The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-07-12
JOHN T. MORR1SON'S RECORD
ASSAILED

| star Mirror very serious charge was
printed against John T. Morrison, al
leging actual connivance at crime
the stealing of valuable timber in the
| districts where the University. OF
Idaho held its heritage, during his ad-
ministration as governor.
The charge demands the careful
consideration of all citizens OF the
county, inasmuch as it is definite,
straightforward, and sets forth dates
and verbatim testimony, all of which
| count much more than epithets and
dark and mysterious insinuations in
Judging the fitness of men for public
office.
The article follows:
Register Land Office Wants Graft
.t Stopped
c. L. Hoffman, chairman of the re-
publican state central committee,
would like to have John T. Morrison
for governor. There is a reason for
it,
During Morrison's administration,
when his agent, VIM. Dyer, was man
ipulating the Lewiston land district in
the interests of Kester & Kettenbach
and other syndicates, depriving the
schools and state institutions of what
right should be theirs, Mr.. Hoffman,
by his political pull with Morrison
did the same to a greater extent
n the Occur d'Alene land district in
the interest of lumber syndicates and
individuals. The following is letter
protesting against the dishonest meth
DDS of Hoffman This letter was filed
in connection with the sw IA, sec. 2.
twp. So n, r. le,, that was held by
fake settlement and trumped up con-
test until the Macarthur Bros, lumber
men of Detroit, Mich, had time to cut
and ship out of the state, the very best
timber on said land. After taking all
the timber wanted, Mr.. Heitman's
tieutenants had it revert back to the
state, thus robbing the state university
If what by right belonged to it, There
S any amount of similar cases, too
numerous to mention, but the follow
ing is fair sample:
Occur d'Alene, Idaho, Oct. 10, 1908.
Hon. John T. Morrison,
Governor,
Boise, Idaho.
My Dear Governer:-
The case of Harry Wheelan VS..
State Land Board, set for today,
was dismissed for want of prose
cution. received a letter from
MIR. Hoffman saying that he was
in receipt of telegram from the
Land Board advising him that
the state would relinquish its FL
ings upon the land claimed by
Mr.. Wheelan, and asking me in
case the REIMBURSEMENT was not
received at this Office to continue
the case until Nov. LIST, prox.
Mr.. A. A. Crane was in the
Office and said Hoffman read
telegram from NJ Norman Jack
son, clerk of the board, saying
that he would relinquish all Heit-
mans cases and % others, includ-
ing the case of John Ryan, tried
in this Office, upon which no de-
cision has as yet been rendered.
This is so great a departure
from the rules of practice | am
in great doubt as to the correct
ness of the statements made. Just
at this moment | am handed a
wire from Atty. Bagley saying,
by consent of Hoffman, Wheel
an case is continued until further
notice"
1t is now p. m. and the case
has been dismissed since II a. m.
this day
This is a singular way of pro-
ceding before T. S. land Offices.
had thought the rules of prac-
tice were to be observed in state
cases as in other cases.
For the past two weeks I have
been in receipt of letters from diff
terent parts of the country, ask
ing If the state had Withdrawn
IT'S claim to all lands in this sec
ton of the district, etc. This in
formation seems to have come
from the same source Why the
Hoffman cases are to be disposed
OF by the board relinuuishing
their claim to the lands without |
any legal testimony. or in fact
any other claims against the