Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-15
Rep. Martin of Colorado Is Fight
ing to Gel Hold Of the
Inside Facts.
MAKES SERIOUS CHARGES
Threatens 60 Formulate Specific
Charge Against Administration
OF the Philippines.

Washington April 1.-THE bait
tlo for the inside facts of the sale Of
the Philippine frar lands wagcd 10y
Representative Martin of Colorado.
who charges undue favoring of the
so-callcd sugar trust I'm these
transactions. brought ont "a mass of
documents from the war department
today, but the Martin resolution.
calling for the details and specific i'm
formation. was tabled by the house
The insular FAIRS committee had re-
ported that the information had been
furnished 10y the secretary of war.
ANA Chairman Olmsicd OF that COM
mittcc. therefore. moved to table the
measure This the house did by vote
OF 144 to i2i.
MIR Martin who subsequently de-
,lared the correspondence transmit
ted corrOboratod hia charges that
the war department knew The triar
lands were not being bought by j.. 4.
Poole Of Havana aud others ludivi-
dually. but for the sugar trust pro-
tested against tine motion TO table,
saving IL was simply move 90 pre-
vent further airing of the Philippine
frair land deal
MAY MAKE CHARGES.
The war department data showed
how John Henry Hammond. menu
her OF tho New York firm Of strong
x Cadwalder. OF which the presi-
dents brother, Henri, vs. Taft, is
member and OF which Atty. Gen.
NNickersham has been q member. con-
Quoted early inquiries Representa-
tive Martin said today that Chairman
Olmsted OF the iusular fairs COM
mlttee had refused To- let him see the
Information furnished by the de-
partment. and added that he may
formulate specific charges against
the administration OF the PHILIPPINES.
both in Washington and In the
islands"
Mr.. Martin says ne understands that
one Of the attorneys who addressed
the insular affairs committee yester-
day al a hearing on the Martin resolu-
ton declared he represented Have
meyer.
The corrcspondonce and other data
today showed Hammond OF the Strong
a. Cadwalder firm had conferred
with the insular bureau; thai Acting
GOV. Forbes Of the Philippines had
cabled regarding proposed purchases
Of the friar lands by Prentiss and
Poole Of whom the insular bureau had
no prior record but the latter OF
whom. T.. l.. Poole OF Havana was
said to represent the American Sugar
Refining company interests and that
il was held there WAS no bar 10 the
sale.
The data also showed that Ham
mond wrote to the department that
az IL may be necessary for his former
clients 10 request some discretionary
action on the part ~ the government
officers and I'm view Of his firm re-
lations to the administration he had
decided his clients should be repre-
scented by other counsel and accord
ingiy. the firm Of Cravath. Hender-
son & Degerstorff have taken up the
matter.
Degerstorn. Gen Edwards reports
is the hitherto unnamed attorney for
the investor and the purchaser In the
san Jose estate sale though Deger-
storfrs written opinion, If there was
one. as to the validity of the title Of
that property has not been seen by
any one connected with the depart
ment. the known opinion having been
verbal. Gen Edwards says he as
sumes there IS such an opinion I'm