The Oregon daily journal., April 12, 1908, Page 11, Image 11

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 12, 1008.
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Continued fronKFag On.)
McLaughlin and Nojtm thtn mw they
war up againat , ney nninwnmj iu
oa aiopping at (he raiace noiei ana
ther they happened to meet a gentl-
min Djr in name or judge Mumpnreji
from Honolulu; they bad also met him
in Washington: and they told their
troubles to him. lie 'happened to hav
oeen living; in Arisona wnen , was
there, and tie said: "1 know a younger
lawyer whom I think you might Induce
to taice mm rase," ana ne nrougnt tnem
up to my office, and I told them I could
not take the cane because I had to go
to Washington, D. C, to argue a rnae
in the supreme court or the united
States and expected tq leave In a week.
nil may insisiea, ana iinsuy ucuninn
In suld: "It looks to me as If every
attorney In San Francisco la afraid to
go .up against me circuit court 01 ap
peals." Well, that caught ma. ( Laugh
ter).. In fuct, if Senator Fulton had
not said ao many times in - the last
couple of weeks that I did not dare meet
him fee to foe before an Oregon audi
ence, i would not be here tonight.
Laughter and applause). .Now. I have
been called everything in my Hie ex
cept a quitter, (lsughter)l and I do
not mind anything el m that Senator
Fulton said nbout tna, but I do not pur
poN to let him caM me a quitter, and be
aoi to point back hereafter with pride,
as they say, to th fact ..that I dared
, not show up her.
V rf ot. His re.
Now, orv th sam theory I accepted
mat case, ana i got a tuo re, -wnirn
Noyea had to wait until he got his
month' salary to pay me, and I put In
0 day before th circuit court of ap.
peals, over which ' Judg , Gilbert was
presiding, Judge. Morrow and Judge
Hoes sitting with him, and when I fin
ished th case J made a magniricant
Armm.nt tA th..' mirt mm I hali.v..
and they promptly found my man
guuiy. (LAug-nter ana appiaue;., .
' Now, there ni another man on trial
At th same time, a little fellow by th
nam of Frost, a young; fellow who had
gohe to Wssmngton and had sought em
ployment there without any frtenda to
help him; h had taken the civil aerrlc
xamlnatlon and had secured employ
ment and finally, was assigned to th
attorney-general's department and who
had been In th -attorney-general' da-
Jartroent, th department of Justice, for
ly years, and h waa then som it
r 11 years of age, and he had atudled
Jaw at a night school and was support
in hi aged grandmother on S10 a
th government considered 1t the first had enough. vldn to do It. h aottght
of a aerie of stenelv land fraud to protect, him; th program was to
and that It wa. vitally Important to have ma come up her and try that
th government tq win. Now uoder the case with a Jury which Hall would e-
clrcumstancce as he had offered n the led for the purpose of having m loae
assistant attorney generaiemp ana I -. ana wnen l naa triea me cue nu
had tried to have me take thl . other I lost it and gone back to Han Tn
thlna. and waa ahnwlna- a dealra to be I Cisco, an utter failure., than sir. Hall
my friend and to help tne In som way, waa to try the other casea against
I felt that I could not afford to refuse Puter and MeKlnley in which two or
him (applause) and believing It would three men including- Heldke and aorne
only take a ooupl of week away from man named Montague, a county clerk
my hom In bun Franclaco I accepted Wu0 h"l been In on th fraud and
that Job. - had confessed, and which I the caa
And believing It would only take a we aid finally try in octooer,- iswi, in
coupl of weeks of my tlm away from which the evidence waa ao overwhelm
my business In Ban Francisco I accepted ,n that the state pf Oregon was ao
that Job. Now It not a public office sol utely convinced of th guilt of Puter
You don't hold offlc; you do take an nd Mcklnleyi that waa th caee Hall
oath of orfice. but you ar appointed I u ""
and employed for th on case, and have jnd In the on rase and Ah-only on
nothing to do with any other genU-M w employed la. Why wag th Job
man s business. Thnt la th way I was
employed In that Puter case. Now 1 1 Eater Agrmnt,
ram out hare In November, and I found I Jt Wa put tip, my frlnd. In th
that Mr. Hall Intended to trr that ease mld(1,a f l04,Hecaue in January,
himself, and let me look on.. I bad not. Hall had rone to Washington, and
not unaerstooa mat was wn i was ex- Mt ,jown wlth MUch-a Md Fulton and
nected to do. and went backhand wlrd hd tntered Into a corrupt agreement
Lh. "ofy. Knral that I thought .w wlth lhBm thm, bm wmx& protect them,
had better have a conference; ana I Mitchell. Hermann. Williamson. PI ere
went to wasnincton men ana naa a u .... ,,. ..... tmiinitnent.
i.Miiriniivci anci u ana urownell ana campueu irom muici-
telegraphed Mr. Hall and aald: "While I man, in mn.uw.Mnn of their uPDort
In Oregon Mr. Heney I tny personal I (, .
representative, and tana in my piac. state attorney. That wa don In Jan
and I will have you act accordingly." I mm .n,t in u.ri.h isiu Hall in.
Now, what waa hanpening In Oregon at dieted Henry Meldrum. and thereby1
that time, tny friends, and what bad I demonstrated to Fulton and Mitchell
been happen Irr her for yearaT f . J that h waa keeping hi word and pro-
i oonwouea By aaof. Itectmg urowneia ti inaictaa Metarum
ft wUl all unfold, and when you tudv . did not Indict Urowneli. Why did
it .... I na indict Mt drum, wno waa on ox tne
than that Oregon wa belnar controlled i"u' '""J1" , I... .
k. . .. . k. I O. R. Greene, who waa out her a a
gbt control of any atat In th UnlonPW pnt. and wa trylna- to rnak
at any tlm In It hlatory. (Great ap-1 hJ InvestlgaUd at h urvy-
piauae). iut i cam up ner Knowing V""?' " - rs r--
iio 6ne and knowing nothlnr about any cnjber. IIOJ. had reported a lot of for-
of tbea men. prepared to believe that kn,.rua.ulnJ, "iT!
Mitchell and Fulton wer creat men and h"1 t?.k. P1? n 0n andscr-
grat senators mora than willing to Jf 15. Vi!.m?h-Vf.v
believe it. . I "n o b taken against th surveyor
wn- k. . - .. .v.. .' m!. "d Meldrum wa u-
telegram came to Mr. Hall In November. I 5lotd befora I aot un here: and InaAprtl
'"fl omeimn pegan to jnov, andi WM to go and try and cloa thlatcaa.
