Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-01-09

FRAUD
CASES
AS Reviewed by the Lincoln
County Re-
porter

Mr.. Heney began with a hose, whic
shows some fraud, and he actually s.
cured conviction Of the McKinley
Puter Watson combine on the charg
Of conspiracy, aud from this eonsi,
tion he, through the testimony Of thes
convicted felons, is reaching out 70
more worlds to conquer, chief Of whic
Is our senior senator aud Mr.. Hermann
and besides these two gentlemen he /
now going after the Individual home
steader.
The whole prosecution is now il
somewhat the shape Of funnel sittin,
on its small end It's top heavy, anc
this paper predicts that Mr.. Heney
will secure few more conviction.
The people will not stand for thii
show Of spitework and spleen. The
people do not care whether Mr.. Hitch
cock is vindicated or not.
The people have no interest in Mr.
Hitchcock vindicating his policy and
continuing himself in office. The peo-
pie of this great Republican state, God
pity them, are praying for Mr.. Hitch.
cocks dismissal from the position.
II there is a combination of people
banded together to defraud the gov.
ernment out Of her lands they should
be prosecuted and convicted. This is cor
rect, but it should not be done solely
for the purpose Of vindieation and
spite.
With regard to the individual home
steadeys, IL is a well-known fact that
Mr.. Hitchcock knows that Kansas,
Nebraska, the two Dakotas and Mich.
gan and the whole Of the middle west
has Been settled in the same manner
rs this western Oregon country. The
iomesteader has gone into the woods, |
'ar away from civilization, and To-.
ated upon a claim, has built himself
cabin, has cleared little land, has
'xisted upon II for few months, has
eft it for few months TO earn few
lollars to enable him to exist upon his
homestead for a few months moro, and |
hen more work and then more exist
ng adinfnitum. In the meantime, If
e be a man of a family, he leaves his
amily In the nearest neighborhood,
'here there are some advantages Of |
chools, etc, his wife and perchance
is children at intervals taking long
orseback and foot trips in with him
D the homestead, trying in their weak
ess TO comply with Mr.. Hitchcock 3
nles and regulations and yet preserve
heir manhood aud womauhood aud
heir sanity.
A man who would take his wife aud
iiidren into the far backwoods.
way from any part of civilization,
way from schools and churches and
aep them there for Mr., Hitchcock
We years is worse than fclou. It
.nds 60 insanity and the breeding Of
lots.
We do not believe that It was the
teniion OF the trainers Of the home
cad laws 60 encourage ignorance and
perstition, and God knows that l
rict enforcement Of the homestead
VS., according TO Hitchcock, breeds :
'thing else. =
As the ruling now Is. NO one but
ose who are intellectually weak and
yelling in ignorance can afford 10
mply with IIitehcoek's rulings with
gard 20 remote homestead lands
We are reliably informed that Mr.
'ney Is prosecuting large number
Linn county homestcaders who took
lands in the foothills of the Cas-
ie range with Wow OF eancelline
'W homcsteads and prosecuting them
IL possible TO get them.
this outside Of the so.eaneJ Nj,
nley Puter frauds.
~. w. n. Davis, of Alhauy oue Of
: best eitiErns her present mayor
a one os the hest men ,he san ever
sac upon, has been Indicted by this
"a ileuey becsuse he (Dayis) was
Fortunate enough 10 b. an eJu,a,oi
ieriean euirea and tried 90 sy5nI
aselt 0f the homestead law.
Ne care nothias abWa ths prosssa.
n of the MskmleyPuter hal fraud
their business
Ne care nolhing ab0ut tbe rsl.,.a.
a aud pgesesu,ioa 0f Nlr Mitchell o-
. Hermann, they arc amply ab,s %
10 care ~ themselves be, When A.
ars % a Wholesale prosecution ana -
seeation % she homssteadefs of tAis -.
airy ''tAeFo Is going % something
~ p tAs thing has beeene top Aeavv x
Agaln ws predict that Ar. H,nsv
! nei secare snoihss esavi,,lo,
ninaily, - seursa M Htsls,sh
eugA lis ,ahls) sgssts can ana uml
baby eAnssl ~ eur homenssssu
thea vAati
es rainfall "a coos fay ssss s.,
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