The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-28

any stock i'm other companies If there
b. Il monopoly which affects others Whsr
desire to ship coal or the general Dnbiie.
as consumers. the creation and existeI e
OF that monopoly and their iuVeStfgaf AZ
l. absolutely within the power Ofsthe 73ff-
mission The objection OF counsel the
Rio Grande Coal companies is OyS/r5lief
Attacks the Land QffiEe.
Another sensation was spnf1g duT!nsf
The morning session Of. tlfee commission
when charges against.fhe I-nion Paeffie
Coal company and Sgehfraff land office
were introduced
Judge Robert :. Spenef ef Evanston.
1 WyO.. read DiH - efrarges which he
/ had prepared for.A e9ent Artimus J.
Smith of Denver Cel0s. which narrateS
at length the d5dtuisies and fnal fail
[ ure of the petittolier to get fair treat
ncnt from thf Cfi6n Pacific Coal COM
I panv I~and ssIief Pom the general land
/ office, This lin was read. introduced as
evidence ard 1led> VITA the commission.
fThe orisfnal biz has been forwarded 10
the. seerelirs . he interior.
Judge Spence or the Stand.
The C.aeBj Pacific affairs were aired
during -.he forenoon. Judge Spence. who
Nas one of the chief witnesses before the
commission when it mes i'm Salt Lake last
September. was the first witness called.
Ills testimony had bearing upon the
Union Pacific Coal cOmpauy's methods of
acquiring coal and oil lands in Wv0-
ming and the actions of the general land
office II its Indifference to appeals from
petitioners
The testimony introduced along this
line brought cut incident after incident
bordering upon the sensational Frequent
debates between attorneys for the gov
eminent and those for the companies in
VOWED kept the spectators attention
closely Commissioner +. r. Clark I'M
ger whose direction the hearing is being
held. was called upon q number of times
to settle disputes between attorneys for
both sides.
The charges contained in Mr. Smiths
bill. introduced by Judge Spence as eV1-.
dence and sworn to by him as compiled
by him for client, are broad. They can
be summarized as follows:
Some Serious Charges Made.
First charge the Union Pacific Coal
company ard its officers with fTaUdu-
lently obtaining title 10 large tracts of
coal land ina che state Of Wyoming.
also charge the same company with con-
spiracN. by its agents and employees. who
10y false statements. OathS and repreSeu-
taIionS- gained title 10 large and valu-
able tracts Of coal land in the state Of
Wyoming
Secure Lands by Fraud.
Second charge Dyer 0. Clark. George
1. Black. William l. Clifford and George
MOSshOider with SuDOTnation Of perjury.
in that they secured men to go before
George /. Clifford. an agent of the com
panE- to make oath to false statements
20 ueEiduu me government or large AMI
Valuable tracts of coal land in the state
Of Wyoming That the said Dyer o.
Clark, as vice president and general man.
aSer of tle company. furnished the money
10 pay for tills perjured evidence. and
employed the nIen-Black. superintendent.
Clifford and MoSshOlder-and paid them
for this service also charge the Union
Pacific Coal. t1iOn Pacific Railroad and
the Superior Coal companies with being
one and the same organization only
operating under different names ! charge
them Individually and collectively with
conspring by and through the aid and
assistance of their servants and en-
piOyes with the crime of subOrna ton Of
perjury and a direct violation of Section
5.440. Revised Statutes of the United
States
Land Office Fails to Keep Faith.
"Thfrd-I charge the general land Of
flee. with all its helps and government.
with failing to keep faith with me and
by a system Of representation and indif-
ference compelling me to resort 20 such
indirect methods. i make the bold as
seTtiOn that there is now i'm the records
Of this case in the general land office
an affidavit that carries the asperson
that this arm of the government is con-
trolled by the corporations known as the
Union Pacific, Union Pacific Rail
road and Superior Coal companies J 10
not give much credcnce to this worn
statement ana only refer TO it 50 that
| may be pardOned i'm my belief that
am victim of misplaced confidence
When J appeared before that department
and as an American citizen for recOsni-
ton -
How the Session Starts.
The hearing opened at 10 o'clock
promptly Commissioner +. +. Clark.
Attorney J. r. Marchand his associate.
Judge u. p. Thomas. and Special Agent
c. II. Wilkins. Of the interstate COM
nlerce commission were on hand to rem
resent the government Attorneys p. l..
Williams and +. NJ. Allison. jr.. were
on hand TO represent their clients Mr.
Williams is counsel for tlre Oregon Short
Line and Mr.. Allison for the Rio Grande
Railroad company and allied coal conf
panies F. j. McAuliffe and F. NJ Young
special stenOgraphers to the interstate
commerce commission, took reports OF
the proceedings Mr.. Allison had a ste
nographer present TO take certain por-
tons Of the hearing
Among the prominent spectators who
watched the proceedings closely were
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