wai J viutnii wiK uui. i rum rurLiaH.i k .mm. r,.Aak uAv n u a
!.ttn,?i .eNt:te-.in..fr. mad. c.P,oat, and th balahc
i ... . i.r. - .. i .V u "ior in men mgner up, more raponsiui,
I wa to have control of the caaa u I i-..m-.. i- . ..f. .. J
l.J,?nJ Pf0'-1' "a thn,.ths Protest, to society than thea fellow Ilk PuVr
' t,w?2t4?rora.MJr- 'ul'on Mr. J and McKlnUy. ,wr to b allowed to
.v . "'. aou i go without punishment in order to con-
y" "I1 '? tht re.l0.n 1 havl tlnu to fasten npon th peopl of Or-
hiiv til ail 9 iirni & tmaiiaiiiBkL .iiiin. inw r b--vm a oawiii . ainifavfitnaNr wniin
Mr. Fulton did not make any chargea hey had had for theee preceding- year,
against mi li that letter bacaus they j Kow. In October, 104,, I wnt east,
kn nnthlftar hnur wma that U 1,1 I ,. . ' . !.. -
month and h had married a young lady.'J k... Vn.r C.a V " X . ... uia npt anow aoout raiir
i-j z .wti i . wKinrfn mil i I ii (n iiny i wuu mini, ana l went to in presiaeni, or
tn.lW!W.?Ik "Ci?.X!hinf,h poor rath.r I went to th wcreUry of th
IT. v,.VT t h.i, m.m - IJ.ii. VVJ." f.1.""0 mma on nis- interior and then t th attorney gen
Clerk and marshal in their dutlea -. I take. .When the telegram cam aaklna-l.r.i mA wrnrA that Hn ha. ran.
paaks Of Graft OWL ' I m toApom up her I showed it to Frost I pointed. I said. Hall I out ther and
eral and th day I waa leaving here, I told u what they knew, and that hap
on October It. tii talegram cam backjpennd rlgljt after the next day, two
rrom m new attorney general, Mr. day or tnr aay aner oonviciwn; n
Moody, aaytna? that I wa to take charge wa right after w had learned where
of that case. gorenaon waa, and when they told us
"Now." I aald to Mr. Hall, "Sorenaon all they knew we then saw for th rtrat
ought to b hero a a witness, or els tlm that Plerc Maya waa Involved
aa a defendant." and Hall aald. "That I and that this reached up to higher men
is fell right, I will have Borenaon hure; 1 than Korenson and Ormaby, and 'then
mere la no difficulty about that; we we knew why it waa that John IL
win nava mm aa a witness." lie Old I Hall waa keeping tnem away,
not tell me h wa away, but h madel I do not Intend to go Into thl doou
m believe he waa here; a a matter of nientary stuff, and I am not now, x
fact, h wa back In Wisconsin with Mo-lceDt lust to a-iv on matter. I want
Klnley and Puter and had been ther to refreeh Fulton' memory.' (Laugh
sis months. Hall had been correspond. her). Thl letter, (exhibiting It), la
ma wiio uira ana peror n leii eop. i marked "peraonai" on th outside of
ensnn had gone to Hall and told Hall J the envelope.. Th lettr la not marked
L1?" .Vn'.r n?, MeKln y would give personal. I think th gentleman who
him f 5.000 L Hall would let them off I . - . . .- ,v, i. ...
f iT .n"n U,at . 11 fr?1nt.0 niost highly respected men In th state
take. .When the telegram cam aaklng eral and arranged that Hall
m toncom un her I ahowed it to BVnat 1 ,u,ini t .. a ir.n i.
They coLctd mot of th Xvenu k,h' J' h thought that meant ha Indicted Henry Meldrum; he ha In
er" that passed through th clerk' 'Sf,t.I1T?U,2.b' ,n 2ntrf!1 Md U'ctd other. Puter and Mckinley. wh
. ' Vf" f t I certftinly: he wajji familim with thm I ma a txaa vrA v i,
ninng inn Tna mirinmi nuina. m. wun i - - . : ...... wviw ivuua a i j mw.
der u that I th ron Fulton had "l".!". itT" nA making enemlea- How little I knew
r Csder Powell aent no 'ther a!"" ""v aaia to me, "Mr. the ins da, what wa going on cenma
ar??iL wSlll wm toWt Prant" H.nT h reputation th, acen.a. And 1 aald. "It la only fair
iv. Laua-htr). And Frost wnt "7".,"" JT'Jl ""ywcarrea oy tni con- to Hall that n anouid D rappomto,
. ; . .... i Ttviiuu ui Liin ponEPmni rw tna ni
SxWen'o.th: ZUto"vRSi fl&otwVLlat can Vo me" a"'rat to Volnt him bVforV electionV b".:
aaalnat mn7 but ftk most young fel- 'v?r; .?n hv PPOlnted an cans 1 suppose a great many ar aftr
f. hi Sought he . knaw It all Sltnew 5Ml'i?nno hSlp you "P ther- n t th president for appointment, and per-
mo a hS asi thai 7 know ow x- department of Juatlce had haps The does not want to act until af-
more I. hi ag man I anow now, ex appointed ma an assistant wfil win. . .,.!.nn. ht j wm nir. h. .hi.
nt ahmit j.-uiton iiaucnteri; anai.u. i j,-::.;.': - : '..
race or mai coniamDi to rive air. Han me aaauranca mat ne
ei
'""i '' ". I oroceedina-. T An nnt h.ll.v. h. in.i.. .ni k. .niui.i . .uni.
narehal of Alaaka. going up ana ne I ai!brt or anv of the.. wmhS. Z7JZ?Z. ViT h. .
a avmi i hn in ttrABiriAnT giTirtniTiE i . t . i v.. r-.. v.w. v . w r -
And
aolloltor
tr..id.n mnAlnt I """ ua in a moment I gen
K,Ir.PJ21?: 'hat sort of kind heartedness that and
rnar.ns.ii ne muijw . !.. .1 fulton tells you he la an full f T I vi.l
listened to VawteV and became quit I,.hl. ,hi S?- lX2Al
II .W . I . .TAV ln- I P. t. . a, n t ti; v RCIIDi U AIIU eaafslCQ I llUll
wen Kqui niwwin nim. IHB if h WOU d not annolnt Frn.t tn ntlnn cleht aland on tha mailer.
earn back and authorised me to tell
Hall lie would be reappointed after eleo-
on regardless, or now m Oregon aeie-
7"h.r: u7h:-ma"n"that th T attoJ JL? ?. llTt Judge, th attorn.y general or th
warehml; h must be
pn, in.i.aw.rr "- assist me, And ha wired back th ap- That waa October lfc 104. Now Mr.
rJSITntLi v'rleroi "" pointment. Fulton aaya that he never proraiaed to
ppointvi. . . Proatia to Brown!!. I support Hall for reappointment, atralght
I ot not know whether any of you I j fc . . . Wa.hlnirtoll . out. In 1804. but aald h would do so If
know Vnuch about Tom Carter of Mon-1 w. rr. "1 ".m5. . aamngun and thr m(,rir r th. iii.tinn ni.i An
t.n . nt. hut in Montana they can i,,"?'""-,n " mstructea Mr. T "-"Z,a,a'a:
tolFTM bot T about Tom Carter and .VVw.?"?.
what h ha don that h ought not had b o"laed
to do m I T aoout M9oa tn, appointment if Unltid Stat d,tot thyr My rrlnd, they did.
