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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 23, 1908. It HU xcitlus &lons ths lines, mentioned to me. Now naxdon me for making- the suggestion that I think you make a mis take In paying you do not -want the office. that is. it you do wane It. as you assure me you do. It Dlacea me in rather an un pleasant position to be continually met by other applicants for the costtlon with the tatement that you assure them that you do net care about it. - Hermann, for in stance, wee informed that you had agreed to wait for two years, serving out your time as a member of the State Senate. Now. tatementa of this character, unless you actually mean them, only tend to em baraus us. 'I will be in Portland on Wednesday, the I7th Instant, tjincercly yours. C. W. FULTON." The above letter was in response to one by Erownell to me on June 9, which I rive below, and in which ho refers to a conversa tion I had had with him criticising him for bavins; told Hall that he did not care for and was not seeking; the office, and In which he had affirmed that he had simply evaded the question, because Hall was a good fellow nd he disliked to appear to be against hlm. The following Is Prownell's letter of the Dth: - "Oregon City, Or., June B, 1903 Hon. C. TV- Fulton. United States Senator, Astoria, Or. "My rear Sir and Friend: I desire to thank you for the engravinr. or picture of the 33 members who stood together for you In the Senatorial contest Jutt passod. I should have written to you and thanked you for It sooner, but overlooked it. Now you understand that I have had no conversation with John Hall excepting upon the idea on the line expresred by me to you In jour room; of course I want the attorneyship and want It tad and hope you will be able to et Mitchell and Hermann to stay with you at the meeting on the 12th. I had a con Tersailon with Mitchell last night and, I bave no doubt but what if you are firm with bim. that he will arrange some scheme to have Morelund withdraw, so as to make it easy for you and him both. With sincere re tards I remain sincerely your friend. 'GBORQ1S C. BROWN ELL." Where Hrnry Got Certain letters. And here I will refer to a bit of Brownell's testimony In the Steiwer case In which he aid he had a secret promise from Mitchell to support him. It will be seen that ho here makes no uch representation to me, but says that he hopes I "will be able to get Mitchell to stay with" me for him, and that if I will be "firm with him" he will ar range for Moreland "to withdraw," that Is, he wants me to Insist on Mitchell trying to have Moreland withdraw. I do not pretend to have any knowledge of Brownell's un derstanding with Mitchell, but I do assert that Brownell never claimed to me that Mitchell had promised to abandon Moreland for him. Were it otherwise why was he urging me to try to get Mitchell to stay with me for him at a meeting; to be held on the 12th? Another statement Brownell made In his testimony Is wholly untrue. He testified that he turned over to me at my request some letters thnt I had written him. The statement is absolutely untrue. He never turned over to me a single one of my let ters to him, and I never asked him for one. Indeed he gave all of my letters to Mr. Henoy I had no objections, for I never wrote him a letter that all the world might not see. The above letter of November 3, 1W0.1. In which I declined to promise my support to Hall at his request has been published by Heney.' How did he get It? From Brownell. It is true that lie delivered to me the Washington telegram from Hall, but not with any letters of mine. The way lie happened to give me that telegram was this: On my return to Oregon when I met him I asked him why he should have made so peculiar a request of me as that contained In his telegram given below. Ha said that Hall bad wired him to wire me. I said I did not think Hall asked him to make the request of me that he made, but he was unable to understand that he had made an extraordinary request and afterwards brought Hall's orlnlgal telegram to him and left It In my room. I give It below. Other statements of Brownell's of minor Import ance, wbtle Incorrect, I will not now men tion. Now the above letters clearly show that Brownell had never complained to me that Hall was threatening him. but, on the con trary, that he was friendly with Hall. It also appears by my letter to Brownell of November .1. that he had ceased to be a candidate for United States Attorney before I left for Washington In the Fall of 10O.".. for. In that letter. I call his attention to the fact that he had requested me, and I had promised, to support Campbell, and It also appears that when he Indorsed Hall and asked me to support him I declined to promise so to do. fcuch then was the situa tion sa far as I was concerned up to Jan uary. 1904. when Hall came to Washington. All these letters from which I have quoted, which passed between Brownell and me. it should bo remembered. Heney has In bis posission. for Brownell turned over to him our entire correspondence. Asks Support for nail. Now while Hall was In Washington, where he had come at the request of the Attorney-General. I received from Brownell the following telegram: "Dated Oregon City, Or.. January 16. 