Show I WARREN AC ACCUSED USED OF FENCING PUBLIC LANDS ILLEGALLY Y Report Making Charge Adopted by House Committee on In Interior Interior In- In tenor Department WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Jan Tan 15 That I.-That That the YV V V Warren Live Stock company of ot which Senator Fran Francis FrancU is E. E Warren of or Wyoming wa the head hend wa was maintaining maintain ing lug unlawful enclosures 1 s of public lands in Wyoming an and Colorado in 1006 was the substance of ot a report adopted today by bp the Hou House committee on expenditures In ft ho tho interior de depart art art- mont ment The committees committee's conclusion was wason based on the complete completo Inspection n of f I records reports and c correspondence procured from the interior department covering tho the investigation that was vIas made by the government In 1900 and ne 1907 1301 These records showed that after atter a second Inspection made by Assistant Attorney General Milton D. D Purdy at th the tho request of ot President Roosevelt Senator Warrens Warren's company was exonerated exon exon- crated of ot the Illegal acts which special agents of or tie the interior department had charged A A. minority t report drawn b by Representative I I t Burke of ot South Dakota also I will be bo presented to the House Mr Burke holds that the tIe records shoW hoW that Warrens Warren's company was not holdIng holding holding hold hold- ing Illegally an any public land In n 1906 1905 No Ko action against Senator Warrens Warren's company is 18 recommended by the committee com corn the report being limited to the statement of conclusion that his hie company company com corn pany then was maintaining Illegal megal fences Included in the documents made mado pub- pub I li lit lib today with the brief committee re report report se- se port are some sharp letters sent h by President Roosevelt to Ethan A. A Hitchcock Hitchcock Hitchcock Hitch Hitch- cock then secretary of the Interior In which the President declared the In Interior In In- tenor department inspectors had not mado made good their charges against Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Warren Warron Inspector Linn en's ens n Report port Special Inspector E. E B. B IAnnon made mado tho the report September 7 1906 charging the Warren company with maintaining f fences around acres of public land in Wyoming and 1120 acres cs In Colorado Linnen was assisted by W. W C C. Hintz and in the tho report charges w were r mado against the Warren arre Live Stock tock company p y- y alleging g th that i It had dominated the public lands in Laramie county count Wyo Accompanying this report were e many mony affidavits from settlers as to the alleged Illegal megal fences Senator Warrens Warren's company was maintaining the acts of the he employees of or tho the company in intimidating intimidating in- in bona fide fido settlers and a a. threat Senator Warren was declared to have lave mado as to the acquisition of ot tam aln lands In a letter to President Roosevelt October 6 1906 Senator Warren do- do dared lared that thai his company was observe lag ing ng the law that he personally had no Illegal legal fences and that ho he protested against the assassinating and dark lantern procedure of or the special agents gents of ot the interior department Sentor Sen- Sen had tor ator Warren declared his company I givon ghon Ivon up all fences about public lands while the Inspectors o ot of the thc interior department maintained that the law still till was being violated and that United States Attorney T. T F. F Burke i would not proceed against the Warren in interests Held Hitchcock R Responsible i The records made public today showed that President Roosevelt held Secretary Hitchcock of ot the Interior department de de- de- de responsible for man many of ot the newspaper attacks on Senator Warren One letter from the former fonner President cont ned bitter blUer denunciation o of Inspector In In- Linnen for tor Including hu In ills his report of the Warren Tarren hl ct I 1 a n aHo Ho fIle of ot ne newspaper clippings and reports that hat denounced Senator Warren arren hut but which were based upon no facts acts or al- al 1 legations ega ti 0 n S. S This exhibit 3 S simply Is a bundle of scurrilous allegations allegation said President President President dent Roosevelt In this letter dated Januar January Jannary Jan Jan- nary uary 17 1907 I am nm utterly utterly- at a loss lOBS to 0 understand wh why such an exhibit should hould have boon been forwarded by tho the department de department de- de of tho the interior to me It hasa has a 1 alue however because It deeply dis discredits discredits dis- dis I credits the worth and Judgment of ot In Inspector inspector in- in In-I In Linnen The second Investigation of tho the Warren Warren War War- ren rca operations made mado by Assistant At- At orney General Purd Purdy was completed and reported upon January 25 1907 Mr Purdys Purdy's report also made mado public toda today oday held that It had not been shown by the inspectors that Senator Warrens Warrens Warren's War Yar rens ren's company compau at that time had Imd any public land enclosed but that the gov- gov Inspector had mistaken fences fence belonging to other parties 0 rn Suit Snit u u I am of tho opinion that no suit should bo ho instituted against tho Warren Warren War War- ren rca Live Stock StocIe company compan said sald Mr lr Purd Purdys Purdy's s report or its officers or agents upon tho the report and tho the ac accompanying no- no companying plats I do not wish to bo be bouD uD understood however a aS holding that tho the Warren Live Stock company compan has not nol constructed and Is not now maintaining fences upon or around some Borne portion of ot the public domain In violation of ot the act of ot I simply p mean to say Bay ay that in my opinion the report which has been submitted sub- sub does docs not contain sufficient Information Information in In- In formation and data to Justify this de department de de- in directing the tho suit against the Warren Live 6 Stock company and I recommend that tho the whole maiter matter be referred back to tho interior department department department depart depart- ment for tor such further Investigation as may be deemed proper proper and appropriate In sending this report to Secretary Hitchcock of the interior department January 26 1907 President Roosevelt said Mr Bonaparte the attorney general gen- gen oral eral feels as of ot course I do that there thero has las been a complete breakdown on the part of ot the agents ag of ot the Interior department de- de in this matter so far as making malting malt malt- ing lug an any case against Senator Warren is concern concerned d. d Tho ho case is particularly bad for tor Linnen I regard the case as much graver against him than it Is against District Attorney Burke It appears from Mr Purdys Purdy's report that hIs ils case has been prepared in the loosest loosest loos loos- est and most Inaccurate manner and that his exhibits themselves do not substantiate substantiate sub sub- what he alleges President nt Roosevelt directed a new v examination of the Wyoming lands be made mado as soon as wo we aro are permitted by bya a man of a a. very different type from Mr Linnen and his associates The documents made public today contain no report on such another tion |