The Washington times., 1910-01-06

ing two months (ApTu and May. 1888.
when proceedings wee suspended gT ing
20 the exhaustion of the appropriation
CLAWS mad upward OF Two years IN
which to complete his lnEeSLI edilous.
CLAWS was furnished bT the land
Office with all the assistance which NE
bring his invest EsIlon TO O. CONCLUSION
were met only. with requests Tor further
assistance coupled with criticism OF ms
supsriOT officers. as well as OF other
special agents who had been connected
with the cases and every time the
General Land Office urged q speedy
completion OF the worS-vv hicl- II may
he observed, was merely pre- lLTd-oEE 10
z LTIal OF the questions involved IN the
entries toI the purpose - ce1er-IllnlrG
WlBeIheC OF net patent should issue
CLAWS advanced some more or less Spe-
ciCus reasons WIN ne was not ready TO
formulate objections and proceed 10
Claws Is Helped
Instead Of hamperiuz or interfering
+ with him. every facility was given to
him BY the Interior Department and,
with one or two iumateriaI exceptions.
! every request for assistance was
promptly granted lad the department
I desired 70 Improperly pass the claims
+ 10 patent II might have done so in
I January. 1915. by simply acting on the
{ favorable report OF pecIaL Agent Love
I without notifying CLAWS that the
( claims had been clear listed or wIe en-
I the field work was TelESr-lclel- these
I claims might have been left in charge
Of the new chief OF field division 1T
/ Portland when Claws was transferred
TO Seattle
Fourth. CLAWS, claim that ae PIE
vented the Government from being de-
I frauded by procuring @ reference Co the
Attorney General of the questions or law
involved, and the overriding HE him OF
an opinion written by Assistant Secre-
'.Hr
the Cunningham claimants 20 procure
patents on their claims IS absolutely
tdisDrOved H- the record which shows.
o. That the letter su1mir-l- 2 tEa uUer-
tiOus to the Attorney General -he form
. Of which was prepared by- Ar Schwartz
in conference with Claws and WIS
IN part suggested hy him, by it's Tery
terms excluded ans possible reference
10 the Cunningham claims and % -Ear
. with the explanation OF the somewhat
ambiguous phrase initiation Of the en-
try used BIS Assistant Secretary Pierce
. his construction of the statute did moi
differ from that given 10 It by the At
2 ! LOrney General in his opinion
Fifth. The Intervention OF the For
- estry Bureau procured by Claws
- shown 1E the record 10 nave been on
81 -F-elE unnecessary TO the protection %
2 ire Interests of the United States q !
was even unnecessary TO secure q post
b. 01ueuer- of the hearing on the Gun
- bingham claims. as Special Agent S1e--
don Of the Land Office who had beEl
d E-lr 10 conduct the hearing on IN
D Gains. after % conference with CLAWS
Concurred in the ACCESSIBILITY - post
a. fDOuemeur until after the completion %
: @ field examination. although for rea
B sons differing from any which Ia.
been previously advanced by CLAWS. an
S so advised the General Land Office
yI Claws Report COntradicted-
Sixth. Claws report and Srru-a-
F. abound in contradictions and uisstare
d mants They omit 10 a degree rha
70 amounts 10 absolute. suppression let
2 tiers kilograms and othe- documents