East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-24
FULTON REPLIES
To HIS ACCUSER.
USES 10000 WORDS TO
ANSWER FFANCIS j. HENEY
Reply An Attack on Hency and His
WOrk-Refutes the Charges I'm
Every Partlcular-Tclls About the
Smith Bribery Incldent-Says His
Campaign Was Clean in Every Way
-Replles TO Governor Chamber
laln's Statement.

Senator Fulton's reply to Francis
J. Heney's charges was released yes
terday. The senator does not mince
words in his reply, but strikes straight
from the shoulder.
III / have sinned as he (Heney)
would have the people believe, 1t has
not been for my own advantage or
profit, but to aid friend. Well,
much prefer 1t So" With these re-
marks In his introduction, Fulton uses
nearly 10000 words in refutation OF
the charges flung at. him by Heney,
the noted prosecutor, in recent pub
lie address in Portland.
"Heney is a man OF most accom-
modating and adjustable principles
obsessed by an irrepresslble ambition
to stand in the limelIght. Heney's
motive Is two-fold: Revenge ana
politics." continues Senator Fulton.
Legislator Smiths story that Mr..
Fulton gave him $4,000 to go into the
house and vote for Senator John II.
Mitchell the senator characterlzes as
a deliberate and malicious falsehood
so far as my participation in that
transaction is concerned" He con-
tinues: 80 far from being Mitchell's
stakeholder, / never knew he had
one"
Never Legal Adviser OF Timber Folk.
The senator denies that he was
ever the legal adviser Of the Ham
mond Lumber company. or that the
firm ever paid him a dollar. He de-
nies further that he was never en-
ployed by any person, firm or cor
poration engaged in acquiring timber
or other public lands.
Has Only Pity for BrownelI.
Referring to George C. Brownell,
Mr.. Fulton says:
"Brownell testified for immunity.
and | pity him. It is a strange nature
that in order to save himself he is
willing to bear false witness against
another.
81 am proud OF the fact" says Mr..
Fulton. that the campaign for my
own election is known as one of the
cleanest ever made in oregon"
Senator Fulton declares he had no
money of his own to influence his
election by the legislature, and re-
fused offers from friends.
Says Heney Seeks Revenge.
Mr.. Fulton asserts that he opposed
the appointment of Heney as special
prosecutor. urging that the appoint
ment go to Dan j. Malarkey an Ore
gon man, and because of his Heney
sought to take revenge. Not finding
It possible to indict the senator for
land frauds Heney. Senator Fulton
says. sought to dig up scandal re-
garding his political affiliations and
thereby injure Senator's chances OF
reelection. Senator Fulton AYERS that
II was part of the conspiracy against
him that the Hall case was postponed
until the eve Of the Oregon primaries
In order that II should be the medium
through which to impure him by insin-
uation and inunendo, 1T was adver-
tised widely" says the senator, "that
in the trial Of the Hall case the facts
against Senator Fulton would come
out, but no. facts came. The thunder
was all in the index.
Corruption Charges.
"The Smith affidavit was made be-
fore Neuhausen in January, 1906. It
had nothing to do with the affairs or
laws Of the United states. Hence
why were Heney and Neuhausen de-