The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-10-30
ACCUSED of land FRAUD
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR Vice PRESIDENCY
ACCUSED OF ENGAGING in COMMON
LAND-GRAFTING Schemes

The recent charges against james S Sherman Republican
ddae for President or engaging IN land grabbing schemes
summed UP editorial in the Rocky Mountain News as fol-
First-Tat in 1901 Mr. sherman with E l. Philip lobbyist
of Milwaukee Henry Casson ergeantat
the present house OF representatives and Edmund Burke
formed New Mexico Lumber and Development Company for
purpose securing by fraudulent the timber lands owned
by the territory OF New Mexico Mr. Sherman made general
attorney for the company.
Second-That they did option 10000 of
timber land S. per rather less than 10 per cent OF its value
This all the timber land the disposal Of the territorial land
Thrd-That the company got by bribng the terri
orial officials the New Mexico land board Gov
Otero head Of the board got 900 draft WHICH went
through Pueblo bank Solicitor General Bartlett got $500 IN cas
Superintendent Lands A. A. Keen got the amount in the
OF draft Philadelphia Mr. Burke did the work OF bb
Fouh-That the New Mexico land board for these
blank applications for land in form to aid the
ndle The law fixed the amount which could be sold to any IN
sums paid members only granted the option but printed
vidua at These applications each asked for that the
and the back OF each application was printed
power OF attorney New Mexico Lumber and Development
Company making that company the OF the person applying
for the land The original plan according Burke to have
these applications signed by the employees the Milwaukee brewer
les and then turned over to the company
Fh-That this plan OF having dummy entrymen aban
d ~ too dangerous and the members of the company decided
seek legislative authority for their scheme This step was taken on
be adyire Of United States Senator Spooner Of Wisconsin
Sxth-That James s. Sherman attorney for the company
member of Of representatives and chairman OF the com
tee indian affairs, drew house bill No 1902 An Act 70
Amend An Act Entitled Act Make Certain Grants OF land
in the Territory OF New Mexico Other Purposest THIS
bin as introduced allowed the territory to sell land IN
price of lands
was sent TO the defeated the senate through
the opposition of Senator T. NJ Patterson OF Colorado
Egt-Tha the activities OF Burns and Heney IN prosecuting
and Investigating land frauds caused the whole scheme 70 De aDa
doed and sent Mr. Burke himself years retirement IN Europe
Mr. Sherman stayed in congress
There IS the story boiled down Tor easy reading was told
Inv Burke one of gang and told under oath Corroborave ey
dene is abundant and all points the 1t IS known that MI
lanes S Sherman Of the ncorPoators OF the company II
known that the general attorney OF the company Inc o
ton on the timber granted to this company and the Pce
na,ed IN the option proof Of fraud somewhere House oi
No Io62 was introduced carried the provisions named above
nned through the with Shernan aid and ialied IN Qe
senate a already told These things certainleS With 50 many
ns Of nependen evidence coroborang Burkes story one must
h epca indeed doubts that the gentleman has tod the
truth ~ . -
And indeed precisely the Of story one would expect %
hear about Dollar lin Sherman or later MF sherman
whole public life preparation for just such ae as ts
He as mayor Utica through alliance with the gamblers ana
and during his OF office he ran wide open toW
With All the term implies OF corruption and degradation he was
member Of the ice took its toll OF eNtoron from the needs
f the norand who takes toll through the medium OF an ice
trust fakes toll Of babies lives He congress as the CANDIDATE
~ the ntere and STAYED congress as Joe lannon's mar
ready to anything the bosses required and no qohs
sd He has never any OF his career shown the Ssh
,rcent;on Of public duties or official obligations
The story OF the Mexico land frauds does not STAND d'he
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