Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-12

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should exert my. Influence in the son
ate. | wrote the letter OF February 10,
of which the president obtained II
Photographic copy. In the meantime
and before that letter was written, on
my initiation and after a conference
with the attorney general. | intro
duced the two resolutions OF January
81. one calling OF the attorney gener-
al for information and the other
which became Il law, instructing him
to institute suits. My official activity
then is shown to have taken form in
the senate before | knew anything
about Reeder and Watkins attitude
or expectations, and l was in no way
informed by them.
Il was still anxious to obtain some
| Of the land If it could be- done legally.
and wrote Reeder and Watkins to that
effect, but my faith IN them and in
the whole scheme died when / re-
| ceived the circular of Dorr which
came to me on February IL and is
from three different directions. show
ing the widespread circulation Of
them
Mr.. Lees report to him. he said,
| had also led him to believe that Reed
er and watkins We're not ''of the cali-
Der and character TO be employed in
a matter Of such magnitude.
"Dorr, of whom | had never heard
before" he said, was evidently push
ing his scheme of getting suckers to
invest and using my name. as l have
indicated, without authority, because
/ had nnt maid any fnIg IN N ina or writ
ten to him or filed any applications.
| therefore felt it incumbent on me
to expose the swindle in the senate.
which | did on February 10. and
asked the %postoffice TO issue a fraud
order. | pressed the passage OF the
joint resolution in the senate. and on
April 80 it became a law. March is
| was taken i'll and on May 16, after
a partial recuperation, | sailed for
Europe. returning october 81.
THE presidents sleuths set to do
the dirty work OF spying on a senator,
when that senator had exposed a
fraud which was being perpetratcd on
the people, reported to him on July
"a. had nothing to do with the
change i'm the law which the presi-
dent claims in regard to the secret
service. So the presidents animus IS
not against me on the same ground
for which he has attacked Messrs.
Tawney, Smith and others i'm the
house. but one Of personal malice en-
gendered by hatred because of my
course in the senate during the last
seven years
u have not attempted to deceive
anybody; | have not told any false
hoods; | have not broken any laws; |
have not been guilty of any immoral
conduct. / had the right to purchase
the land if ] could. but my Judgment
old me it was unsafe as an invest
ment. | would like to get some of
the land yet, and if the attorney gem
eral and his successors shall die of old
age before anything is done, it may
be possible hat may have the op-
portunity to purchase some Of those
timber lands of which he made mem
ton in his report. Through my action
attention has been directed in a com
polling way to the need of prompt ac-
ton by the department of justice.
Whether | ever get any of the land or
not does not matter. If Hartman and
others of that ik are rladc to %disgorge
the large holdings which they have
stolen and are attempting to hold.
The president italicizes the words,
'as Wen rs myself as though it were
unlawful, immoral or improper for a
senator to buy any LAND or to act in
that chamber on any question affect
ing his personal interest. l fail to see
any sense or reason in this position,
but ! must submit hat to the judy
ment of the senate and the country.
/ had not become a party to any liti-
cation; ! was not Interested except as
a private individual wanting to pur-
chase. and as a senator desiring to
enable others to have the opportunity
TO do SO. OF course, the president Is
ire that / have done something very
discreditablc and outrageous. He.
hates me and would destroy me if he
could.
THE president gloats over the fact
that my letter was written just -four
days before he announced in the SEN
ate that he % had not undertaken
to buy any land in the west, as clinch-
ing his contention that | hay lied to
the senate. The records show that In
the interim the Dorr circular had
been sent to me. for on February 10
whon | made the exposure Of Dorri |
said in the senator in the last day or
two | have had my attention called
to a scheme of swindling. etc 1t is
easy for those who are themselves vul-