?i2,'w"iF"l?:.& 5fft th tlm that Aip! ?mIl.n.yfl, b?f?r'
Cartr had
ter .wes a.
low." NOW,
althougn
CO Into it J mann and W illiamson and Maya and all u t"-na Mltohell and Williamson and
un water wag-on. I tue crowd might be convicted. (Great I Mitciien vot xor Moreiana. ana Mer-
:In about a week after Vawtr wa applause.) i . jmann vota for om on else and aftr
tip ther with Froat h went to Judge And that la th reason and the sole I they had met again In August and had
Noyes. Noys waa a man who had reason that th letter aent by Fulton jalven out to the prea th result of
been a nard drinker and had sworn orr l"n m rcmu to in attorney-general I tneir raeeung- ana .mat iney nao not
tnr m v..r with th. int.ntinn nt run. I Protesting againat my annointmeni :! arreed on anybody. In Sentember before
nine; for Judgeship in Minneapolis and I ana in mat tetter tney did not say on
he swore on again aa goon aa he waa 1 1w,;d, againat me. They took up poor
appointed in Alaska, and It wa on " "V ?'a lner aT 'tn enalng
good (laughter) at the tlm . Vawter I '' "ut mey ignore
went to him. took him around the cor- m? . " A-had not been appointed at
ner and aava: "Judare. ther 1 $25,000 ?"'.w"er" .ro" l( a nothing ea-
in it for mu if vou dismiss the receiver Pf lo w."r P ". Outald on tile
In th. ninur. nlalm " Th. Indff. h.. OOOK, nO lOOK UP 1ft W DOint for US.
came indignant and sent for lFroat and n. orUi 1 wa to do th court
- - ucunu. aiuu r Ulllin ain1 Mirnna I anl mwh-jwij v ws vauu wuav gfcawawu
Vawter appoinred and Vw that letter to th attorn7-generaC H h1 'hin Jun"' U6i ta Portland and"
. dlsrcputabl aort of a fel- w on Lmceraber . ios- thll kn. Uon through th fare of foollna- the
i t won t go into bis History. I they knew that there An te t I politicians and particularly fooling
If It become necessary I anltoofr hnM ther. th.t nn.w.n ti.'.tlHaJl by haylna- Fulton vote for Brawn.
-.Tl. riTt or Oregon, would mina my reaaing it
vUL t A - 1' Jnon)r, 4v " . ..w nd reading hla nama, but until I first
Tfhat1 hn w.jf ih-,tru hav an opportunity to ask him, I will
Hal i JUfd .0 fm lmu 'f: omit th nam. Uut I want to glv you
ttli . 1 S!?iu Y."? . Jm? kick the Um. ftn(1 ,hl u what h- wrnei
7r liT.t VIZ? 'tlWilA me, and If Mr. Fulton memory I
oVcwlth WlUlam J Hrnaand th! BO refreshed lrady. or think th.r
firat thin, iblii Am f m. . hiu! nothing In thin, I am 'quit aur this
felliwa hWi rlolrt ilt BnZftT' o.f ntlmail will permit the use of hi
the want" rti?df Bh!5 n,.fUh. name. It I dated February , 4. 1108,
L.2.?i!".tI,,l- f.,f., " 5lJu,i which la a day or two after I made the
aywiiwu vvanwil ill allllw A W aaa I U llfll W I i . . i
In October and th tlm. I cam. back ' "V"n; ,fu,i5
mon in later, and they had rone toi-"'.- ""T'"- r. .t.v.vr
Borenson and ot him away. Jiow th. a cent oi mat iii-gonen money
fact waa. that Horenaon had a-ona all that our mena ner ID tn gallery ou-
month before and Hall knew It, and J40 my navin:. ti-augnter ana ap-
fio;.n; hi wTitten Mali , -nH ..k. 1 Th "frl.nd In th gallery- How
mui'ii uiu wvm kmWKt mi i iioiict i
to meet and haif told him he waa go- Many volo ut him out; put him
ing to ut. LKuia. and tna fact 1 thatl"H ... . . t.
on October the 12th. or aomewher I r. lienor no, looiwmwi,- in mm
.inn th.r. a th. inth u. u.u h.iaion: that is ail right.
written to Borenaon aUrtlna the letter 'A voice H la an Aston man.
nft KVUnd dMrn" mnA t.M him .houl I fLaUfhter).
thlnga I have the letter her; 1 am I V "Aa Jfaltoa."
not, going to take them out and read I Mr. Heney I really' do not remem
thefh to you, but vrythlng that I ami bar. I can toll you where you can get
iviitna' ygu now a mm orvDirta 10 urovvith. f.rArm.tinn a.v vnur trinn. Fui
by documnUry vldenc. (ApplauM.j ton: he know, he ha aooeea to all the
pulue: Away. laccounta or tn department of justice.
Bo Hall says they hav spirited him ana pracucauy ill oi m report mat
away, a If It had Juat happened, and n tMT JUa rtnina me timt
I Issued a ubpoena. and all through h aay I wawrltlng secret chargea
tHat trial of Puter and MeKlnley. HaU againat him. Now, th only charge I
kept saying he did not know wneri ""'riJ.! wul
Borenaon was. Now, I had the control I maa to in presiuent, ineouore
when w started In. but I told HaU to noosoveiu m ooTimoer, u. ana wnen
examine the Jurora and told him to I mad It, whlcH was on November 17,
make th opening statement to in ana miion u io arrir an nuT.rawr
Jury and I told him to examine th 10, and when Fulton arrived he wa
wltnaaaea Th. nreaa was navin con-1 to rClV thl lltll xnanKSglVing prea
slderable attention to the case, and it ent, and be got it directly from the
waa giving a man a reputation; I had president, and It waa written for the
no reputation aa a prosecutor at thnt purpoa of being delivered to him. so
time, and I let Hall have all the credit ther waa not much secrecy about it.
of that, because to start In with 1 1 He replied to It. Now, th letter read
Intended to let him hav It, and he lea follow: "Accept my thank for
might nave naa it an. my inenna, n i your courageous ana timeiy apeecn ae
had not discovered In the middle of tailing th crookedness of our Senator
the trial that Hall was deceiving- me I Fulton, it naa not ent a-ntenaa me aa
and that Hall waa cheating the govern-1 to hi true character, but it wtU add
ment . . I great weight to what I hav been tell-
I sat back and. let Han ao it ail ior n the Oregon people from time to
rirat mm or lour or nvv u.jb.
and then what happened T Burn hadi0f th hold-up legislature, and several
oia man urmeny in a ujc rum, u 0f member boarded with ua
man urroaoy wa .in in. v h. .nt m. Information from
vitn fierce aiava ina .. w " . . . . . -
,1 rA rm.Kw 1 nOII 111 Ol 1 C I RHU 11 MUl VIII lllllfllll.
S ,, . h T ahmit brokin him down and "on. be tell me. "There waa a Populist
Hn Thanen ta m tne door ?and lSok 'rom 3kmm county named Houaer.
hSPhn t12ST,.nd s?w 0?miby h wa. a very verdant specimen .of
c:
Burn
and
and
a?renuou.VlyWaenlaan?t U?dSSl ER0-55PL. K 5HL -
ik t..h. i""""" i" aiiurney-gonerau
wTthm."- On tuVwaFup Vaster b?ok; iV'rntr " n
down, and cried and aald he had not . now thev know nerfenti w.ti th.