1004. i? lon' C Fulton. United States Senate. Washington. D. C All in all I think best LCa, .,hln to do ,or yu " Senator Mitchell Is to reappoint Hall. If you do this Hall should. I feel, do something for me. Ilr.,I,nL. ha,vlnK big fight In this county aralnst Meel and Anperson combination. "GEORGE C. BROWNELL." This is the telegram to which I above re ferred, u was practically asking me to ask i ",t0ay h.lm (BrowneI!) a sum of money , in consideration of my support of Hall I "!?Vr,?nS,re"d ,he telerara or "Poke of It k to Hall. As above stated Brownell brought t ZUI" orlS'r"1l telegram to him. It reads as follows "Washington. D. C, January 1 1004 George c. Brownell, OregorClfy, Or., WiT. lulton for my appointment. "JOHN H. HALL." No Combination with Any One. .n1! ,0U,,V'1.'' ln Possession of the orlgl- ?red hv ?.Vh? above -"'m. a. de "v ered by the Western Union and I will let any person inspect them and also every letter the w.qU,0t, Wh0 ay "o to do. Now 2!r.C telegrams constitute absolute proof that there was no combination between Hall 5. nuV.rKBr.ne"- HaI1 na m- 'he win . . Erownell expected me to ask i.,,M 7""" Ir prosecution, that hiVT1"'" !!fVe b'en inl3 ough for him and he would not have requested m to S,1"' ,aM toT, him ,n h' Clackamas County fight also. In the second place. If I had promised Hal! my support on condition ?Pr f ?rownel!' why ""'d Hall wire o-tt from Washington to Brownell urging n.,,"" "It 'oPPort him? Remem sr. Hall was then ln Washington, where and T!?nHeney chr the agreement to pro tect Brownell was entered Into pursuant to the complaint made by Brownell In his let tens to Mitchell. Is it not quite clear that Hall was finding t difficult to secure my sup port of his candidacy? Hall had beea In Washington some days when be sent that te.ecram. Indeed he left for home on the EOth and this telegram was sent by him to Brownell on the 16tb. asking him to wire me to support him. Brownell did so and asked me to ask Hall to help him ln Clacka mas County. Clearly Hall and I had not ntered Into any agreement and clearly I was declining to promise him my support. In truth I never did agree to support him. I tola him that should he secure other mem bers of the delegation sufficient, with my vote, to make a majority. I would support blm. That is all. It Is true that when Hall arrived I asked what thero was about Brownell being threat ened wlth prosecution. Hall said that he did iot know of any evidence implicating Brownell ln the land frauds; that he under stood the Government claimed to have evi dence to the efle;t that Brownell hsd nt tached his notarial seal to certain affidavits when the parties had not actually appeared before him. I eald I should deeply regret his Indictment: that while Brownell was careless end foolish, he was not vicious and that I had no doubt that whatever he had done he bad done through thoughtlessness, and had re ceived nothing for it, and that I trusted he wou:i be as lenient as he could, consistent with his duty. Kail spoke most kindly and assured me that so far from being, disposed to persecute Brownell, he would greatly re gret being compelled to prosecute him. and that be had no intention of doing so unless a case of Intentional wrong doing should ap pear. Such, ln substance, was my conversa tion with Hall about t.ownell. It Is ex actly what I should say at any time iu be half of any person. How Hall Was Reappointed. Is It conceivable that if Hall and I had entered into an agreement whereby I was to support him and he protect Brownell, he would have wired Brownell to wire me urging me to support him? And had Brownell sup posed I was to do so on condition that HU was to protect him that he would have wired me as above? The contention Is absurd. But that is not all. As a matter of fact, neither Mitchell nor I ever supported Hall or recom mended his reappointment. Indeed, Mr. Heney admits in his speech that he alone was responsible for Hall's reappointment. Actions speak louder and more strongly than words. Lt actions speak here. After we returned to Oregon, In the Summer of 1004. and long after the date of the alleged conspiracy, ws beld a meeting of the delegation at the Hotel Portland, to select a United Slates Attorney. W took many ballots. X was the only mem ber who at any time voted for Hall. I voted for several others, but Mitchell