Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-04-23 | Page 16 | Mooney Case Again Debate Subject in Senate

MOONEY Y CASE AGAIN DEBATE SUBJECT IN SENATE By Associated Press WASHINGTON V A The Thc The case of Thomas rhomas Mooney convicted in the San Francisco bomb plot held the attention of the tho senate again today with Senator Phelan of of California defending the regularity of Mooney's trial Senator Phelan commended President Wilson for asking a respite for Mooney 1 from Governor Stephens Referring to the address yesterday ay of Senator Poindexter of Washington Washing Washing- ton who said Seat Seattle tiC labor leaders were fomenting a strike n behalf of Mooney Senator Phelan said the labor la labor la- la bor press had charged that Mooney was being railroaded and that his conviction was a legal outrage This is not true said Senator Phelan There was nothing irregular lar In the tile court processes He lie had hada a fair fall trial When Senator Phelan said ho thought Senator Poindexter had re reflected reflected reflected re- re on California's courts in connection connection connection con con- with Mooney's trial the Washington senator said he was entire entirely entirely en en- I tire mistaken and that he Senator Poindexter had defended the California Califor Califor- nia courts I PRESIDENTS PRESIDENT'S ACT PRAISED The presidents president's interference in be behalf behalf behalf be- be half of Mooney Senator Phelan as asserted asserted asserted as- as was justified in order the vindicate vindicate vindicate vin vin- the United States and the regularity and fairness of Mooney's looney's treatment in view of the doubt of his guilt credited in the minds of many people Senator Phelan said Mooney was an unworthy man and that the newspaper of which he lie had been editor had threatened President Wilson Wilson Wil ViI son with assassination It is not for us to try this case casein casein casein in the senate Senator Phelan con con- Both my self sel and the junior I senator Senator Johnson have been asked to bring it up with a view to toI toa toa a congressional investigation but we I refused The report of the labor commission headed by Secretary Wilson which investigated the Mooney case vouched for the fairness of Mooney's trial Senator Phelan said He said reports that Mooney looney had not been fairly treated had been spread even evento evento evento to Russia and had hampered the American missions mission's efforts there A motion by Senator Phelan that I the Wilson Vilson commissions commission's report be printed in the record was defeated by the senate however The California California Cali Cali- I fornia member asked that it be printed as an answer to Senator Poindexter's Poindexters address but both Senators Senators Senators Sen Sen- I Poindexter and Smoot disclaimed disclaimed disclaimed dis dis- claimed that any reflection had Wen made upon California's judicial pro pro- I I esses