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of one-eighth back royalty. The Sec
retary was further authorized to
lease the entire public oil domain,
with the exception of the naval re-
serves.
Pertinent Facts
The General Leasing Act, backed
by Walsh, was passed on the 18th day
of February, 1920. Just a month
later-or the 18th of March to be
exact-something of more than or
dinary significance in the public life
of Washington happened. Franklin
X. Lane, Secretary of the Interior,
and known as a conservationist, sud
denly retired from office. On the
same day John Barton Payne, former
attorney for the First Trust and Saw
ings Bank of Chicago, became the
/ Secretary of the Interior. The First
Trust and Savings Bank is known as
the bank of Standard Oil of Indiana.
Did Walsh raise any objection to the
appointment of former attorney for
a bank with such close Standard Oil
affiliations, to the important position
of Secretary of the Interior? No.
''The Ok lnoweth his owner and the
Ass his masters crib"
Payne Gives Away Rich Oil Lands
From the time he assumed office
to March 4, 1921. Payne gave leases
to dummy companies for the Stand
ard as fast as they could take them
He gave away $50 leases, amount
ing to $4,000 acres OF the nations
richest oil land, in the Salt Creek
field, adjacent to the Teapot Dome.
1t was found that nine-tenths of
the oil in the Salt Greek field was
owned by the Midwest Oil COmpa-
ny, which was acquired secretly by
the Standard Oil Company in the
month of August, 1920. or just
about the time that Payne started
to give away the public oil domain
with such a lavish hand. When
Fall assumed office Payne had leas-
! ed practically all the known oil
land with the exception of Teapot
, Dome, which was a naval oil re-
serve. And the Standard thought
they were draining the oil out of
: Teapot Dome. YET DURING THIS
: TIME, T. ]. WALSH SAT DE-
MURELY IN THE u. S. SEN
! ATE. HE DID NOT RAISE HIS
! VOICE TO THE PITCH OF A
WHISPER WHILE THE STAND
: : ARD OIL AND THE WILSON
ADMINISTRATION, THROUGH
THE AGENCY OF JOHN BAR
= TON PAYNE. WERE CONSUM-
MATING ONE OF THE MOST
!, GIGANTIC ACTS OF ROBBERY
OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES
= OF THE COUNTRY EVER AT
y TEMPTED IN THE UNITED
STATES. In remaining silent while
this was happening and roaring like
: a lion when DOheny and Sinclair
were doing the same thing we have
an instance of Walsh consistency,
1 We have also the answer to the
! question: 'WhOse man is Walsh?
) Thumb Nail Sketch of Walsh
s With the above facts in mind tt
y reader can proceed to examine IL
,e political life of 7. j. Walsh. 1t wi
If be necessary to bring in the name
Is Wheeler here and there because Il
" public careers of both men have bet
# inextriciably interviewer and inte
twined. And both have been US,
by the same interests at different i
tervals. Both climbed on the polit
cal bandwagon waving the flag
n progressivism. Walsh, the abler m:
of the two, came into public noti
as a candidate for u. S. Senat
Y against Tom Carter in 1910.
OF At that time Walsh had not ma
a his peace with the A. c. M. They o
lg posed him and supported Tom Cart
e during the session of legislature
a which was the last at which the LIE
n lslative Assembly elected a Senat
d. but they could not elect their ma
O. There was a deadlock until the Ia
night. Then, when the members we