and Williamson continued to vote for Moreland. At times Hermann would vote with me. I think he voted for Eddy and also for Kelly, of Albany, but never for Hall. Finally Her mann went over to Moreland. That made a majority and I was at a loss to know what to do. I personally liked Moreland,. but Frank Baker, Republican chairman, and a number of active Portland Republicans charged that he had not. at the last elec tion, supported the Republican ticket and they had appealed to me not to support him for that reason. I told the delegation the situation and some one suggested that !ore land be sent for and asked what the facts were, and I said "all right, if he will satisfy me that the charge Is untrue, I will Join in indorsing him." Judge Moreland was sent for and came, but he acknowledged that he had opposed the Republican nominee for District Attorney, and that admission and that alone prevented Judge Moreland from receiving the Indorsement of the entire delegation then and there. As a result we adjourned without having reached an agreement. No Fledge to Hall. Sums ' weeks thereafter, possibly months, Hall was reappointed without any .member of the delegation having recommended him or having even been consulted, but, as I after wards learned, solely on the recommendation of Mr. Heney. These facts can be conclu sively proven. Do they Indicate, or, ln view of them. Is It possible to believe that Mitchell or I. or either, had any agreement with Hall to recommend him for appointment in con sideration that he would protect Brownell, or otherwise Judge Moreland will remember being sent for and asked the question. Why was he sent for if not to give him 'an oppor tunity to clear up the charge? Had he cleared it up be would have been indorsed for reappointment. Does not that prove conclusively that we were not pledged to Hall? But it is argued that Mitchell in some of his letters to Brownell says that he has evesything fixed and that he need not fear Hall unless he goes back on his promise Well, it Is only necessary to recall - that Brownell was writing that Hall was perse cuting him, knowing him to be innocent, etc. Hall doubtless assured Mitchell, as he did me, that he had no disposition to wrong Brownell. Possibly Mitchell gave Hall some assurances of support ln case Moreland could not be appointed. I do not know, but he j never so Intimated to me, and I do know I that hud Moreland assured me that he had i supported the ticket at the last election, I would have Jonied the other members In his ! support. j So far as Mitchell's letters are concerned, i It Is well to remember that he was much ' given to the use of extravagant language. . I do not say this unkindly. It is a fact, ! well known by his friends. That Mitchell's ' letters are marked "strictly confidential" I means little. It was his habit. For Instance. In his letter of November IT. 1903. to j Brownell, responding to some statement f j Brownell that Hall was persecuting him. he I said: "Neither of us blame you a particle, ' under the circumstances. We do blame Hall, b it write you this In strict confidence." Well, If Hall had done wrong, and we blamed him. why be so strictly confidential about It? Then again. In that same letter he says, "simply say all you know about the District Attorneyship ts that the two Senators are still in locked horns. Fulton Is still stand ing firmly by you, while I am standing by Moreland." Now Brownell had withdrawn from the race the previous Summer and was a candidate for Congress, and had appealed to us to help him. My letter to him of No vember 3 shows that during the previous Summer he had given up the Attorneyship. Hence the mysterious suggestions of Mitchell count for little. But It Is not incumbent on me to explain Mitchell's letters. My own letters show that I declined to promise my support to Hall, and the fact that, when in Washington, Hall was telegraphing out to have me urged to support him shows that I was not dis posed to support htm.. So I pass from the Brownell matter. The Steiwer Incident. Mr. Heney exerts himself to prove that I sought to have Hall bring a civil suit against Steiwer rather than a criminal one, to have the legality of his fences tested. He need not exert himself In that behalf so far as I am concerned, for I admit, and ever have admitted, that I did. I would do so again. I told Hall and do not apologise for It. that so long as a civil suit would accomplish what he desired, namely, the removal of the fences. If maintained in violation of the law. It seemed to me wrong to institute against a reputable citizen a criminal proceeding. That was my firm conviction, and is today. What was there wrong ln my so stating? It Is not contended that I had any Interest In the matter. To my knowledge the ques tion did not arise until months after