Show Mr M Wilsons Wilson's Chief Newspaper Supporter Demands That Attorney General Retire From rom th the cw Sc- X York World rr T THi HI best hiest service that Jam C C. can now render to th the Wilson lIson administration Is to I 1 resign tho office of or attorn attorney general of oC the States Wo We 0 say ar this in full lull appreciation of oC Mr Ir acknowledged ability as asa a a. lawyer and with 1 full tull confidence in his personal and official oCI- oCI I cial dat Inte Integrity Mr dr Ir action In iii the tue so called white slave slavo cases has made him a ft burden burdon of oC embarrassment em em- I to tho tIo administration It Il is now no evident that he be will be a a. t. t continuing burden of oC em- em 1 1 If lt he remains at the head of or the department of oC Justice He has hns put both the administration tion and the lie Democratic party part on the tho defensive and both of oC them h have infinitely more important bu lne than that hiM of oC dl dissipating their energies In making unnecessary excuses It U Is 18 true truo that the California case in Itself is petty and trifling in relation to the SToat great work of or the department lIE of ut justice It Is 18 true also that the offense charged should have been prosecuted pr t und under r the tho laws of California and that the courts of oC the United States should never have been I compelled to take cognizance of It But facts afford no shelter to the attorney general I lie did not h Interfere re because he lie believed the tho law had been beon perverted but because he believed mat wat justice 1 01 DO ho o administered to 0 suit th the tho convenience of ot federal office It Jt Is now plain from the additional records made Times that his interference public In yesterdays yesterday's was not accidental sect acci d dental or ot even en thou thoughtless but bUl that his lila order to District Attorney McNab was Issued after he had I received recel repeated warnings that political influence was being used to obstruct the prosecution of oC the casen coset It Is al also o plain from the records that Mr lIr Mc McNab ab has made made- ade public that it was not Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tl r tary Wilson Vilson alone who desired such postponement In order that the tho father of or one ono of oC the defendants defend defend- slits ants could first have c time to familiarize himself with his duties dulles as ns commissioner of oC immigration Mr 1 t himself had lon long been ben sl seeking such postponement and District Attorney Mo MoNab ab had written to him that your yoUl known well political prominence hA has already brought forth suggestions that the case caso has hns bet been n continued for political reasons As 8 lato late s a June Junu 3 the district attorney Informed the attorney general of oC Mr re repeated re- re I re requests for tor a postponement and said I I have lia written n to Caminetti with wIlh the utmost o t candor and frankness fr informing him of or the tile I condition of vf the thi public mind an and sa saying ln to him that both he and this office will be bc subjected to tho the bitterest public criticism if It th those sc cases again be he po postponed Th The attorney general could not vcr very well have for forgotten otten this letter when fifteen days later I ii h ho ordered the cases a postponed If Ie he did ld forget his memory is too erratic to be trusted in th the I complicated affairs of or the tho department nl of Justice To make maice matters worse the DI matter Is Involved In with the fuel cases in which the attorn attorney general again interfered with the administration of oC the law We have no doubt that Mr motives were honorable but hore here too he resorted to the ancient Republican abuse of ot making the enforcement of or the tile law a political and personal matter In an administration that I owes its er very existence to the tho revolt against privilege Ge such practices are Intolerable Mr fr hits has given to tho the enemies o Of ot th the tho Wilson administration their first o He has Ims proved to be he the weak weal spot In tho the Presidents President's tR armor As long ong as he remains In the office of ot attorney general the department of ot Justice will bc bo under suspicion It is the point at which the tte Wilson Witson Wit Wil son on will be attacked at nl every turn and It Jt is Js tho the point at which the administration cannot afford to be ho attacked In the enforcement of the tile law the country must bellove that the Witson Wit Wil son on administration Is beyond all 11 private and privileged Influence There There- will bo ho belief while no such Mr holds the tho office of ot attorney general The confidence that Is Imperative has haM boon been forfeited u II t restored j can be r stored only b by tho ho retirement of oC Mr anti and tho thi- appointment nt of or an attorney general who win will not repeat tho the blunders that have 8 destroyed Mr s tI usefulness ness as head o of or the tle department of or Justice Incidentally Jr If tho the J of labor and the commissioner Iloner of nr secretary j Immigration should retire to private life with him wo we I cannot believe hIleve that the public j service will suffer In jn consequence I |