Show m I Clipped Current Comment i Lobbying and Attorney General i I San Francisco Argonaut 1 I 1 N Interesting aspect of ot the McNab resignation A AN matter particularly as it reflects the aoth lUes of ot Secretary Wilson Mr r. r department department depart depart- ment meat chief is the close relationship which It bears to the time lobbin lobbying practice The Tho president has de declared de- de I dared his disapproval of oC lobbying In connection with legislation It would be Interesting to know I If It his sentiments arc are equally positive with respect I Ito to lobbying in relation to executive matters Surely it is lobbying in an aggravated form torm when ben a a. I bureau chief chic Induces his department chief ohle to go to another department chief chic and Induces this second department chief upon considerations entirely personal personal personal per per- I to restrain the hand of ot prosecution I In a I criminal action If It it be wrong to discuss pending I 1 legislation with a member of ot congress with a a. aview aview I view to influencing his action it is many degrees wot-so wot to se seek k b by social political or official in In- In I tJ ti to interfere with the tho processes of or Justice Tho The pr president has applied very severe phrases to citizens who have recently visited Washington to coun counsel el with their representatives In Congress I t will ho now apply the rule to tho the members of or his own official family Consistency If it nothing else I calls for a stern rebuke from him to at least two members of or his cabinet tho the one who has asked r and the other othor who has yielded in the matter of ot In Interference In- In with the tho cour course of ot criminal procedure PS I I I r New York Globe Glob I IT IT is in eVely every way desirable that all correspondence correspond I ence enco In the Caminetti and Diggs s white slave cases should go to Congress The country Is not satisfied with the time Presidents President's disposition of at the affair Prompt prosecution of ot the men Is la a matter matter mat mat- ter of ot course That has become a a. mere mera Incident hat What the time people are now Interested In knowing Is whether the attorney general of ot tho the United States deliberately allowed private influences to In- In with the natural course of ot justice Tho letters and telegrams published by Mr McNab show sho conclusively that ho he had good reason to believe that his hands wore vere tied by his superior for tor no sound public re reason son It remains to bo be disclosed why the President In set terms torms sustained Mr Ir McReynold's course In ordering postponement ot of the cases The Presidents President's act in directing Imme Immediate immediate im Im- Im- Im me mediate I fo prosecution to be sure Is la not easily recon reconciled with his hla note of ot commendation to the att attorney in general Possibly th tho apparent nt Incon incon- grew out of ot nothing nothing- but a natural desire tc to 0 save the th-e face of ot a member of ot his official family ta I But the country would prefer preter to know that some something some some- thing in the records of or the ca cases es Justified the time Sat Presidents President's X letter lettel S and It t will wi therefore therefore await await pub- pub lI a of ot allt tho the correspondence en e with acut acuto acut In nI n in- terest That Tha t. t Mr r has lost public publio con- con nce in any event eVen t there thero is no ground for tor doubting doubt- doubt In ing t I F N New ew York Tribune I I I THIS TH E facts brought to light in e DI District ex-District Attorney 1 ney McNab's lc dispatch to The New York r I Times mal make e the excuses given gh-en by Attorney General General Gen Gen- eral for tor his imis conduct in lii the California white slave shave cases seem moio more films flimsy and disingenuous than ever Mr Ir l when his plan I I I to postpone those cases as aa a personal I f tion to tho the commissioner general of Immigration Air Mr Ir Caminetti wa was b by Mr Ir McNab's tele tele- graphing his resignation and giving the reasons I f accused McNab ab I of ot disloyalty and said that the latter ought to have hae remonstrated with I I him privately and confidentially Instead of ot rUdel rudely 1 baring the facts to the public gaze s-aze In iii lii his Statement to the President Mr MeRcy MeRcy- I I t t fouls tried f l to ma make c It U appear that lie ho had hd lost st I Of track t time the it or of r i the eases and was loft left wt without out knowledge J Jt Z dangerous situation n in California That vi not be rel l with the record of Mr fr M Ic ab v 1 protest r cst The latter ministration served time the ai ad- ad P intelligently and loyally lorall I and was th then hn ri rebuked L Cd i b by tIme the President t in order to tle save the time face aces nf or two hi high fh h functionaries at Washington who ho had inC f fa flagrantly a misused their official power Con Congress on In res should take tl kc the thc lid oft ocr this scandal and ty to v y n apportIon hL n the blame blamo for tor It mor equitably I I than Vr Ir WilsOn J 5 n lid When h he be whitewashed iVd d McNab MeNal and nd f. f and Caminetti J I |