.:' v J t"--m i t i aim laiKea wun au uerore going east,
the S26.000; I da not know Just exactly I and t nt ...t n th. tit.
what he oid mean, and wanted Frost ber, and It waa th 6th of December,
not to report it- ' and It wa on the 14th of November
Nn tfrnat tnllriul It nut with Nnni. mat JUT. M.n0X Wired ana wrote Mr. Hall
and Froat aald to himself, "I can't af- fnd told Mr. HaU I wa fn control. Mr.
fnrrt nnt tn renort thla"! and he aent in Hall cad at that time, a month before
th report, but no action wa taken upon that, promised Oeorg c. Brownell ha
it until some six month later, wneni'"" pruwn aim irom inaiciment, u
Carter wanted Wawter removed for Brownell would go. and release Fulton
aome purpose ana then h raked up thl rom ms jpieage to um to nave nim ap
report. - pointed United State attorney, and ae-
ln th. m.antlm. ihl thin w.nf nn I CUred th SUtlDOrt of Pllltnn nnd
up ther and th writ came up from the Mitcneu ror wall, a month before Ful-
clrcult court of appeals and her la what ton and Mitchell mad protest, Brownell
Frost waa charged with doing: . and Hall had made . that deal. I wa
Vawter anM that ITrnat puma In him Utterly without anv knowledge of it. aa
, and said, "You ought to recognlxe the a matter of course, and all that cam
orders or tan court up ner ana pay mur man year wior m m. .
no attention to th orders of the circuit! "Malice Talk - 2,'onsana."
?e7.r.hou.rrhtS it Tut anTthai lan L Now they abused, Frost , Inaividua.ly,
mere is to it mat is
unniu viunvuaiis, ' ' . I dM nnt hurt tne: It rilrl nnt hnr
Fro W OnUty. ; !.. i did not hav but on effect The
But tn circuit court or annenia. my presiaeni aua-gesiea to rar. Knox, tn
friend Judsra Ollhert nrnsirltna'. a- man I president did not know me. never had
for whom no on ha more respect than! aeen m, and never Jiad heard, of me.
I hav. decided that Frost wa guilty 1 H uggeated. to Mr. Knox that perhap
and aentenced him. to one year's lm-l it might be an act of policysto put some
I , - 1 lk. .......... ...if nn. nl.a in ILT. Vnnv malA 'Jn
uriavnilioilb III III UUUIILJI Jnu. ilUUUUl I .... .s JM.l
had defendad Froti he was a youna; I President."! "Whyi ' say tho presl
follow with a wlf on hi hands and no I dent "Because." say the attorney
money; broke. I than volunteered In I general, "no . two United States ena-
hi behalf, and when I went' to Wash-1 tor ever wrote such an Insulting- let
Jngton to aru this eaae I took up the Iter as that to a cabinet officer unless
Vrnat matter with th attorney e-eneral I there was Bom motive behind it. I
and I filed brief In which I urged I know Mr. Heney and I believe la him
tho pardon of Frost upon the ground I and I prefer to have him remain there
Tii.i nn wn innormiL. nil l 1 11 11 L it innnna Dru,Duuu ,uun curB. hiiu re
did not think he wa innocent I did not malned there and never beard of that
want him pardoned and he did not, want until year later.
to be pardoned. And he waa pardoned: Now all that time, undermining and
pardoned upon that around, V H had attempting- to undermine m was going
been In jail two montns. , wa mere i on i naruor no resentment on mat ao-
Wltn WS fflte ana oroKe, ana 1 gmvl count, -:;ah tuese inanera, mesa prves-
him A Job in my ornc at tm a montn. I cutions, meyvare aosoiuieiy impersonal
ind .hnut a month after that Attorney I with ma. I don't know Blnaer Hermann
neneral Knox wired me and offered me I as Ringer Hermann, nor John Wllliam-
. nnaiMnn rk assisiani attorney aenerai i son as jonn w mianinoir. nor joiiii n.
t nf th. 1. lilted Htates at Washington, a Mitchell: I see nothlnsr before me ex-
regular asaiRtanc ana orrerea to-put micept tn xact mat my oounirjrs laws
ini.cnarT.or tne moai imponuni cisoo oro using viomicu oy u who uuiu yu
in tho dpftarlmf-nt. - I was to take the I Kltlona of honor and trust and I as a
place of Jamtsa M.Beck, who ha4 Just I thinking American cltlaea believe that
resinnea ana who naa riea uiu nuiui-iuio viy wumu, ii uiu
ern Securities case for the government I ment- re being 'undermined, and that
1 deourrea me appointment., i was man- I we niuai uu ouuicuuug ..iw, , ouvo iv.
ing from fort'' to titty thousand dollar f ureat applause.)
a year-and I ctuld. not afford to take I . Trial of Puter.
rX.hithebrk.nT?ell?n ST .85 tt&ST iWTESTMi
hTr'n".1 &.ruWJ6 h8?.? Mitchell and Mitchell', attorney on
.took him into ni own private room '"7,1 :''"j ,Z" . ,f .ZZ
..11. - i v.i .hi.it eiv. I that waa Fulton, and th next day he
minute, without letting BurnTta thrZ ?howd us JS.800 In cuwnoy. yd .Ut.d
When they came out drmsby braced up that he had been fttutttot hi. vot
mt,A n....i hv Rurni and aald. "I am I to go In and vot for Mitchell.
not going to talk to you any mora I mitoa Oaa Tlad otur.
am going to see my attorney." t a0 not know whether Houser is
That wa. don to protect Plerc May dead or alive, but I suppose Fulton can
and Binger Hermann; and Blnger Her- dig him up and If he pay him enough
mann wa then pledged to reappoint- he may get an affidavit from him to
ment of John II. HaU. That wa th th contrary. (Laughter and applause.)
rir.t Inlrlln I had I waa belnar fooled Th. letter nroceeda: "Ma went back to
by Hall; that was th first inkling I Jackson county to show th raise to his
had that Hall - s not a second Abraham wit, and on hla return commenced talk
Lincoln, as ne pronounced him; ing of it, so that his Populist brethren
and If you go uick to th file of your knew h had been tampered with, and
paper, you will discover from that day xir. William of Jackson wa sent for
on I went Into th courtroom and told, to talk him back into line. I had v-
Tnhn Hall nuietlv on the side I Wa .r.l ohst. with Wllllnma anil fnund
going to examine th rest of th Wit-1 him a very calm and diplomatic gentle
nesses myself; and from that tlm on man. who had no .difficulty in working
I did examine all the wltnessea. f r0m Houaer all about th bargain, and
Ball Opened ArgumMt. tin convincing him that h could not
a A. WW - II 1 A. 1 l. . mtAwmm I 1 1 1 J 1 1 Ul W Willi U ri JlUllllffU biiu a UllllllU
mint to Vha Jury and I mad t.a final to ifv In Jackson! It wa out at that
m"nt A bJuTJl J?.1I ma5"J5 V"i time thkt Bmlth refused to return the
argument 10 ino jury, mu o jo., - h t h . . rec..ved. but Houaer
Am 1 mmA "T nV h.r.. rtre.n.r Hall I lft" .. V
xoz uraii jtoaro.
waa something Ilk our super-
it and I did not want any political Job.
I bad .had my political appendix removed A". "i cam in here atain or
In Arltsona ten. year, ago (applause, ".PAvf, JJP;,? 2.
i Then they wanted oomeooay to prose- . ' iZl - V- i,:k ioni
cute a man by th name of Dlllard In ,Jnhnnt'
Pan Francisco' who had stolen $30,000 UU?' :&Ai0l'SX
from th, mint, and Knox wanted the su. Orwn ilJA''
perlntendent of the mint to accept me. "LtJTh?1.40.8
h was Xging Peter F. Dunn, who Is ?.re.P?,E1t1. 2 .tlt
now th second leading attorney of th had "4,in,0ti1nr 'w.Vn .vMS!
