Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-03-06
K|TTREDCE KNOWS
HIS STATEMENTS
TO- Be INCORRECT
Continues, However, His At
tempt to Hoodwink Voters
About Bristol Case.
HE FEARS THE FACTS;
Records Show Senator's Defense to Be
Composed Of Measurements, With
Which He Hopes to Win
Senate Seat.
HE FEARS THE FACTS;
From the Sioux City Tribune.

Sioux Falls, S. d, Feb. 2l.--Every
day Senator Kittredge, in his campaign
-peeches, Is making a false defense or
his action in preventing the appoint
ment of w. c. Bristol as United States
district attorney to prosecute the rama
thieves of Oregon.
Every day Senator Kittredge is max
ing statements which he was tod two
years ago and more were absolutely
untrue.
Every day he is accusing Bristol OF
selling out clients, who, he knows, were
not clients OF Bristol.
The Bristol letter" Of which his,
has said so much, and which
ne is reading every day in his speeches.
has no such significance as he at
taches TO it In defiance Of sworn facts
that were told to him While a member
of the subcommittee Of the Senate
which rejected Bristols appointment.
Every day in his speeches., Senato
Kittredge, after admitting responsible
ity for defeating Bristol's appointment
uses this language:
His Classification"
Among other things that reached
me was a letter signed by the same
w. G.. Bristol. 1t is short and / must
read it If you wish to understand the
facts of the case.
June 4, lyDy, MT. T.. l.. (. SIeNcHS, pItSl-
dent Corse Bay Land & Investment com
pany: Dear Sir-I hand you herewith
original copy OF contract for deed on pay
ment OF 'he stipulated purchase price OF
$40, 600 or or before November !. 1902, signed
by j. +. Page and r.. Hoberg respectively
(these men were clients of w. G. BRISTOL.
The contract is sufficient In form, iegai
form, so far as the signatures are con-
cerned, although these gentlemen over
looked having the signatures witnessed. 1
know both signatures and could prove the
contract If necessary. In view or the hlgh
price that your company set upon this
property. and that II may be possible that
l could say or do would have considerable
bearing upon the ultimate result, ] sug-
gest that you talk over with your people
the proposition that a sale at the price
you nave set in the contract would be de-
serving of some substantial reward for the
connection ! have had with II so far as
you and your associates are concerned.
and understanding the relations with my
clients, as Of course l cannot assume to
act for two different interests at the same
time. I suggest therefore that you let me
know by letter what lump sum your COM
pany would be willing to allow me in case
the deal goes through. Very truly yours,
w. c. Bristol.
kittredse's Version.
Senator Ki.tredSe also reads an affi-
davit from L. E Maxwell, of the Corse
Bay Land and Investment company, in
which he is represented as saying that
the company paid Bristol a lump sum
of $500. In this affidavit, Mr.. Maxwell
is quoted as saying: Mr.. Bristol is
not and never has been the attorney
Of the Corse Bay Land and Investment
company, and he gave US to understand
that he was the attorney OF Messrs.
Page and Hoberg. the names men
toned In the letter. as indicated In his
letter. Because Of his affidavit and
letter, say Senator Kittredge daily, he
refused to approve the appointment OF
Bristol, Notwithstanding 1t was repeat
eddy urged by President Roosevelt.
1t will be observed that, in reading
Bristol's letter above, Senator Ktttredge
himself adds the words, shown in
parenthesis: These men were clients
of w. c. Bristol" On that statement
he charges Bristol was selling out his
clients.
Now. the facts are that these two
men WE'RE NOT CLIENTS OF ". C.
BRISTOL.
WiIfuI Misstatements
Tie further fact is that Senator Kilt
redge was so informed while his sub
committee was considering the appoint
ment.
The fuYS2er fact IS that Senator
Kittredge was informed by Mr.. Geo. H.
Stevenson, a friend Of his on the Pa
cific coast, we'll known both by him M
Bristol, that there was no truth In the
charges being made against Bristol.
The further fact is that Francis j.
Heney appeared before the Senate COM
mittee, of which Kittredge was a mem
Der, and expressly informed Kittredge,
TO his very face, by affidavit facts, that
Maxwell had never talked to Bristol
about the case. that Bristol was not an
attorney for the company Maxwell rep
resented, nor for Page and Hoberg.
The further fact Is that Fulton. who
prevailed upon Kittredge to hold up.
the Bristol appointment, has since adj
mitted publicly In Oregon that he was
wrong in this Bristol matter.
Knows He Is WRONG.
Not only did Kittredge oppose Presi-
dent Roosevelt in this matter; not only
does he, by insisting he was right. say
that Roosevelt, Taft, Root, Metcalf.
Bonaparte and Heney were all wrong:
not only did he continue his opposition.
TO Bristol through two whole sessions
Of congress after these six men of I'M
Improbable character had acquitted
Bristol of the charge brought against
him by the Oregon land thieves who
not only did he continue his opposition.
through w who'll sessions of congress-
after these charges were completely ex-
planned away in his own hearing, as.
explained above; but now he goes over
the state OF South Dakota and repeats
these charges against Bristol as his
Justification, without once referring tc
the fact that Bristol was shown TO him
no.: TO be attorney for the clients,
whom. kittredge says, he sold ont.