Evening star., 1924-04-17

who would stand by him.
MY lawyers always wanted to COM
promise" he said
Stout agreed to take the matter up
with Senator Whee ler. he said
Campbell said his eX-partner was
H. {. stevenson and that his lawyer
had settled with him by giving him
some of the oil land
Where did you see Senator Wheel
err? asked Senator Borah.
He came down TO Great Falls" the
witness said.
What do you mean by land mat
ters? asked senator Sterling. Re
punblican, South Dakota.
some of our lands had to be cledr-
ed up" Campbell said
Did Senator Wheeler give any rea-
son why he couldn't appear for you
In those matterS?"
Refused TO Appear Here.
He said he could not ap-
pear before government departments.
Some of the leases were coming be-
fore the general land office. We had
a man in our Office who attended to
that and 1 50 told MIR. Wheeler"
Under questioning by Senator Cara
way, Democrat Arkansas. he relter-
ated that he had had no understand
ing. direct or implied" with Wheeler
IN regard to any land matters.
Wheeler told him. Campbell said.
that as he had been elected United
states senator he could not attend to
any of my land cases"
III" didn't want anything to do
with the land cases" Campbell added.
Campbell declared Wheeler had
never appeared for him before the In
terror department and had repeated
ly told me he couldn't"
About Il month ago. Campbell said.
he telegraphed Wheeler when they
We're going to pull some of my cas-
ing in oil wells on public land.
They" referred to the bank, which
had foreClosed
is there no way for the govern
ment to stop running these wells?''
the message TO Wheeler said.
Cites WheeIer.s Reply.
Campbell produced a true copy- of
Wheelers reply, saying he was "ad-
vised" that the government could not
intervene in the banks plan to sell
the casing under ! foreclosed mort
gage.
Another Campbell telegram to
Wheeler was presented relating to
the Lincoln permit" 1t asked
Wheeler to arrange a conference with
Solicitor Booth of the Interior De-
partment. Senator Wheeler replied
that the senator had seen Booth and
that the latter would see Campbell
when he came to Washington.
The rLincoln permit" telegram m
from Campbell to Wheeler as put into
the record reads:
Please advise when you expect to
return. Believe matter of Lincoln
permit yitally important. Is it possf-
bic you can discuss matter with So
ICltor and L can come to Washington
and discuss matters with him, with
view to satisfactory settlement even
during your absence. Feel this per-
nit should have prompt attention.
This reply was sent to Campbell:
i~e already discussed permit
Wiz. solicitor, but did not have num-
Der. Wire that to me and / will ar
if you come here"
Sent by Assistant.
II will state" interposed Senator
Wheeler, when the telegram was
read, that that telegram was sent
from my office in my absence, but l
take full responsibility for it,"
Campbell said he did confer with
Solicitor Booth, and the latter told
him he should employ Washington
la wyers to represent him before the
that suggestion, he added, reiterating e
that Senator Wheeler had never "ap-
peared" for, him before the Interior
or other governme9t departments.
Copies of CORRESPONDENCE between
CamDbell's land attorney in Great
Falls and his land attorney in Wash
ington were produced. The originals
had been taken from his office in
Great Falls by the government" he
said
How did the government take
them?" Senator Borah asked
Just took EN-" said Campbell
They worked whizzer on my office
force"
Campbell tfen testified that various
Department Of Justice and Post Office
people had taken the papers from his
office, included in the group being the
postmaster of Great Falls, whose
name he did not know.
"They worked a very high handed
game" Campbell said, adding that
he had previously told officials who
had called at his office on the case
that he would give them any infor-
nation they wanted;
Senator Borah called for Solicitor
Booth when Campbell was excused,
but as the Interior Department official
was not in the room, he called James
H. Baldwin, Wheeler's law partner, to
the stand.
The law firms books. showing pay
in the cases in which it represented
him, were produced by Baldwin, who
gave also details of the state court
cases
Baldwin said he understood that ''the
Standard Oil and its subsidiaries" were
trying to get control of the Montana
oil field involved in the nineteen cases
in which the Wheeler-B Baldwin firm rep
resented Campbell.
Was there anything pending in
your office relative to Mr.. Campbells
affairs requiring you TO appear before
the Interior Department or the local
land offices?" asked Senator Borah.
Absolutely not" Baldwin replied
Baldwin Tells of Wheeler Letter.
Baldwin said that while there was
no written contract with Campbell or
letter giving the terms of that verbal
agreement, there was a letter from
Wheeler to Campbell showing that
Wheeler, because of his Senate mem
bership, could appear only in the most
important state cases.
There never has been any litiga-
ton except in state courts?" Senator
Borah asked.
None but in state courts" said
Baldwin.
Baldwin was excused and the COM
mittee adjourned until 2:30 pm.
Florida Votes Pledged Coolidge,