Show I TO 10 PROBE LAND OFFICE Senate Committee Hearing Hea Today on Alleged Malfeasance in ut Office The first tl St meeting of ot the special senate senat committee appointed app at the Instance of Senator Benner X Smith yesterday to investigate the th alleged malfeasance in III of office nee lice of Harry Anderson chief clerk of tf the board of ot land commissioners and nd also to probe the manner In which the beard itself conducts its affairs will be he beheld held Saturday morning at 10 in inthe inthe inthe the senate committee room Subpoenaed Subpoena were ere issued yesterday t rda fur tur all the members of ot the state land board Harry Ham Anderson the accused accuse man and officials of ot the United States land office who have the records of the transaction In which Anderson la is saId to have ben Involved In speaking of Dt the investigation Sn San Sanator ator tor Benner X Smith said y yesterday All I can caa say s Y Is that the investigation will be thorough and that If It any fraud in inthe inthe the management of ot the land board exists we will try to ferret It out ut Harry Anderson when seen een yesterday said saidI I 1 can only say that I am innocent and that I can easily prove provo that the charges against me are untrue I dont care to go g ginto Into details until tho the proper time comes The statement made by Senator S Smith that I owe oe lily appointment to political preferment Is all rot JOt I 1 have we been n here continuously since June Juno 9 1886 l Ii 6 and han base served under Democratic Democrat as M well as JU n fl publican I |