Apr, 24.
The press ix shocked at the ace quit tal of Harry Sinclair. in cone rection with the Teapot Dome oil~ ease scandal, The papers all have strong comments to make on the verdict.
The Democratic journal, the New York "World", says tha the case will neither vindicate Sinclair morally nor enhance the prestige of the: United States jury aystem. Sine clair did not attempt self-vindieation nor did he appear in the wit mess-box, which, says the paper, an innocent man with a straightforward story would have done.
The Republican nowspay New York "Evening Post", says that Sinclair was acquitted on tenehnicalities, and declares that the moral estimation of the country stands where he did before the verdict unless he has decencied a few stops lower.—-Reuter,
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