Show STAMP ATTORNEY GENERALS GENERAL'S ORDER AS ACT OF USURPATION Grand Jurors Who Indicted Fuel Officers Wire Protest to President QAN rnA FRANCISCO June Tune 21 Twenty Twentythree Twenty Twenty- SA SAN three members o of the federal grand Jury which returned the original In Indictments Indict Indict- ments against tile the Western Fuel company com coin pau pany directors Including Robert Hobert Bruc j jand and Sidney V. V Smith the postponement of or whose whoso cases case's ordered by Attorney General James was among the tho causes of District Attorney John L. L McNab's Ic abs ab's resignation m met t hero tonight to tonight to- to night and drafted a telegram to President Pres Pres- II ident Wilson Ison protesting against usurpation pation of b by ly the lOWer power attorney general gen gen- I eral of or the United States The rhe telegram which was wag signed by tho former grand Jurors follows As the grand Jury which returned the tho original Indictments tho the Western Fuel directors we wo most rc rc- but strongly and vigorously protest against the usurpation of or power flower b by tho attorney general of the United States In givInG car ear to the private vate appeals of ot certain defendants and then that those defendants ant be relieved from prosecution Tho The defendants who have hae been thus selected by the attorney general generala a as marl marks s of oC his peculiar favor were In Indicted In In- dieted on the amo same evidence c Introduced a against all other d defendants For an administrative officer thus to single out certain and refuse to permit them l tu ii be tried Is to overthrow overthrow overthrow over over- throw and destroy destro all e established d precedent precedent pre pre- and law i It Is publicly to at attempt attempt nt at- tempt to froc a Il favored defendant after tho the exercise of oC Influence In the privacy of the attorney generals general's offIe In the absence of or tho the evidence and In violation violation viola viola- tion tron of ot Justice It is an ati attempt to subvert sub the tho powers of ot the tho federal grand jur Jury to make maleo the attorney G general ul-ral ul the substitute for tor the courts and to destroy the usefulness of or tile tue United States attorneys attorney's office I If nn any attorney general can thus de declare tle- tle clare clara men men Innocent he can con In tho the same wa way declare them gUilty and Inevitable corruption and flagrant Tant v will result If these theS defendants wore innocent wh why did the they not Insist on Immediate vindication before a trial Jury Jur Instead of so seeking to escape a r trial by privately appealing to tho the atto ney JHo pon ral without without without with with- out notice to the United States Stales attorney no hey ney After the presentation of the evidence evi dence lending leading to th these se Indictments our duty cluty was wan plain pistil To re have o avoided It would have o been to o o exhibit cowardice WP e Po cannot retrain from expressing our OUI protest that after aCter tOn ten days of ot arnest arne t labors devoted dc to the consideration id rolIon of or orOl O l evidence against our nur work worl I Is awa away avay by br the autocratic act nel of an administrative official This grand rand Jury JUl rOpo reposing lin tho the hl highest high bight hc h- h c est t faith nithi In your our rectitude of purpose appeal to you OU OLI publicly to discountenance ance th the action thus taken find to up uphold up- up hold the tue hands of oC the U. U S. S attorney In iii Ina a vigorous pro prosecution of or nil iiii lI tho the lI du- du without car fear or favor Continued on Oil 1 la u n-u u S 3 Column i. i STAMP ATTORNEY I GENERALS GENERAL'S ORDER AS ACT OF USURPATION Grand Jurors Who Indicted Fuel Officers Wire Protest I Ito to President Continued Page lage 1 This grand Jury which fo for tor four months month was in almost dally daily contact with U. U S S. S Attorney John I L. L McNab h a while whilo ho he was as engaged ged in iti the active performance of lila Ills dut duty wish to do declare de do- clare ciare that wo we repose the most t implicit confidence in him both as ns w 11 layer lawyer er and und andas andas as man in all his official actions I |