplain Carl M. Klltiaon. ac
cording to a wiroleaa dispatch received
here from Me trading post
The message stated that the avia
tor covered the 2Sf» miles In Iras than
four hours Me ataried on the re
turn tr 11» at 2.4.'* p m.
Two flights will be mad* weekM
Mut ing the first month of the an \
i«o the tegular dog lentil route will
lo maintained. The trip by sled taken
approximately two weeks, de|»mding
on e rather condition!.
Kndor&cs Coolidgt.
Com ord, Feb. 22.- Frank Chaliis of
Manchester became a Coolldge
pledged candidate for delegate at
large to the republican national con
\eution trxlnv In opposition to Srn;i
tor (ieorge M Moses
The senatni .*sld recently In debate
in the senate that he would stippott
Ihrsldent Coolldge
Spnui.li Sculptor Dir..
Madrid Frb 21 The Spani&h
A sculptor Mateo inuiria died to<Ui
America Endangered by Those Who
Seek to Destroy Faith, Says Adams
Washington. Feb. 22.—"Why should Attorney General Daugherty
resign without a hearing?" Remanded Chairman .Adams of the republican
national committee. "That is not the American way of doing things. It
' is time for officials of integrity to face their detractors and place the
brand of infamy upon rthose who make their public office the mouthpiece
of foul calumny.
"America, its institutions and its form of government, are not now
and never will lie, endangered by enemies from without. Its menace is
from those who for the purpose of elevating themselves into the lime
light of questionable notoriety, or of serving the baser purposes of
partisanship seek to destroy the faith of the American people in their
public officials and institutions.
"The t^ile has come for republican leadership to stop acting on tjic
defensive, and to begin aggressive warfare on political traducers, who sat
silent while the greatest orgy of waste, incompetence and corruption that
the world has ever witnessed took place in Washington under the demo
cratic administration."
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Mrs. Marie Weeks Elected Head
of Nebraska Press Association
Code of Cthirs Adopted Dis
tinguishes Between Free
Publicity and
Advertising.
It} Aiioriatnj rrfti.
Grand Island. Neb., Feb. £2—The
Nebraska Press association, in annua!
session hero this afternoon, adopted
a code of ethics formulated by the
Eoup Valley Editorial association last
Derember, providing for distinction
between free publicity, advertising
and hatred publicity.
"Announcements of church serv
ices, concise and free of Individual
promotion ideas, for instance, are
construed by many as containing
news value and may properly be
classified as free publicity. where
facilities permit and if the announce,
ment privilege is given to all denomi
nations alike." the report said.
All matlers "pertaining to lotteries
gift enterprises, gift concerts or any
enterprise, whether launched by in
dividuals, business firms, churches or J
community organizations, in which j
enlei-s the element of chance," are
classified as barred publicity.
Mrs. Weeks Named Head.
A resolution which would have !
asked for reconstruction ef the pres- |
ent primary law with the idea of ■
Simplifying II. was killed.
Mrs. Marie Weeks of Norfolk was
unanimously elected president of the
association. She is the editor of the
Norfolk Press, and the past president:
J. O. Alden of York was chosen vice
president. Miss Naomi B. Buck of
Harvard was elected secretary, and F.
O. Edge coni he of Geneva was re
elected treasurer.
Ole O. Buck, Harvard newspaper
man. closes a five year period as
secretary, and Is succeeded by his
daughter. editor of the Harvard
Courier. Mr. Buck s formal appoint
ment as field secretary of the assn
elation wll take place Saturday. K.
It. Purcell of Broken Bow, P. A
,'lr*. Marie Weeks.
Carlson of Aurora and C. R Kuhle
of Eelglit are member* of the execu
tive committee.
Zone System Praised.
Following immediately the close of
a speech by Emmet Finley, repre
sentative of the American Tress a«
soeiation. on "General Advertising and
special Represenatlvi-a," the onven
tlon discussed the foretgh advertis
ing problem. No action was taken.
A resolution commending the pres
ent postal zone system, but favoring
a reduction in zone rates and tha
abolition of a graduated tax on ad
vertising. was defeated and a sub
stitute opposing any changes fn the
zone* or any change In present rates
for second class matter was adopted.