Pouthern -Pacific Bailroad company In jnd MeKlnley in hh3h .e evldnc
Aah fTranflann - . WSS 1 tlmM Strong S. It WS In
Bn 5ra"ciff' . . this first case., the only ono In which
s . . Xnox Wire Hensy. ! Wa employed; and Green Instead of
Leach said h did not' know m but reporting it to me reported It to Hall
ha flirt know Dunn and ha would like to and thev aot this indictment and didn't
have Dunn because his bondsmen had let ma know about it; and then inAprik
" P"j llio ,dv,uvu it sjxiaiuk wan mvi im, . aii 11 vr winyr wucu wa uunji
convicted and Dun a was appointed and with the removal of th case, of Hyde
I heard of the fact that the attorney and Benson in San Francisco, Hall in
general had tried to hav Lea'ch accept Hinted that he could not get the caae
me. - And- about On" November ,1;- Just postponed, th,' first Puter . case,, and
about on month after ha had asked me I must try it; and the principal wit
to accept the aniistant .attorney gen- ness, Hobsort. . had skipped out of tho
' eralship,. Knox wired m and urged m country and was in hiding aomewher
rrt come to Oregon and try Just one land up in Idaho. What wis th program
fraud case,, th .cas tn which Puter, at the tlnjor it was to hav tne come
McKinley and otkors had Just been In- up here and try that Puter ase in
dieted in October, 1903, and said that which the evidence was not so strong,
it would not take me mora than a oou- and in which, by the way, Pierce Mays
pi of weeks to try th case and that ought to hav been Indicted, and Hall
leaving her for th aat, Mr. Hermann
testified before th grand Jury, "w all
lour agreed to have Hall reappointed.'
Now Mr. Senator Fulton tell the nub.
11c of Oregon whether Blnger Hermann
Had under oath before the grand Jury
or whether your recent statement are
untrue on that subject I confess
would hav about aa much regard for
one aa the other.
Hall and DtlsgatloB.
So In October when I waa getting
HaU reappointed out of th spirit of
raivness n already naa tn pledge
of the four member of th delegation,
all of them, for his reappointment
Now mark you, Williamson was not
indicted yet then, Plerc May. was not
Indicted yet then and Charles H. Carey,
Pierce Mays' partner, wa known then
as the political representative of Mitch
ell while Mitchell waa out of th city
and he was then programed to be the
next United State. Judge In Oregon
when a vacancy occurred or a new
judge waa created and Mays, a shown
K. ,ti. (A.Hmnni t Ti.,.vt wo. tif.t
WJ V ' ' VI v .- n ,........ j i. .-v , . J"a.
as big a rascal in land frauds as Puter
and McKinley, and as Puter puts It. "I
would talk with Mays a I would talk
with McKinley." Puter Is a disreputable
rascal; heh as been in all sorts of fraud
in Oregon. That is admitted, but he is
somewhat like I am reminded of the
story which illustrates the character of
Puter in this respect:
'An Irishman had come over to New
York and was apoointea on ins ponce
force and the first week he was down
on Broadway he saw a man in tne door
way of a jewelry shop fooling with the
door he stopped and said. "What ar
you doing tnere, my friend," and the
man looked up at him and he aaw h
was green and he said,.- "opening a
jjswelry store." "Oh, all right" said
Pat, and walked on. The next morning
Pat was rounded up by the captain, who
said, "look here, where wer you at such
and such a timer" "Down on my beat
at such a place." "No, you wr not"
say, the captain, "ther wa a jewelry
store broken Into and robbed." Say
Pat, "Where?" The captain told him
wher it was. He scratched his head
a moment and said, "be jabbers, that
follow may be a robber, but be Jabbers,
b Is no liar." (Laughter.)
- XT... .,,. .ft. ,.n....i,.nV.I . tM
AT J . ruioi moo uiiuucov.uiiaMij v J .
her thief: but be labbers. he is no liar.
and h has told so much, told so much,
my friends, on tn witness stand that
if ha was falsi f vinar it would be th
easiest thing in tne wona to convict mm
of perjury. He has no Influential
friends around here to protect him; h
ha. no money back of him to protect
him; and Puter could be convicted to
morrow if he testified falsely In anv
of those things wnicn tie nas toia, ana
how much there Is of It, No man could
manufacture that much and remember
I .11 ......'..... - V
naa
day. I said: "Look here, Oreene; Hall
la protecting Orm.by and Sorenson. and
I don't Intend to stand for It" I knew
that Oreene would carry It to Hall.
That night Hall came up to the Port
land hotel, wher Burn was with m
in my room, and aald: "Mr. Heney, I
hav mad up my mind to call the
grand jury to indict Sorenson and
rmsby and Loomis." X had men
tioned Loomls also In th talk to
Greene. I had supposed those were th
big fallow he wa protecting those
poor, mlserabl creatures did not
amount to anything. Hall did not glv
a rap for tham. It waa th fellow
behind them whom they had to tell upon
the men who were convicted In ' the
Blue mountain forest reserve case
and Plerc May waa convicted large
ly by the testimony of Ormsby, which
Burn cam so near getting at that
time.
That Is wher th protection was
going to th partner f Carey, the rep
resentative of Mitchell In the state at
the time or along about that time. But
I am getting ahead of my atory; so he
eavs. "I am going to Indict thane men."
and Burn says! "I wonder where Sor
enson isT Cn't you glv me some sort
or a ciue to locate mm witnr "yes,"
aid Hall and this la where hi cun
ning failed him "I had a letter from
him," he says, "som tlm ago. "How
long ago" saya Burn, "ph," he says,
"about a month ago." Said Burns:
"Where was he then?". Says Hall:
"Why. I think It wa somewhere in
Wisconsin." "Where" says Burns. And
then he said. ' I think it was". and he
mentioned a town I forget it now my
self. ' Oct Hold of Letter.
Next morning Burns kept after Hall
untu na got nota or mat letter; men
he telephoned to Chicago for a secret
You know old Doa; Tray srot In '
company, but my friend Fulton Is not
old Dog Tray, he - knew considerably
more than Tray knew about what was
going on, and being done by the dog.
wun wnom ne was running.
And I do not us the term "dors."'!
don't mean to use it a man In talking,
going along with n unprepared peon,
use. terms without wanting to hav
tbem' taken as they might appear m
cold print. I am using It as an illus
tration, merely. . .
T v rook, for Borwwoa.
