Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-05
SENATORFULTONTALKS
HIS COMMENT UPON THE RECENT
CHARGES AGAINST HIM.

Senator Fulton Of Oregon spoke with
emphasis today to Star reporter as to the
charges made against him in a current issue
Of g. magazine.
Coming out Of the White House today
Senator Fulton was asked by a Star re-
porter as to these charges. He said: IT
suppose this was the only thing that could
be resorted to that might hurt me. No
charges could be secured that would result
In any indictment against me, and the con-
sequence Is that bunch Of lies is turned
loose. This method of warfare, though,
appears to be a popular one, and I under
stand Is to be pursued as to other senators
and representatives who have failed to bow
the knee to the pure and holy patriots who
find good only In themselves.
Letters Were Stolen.
II am not ashamed of anything 1 did in
relation to the Oregon appointments. One
thing Is to be said. 1 have never resorted
to stealing letters or robbing the United
States mails. and I think 1t about time
that the government authorities should
make an investigation as to how letters
to me should have gotten into the possess
sion Of the author of the article. The man
who Is In possession of stolen property and
does not give an explanation of 1t stands
in a very peculiar light. The letters pub
lished in the article were addressed to me
by John H. Hall and Charles r. Carey
and related to the appointment of United
States attorney. do not remember to
have ever seen the letters.
Il have no recollection of having read
them before, but If they did come to me
have not been able to find them in the
files of my correspondence. If they were
not stolen from my files they were stolen
from the United States mails. as I do
,ot hal fhAr nf %ho l4S&n
them to anybody.
IT think it is due the public that where
q man Is charged with corruption the
facts upon which the charge is based
such freedom the charges should not re-
ceive proper weight"
Interior Department Press Bureau.
In connection with the appearance Of at
tacks on Senators Warren and Clark It Is
known that some powerful influences In the
Senate men personally and politically close
to the President, have told him that they
do not approve of what they call the
press bureau operating in the Interior De-
partment' to show up the alleged unclean-
ness OF public men and the incorruptible
purity of some of the officials in the de-
partment. The President was told that this
sort Of thing was getting to be irksome to
senators and representatives with reputa-
tons as clean as anybody in the executive
department s.
The Pre- 6lent has long known of the Bit
ter feeling against Secretary Hitchcock on
the part of number of western senators
who had business with the department In
connection with land matters. but he has
supported Secretary Hitchcock in his in
dependence Of all political influences in deal
ing with affairs connected with the public
lands of the country. AS Secretary Hitch
cock will shortly go out of office 1t was
supposed that there would be an end to the
criticism against him and his methods, but
there appears to have been fresh out
break which will likely not result in any
change in the program that Secretary
Hitchcock shall remain in his present POSI-
ton until the time for his retirement.