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Show loTH PRESIDENT AND DAUGHERTY FLAYED I HARDING HELD I STRIVING TO STIFLE PRESS Daugherty Scolded for Re marks Made in His Chicago Speech HOT WORDS USED Democratic. Kentucky Sen t ator Is Author of Double Barreled Attack WASHINGTON. June 3. rresldent i Harding and Attorney General Daugh-I Daugh-I erty were assailed toddy In the sennte by Senator Stanley. Democrat of Ken-I Ken-I tucky, In connection with atntemen-.s ! credited yesterday to President Hard-i Hard-i Ing with respect to a sennto attack i on Seeretar) Hoover and to assertions asser-tions made by Mr. Daugherty in his Chicago address yesterday as to the I policy to be followed In filling tb ; 24 Jndgwhlps created under a bill recently re-cently passed by the senate and hOUSi Sonator Stanley. Interj.rctlng the president's remarks ' on tho basis Of some newspaper accounts. " to refer to criticisms of cabinet officers. Including In-cluding Mr. Daugherty, said Mr. Harding was attempting to 'stifle !f not to mu.'lo" the press Turning his fire on tho attorney general the senator accused him o, having, hv his Chicago speech, served I public notice on applicants for the Judgeships that they muft not say anything any-thing in criticism of Mr. Daugherty If they expected appointment to the bench. Reading from a dispatch in the Philadelphia Public Ledger In which It was said the president had taken I a "two-fisted fling at the political blackguards" who attacked executive officers Senator Stanley wanted to know who were these "political blackguards w ho are assailing the attorney at-torney general." "They are two members of congress," con-gress," he said, "who only yesterday-wore yesterday-wore the dors and tho uniforms of a soldier, eminent senators representing represent-ing sovereign states, ambassadors from two proud commonwealths. Is It possible that a genial self-poied court Aunt: van tl Am fin ncennvlri ilns high place . ould so far forget himself in his desperate attempt to shield 'a Oian who dares nOt shield himself, to speak for s man who dares not speak for himself? "Will the president In his desperation desper-ation finding no other who dare to say a word for this discredited official, offi-cial, denounce senators a Idack-ju.".rds Idack-ju.".rds who criticise the nefarious and crooked operations of a politic il broker, who makes It a business, It Is charged at least, to deceive the chief magistrate of the United States n order that men may despoil women in time of peace and plunder the treasury treas-ury In time of war?" Quoting from a dispatch in the Phtladelphla Public Ledger in which It was stated that tho president believed be-lieved newspaper men and newspapers newspa-pers performed a public service In putting on the brakes" In the publication pub-lication of nttacks on executive offl-cer offl-cer Mr Stanley said he would tell Ijk evident that "this Is not Aus-ft Aus-ft the Agk. -i a the next k ' de |