Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-22
Turning Down of Senator Full
ton in Oregon Prrsages De
feat of South Dakotan
CHAIN CONNECTS TWO STATES
Fulton and kittredge Involved in Ef-
forts to Cover Up Land Frauds =
Tide Running Strong Against Him
Present Chairman of Panama Canal
Committee.

Especial Washington Correspondence
Washington. April 22.-The defeat of
Senator Fulton in his fight for the re-
publican nomination to succeed hlmself
from Oregon is likely to have an inn
portant reflex influence on the bitter
contest which is going on in South Da-
kota, for the seat now occupied by SEN
ator kittredge.
1t is a curious and almost unprece-
dented chain of circumstances which
has established so important a relation
ship between two states more than
thousand miles apart Yet it is fact
that the defeat of Fulton will greatly
increase the probability of kittredge's
defeat.
The issue in the Oregon fight was the
charge that Senator Fulton had been
unduly friendly to the defendants In
certain suits. brought by the gov
eminent against alleged land grafters.
1t was charged by Francis j. Heney,
government prosecutor in the land
cases, that Fulton's influence had been
on the side of the grafters, and that
he had tried to make their effective
prosecution impossible. Heney cam
paigned Oregon with this charge, and
1t was this charge which encompassed
the rejection of Fulton and the NOM
ination of Cake for his place.
At the instance of Heney, President
Roosevelt named w. c. Bristol to be
United States district attorney for
Oregon, to handle the land fraud cases
in conjunction with Heney. Senator
Fulton was opposed to Bristol and at
the instance of Fulton, who opposed
Bristols confirmation by the senate,
Senator Kittredge lined up in the SEN
ate judiciary committee against Bris-
toll. The attitude of Kittredge in this
matter came sharply into issue In
South Dakota. 1t was charged by the
opponents of kittredge that kittredge
was helping to play the game of a
discredited politician. kittredge claimed
that Fulton was right, that there were
good reasons for the rejection of Bris-
toll, and that the primaries in Oregon
would vindicate Fulton and himself.
The senate's attitude resulted in the
president withdrawing the Bristol
nomination, and this was claimed by
the Fulton kittredge people as vindi-
cation for both of them. But the re-
suits in Oregon indicate that the peo-
pie there refused to see it in this light.
Fulton is rejected by his own state.
For months all eyes in South Dako-
ia have been on Oregon. Governor
Crawford, of South Dakota, is fighting
for the sena torship in place of Kilt
redge vindcation for Fulton In
Oregon would have been seized upon as
likewise vindication for Kittredge. AS
ii is, the defeat of Fulton is expected
to increase greatly the probability OF
Kittredges defeat in South Dakota.
Reports from the latter state have
for some time indicated that things
were running strong against Kilt
redge He has been much of the win
ter away from Washington, touring
his state in the hope of turning the
tide: but instead of this effort sue
ceeding, it seems to have failed. The
state convention to name delegates to
the national convention was con-
trolled, after a sharp fight by the
Crawford element. The primary to
determine who shall be the republican
nominee for the senate, will take place
June 8, and the Crawford people are
now expected almost certainly to win.