Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-01-16
SENATOR WARREN n
|SCR|T|C|zED BY
COMMITTEE
REPORT
Wyoming Statesman Accused
of Having Illegally Fenced
Large Areas Of Public Do
main,
RECORD OF ROOSEVELT
IS BROUGHT TO LIGHT
Former President Quite Conf
dent Reports by Special
Agents Of interior Depart
ment Were Wrong,

Agents Of Interior Depart
ment Were Wrong,
lBy uornine journal special Housed Wire.l
Washington, Jan. i5.-That the
Warren Livestock company. of which
senator Francis T.. Warren. OF Wyom-
ing. was the head. was maintaining
unlawful enclosures" Of public lands
In wyoming and Colorado In 1905,
was the substance OF report adopt
ed today by the house committee on
expenditures In the interior depart
ment. The committees conclusion
was based upon the complete inspec-
ti0n OF the records. report and CORE
spondcnce procured from the interior
department covering the investigation
that was made by the government in
1906 and 1907. These records showed
that after second inspection. made
by Assistant Attorney General Milton
ID. Purdy. at the request of President
Roosevelt, Senator Warren's company
was exonerated OF the Illegal acts
which special agents OF the interior
department had charged.
4 minority report drawn by Repre-
sentative Burke. of South Dakota, also
viii be presented to the house. Mr..
Burke. OF South Dakota. holds that
the records show that Senator War
ren's company was not holding illeg-
ally any public land in 1906. No ae-
tion against Senator WaTen's com
pany Is recommended by the commit
tee. the report being limited 10 the
statement OF conclusion that his com
pany then was maintaining Illegal
fences.
Included In the documents made
public today with the brief committee
report are some sharp letters sent by
President Roosevelt to Ethan A..
Hitchcock. then secretary of the in
terror. in which the president de-
eared the interior department inspec-
tors had not made good their charges
against Senator Warren. Special In
spector T.. y. Linnen made the report
September T. 1906. charging the War
rem company with maintaining fences
around 1890 acres OF public land in
Wyoming and .l2O acres in Colorado.
Linnen was assisted by w. c. Hintze,
and IN the report charges were made
against the Warren Livestock com
pany. alleging that it had prosecuted
and driven ont settlers and had domi-
mated the public lands IN Laramie
county, Wyoming.
Accompanying this report We're
many affidavits from settlers, as to
the alleged Illegal fences senator
Warren's company was maintaining
the acts of the employees of the COM
pany IN intimidating bona fide settlers.
and threat Senator Warren was de-
clared TO have made as to the acquisi-
tlon of certain lands. In letter to
President Roosevelt, october 5, 1906,
Senator Warren declared his company
was observing the law. that he per-
sonally had no Illegal fences. and that
he protested against the "assassinat-
ing and dark lantern procedure" Of
the special agents of the interior de-
partment. Senator Warren declared
his company had given up all fences
about public lands, while the inspec-
tors of the interior department main
tanned that the law still was being Vi
olated and that United states Attor-
ney T. +. Burke would not proceed
against the Warren interests.
The records made public today
showed that President Roosevelt held
Secretary Hitchcock. Of the interior
department. responsible for many Of
the newspaper articles on Senator
Warren. One letter from tho former
president contained bitter dehuncia-
tions of Inspector Lnnen for in iud-
ing in his report the Warren inv, sti-
alton, a file of newspaper clippings
and reports that denounced Senator
Warren. but which were based on no
facts or allegations
This Exhibit 3, Simply IS a bundle
Of seufriious allegations, said Presi-
dent Roosevelt IN this letter. dated
January II, 1907. Il am utterly at q
loss to understand why such an ex-
hibitlon should have been forwarded
by the department of the interior to
me. II has a value. however. because
At deeply discredts the worth and
judgment of Inspector Linnen."
The second investigation of the
Warren operations made by Assistant
Attorney Purdy was completed and
reported on January 25. 1907. Mr..
Purdys report also made public to-
day, held that it had not been shown
by the inspector that Senator War
ren's company. at that time, had any
public land enclosed but that the gov
ernment inspectors had mistaken
fences belonging to other parties II
am Of the opinion that no suit should
be instigated against the Warren
Livestock company" said Mr. Purdy's
report, "or its officers or agents upon
the report and the accompanying
plats. do not wish TO be understood,
however. as holding that the Warren