East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-05

Friends of Senator Fulton (and he
has hundreds of them in Pendleton)
were startled this morning by the an
nouncement I'm the Oregon Daily
Journal. of the attack of Golfers
Weekly upon the Oregon senator for
his conduct with regard to Oregon's
appointments. Oregon land frauds
and oregon politics in general.
The New York paper openly ac-
cuses Senator Fulton of attempting TO
prevent the appointment of federal
officials I'm Oregon who would secure
conviction of Fulton's friends for
completely in Oregon land frauds. 1t
charges him with conniving to defeat
Bristol's appointment as district at
torney for oregon for the purpose of
Shielding personal friends from pros
ecution for land frauds. and as a eli
max to its highly sensational article,
says that Fulton's brother offered
$500 for the recovery Of letter writ
ten by Senators Fulton and Mitchell
to G. c. Brownell, in which Fulton
gravely compromised himself in the
matter of political appointments
The letter to Brownell and Golfers
comment upon It are as follows
"My Dear Senator and Friend: l
have received your several dispatches
since Hall left Portland. and since he
arrived here. and both Senator Fulton
tand myself have done everything in
our power to protect you. and also
Campbell, who is also under the ban
OF Greene and others, as we learn to
our very great surprise and regret
and without going into particulars I
think | have been able to so arrange
matters as to protect you both.
In Strictcst Confidence.
"Of course, Friend Brownell, this
letter is to you in the strictcst conf
dence. The best way for the present
is to drop all talk about the district
attorneyshp and let the matter rest
lust precisely as 1t stands for the
present. Both Fulton ana l have,
for the purpose of fully protecting
your interests, gone very much far
ther in a certain direction that we
ever supposed we would. I cannot
explain fully to you until | see you,
Just what l mean
Hall leaves this evening for home.
Ny advice would be for you to say
nothing to him whatever, unless he
says something to you. Just let the
matter drift for the present. This Is
all important.
Faithfully and sincerely your friend,
i(Signed) JOHN II. MITCHELL"
az have read the above and fully
concur in II.
(Signed) &C. w. FULTON
As to this letter. Golfers article
says:
"What Senator Fulton thinks of
the Significance of this letter may be
inferred from the fact that on the
fourth day of January, 1906, Senator
Fuhon's brother, by appointment,
met the recipient OF the letter and of
fered him $500 for 1t. When Brown
ell did not produce 1t G. Clyde Fulton
warned him in this language:
".If you have given up the cores
pondence of Mitchell and my brother
1t will be your ruin, and you will be
n traitor and an outcast.'
To Thwart Confirmation.
The article charges that Senator
Fulton intends taking advantage Of
senatorial courtesy to continue to
thwart the wishes Of the president
who desires the confirmation of Bris-
tol, and in conclusion says:
while the responsibility rests on
the senate as a whole, the direct bur-
den must be borne by two members
OF the committee on judiciary, Sena-
tors Foraker and Kittridge. They
Lnov what manner of man Is their