The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-07
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torial endorsement OF the bargain
he had made.
What took place at this confer
pnce with Senators Fulton and
Mitchell lie clearly set down in a
most remarkable letter. 1t bears
the date of January IS, 1904, and
a, the top of the first page, in the
handwriting of Senator Mitchell, is
the wsrnins: "S,fic'ly con6den.
tial."
The letter, which was sent to-
Brownell, covers four type written
pages. The important part of the
communication Is here given, as
follows:
My Dear Senator and Friend: l
have received your several dispatch
es since Hall left Portland, and
since be arrived here, and both S7n-
ator Fulton and myself have done
everything in our power to protect
you, and also Campbell, whois also
under the ban of Greene and others
as we learn to our very great sur.
prise and regret-and without 60
ing into particulars think | have
been able to so arrange matters as
to protect YOU both.
"Of course, Friend Brown-ll, this
letter is to you in the strictest con-
fdence. The best way for the pres.
ent is to drop all talk about the dis
trict attorpeyship and let the mat
ter rest just precisely as it stands
for the present. Both Fulton end
I have, for the purpose of fnlly pro-
ttcfjng your interests, gone very
mrc furtl er n certain dir 'ction
than we ever supposed we would.
| cannot explain fully TO you until
l see you just what l mean.
Hall leaves this evening for
home. My advice would he for
you to say nothing to him whatev-
er, unless he says something ioyou
Just let the matter drift for the
present. This is all important.
Faithfully and sincerely your
friend,
signed. !. II MITCHELL.
Il have read the above and fully
concur in it.
Signed. c. W. FULTON.
AS to the letter, Golfers article
says:
"Wnat Senator Fulton thinks of
the significance of this letter may
be inferred from the fact that on the
fourth day of January, 1906, Ssna-
tor Fulton's brother, by appoint
men., met the recipient OF the letter
and offered him $500 for it. When
Brownell did not produce it G..
Clyde Fulton warned him In this
language:
"'If you have given up the cor.
respondence Of Mitchell and my
brother it will be your ruin, sad
you will be traitor and an outcast. D
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
Bristol, and in conclusion says:
while the responsibility rests
on the senate as a whole, the direct
burden must be borne by two mem
be of the committee on judi ,iary,
Senators Fo aker and Kittridge.
They know what manner of man is
their colleague from Oregon. Yet
they gave ear to Senator Fulton
apd refused to report the nomina-
tion which President Roosevelt had
made to insure the prosecution Of
the criminals engaged in stealing
fhe public domains # the United
States.
Portland. Or, Dec. 4.-Evenine
Journal: Though declared dead 20
years ago, Thomas Johnson, 90
years old, is still alive at the coun.
ty poor house, where be has lived
since his alleged death. For &c
years johnson n mainta!ned a sphinx.
like silence on the subject of bi:
going to the comfy home for the
poor, but told bis story to the grand
jury when it investigated the coun.
ty institutions recently.
II was sick at the Good Samari
tan hospital more than 20 years
agoo," said johnson. II went into
a kind of trance and the doctor:
said | was dead. I was conscious
of what was going on around me
but couldn't move or speak.
/ "They put ms in coffin, load
ed the coffin onto a truck and start
ed noe out to the poor farm to ht
buried. [ knew I was going to bs
buried, but was help'e-s. I triei
all the way out to the poor house Il
| move hut couldn't