- Bo In 1904. In October, when I had
Hall reappointed, and he was appointed
tne aav aner m prosiuenuai election,
ha already had It fixed. Then when I
came her In November to try that cas
oh I came bseK wis way ana toia
about It on October 10, and when I
talked with- him I said. "Hall, wher 1
George Sorenson, he ought to ba mad
a defendant In thi case;" and-In tne
meantime the attorney general appoint
ed me. Hall saya. "you are not in this
case, Mr. Heney," meaning this Puter
ease, which 1 said ought to bo tried
t.raf imwt'uM. "Whv. don't vou un
derstand that I am to take chargVf
that case, also r? And h said. "No, .!
have written the attorney general and
find that you ar not to tan cnarge oi
thl. casaV So I wired the attorney gen-
service agent to be sent up to the plac
in Wisconsin anq to watcn Borenson,
and when we would Indict Sorenson we
would arrest him; and In th meantime
I had been employed to try that next
one, ana when i discovered what was
taking plac I said to myaelf: "I am
In a position now where I hav to turn
my back on a publlo duty whloh is fac
ing me, or. else X muat aacrifio my
business at Ban Francisco and stay
hare." And, my friends, you all know
wnai j. oia; x sacriiicea mat practice
of 140,000 to 150.000, a year ami gave
up all prlvat business in San .Francisco
ana aevotea my urn ana nrgy to th
benefit of th people of th state of
Oregon, vvnat ao i expect to get out
of It? Absolutely nothing. Ther Is
not a puDiio oinc in the united states
that I would accept it A voice: "How
muon aia you win"j Mr. Heney:
got well paid for my services. I got
aoout one quarter or wnat l ws. mak
ing, If you thinlt I am not entitled to
It, X will give you your shar of it back.
' A voice: 'Tow wUl keep .tiU now."
Putr' Testimony.
Now, when thi detective got up there,
this aacret aervlc agent In Wisconsin.
Borenson had left the day before, ana
in th meantime when the question of
entenoing Puter and McKinley came
up, Puter and McKinley cam up with
Puter brother, and an attorney cam to
ma inu iriau to rnun lAFmi wirn m.
and I said to him finally, I will tell
you what I will do on thes other In
dictment for forrerles and aa forth
againat Puter, I will agree w will not
prosecute mm provide he will tell us
all he know, about all the land f rands
In Oregon, and will testify, whenever
called upon to do so. but aa to this cas
in which he has been convicted I will
make no promise whatever; h will
have to take his chances in arettina- the
maximum punishment Lawrence Puter
agreed to that and h did not ask to
hav H put down in black and whit and
Blgnd UO Ilka Ab Kuef did:1 ha tnnlr
chances, but h cam out better than
Abe. He cam out better than Abe for
the reason that Puter, let it be said
to his credit, from the tlm he did turn
state's vldenc was loyal to th gov
ernment and did tall all that h.
and did testify to . tt whenever called
Upon to "do SO. .- --t": , ,'-
jnow Futer and McKinley cam In and
He
visor, down below. They got paid a
little of thSt S,000 apleoe from the
Pacifio States Telephone company to
defeat th Horn Telephone company's
franchise, and then Abe told them the
franchise had to go through, but thnt
there would b 14,(100 apleoe for them
In It and than ther were four fellows
that had not rot anything; from the Pa
cific States: and they said that was not
fair, that they only got IJ,600 and the
others got 15.000 from the Pacific
States and they would not stand for
that; that wa. discrimination, a. bad
as the railroads (laughter.) And ao Ab
said they would fix it up this way:
They would glv 14,00 Oaplece to the
four who did not get anything from the
They would give $8,000 apleoe to the
fellows who did, and th fellows thnt
got the $5,000 must rebate to the Pa
cifio States fellows half of It. which
would leave them $2,500, and the 13.600
would mak $6,000 apiece for them, and
$6,000 apiece for the other four men,
which would mak It even all around.
Now, Houaer rebated.
Another nartv named Kruse. from
Clackamas county, was offered $1,600.
but he said no, without vaunting his
virtue, ana went his way. Tne amount
was raised. Only a quiet "No." A cousin
of his was. sent for to wrrk him. and
the offer was raised to $5,000. and he
still quietly said no. His cousin aald,
"roil should take the money, buy
farm, marry the girl and live with
competenoe, and you are a damned fool
If you don't do It." The quint answer
was "No." He took typhoid fever and
aieu Deror tne end or tn sseaion.. ,
Applaud La Toilette, ituorx
Now. my friends. I read in the ' Ae'Ws'-
paper the other day that Judge Lowell
haa said that he Is for Charles W. Ful
ton for senator, because at that period
mere was no omer way to ao ousmess.
to do nolltlcs. that it was necessary to
do It, and therefore he should not be
Diamaa. i airier with u Ken, wno has
attempted to justify mat aort or tmng,
on in around tnat it was neeessarv.
Why. my friends, back In Wisconsin
t ner is a man named KoDort i jla foi
lette. (Applause.) La Follette went to
congress for six yeara They tried to
pnue mm to let certain cms go tnrougn
to help the big corporations, and he
would not be bribed. He interfered with
some railroad legislation, and th repre
sentative of the railroad company told
him that the railroads were strong
enougn to see mat ne wouia not go oacK.
La. Follette was out of office for ten
years, but he fought th fight of the
peopl during those ten long year, un
til he finally thrashed the railroads of
Wisconsin Into submission. (Great ap
plause.) H did not preach the doc
trine that it is right to bribe, that It
is ngnt to corrupt your . reuow man,
that It is right o become a crook your
self, because there are crooks: ha
preached the doctrine that thla- republic
can only be maintained If th mas. of
me people remain virtuous, toreat ap
plause.) I have no patience with that
sort of taut, i say to you, my friends,
that th man who I tolerant of that
sort of corruption Is unfit to be a cltlsen
of this -reat republic. (Tremendous
spplaus and cries of "good," "good.")
what Is it we are proud of in this coun
try? Why does an American feet that
he has the best government and lives In
the best country OA th fac of thla
earth?
Isn t It because we believe we ar a
free . people, and that we govern our
selves? Don't you know that you do
not govern-yourselves If your retiresent-
atlve. ar purchased? A. representative
government means on: In which- the
men elected to public office represent
whom? -- They represent the majority
who elected them; but if th majority
elect a man who, when he 1 there, the
minority can. buy, you have not a rep
resentative government Tou have a
debauched tyrannical government .(Great
appiauee.; ' .
... voi".a xyranny. - :
In 1666 people commenced to come to1
this country from England' and Popu
lated a narrow atrip along the Atlantic
coast - What did they com for? To
get away from tyranny, and a corrupt,
rotUn monarchy. Thy wanted ralfg
lou frdom; thy wanted liberty to
worahtp a they pleased. They did not
atop to consider th dirty dollar; they
did not aak themselves, "Can I mak a
mucn money in America a I am mak
ing at home." Th only thing they
thought of was, "Can I worship Ood a
I pi In that great country f' For 4
nunarea year tney wer learning what
freedom and liberty meant, and during
those hundred years a aulet revolution
was .taking Plac In th minds of th
peopie. in Franc about lsoo It burst
out In all It fury. Man wer beheaded
by the hundreds. A Napoleon aroa
wuu m moos ana finally got con
trol of the country. tn th. I 'nil.. I
States In 1T?, or a little whll before
mis in 1744. may had objected n Bos
ton to th lax on tea and had reached
the conclusion that taxation without
reprinttlon is tyranny. And when
the .hlpa cam over with tha tin tha
argument was made, "Let u not throw
that te. overboard. It will hurt busl.
nets, nut tha natrlnta or Roaton want
down and threw th lea overboard, and
whon they were told that th tax waa
smaii, my replied that It waa th prin
ciple they were fighting for; "Taxation
without representation ia tyranny, and
we are willing to hurt bualness to fight
for principle," and ao the war waa d.
clared In 177H. and for eight long years
the half million people scattered along
the AtlantlO coast foua-ht tha mother
country.
lrc Primary.