After killing two proposed resolutions
anil changing one. upon motion of
M. Brown of Kearney, the resolu
tlons were adopted as amended.
Tonight was spent socially by the
editors In a general n^er at the
local auditorium.
Norris Amendment Is
Reported by Committee
Special Plspateh to The Omaha Bee.
Washington, Feb. 2J—The Norrlb
constitutional amendment calling for
congressmen. senators and the presi
dent elected in November to take of
flea in January, thus abolishing the
short term In congress, was reported
out of the senate Judiciary commit
tee today. A similar amendment has
been reported out of the house Judi
ciary committee
"There la little doubt hut that the
amendment will tie passed at this ses
slon of congress.'’ Senator Norris
said. "It passed the senate last year
and was killed In the houae. The
principal object a>f the amendment la
to make if Impossible for lawmakets
defeated at the polls to continue legis
latlng after their defeat."
Tut’s Tomb Reopened
in Absence of Carter
Cairo. Egypt. Feb. 22.—Pierre
Eacau of the Egyptian antiquities de
partmant, opened Tutankhamen’s
tomb this afternoon In' the absence
of Howard Carter. The sarcophagus
was found undisturbed.
Carter failed "to accept the invita
tion to lie present at the reopening
of the tomb The Kgvptlgn govern
ment does not intend any further
work In the tomb this winter.
Today’s reopening was undertaken
mainly to facilitate tncnsuiea to safe
guard the sarcophagus and arrange
for the 10 da\s’ series of visits as pro
vided In Hie otiglnal program.
Dock Slrikr Drn)> on.
Irondoti, Feb. ?? -dVnpIlP the Agree
intent reached Wednenday, the Pntlnh
dock nli Ike ntfll di rigged on today.
HepreeeiUatlvm «>f the dock work
era met ngain in an attempt to reach
i nettlrnernt *.it infactory to all fhc
tionn.
The conference pro\ed futile and
wan adjourned until Monday.
I/ondon leader* favor acceptance of
tlie term* agreed upon Wednesday but
the provincial atrlkern are opponed.
They *r* demanding the full wage in
•“I'eane at once, inntead of taking half
now and the balance In three month*.
(ittolitlgr lltmoml.
Springfield. Mae* Feb ?? IV-eal
dent Fool I da o wan made an Honorary
icembei of Oeorge Wanhington chap
'1 i Si>nn i.f ^l' l'ii 'ii Kevchrioit. h\
unanhnoua vote panned tmlay in the
W anh ngton'n htr(hda> cdebinttn of
the chapter. ^
World Flight
on March 15
Chicago. Feb. .Maj F L. Mar
tin. commander of the t'nited States
army air squadron of "world cruis
ers," was prepared to leave Chicago
tonight fop !>ns Angeles on the land
leg of the flight around the world.
The commander of what is Intended
to he H>e first circumnavigation of
the globe by air In history was quiet
ly confident of thp success of the rec
ord-breaklng expedition.
"We hope to leave about March 15
and to make the trip in alx months,
possibly lees, although speed Is not
one of our objectives, said Major
Martin today.
It ia planned to leave lew Angeles
on tha first stage of the journey for
Seattle, where the engine* wil^ be
Inspecistf and changed If necessary
and pontoons attached to the aircraft
and a start made as quickly as pos
slide on the next stage to Alaska,
when the trip arms* the Psiifir for
Japan will be made
Ban on Garden to
Be Lifted Thursday
New York, Y>h. 22 —• Madison
Square harden, prevented from slat
ins a scheduled boxing show next
Monday night because of Suspension
imposed by the state athletic com
mission sa a result of the recent
Msaks Villa flyweight title fla“oo. will
resume fistic activity with two 12
round feature matches next Thurs
day night.
Paul Rcrlcntweh, sensational New
York middleweight, olio has piled up
will attempt to Increaae this string
a record of "4 consecutive knockouts,
when he oppnere young Fisher, vet
rmn Syracuse boxer \d Stone. Phil i
itelphta's "Fighting Marine, will meet
Pare Mcfilll, Irish light h*a\> weight
champion
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Guilt Must
Be Proved
|Says Chief
G. O. P. Leader Declares Sit
uation Is Taken Advantage
of by Political Black
guards.