my election, hence. I had nothing to gain per sonally, o. but I was striving to . assist a friend! If so I have committed many crimes. I am being appealed to every day to go to this or that department to help some person out of trouble. Perhaps a postmaster- has made a mistake or used funds he ought not to have used, 'but had returned them, or a soldier has deserted and been ar rested, or an officer court-martialed and I am appealed to to seek leniency for him. Must I not do so? Is It Improper? What am I to do when persons in trouble appeal to me to try to adjust their difficulties? I must not, of course, accept a compensation for what I do, but no one contends that I ever did. What was it I did that was wrong? I never have been able to ascertain. Mr. Heney says, however, that I took back from Steiwer a letter I wrote him, and he says that letter doubtless told of Hall's promise to proceed by civil action. Well, were it true, would I have desired to con ceal that fact when I have admitted from the start that I advised a civil action? Admits He Advised Civil Salt. Now you will not find me denying any thing that Is true, and It Is quite true that Steiwer did return one of my letters. There was nothing mysterious about it, however. All I blame Mr. Steiwer for Is for not telling just how it occurred. I did not, as he states, ask him to bring down all of my correspond ence. Why should I, having as I did all of his letters to me and copies of most let ters written to him? The fact Is, that I had written him to letters from Portland, of which I had now kept copies. The fact that I had advised Hall to bring a civil suit was being talked about by Heney and others. It occurred to me that I might wish to make a statement of the facts some day. so meeting Steiwer I asked btra.to send me copies of the letters written' by hand. He promised to do so. Fome time thereafter I met him ln Portland when he told me that he had all of the letters and I could take them If I desired. I told him I did not want them, but wished to see, and possibly take copies of, those written by band. The letter ln question was a state ment ln effect that I had met Hall and he had said he would have to. take proceedings in ths fence matter, but did not know Just what steps be would take, but that I bad hopes he would proceed by civil suit, yet he would have to be governed by any. In structions he might receive, and then I used some strong language ln regard to a. matter. On reading that letter I said to Steiwer: "That language is rather extreme and would not look well ln print." He said, "destroy It is you wish." and I simply tore It up then and there, because of the lan guage it contained. That Is all. Now that letter was written some time ln the Fall of 1003, I suppose on October , as It probably was the one to which Steiwer replied by his letter of October 10. 1903. given below. While all this talk about my action ln the Steiwer matter is positively silly, for I have always admitted that I advised a civil suit, I give below all the letters written both be fore and after that letter and Stelwer's answer to it. Som time ln the early Summer of 1903, I was told that Hall was contemplating in dicting Steiwer and others for illegal fencing of public lands, and. happening to see him. asked him about it. He said he had not fully determined just what course he would pursue, but that the fences must come down. I then suggested the civil suit, but did not write about It to Steiwer. Later Steiwer wrote me as follows: "Fossill. Or.. July 11. 1903 Hon. C. W. I Fulton. Astoria. Or. Dear Senator: Re- Diviner to vour letter of the fit.h inntiint will say that T had already sent a proxy to F. P. j Mays with Instructions to vote for Frank Baker for chairman of the State Central Committee, so I trust this will be entirely satisfactory to you. Special Agent Dixon Tias been in this section and has returned again opening up lnclosures ln whtcu there Is Government land. Our company, whose lands Inclose more or less Government land, has been gone over by him and our fences ordered opened, and we are complylag with his order and having them opend as directed by him And he has gone over quite a sec tion of country besides and ordered quite a number of them opened. Some of them the fences were or. Government land, but ln quite a number of cases the fences were entirely upon private lands. The effect of the policy he Is carrying out. In my Judg ment. Is going to be very damaging to the stock Interests of Eastern Oregon. All of these lands so inclosed are rough and fit for pasturage only, and there would be no prob ability of them being settled upon and oc cupied by homebullders. About the only grass our stockmen have for stock now Is In these pastures. If the lnclosures are opened the grass will be killed out. Instead of being preserved as it Is now. There are numerous other reasons why the policy of Mr. Dixon should not be enforced, and" I write you this that you may have some little idea of the effect of his actions In this country. o that. If it Is possible, vou might assist us in that he will do as little dam- Oregon's Best Furniture House, Exclusive Agents for ESTABLISH A HOME ON CREDIT A Bona Fide Assurance of Better Qual ity, A Guar antee of Economy Let Us Deliver Eclipse." The Our Great "Special" Sewing Machine $25.00 Sold on the Terms, $1 Down, 50c a Week Guaranteed the equal- of any $60.00 machine on the market.