Show I I i McNab i ab Replies Rellies to l With Pointed Questions San Francisco Juno June 2 Late 24 Late tonight Mr McNab gave ga out a a. formal statement statement state state- ment in part as follows The President has accepted my may resignation and tho the Incident Is closed Even the eminent respectability of the President and hl his fulsome but necessary sar sary ar certificate of or character to his at attorney attorney at- at torney general cannot change the facts The Tho attorney general states that his reasons for continuing the tho SS S'S eases cases was that tho time secretary of ot labor desired time the presence of or Commissioner Commissioner Commis Commis- Caminetti tho the father tather of one ono of the defendants Why hy then did he In Insist Insist insist In- In upon continuing the tho case ease against the defendant Digga which had hod abSolutely ab- ab nothing to do with tho the case of or Caminotti who was separately In Indicted indicted In- In Why h was It necessary for Mr to be present at the trial in San Francisco when he was wag not a aneas witness wit ness and when his son was represented represent represent- ed rd by seven eminent members of or the California bar har one ono of or whom has lias since been Indicted for tor conspiracy to suborn perjury perjur In the same case to save his client cHen t If It They Are rc Innocent un The Tho excuse given Ahon for tor tho the continuance continuance continuance ance of or the tho trial of ot the Western Vestern Fuel defendants is that the attorney general general general gen gen- eral who had had a secret and private ato con conference with these defendants and their attorney was fearful that thc they might be convicted con and that possibly tho they might bo be Innocent If It the they wore were Innocent they should have havo Insisted upon being tried I If the attorney genera general gen gen- era eral can thus declare men Innocent In spite of or overwhelming O evidence e submitted submitted sub sub- to two grand Juries he lie can as easily declare men macri guilty against whom chom there l Is no evidence If It the attorney general Is to be constituted constituted constituted con con- a court for tho the trial of or facts the sooner tho the constitution Is amended the better bottel If It rich and aul Influential de defendants do- do with powerful political Influence ence enco can gain access to tho the ear of or the attorney general and have their cases throttled and Justice choked then It Is time lime that the tho American people should know it Jt lIed Had Warnings The Tho attorney general had before beCore him him my m repeated warnings that politIcal political pout pout- ical lent corruption was at work that subornation subornation subornation sub sub- of oC perjury ha had been boen practiced and that If It the Caminotti cases were continued the thc evidence would bo be destroyed and that the tho power of ot the tho government Jo to convict would have havo dis appeared Ho lit was waa Informed that this office would b bc be directly charged with corruption If It the tIme cases wore were postponed With absolute Indifference to the rights of oC this office and the honor of the tho department of or justice ho continued the cases casc until autumn The President now announces that the tho department will bo be FluShed In hot hotfooted hotfooted hotfooted footed haste to try these se cases Why Is 18 It to hasten now when It was as to make haste a R week ago ago If It It was right In l In May to tell mo nie to proceed It Is wron wrong In J Juno unu to tell mo me to stop If lC It Jt was as right in Juno to tell mo me to stop it IH is now ron wrong to tela say that the cases must Immediate Immediately Im Im- un- un mediately mediate proceed orl Working Working- lol PONt Fast Xo Now Xo Today Tollay 1 am am driven n to quit this offic office of of- fic fice ficI because my mv self respect will not suffer delay Tomorrow tho administration administration adminis adminis- will hastily hasUl pro proceed with the trial because It fears rears It will loin tho the publics public's respect 1 was ordered to postpone until autumn and anti resigned because I would not obey oboy y tho the attorney generals general's order to delay Now ow with witti furious haste and tho the eXP expensive p e anco of oC some special counsel the tho administration administration administration ad ad- ministration is to rush to an nn early earh trial Some Somo special counsel counsell Is now to tobe tobo tobo bo be retained for a princely feo fee to do what m my office would have ha been able to lo accomplish as ns a matter of or official I dut duty The Time mass mas of ot evidence through months ls of or toll toil may now be us used d to force torce a a. conviction of ot those these guilty defendants The Time attorney general genral cheerfully cheerfull or ordered ordered ordered or- or dered the tho continuance of oC these cases casas In spite of ot the tho charge charAe of or corruptness In that this office might bear the time stain Ho lie approved ed all the evidence against tIm tho two Vl Western Fuel tors whom ho hu now practically ac- ac quits One of or these wealthy wealth defendants defendants defend defend- ants after securing A continuance en entered En en- his office and the evidence e Immediately immediately im Im- in- in mediately became Insufficient A Jury jur sat for ten days lays taking evl- evl d dence nce which tho time attorney general neither 1 saw nor heard beard yet r t he feared that these defendants while innocent were in dun danger er of oC conviction It If Commissioner can cnn cheerfully be spared now no wh why could he not bo ho spared three days das ago abo If It there Is such mch a feverish fe haste hasto now to rush to immediate trial to v Indicate outraged outraged out- out ra raged etl Justice wh why why was It necessary to drive drive United States attorney Y from a n hi his hb office for tor objecting to corrupt and and inexcusable delay dela i This tt ml matter r has never ne been beon on one of oC perso personality allTy It I Is simply a question of ot from of officers of- of It If an resignation principle any rousing rousing- of or floors and the consequent will accomplish the re- re opinion public offenders of- of flagrant suit or of these fenders against th the laws of the countr country coun- coun has feel that the effort tr try then I 1 will not been I In n a vain In |