Fights for Daugherty
Washington. Feb. 22.—Chairman
Adams of the republican national com
mittee today publicly joined the issue
with those of his party leadera in the
senate who are demanding the imme
diate resignation of Attorney Genera i
Daugherty.
"This is not the time.” he said, in
a formal statement, "to yield to the
threats of those who are conducting
this campaign of political terrorism
or to the demands of those who are
frightened by such method*."
The republican party organization,
he declared, will insist that no ver
dict of guilty shall he pronounced
until indisputable evidence of guilt
has been produced. The statement
in full follow*:
"The Integrity of a former cabinet
official has been called into aeriou*
question because *ie p-cept"-1 monev
while in office from certain oil in
terests.
"The reputation of three former
democratic cabinet members and other
democrats prominent In the Wilson
administration, has been aTected be
cause they received money from th*
same oil interests as hire for their
political influence with th» - - ad
ministration.
"So much for the facts regarding
the use of money disclosed • -t iat*
in thl oil investigation.
Campaign of Slander.
"Taking advantage of this situation
a few political blackguards and scan
dalmongers have launched a general
campaign of slander against mem
bers of the cabinet and others high
in official life
"One of the victim* of this cam
paign is Edwirt DenVy, secretary of
the navy. The record show* he did
not perform a single set in connection
with the leasing'of th* naval'oil re
serve* that was either illegal of im
moral—much less a betrayal of public
trust or inimical to public welfare
"Soft one of Secretary Denby s ac
cuser* can quote any official record
or eworn testimony to the contrary.
Not one dare make his accusations
outside the hails of congress where
he claims protection in the preroej
tive of uttering slander.
Want Resignation.
"Now it is being charged that At
torney General Daugherty was a
i*rty to the transaction. eH had
nothing whatever to do with the 01:
ieases. lie was not' even consulted
regarding them. Those making these
charges claim they want a congres
sional Investigation of Daugherty in
order to bflng out the facts. But
they are Dot willing to wait for the in
vestigation.
"What they hope to do ia to force
Attorney General Daugherty to re
| tire from the cahlnet before auch an
investigation can take place They
hope he will prefer such retirement
to the alternative of realnlng in office
to be harrassed and alandered
"The republican party organisation
stands unalterably for clean ar.d
honest administration of public af
fairs It does not condone betraygl
of public trust or *eelt to protect
those of its party guilty of such be
trayal.
Guilt Must Be Trorod
' But it is equaly insistent that
guilt must be proved or shown hy
evidence that admits of no doubt.
Hysteria is not proof libel is not
truth. Idle gossip and hearsay scan
dal ve not exidence.
"To pun|jj)i innocent men upon such
irresponsible and disreputable grounds
often results In letting those who
are really guilty escape It is not
without the range of possibility that
those who are noxv making wild
charge* agsirst public officials seek
to sacrifice innocent men In or-de
that guilt which should be ferreted
out and properly placed may escape
detection.
"Thla is not tbs time to yield to
the threats of those who are cor.
ducting this campaign of political ter
rorism or to the demands of tbos<
who are frightened by such methods
“The record show that most of the
| charges now being made are tnerelv
lexainped from those made some
time agv>. bv a member of the house
in a demand for Attorney Daugher
ty's Impeachment.
"These charges wore thoroughly ti
xestigated by a hxxuse committee
which. l»v a vote of to I. d»
nouncexl them as untrue and unwar
ranted. Thia decisixin of the ivnimil
tee. the house of retxresentatlvea con
urred in an ixxerwblemlng vote on
nonpar!iwxn ltnea. The new oharges
now being made are nothing l>»n
cheap gossijx. part t>f whk-h has al
ready been utterly discredited 11
Noting Hark at Marion.
Merton, HI., »tv s?.— s. uni
Young-. paid employe of th# Ku K-w*
Klaiv mho Hm Mr H^vUn* kho
dry mdi In this i\\ i!lw?r,
•on' today rf<umo4 $t\*v
nhMmon of M\vr«l dtvc and fur
nl*h#d StfVQOO bond on fnc charge*
of l*rrenv and fi\r of jobbery prr
frt rod b\ por*«»n* ni'iiw horn** tv- «*
l»*on mhiod Young ha* A**oi lr<! th*»
charge* Rtr* fr^fd
