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Show WiELDS HIS BSC If STICSJi BORAH 1 President Roosevelt Exerts His . Power for Acquittal of ' It U Idaho Senator. l DISTRICT ATTORNEY ' i 1 j MAY LOSE HIS SCALP 1 1 Special Grand Jury Expected to 1 J Furnish Excuse for His jJ Summary Removal. 1H OLD GRAND JURY i K f TO BE QUESTIONED 4 f Special to The Tribune. 4 Villi r- BOISE. Sept. 13. Judge Dietrich, -i ijllt y In the Federal court, has directed y Hh 4- the members of the federal grand a v Jurl" that returned the Indictments 4 HlK; Y In the land fraud cases last spring - iSM -I' to report to the special grand Jury III . 4- order for September 19. They will 4 V& j- bo Interrogated as to the allega- 4. j- tlonfi that United States District v M i- Attorney Rulck intimidated the M i' grand Jury In returning the Indict- v ilSJ '2 ments against Borah. Martin, and 4 lh 4 others. It Is reported here that 4 fj f. 4 other members of the spring grand 4 mf m 4 Jury have made affidavits acous- i K( v Ing Rulck, but this has not been ? Is h 4 verified. Iff Special to The Tribune. ; i 1 BOISE. Ida., Sept. 13. That Prosiden. I' 'Fal l Roosevelt le wielding his big stick to pro- ;!; jt 3 tect his friend nnd personal rcprcscnta- tivc In Idaho. Senator W. E. Borah, from ': it 4 conviction for complicity In land frauds, Itj jj Is the unanimous opinion of everybody lllri not immediately connected with Senator :3iJ Borah's political machine. Friends of "1 District Attornoy Norman M. RulcJv I mi think they can see hla llnlsh for having the temerity to cause tho indictment of fsll a friend of the President, especlallv a IJl'i' friend who has promised to deliver Idaho's JlV! J vote in the next Republican convention 'itili as Roosevelt wants it to be delivered. : i Ivf When the President sent M. C. Buret i 'Ml' here from Denver to relieve Rulck In li iffi! ' the prosecution of the case against Son- ti IH : ator Borah, there was much comment sL'i that the administration didn't want Bo- K rah prosecuted by a man determined to ; 131 1 convict him; and that the adminlstra- . Wfs f tlon has now determined to throw Rulck 'lll'i overboard Is emphasized by the fact that lirll V Burch, representing the Department of , Lffil 'l Justice, has asked for the summoning of i JII'l a special grand Jury to Investigate Ru-lck'8 Ru-lck'8 own acts In causing the Indictment of Senator Borah, ex-Attorney-General Frank Martin, and others. rT Ruick's Finish In Sight, ' m The prediction Is now freely mado that i jM i tho summoning of the special grand Jury, ft W ! which will havo Roosevelt's man Burch '.'if 1 as Its adviser, will cither censure or in- if 3 i diet Rulck, or at least take some action is! J which will be used as an excuse for re- ; Jl moving lilm from office. That the ad- iiil j ministration, aa represented by Burch. t j has determined to divert attention from Mm 1 , tho Borah case by starting a backfire il on the District Attorney It- apparent tc 91 j I everybody. ' m ! Hinging upon the light between Rulck M7 ! I and Borah Is the future control of the - m I Republican organization in Idaho. It jb S Rulck who is lined up with Senator W. XlM B. Hevburn and his crowd can be beat- la en and humiliated, and possibly removed 1 I from office, much progress will have been jB ' mado toward destroying every vestige of r opposition within the partv toward Sen- 'II'h i ator Borah and State Chairman J. II. 'tf M v Rrndy. Roosevelt Is taking a hand In tha j,' I fight because IJ.orah and Brady are ad- 3 I ministration men. and Heyburn. who wns 12 j Ruick's creator, haa broken with the ad- fT 4 ministration. - tJ m Heyburn wants to deliver the deloga- 1 III tlon from Idaho to Vice-President Fair- fl U banks, while Borah Is with the admlnis- (1 tratlon for Taft or anybody else. Hev- 11 ; If burn can usually be counted upon to line fj( ' )i up against Roosevelt on vital Issues In 1); fj the Senate for he is a man of great jj I y determination and courage while Boruh a1. made a deal with the White Hours bi ail B fore he took his oath of office. fl Ruick's Hard Work. f gl The administration realizes lhat it mus; Ss j have some strong pretext for removing if 3 j District Attornoy Rulck. because of the m S I record which he has made In his office. 3il Only u few months ago he convicted some J of the most prominent and Influential l-yln bnnkers of north Idaho for complicity n'am In the land frauds, nnd had ihcm sen- ill I tenced to serve terms hi the penlten- F 3 tiary. Ho has made a big hit with llu 1 ill I public, and thore will be a public uproar ; 1 1) j If he is removed without good cause. J However, two or three members of thn ii!'! grand Jury which Indicted Borah have been induced to make affidavits that they ;ij In wero coerced into doing so by Rulck. ill IB Burch has seised theso affidavits as a j ,m pretext for having a grand jury called to B ill investigate Rulck, und this new grand I iH Jury Is expected to furnish tho powder (3 ;j for tho blasting of Rulck out of his po- 1 ;l sltlon. I! if So far as Frank .Martin Is concernod. TA i the Federal administration ought to pro- iH J, tect him if It has any gratitude. Martin fillS is ostensibly a Democrat, but he Is tho wifijll most pronounced Jack-Mormon In Ida- Mali ho. and has bolted tho Democratic ticket In tho last three State campaigns, or SSl over since the Mormon church started to !rnk put Fred T. Dubois out of politics. A.t aMS an assistant Ropubltcun. Martin has been 'Sji a shining success. iwfl |
