Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-28
,,,.,,tats Commerce Commits
'', zion flatIy Refused to Call
The Manager.
,rAarLlNa CHARGES MADE
,4idsvit Declaring That Saloon
,n,ters Were Employed to File
IN ands They Never Saw.
session Decidedly Interesting
And indicates That More SEN
satIons Are Coming

,,op fake of the interstate
=" - commission in operation in
'..', ,,1sral court room this morning
y, ..yored some very healthy graft
ann some germs Of corporation
erapce and other samples OF
~, Indy as practlsed in the Twen-
~. .os.lon was a very interesting
=. and with the promise of more
,ralons to come the court room
m undoubtedly not hold the audience
| hs common people" before the
sslon concludes
/ US. SENATOR NAMED.
Tho name Of two United states sem
s,or numerous government officials
connected with the land department.
and numerous heretofore respected
citizens we're dragged into the line
Hghi DESPITE the strenuous objections
Il counsel tor both the Hartman and
Could interests.
Time and time again Farley L. Will
Bms representing the Hartman IN
tnsis, objected aud time and timo
lan was he squelched while INTEREST,"
4 indignant lawyers murmred that
NJ proceedings were worse than a
yee court
". Williams got some revenge,
sFger He insisted on tho reading
! tmerous long adidavits that wore
90 ee two government counsel In
| bsiolng The triumph. however,
Fss A5rt lived for these documents.
Il nhhlt times dry, flashed occasionally
va Rsms Of interest that must have
k'R very uncomfortable for the rep
wapIIyes Of corporations on the
nk
PERJURY AND FRAUD.
hes atiidayIts accused agents OF the
nal companies Of everything from per-
NY 10 fraud, There was the story of
sR an expreSsman in Denver loaded
|p wagon with saloon buns who
ID on coal lands without getting
Seventeenth street and were paid
he rate Of 81 for 100 acres OF land
Mh o million. Even then they had
Y tfy up 81 each to the saloonkeeper
NO got his commission for herding
ass American citizens" to the COM
nng office
GRAVE ACCUSATIONS.
NE grave lnsInVatlons east upon the
. land commissioner, Senator War
~ 81 Wyoming aud the Union Pacific
q and railroad companies also were
aIes' Time and place OF meetings
ms gwen and a lot of evidence was
SRled-the attorneys for the de-
~ however refuse TO call 1t evil
ne-shOwing that there was a con.
IVY on to Quash the pending In
an OFFICIAL PROSECUTED.
Nt o. the arguments used on sworn
SAs OF the government was If the
Nusduon were pushed II would
~. =. lle effect OF jeopardlzing the cleo
~ " senator Clark OF Wyoming and
s.al incur the enmlty of the Union
, ,'D.., Inc story OF how an active"
n,sllnent official was moved from
ss.'Sg 10 Los Angeles and prosecuted
.@Ns was also told, the inference
~ mat pressure was brought TO
~, az Washington to secure his 70.
'ANIED TO CALL MANAGER.
ny, y. NE least sensational OF the pro-
~, ss 'hls morning was the heroic
H. W she part Of Atty. T.. NJ. AL
49, lhe Utah Fued company 10
1 T,b immunity Of prosecution for II.
,,"Islhs' the general manager of
NM van Fuel company. and a well
\, ,,s, .IHeen OF Salt Lake. Mr.. ALI
d,% ~'so mat no less person than the
,snnis.l oi the Interstate commerce.
II l ,,l !, mad talked to an official of
M ,se ruel company In New York
o M y, lnat Mr. Williams ba placed
a. Al. Nahd TO tell all he knew ahout
WILLIAMS WAS BARRED.
.Ipe missioner ~ ,or CLARK, however. de-
"a ~ /" TAKE Mr. Alllson's word FOR
atonS Termed II, Informal invi-
foires,s. mr. Williams, as IS Robert
Phil was excused from testify,ng
la5S 40 GOSSIP is to the effect thai ne
aqis Sb5 now investigating The land
1lIa,,ss VI hke up the cases Of Nessrs
: View Of ~ y. rorrester with the object
annectlon Prosecuting them for their
Charles u WIN the big Utah scandal
InogD n %3V,slyn Owen, who Is moi nm
another M wsah and Washington. also
Ne hsnSs VINO win receive attention NJ
ports ara o. the ,he srand jury, IL current
sn Nv, opening OF this r,or,t.
Nd departrels' special agent for rho
ae witness s,a was again called To
ny Thomos 's shd ana interrogated nv
Col. so V',,as Tor the government W
ls lelters ~ detail told of tho vari.
e'soner a mad written TO tho con-
hen tbs,, qua had received M a,s vn,
aat Ne ~ perlained TO the land fro"s.
3 Nov "s' Undertaken ia inves,ise,a
IN 10 w., IVY, he sent n oon,,onst
a'vsred Its d dsia which had not been
ltsed Goa, 'n l afildavIts reiatIps i az
n thew W. ~ ana frauds and susrsste ~
. answer " investigated, but r eeer,e
~. 'ALuABLE LANDS.
=, jraS sGds, said witness, evep,u.,,,,
q 9 conoa yrred to the Pleasant ' VaIlay
'auen Of tS Ss June June q, 1901. called at
ssspaper c,,. commissioner 10 cer,a az
ssgifed y. clippings which stated s,r ,hn,
he po ssauaole coal lands bod g maj
Protest. VISION OF tho state withonS
'''''F he wrote told Of coal