- Modern in every wa3'. Ask to see this wonderful value. A FEW OUT OF THE ORDINARY FURNITURE $37.50 No. 5162 Solid quartered oak Dining Table, like cut, special value $37.30 Terms of your choice. 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Mr. Hall, however, is helpless in the matter as he has his In structions from Washington. The present Secretary of the Interior entertains some very peculiar Ideas r.bout Oregon. He Is of the opinion that there are no honest men re siding In the state and that we are gen eraly entitled to no consideration. I do not believe that there is a thing that can be done. Mr. Williamson spok-e to me about the matter, as also did Mr. F. P. Mays, and I have talked it over with Senator Mitchell, and we do not know of anything further that can be done. Sincerely yours. C. W. FULTON." x Following Is the letter which I aesume was written by Mr. Steiwer ln answer to the let ter that was destroyed: "Fossil, Or., October 10, 1903 Hon. C. W. Fulton, Washington. D. C. My Dear Sena tor: Your letter of October tt from Portland received and I feel uirder many obligations to you for what you did in the matter men tioned. There Is clearly a misunderstanding on the part of Mr. Dixon as to the Govern ment land he allegres our company has en closed. We compiled with his orders and di rections in opening our fences given last July, but upon his return he seemed- to be particularly anxious to find something to re port agolnst our company. The large num ber of acres that he reports has been en closed by us has not been enclosed. It is ln a rough and broken country, with a good many natural barriers on one side and on the other side it la bounded largely by the land '-that we have fenced, and to make it more open or uaiaolosed than it is sow, sines The happy home is not a furnished room affair. Some one else can't fur nish a flat to please you. Don't pay for some one else's pleasure ; pay for your own. Surround yourself with furniture of your choice it's the only way of home comfort, the only satisfaction that's lasting. Pay according to your convenience a little by. the week, or a small payment once a month. These are the terms we now extend to you. to Your Home Terms $1.00 a Week 15,000 IN PORTLAND "Eclipse" Ranges have everything that a satisfy ing range should have. It lacks nothing that could add to the appearance, the service or the life. The "Eclipse" is the range for you the range supreme. Every "Eclipse " that leaves this store carries with it a guarantee of fif teen years. Prices $35.00 to $55.00. TERMS, $1 A WEEK. $7.50 No. 39 Go - Cart, like cut, new folding style, cpmfortable and strong. Special value. . ..$7.50 Your own terms. Monday Wash Day Needs at Special Prices No. 1 Galvanized Tubs, regular price 90e; Wash Day price... 60 No. 2 Galvanized Tubs, regular price $1; Wash Day price. . . .70 No. 3 Galvanized Tubs, regular price $1.10; Wash Day price.80J 50c Glass Washboards 40 HOMEFURNISHINGS OF CHARACTER GEVURT First- making the opening in July, fs quite a diffi cult problem to figure out Just how it can be done. I tried to communicate with Mr. Dixon, so that he could tell me juet where and how he would expect us to open up more fencing than we have already dune, but could not get him to indicate Just where we should open up. "I write this explanation so that you may understand that we are not deliberately de fying his orders and keeping enclosed a large amount of Government land. "Again thanking you for what you have dcie, I remain. "Tours very trnly, W. STEIWER." My nswer to the last above is given below. The reference therein to a "list of names" refers to a of peraons to whom seeds were to be sent. I had rent a circular letter to every county and many precincts for such lists. I answered the letter of the 10th in stant and acknowledged receipt of the list of names In one letter, to-wit: "Washington. Oct. 23, 1903. Hon. W. W. t Steiwer, Fossil, Or. My Dear Steiwer: I have received the list of names you sent me ana aesire to express my inanics 10 you ror the same. Tou are under no obligations what ever to me for my euorte Ln your behalf with Hall. I would be glad to serve you ln that matter further, or ln any