The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-03
J. II. Beatty, Former Federal
Judge of Idaho, Plainly Dis
cusses the Situation.
KNOWS NOTHING OF
THE B0RAH INDICTMENT
Absurd to Suppose That Labor
Unions Are Attacking the
Idaho Senator.

! Special 20 The Tribune.
WASHINGTON, May 2,-Hon j. H,
Beatty OF Boise, former United States
District Judge for Idaho, had brief
interview today with Attorney General
Bonaparte, but did not see the Presl-
dent. He said tonight that he called at
the White House TO pay his respects
and for no other purpose, but that the
President was absent attending the Ger
emonies of unveiling of the Mcclellan
statue. Judge Beatty will leave for
New York tomorrow morning, and Will
sail from there 10 Europe. He sad
that his main object in coming TO Wash
ington was TO secure passports for mini
self and wife. and that be did not com,
plete his work until today He Will
be abroad at least two years, and eX"
poets TO visit every part OF the globe,
and to go entirely around the world, re-
turning by way OF the Paclhc.
Discusses Land Frauds.
Judge Beatty said he did discuss
the timber fraud Investigations with
the Attorney General, When asked for
his opinion concerning the report Of the
Indictment by the Federal grand jury OF
United States Senator Borab, he at
first declined to discuss the matter.
Finally he said there were certain
phases of the controversy of personal
interest to himself, and that these he
would discuss, but in doing so he was
careful to say that he did not desire
to reflect on any of the Government
officials here and that what he had to
say had no relation whatever TO poll
tics. He produced from his pocket
newspaper clipping of dispatch sent
| from Washington TO the Chicago Trih-
| une on Aprl % This dispatch stated
that it was understood that Judge
Beatty had used his influence against
| Senator Borah; that mis- participation
in the deliberations of the grand jury
We're not friendly to Mr., Borah'
The dispatch further intimated that
I and labor conspiracy in which eX
Senator Dubois was credited with hav
ing played part. Judge Beatty said:
" The charge that Senator Dubois or
that the labor unions were IN any de
gree responsible for the indictments re
turned by the grand jury growing out
of timber fraud Investigations is ahso-
lutely absurd. 1t has no foundation
whatever, The charge that the United
| States attorney used his Office improp-
/ erIy 10 influence the grand jury is
| equally absurd and untruthful, So far
! as the report of an indie tment having
been returned against Senator Borah,
] can only say that IT is generally as
| sumed that such an Indictment was re-
turned. ! have seen it stated in the
press that Senator Borah s friends ad-
NIT that an indictment has been re-
| turned against him.
Knows Nothing Officially.
EOfticially ] never knew that an in
dictment has been returned against
! Senator Borah, 1t would have been
entirely proper for me TO have read the
indictments returned to me, but it nap
pened that | did not ! merely glanced
at the signatures to see that they were
in proper form. Everybody In Idaho
knows that for many years Mr.. Borah
was the champion and spokesman of
organized labor. lie has been the spe-
cial friend OF laboring people. | knew
of no ground TO charge HIM Justly that
the labor people desired in any way to
influence the grand Jury to return an
| Indictment against Mr., Borah. 1t is alb
surd to say that they did or could have
influenced the grand jury.