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
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Following I give a copy of the letter
written by xn la answer to the above:
'Astoria. Or., July 36. 1903 Hon. W. W.
Steiwer. Fossil, Or. My Dear Senator: I
have Just received your favor of July 11. X
have been absent from home for several ,
day and hence did not receive It sooner. X
think the action of the Department of the
Interior requiring the removal of fences to
the extent that they are requiring- them re
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for, but we cannot do anything to stop it. I
have already taken the matter up with the
department and Mr. Hall. United States
District Attorney. 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
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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
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written by Mr. Steiwer ln answer to the let
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"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
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the other side it la bounded largely by the
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making the opening in July, fs quite a diffi
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he would expect us to open up more fencing
than we have already dune, but could not get
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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
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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."
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ize that this is the last desperate effort of
a desperate gang of conspirators to in
jure my name and reputation. The people
of Oregon have little, if any. conception
of the embarrassments and difficulties by
which X have been surrounded, and impeded
during the. greater portion of my official
term. In February. Iu03, I was elected
to the United States Senate. 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. I secured a strong po
"sitlon and good committers In the Senate.
Finally my enemies, having abandoned all
the Great "Eclipse" Steel Range
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hopes of involving me In any violations of
law have resorted to slander, scaudal and
vilification. Every expedient that malice
could prompt or malevolence suggest has
been resorted to. The g-utters have been
sounded and tho sewers drained In order
that somo vile charge, however stale, gross
and Improbable, misht be brought forth
to serve the cravings of insatiable malice.
But I have cotihdcnce in the people, in their
sense of Justice and fairness. I shall appeal
to them and X shall so before them aVd
ak that they place the stamp of their
disapproval on the Infamous methods of
this band of conscienceless conspirators.
C. w. FUX-TON.
HAS CARDS VP HIS SLEEVE
Prosecutor Honey May Have More
to Say Against Fulton.
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
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PJIOEN'IX. Ariz., Feb. 22. It Is reported
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EUGENE Or., Feb. 22. (Special.
Washington's birthday was fittingly ob
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yesterday afternoon.
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