other mat ter, whenever you think I can be of service to you. X understand that Hall will be here before long to confer with the Department of Justice, and X will then take the matter up with him and. the Attorney-General as welL "Sincerely yours. , "C. W. FTJLtTOX." That is the last letter I ever wrote Steiwer so far as I can discover, and It shows clear ly that there was nothing secret about my suggestions to Hall, for I proposed to take .the matter up with both him and the Attorney-General. If a civil suit had then been or was about to be commenced evi dentTy I did not know It. I did not take ths matter np with Hall in Washington and hearing so more from Steiwer it passed en tirely from my mind. This communication is. 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The first ses sion of Congress thereafter began Novem ber 9 of that year. During that session I became slightly ecquainted with th meirrtoers and methods of procedure. The next session began in December. li04, and during that month both Senator Mitchell and Congressman Hermann were indicted; later, but early in the same session. Mr. Williamson was Indicted and, thereupon. I was left, a new member without experience, the sole representative of my state in Con gress. I will frankly admit that the con templation of the tremendous responsibili ties and perplexities of the situation almost prostrated me. But I went to work de termined to do all In my cower to meet Its requirements. I am. I confess, proud of the record I made, and later, on some proper occasion, I contemplate Klving out a more or less detailed statement showing what, unaided and alone. I accomplished for my stat and the record, I trust I may ay without being amenable to the charge of egotism, will compare favorably with any made when the entire delegation was present. But I have not only been handi capped by difficulties inherent to a situ ation so delicate, and the multitude of duties imposed by reason of being the sole representative here, I have during all th while been constantly assailed in the most malicious and wanton manner. My every movement criticised, my every motive im pugned. Constantly and systematically It was announced and published far and wide that I would be Indicted for timber land frauds and then the rumor would assume definite form so that I could refute It. but only to see another spring up to take its place. All this time I was at work, harder, I believe, than I have ever labored before, and my life has been one of work. I liter ally worked day and nitrht. But I succeed ed and made good. 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Before leaving Porflarid, several weeks ago, after the conclusion of the trial of ex-United States District Attorney Hall, Francis J. Heney announced that he would return to Portland to conduct fur ther prosecutions In the land-fraud cases and at that time would produce the rest of the cards he claims to have "up his eleeve" for Senator Fulton. Mr. Heney announced at the time that he made his famous speech against Sen ator Fulton that he would have more to say when Fulton replied to the first gun fired. Mr. Heney gave the impression that he had referred to occurrences of ten years or so ago merely as a starter, and Intimated that he had Information re garding actions of the Oregon Senator of much, more recent date. The graft prosecutor Is coming back to Oregon to conduct the cases against ex Congressmen Binger Hermann and Will iamson, which are scheduled to be taken SONS The Home of High Grade Furniture at "Gevurtz" per 2 - l SPECIALS $2.50 No. ASS Weathered and Golden Oak Chairs, like cut. Special value ....$2.50 "iour own terms. Spring Styles in Men's Suits Men's high-grade Tailored 3uits, sold on the terms of a small payment down, $1 a week. New Spring styles; excellent patterns, tine wool ens. Department on ground floor. Mail Orders Promptly Filled up on April 13. He expects to reach Port land be-fore tho primary election. 1217 Acres In CanteCoupes. PJIOEN'IX. Ariz., Feb. 22. It Is reported that 1217 acres will he planted in canta loupes in Maricopa Counts. Arizona, this season, to supply shipping markets. This is said to bo the largest area devoted 1 canteloupcs In any section of the Unit ed States. Eugene Schools Celebrate. EUGENE Or., Feb. 22. (Special. Washington's birthday was fittingly ob served by all the schools of the city, but on account of this being Saturday tho exercises were held ln the school houses yesterday afternoon. A Afair Toolhache Gum i Stops any oothache. Prevents fur ther decay. Does not melt in the mouth. Itswholestrcngth is retained nd soes right to the spot. Ther. srs imitations. See that 70a get : et' TMkKk. tiam, T.ll.w L.h.1. At all drasaflsta, 1& cents, or by mail. Dent's Corn Gam 'KfiJK1 C. 8. DENT ft CO.. Detroit. Mich.