Now then, fltmnnar atataA nne. thai
he thouaht tha direct nrimarv law that
was before the ceonle and had not been
mssea yet, was a most radical piece of
eglalature, and that h was aolna to
Tui against It. After LArOIlett had
been eleo ted by 60.OU0 maiorltv and
after that direct primary law had been
iru ana naa oen in operation a
year, and the time wa coming around
when 8roner would hav to go before
the IieoDlA on It h.aaM from th. nnh.
lie platform In Wiacnnaln that h. waa
satisfied that that direct Primary law
was one of th moat beneficent piece
oi it-KiNiaiure tnat naa ever neen pssacti
In Wfonln.( Laughter.) What I the
point? The point is this. Fulton used
to belong to th machine. Ha said th
other night In a speech, "Thank Ood,
those old method, do nof prevail any
more, wnen tney uaea to pno leg!
tutors." (Laughter.) "This direct tri
mary law when you fo before the peo
ple Is the very thing I want" aavs
Fulton. And so aald Spooner. Of
course he want. It when he cannot get
away from it. It 1 there; he cannot
help but want It H Is before the
faople; he ba got to convinra them
hat he believe. In them, so that they
will believe In him. He wants a . ma
jority of your votes, and It won't do
to tell you that h doe not trust you
o elect your own senators by popular
voie.
But let me tell you something, my
friends, the investigations we have
made in Ban Francisco show conclusive
ly that In every large city in the United
Statea th political bosses and th ma
chinery of th parties ar kept In
working order by th public service cor
poration contributing the money on
the one hand and th houses of prosti
tution and gambling contributing the
money on the other hand. (Applause )
That is going on all over these United
States in all your large cities. Even
In Wisconsin where LaFollette Is edu
cating the people to their own right, the
other day mere was an election in Mil
waukee and David Rose wss elected
mavor of Milwaukee on a ticket for
an open town, which means gambling
and saloons to your heart's content,
and which alao mean, the corruption
of the police courts, ana mat means
collecting money from the women of
the town end collecting money rrom
the . gambler and from very other
man wno wanta to carry on an uiegoi
business or want th privilege.
It moan, th kind of government w
had In San Franclaco under ADranam
Kuef a rule: It mean the kind of gov
ernment they have in rvew xora city
under Tammany's rule: It mean, the
kind of a-overnment they had In Cin
cinnati under Cox', rule; It mean, tha
kind of covernment they had In Phila
delphia under Quay', rule; It mean, the
kind or government tney nav an over
the united state wnere tn macmn
ha. control; it mean th kind of gov
ernment you naa in roruana wnen i
first cam up here, when th Grant
brother were running their big gam
bling saloon down In th tenderloin and
Jack Matthews wa your political boa.
(Great applau).
Now, when Sorenson wa. on th way
to Seattle and he wired McKinley to
meet him at Seattle. Mr. Burn went up
to Seattle with McKinley and cam back
on the .am train with them without
Borenson knowing he was there; and 1
Indicted Sorenson the day be reached Se
attle, that I. the grand jury indicted
him under my direction: I wa. putting
th evidence before them.
Corner. Borenson.
Now they came on over together, and
McKinley brought Borenson up to my
room tn the hotel and I Immediately
commenced to question Sorenson and
said: "Sorenson, you have been In
dicted on the testimony of Hall that you
offered him $5,000." And Borenaon got
mad; X aaid, "You offered him $5,000
to let Doctor Walgamot go"; he .aid,
"Waldamot nothing; It wa. you fel
lows," referring ta Puter and McKinley,
who were atandlng In th room, "it wa
you follow I offered the $5,000 for";
and Puter and McKinley .aid. "that 1.
right" and I .aid, "George, wher Is th
letter wnicn nan wrou you in repiy
to the one you wrot him on October the
Jd or Ttn, wnatever n wasr- no saiu
"I have it right here In my pocket" and
he went Into hla Docket and brought It
out I said, "Do you mind letting me
se It, and h .aid, "No, X wlll,,r and
I walked into .tn omer room ana
handed the letter to Klttenhouse and
ii' tn htm. "Mak me a codv of that."
and went back, and Borenaon said he
would go off ana consult an attorney
and let me know whether he would turn
state', evidence; but he went away and
did not come back; he went off and
saw Plerc May, and then he went out
and bad a few drink, and stayed away;
and . when I found he want coming
back I called Hall before th grand jury,
and asked him about where Sorenson
was at the time I cam un her to try
that case, and I asked him why he
didn't tell me, and he said he wasn't
sure wher he was; and X asked him to
produce th letter he received rrom
Sorenson. and he -did so before the grand
liirv. and T saldr "Now. Mr. Halt did
you writ Borenson any reply," and n
ia. "jno sir. - .. , i"
I had been appointed an assistant dis
trict attorney so I could go befor th
grana jury, , appomtea ai my own re
auest so I could stay here and do this
work. I said, "ar you quite sur you
didn't write him T" He aald. "yes sir. I
am ahxiMutnlv sura I dM nnt writs him:
I don't see why you ask me these quesi
uons."
, BSows copy or Xiette.
Then I pullod out the coot of the
tetter ne naa written tq Borenson ana i
?iassed It over to him . and said "Isn't
hat a copy of th letter you wrote to
Borenaon.' . He turned aa white aa the
wall and read It through with his hands
trembling. J'Yes, that read like my
composition," ho .aid, '"yes, I remember
now mac ii ia a cody or me letter.
and he ' .ays, "where did you get it
what do you mean by going Into my
letter press books" e thought I had
oeen tnrougn nis letter press door, ana
found the copy, and he left the room a
few minutes af tr and th grands jury
maictea sorenson ror orrenng t cribe
to HaU and HaU in the trial colored the
testimony and the Jarv stood ten to
two; ueorge haa a coupl qf friends on
tn jury; out aunng the trial just trlven
he bedim' so . sure he was perjuring
should Ise Indicted for-"perjury and X
call upon you to take the matter before
the grand jury," and X did and Boren
aon was convicted for- that perjury
committed en that trlaL Now my
friends, that Was 'th beginning and
from . that . I started . with, that grand
Jury and on that grand jury there were
eight men who were proud to call them
selves thick an.l thin Jiitchell men and
they were unwilling to believe anything
against -Mltuheil; and it was not until
after overwhelming evidence hi,l bm
brought before them that finnliv that
grand Jury became a jinit, a unit in try
ing to cli-an op the state of Oregon. n4
they cjulil not dlxhellev th teHtltmiur
which waa brought In thern, and th'
men bad etarteJ out frlvnda of Wliiit-
II, who hftd been, aa on of them sal 1.
hi friend for to ynrs. As a thick ant
thin Mitchell man, h was one of tha
atrongest In desiring to Justice ilonw
and so lustlce, my friends, hoa twit
clone because) the stamp of the cltln-.
ship In Oregon ha ben auf Mi-lent' r
hlgh that 11 jurora have always brought
in a verdict of guilty In theeo cn.
(Great applause.)
, raitos and JkntoheO.'
' But, my friend, what haa alt that to .
do wltb Charlea W. Fulton? It hn ,
thla to do with It: Fulton ha alwav
been a thick and thin Mitchell man tr
20 years. But he bad been cloeer to
Mitchell than these men had ben. In
17 and 1 regret that It Is neoesaary
to talk about a man who I dead, but
It is Impossible to tell this story. r I
It is Important that It should b toM,
without describing Mitchell' part In it ,
tn lil7. when Mitchell was bribing the
legislature, that holdup legislature. Ful
ton wa ther a hi first lieutenant.
