Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01
BY WARREN
WYOMING SENATOR CONTRA
Diets MEYENDoRFF.

Senator Warren Of Wyoming. who ar
rived in the city yesterday. has made
statement in contradiction Of the AFFIDAVIT
Of Special Agent Meyendorff Of the general
land office. made at Salt Lake City, In
which Mr.. Warren and his colleague. Sen
ator Clark, were charged with conspiring
with others to put a stop to Investigations
into charges made in connection with the
entry of coal lands owned by the Union
Pacific Railroad Company.
eft Meyendorff made such an affidavit ne
must have been INDUCING in pipe Dreams
said Senator Warren. II am informed that
Senator Clark never saw the man and never
had any communication with him, oral or
written.
."The idea of Senator Clark needing
Meyendorff's assistance in his re-eiectioh Is
absurd, as Wyoming was practically sono
for him and no candidate opposing.
Acquaintance With Meyendorh.
"As for myself. I never knew that such
a man as Special Agent Meyendorn existed
until some time late in 1903 or In l9o4'
when received a letter from him saying
that he wished to see me; that he had
heard that somebody had been writing me
to his discredit and asking II wouk not
let him know when was in Cheyenne or
Denver 80 that he might call; that we were
brother-soldiers Of the civil war, etc.
ain accordance with the request l some
months afterward informed MIN ina. !. eH
pected to be In Denver q few days later,
sending him the date. He called at my
hotel, asked that I help to get him pro-
motion to the position OF special agent In
charge of q place in the consular service,
because neither his work nor the climate
of Colorado entirely agreed with hlm' tcat
the altitude there made him nervous. etc:
HE based his request to me on the
III n;xv;1 d.
Ship for my friends-Mark Hanna, Elmer
Dover and others. He appealed strongly
to my sympathy, and consented TO men
ton his case to his superiors. he tnen
lot of irregular and illegal coal claims
cases made by parties in Colorado for land
in wyoming, said to be in the interest OF
the Union Pacific Coal Company. He asked
NV advice how to proceed. suggested
that he follow the law and his instruc-
lions.
Il never read any private letter Of his to
Commissioner Richards and have no knowl-
edge that such ever existed.
Subsequent Relations.
ION a later occasion when happened to
be in Denver on business Meyendorh again
called on me and again solicited my assist
ance I think he called on me once after
ward at my committee room In Washing
ton, but / had no conversation with him
beyond the customary salutation I would
extend to any visitor Of my acquaintance.
Some time afterward I read in the Denver
newspapers Of Meyendorfrs sensational at
tempt to commit suicide. and later on that
he had left Denver, and SO do not know
whether or not he ever received the coveted
promotion.
''As to the subject matter Of the testi-
mony referred to. have had no connection
with coal or other land entries Of the Union
Pacific or any other railroad or company
and no interest whatever in coal further
than an ambition to have the people OF my
country get plenty Of coal Of good quality
and at reasonable prices, and that the
world might know OF the vast deposits of
coal underlying the soil.
And further than this I desire to say
that any one who accuses me otherwise
speaks falsely-no matter who. when or
where"