Fulton .aye "prov It" Why. -mr
friends, every man, womnn and child in
Halem knows it: very man, woman ana
child who lived In Salem at th time
knew It: knew that Fulton wa the
recognised lieutenant of Mitchell In that
right ana waa nanuutiT tn sat-. i-
plause). He admits hlmsulf that there
was a ears: mere. aomiis aw d
that Smith got money; thl man that
made the affidavit thut tho money was
paid to him, that Fulton waa the man
who made the propoaitlon to him to
a-lva him 11.800 down end li.suo aner
he had voted for. Mitchell when th
Mitchell hone wa organised. Fulton
admits he heard about it. If heard
about It? Why, It was common rumor
at Salem at the time; not only wa It
common rumor that that pan had re
ceived the money, but let m tell you
a littl mora common rumor now. (Ap
plause). -
Who Sack Tnlton?
W.. an4 vhn I. h.hfnit VllltOn In thlB
flghtf Wher is Jack Matthews in thl
IlKht? Is h for or agalnt Fulton for
United States senator? Ion't you
know? - I will tell you. He I for him,
tooth and nail. Who else 1 for him?
uhiimv nniae. I will tell you a thing
or two about Whitney Boise in a minute,
(Laughter.) Who else la for him? Oh.
big merchant heap big merchant, all
the earn like Ohlnamane oh, Mr.
Wilcox. , (Applause.) My friend Wheel
wright I for him. XX I a Democrat:
I should think Fulton should be suspi
cious. (Langhter.) I have been called
a Democrat called myaelf one, have
bean one. Do you want to know what
I am now?
Voice in tha audience: Tea.
Mr. Heney: In politic?
Voice in th audience: Tea. '
Mr. Heney: I will tell you. I am
ashamed to call myself a Republican
and I am ashamed to call myaeii a
Democrat and I am ashamed to call
myself by any name that brands m aa
belonging to something that ba. no ex
latence, (Applause.) They say, "B
loyal to your party." What 1 your
party? Why, my friends, ar you not
nteiuaent eir-overning . people 7 .
Where do partiea com from? . What
ar they? We a tart In tomorrow with- '
out any. Let' aay we juat got our
liberty it cam to us today: w bay ,
Just created these United tate free ,
and Independent. What party do you
peiong toT wen, i haven't any -yet.'"
Well, bow do yon get partiea? Why,
there 1 some Question arise of crin- ,
clple, and I aay I bellev that we ought '
to nave a certain kind or a-overnment.
and you say you don't believe we ought
to nav mat mna, ana i commence ta
preach to the peopl or to argu to
tham that It ought to be my way. and ,
you commenc to preach and argu to
them that it ought to be your way. and
some men believe In my way and some
believe In your way, and then we have
two parties.
Question of Tarty. ' ' .
Now, then, I say to yon. what party
do you belong to, or what party are
yon going to belong to? You Just cam
over here, and you would say, "Welt,
who 1 running this party?" "Whv,
Heney 1 running that one." " "WeiL
what 1 hi nationality?" "WelL h
I half Irish and half Dutch." (Laugh
tar.) "Well that won't do for ma. I
am French." I that what yon ask? No,
my friends; you say,. "Let me sea what
th principle, ar that thl. party stand,
for. that Heney la th reDresentatlva
of," and If you bellev In those prin
ciple, to b put In operation in govern
ment then you work with that -nartv. ,
How long will yon work with it? . Sup
pose they change the principle on your
UDDOa Jack Matthew ret a control of
it and slips tha cut on you (laughter)
ar you still so much or a Republican
that you have to still sco that wavT An '
you a Republican In nam and a Repub
lican tn principle? (Laughter.)
xsow, i commenoea to oDserye when I
wa old enough to vote that durlna- tha
campaign that they, wer waving th
bloody flag in th north and you had
an absolutely solid south, and I said to
myself, "It would b a good thing In.
this country If "they could forrec tha,
Civil war and if a Democratic president
is once eivctea tne paopio win team In
the north that ther ia no real dun.
of another civil war; Drat th men of
in soutn ar patriotic ana believe in
th Union, now that th negro question
la n..t -v th. .u th. .1-..- -1
wu v. " . J , vat J ... T UCBVIOri, .
and I therefor follow the Democ ratio
party"; and Cleveland was elected presi
dent finally and It did actually what X
iiiuusiii ii, wuuia do, ii oui convince'
th north that there wa no. ral dan- . ,
ger any mora from th south. " And th r
next election a Republican wa. elected,
and th next election Cleveland was
elected again; and then I commenced to
see that there wa r rowing up In thi
country something that wa a mnac
to liberty; I commenced to see that
wealth wa. accumulating in a few
hands to such an extent that eventually
the liberties of the people of thl coun- 1
try must be lost and I wondered which '
party was most to blame and which
f arty would do the moat good to stop
hat, and about that tlm a young man
loomed upon th political Wlson ta
NwTork city,,-'.
: oori lb Mm, -Thl
man wa a pollc commissioner,
and hla nam wa. Theodor Roosevelt.
(Loud and prolonged applause.) I had
a younger brother who was a Repub- .
llcan; h hadn't lived under th am
environment a. myaelf - from alon?
about the time he becam a voter, and
ha had become a Republican, and I said
to him at that time, "Now, ther la a
man that If he 1 ever nominated for
the president of the United States, I
wont ask the name of hi party, but X
will support him because I believe in
hla principle, and in his character."
(Applause.) And the first tlm that
Roosevelt wa. nominated, and th or.lv
time, I had the pleasure of supporting
him and of votinir for him. And if f
could nam what I am at all, X woull
say that I am a Rooseveltian in prin
ciples. (Applause.) -
But" how many of u know exact?
what he Is trying to do? He sees mr
clearly than any man In the Unueif
State what is happeulrig to ua; he s-r
with a clearer vision. I think, tliun anv
other man In public life, with tue ex
ception of Robert M, La Follette, wh i:
Is happening to the people of tnn
United States, and he sees that th tlm ,.
is rapidly coming when union we pnsi
law. that will prevent men from b.-u..r
ah) ta accumulate property a rai.i li '
a. they are aceumuiating It in a i - .
hands, -inevitably the libeity oft..!,
country will be wiped out. (Appi.-mn.
The prime minister of Sw Swiii'i i
was over here not lornr Oizo, s''tsi c
or eight months aso, m I in t!kiir t
rrofesaor Brooks. Brooks ft. i.- J Mm
what th nolle v was that lie run .
In In New Zealand, )! be t4 I r.
main policy i not-. to c! the i'
which the. people of the, irnif. I f
have done. ow a short rn- i t u-r i . ,
. ei-innil of Brook wnt over t. r
and wanted to put up a r-.lil tin t,
he went to the prorw omVUN ( i
he wanted to buy u;:.i -ut -
power tor nis ii-'i!t, an. i f,,i ...
tnem ne w '"i"o ' i 1
large plant. -This ti'-'H '' l-t--Brks
that'", the t
laughed at him .en , , i- s .
he wante.1 to bur v ; i
he say, "we !.:i't - -i .; t
(C'Ji!ti.'ii;.-l '