Show W wv Z L SENATOR WHO IS ACCUSED francis emroy warren united states senator millionaire and first governor a of wyoming has haa como come into the limelight along with richard bal linger secretary of the interior because a mere trifle of acres of public lands in colorado have been fenced in in violation it Is alleged of the federal laws senator warren Is president of tho the warren live stock company and this concern according to charges made by A S connolly ot of cheyenne put a fence around the acres of uncle sams domain as a place placa to teed feed cattle these acres it Is said had bad been awarded to the state of colorado under tinder the act of 1875 for school purposes in addition mr connolly says senator warren put a fence around 12 miles of land in wyoming in violation of the law connolly Cou Conti nolly olly alleges in a bill of particulars filed with the congressional committee now investigating the interior department and the forestry service that senator warren fenced the colorado lands before 1903 and that in 19 1906 06 complaints we were re made to secretary hitchcock an investigation was made and president roosevelt according to the evidence asked assistant attorney general milton D purdy to make a decision on oil the strength of the report which would exonerate senator warren secretary garfield later started a movement to prosecute then mr connolly charges senator warren went to the then chairman of the republican state committee of colorado and upon the promise that senator warren would procure for denver a united states mint and other buildings got him to work a request through the colorado legislature to the federal government tor for the lands landa held by the warren live stock company for school purposes and then to turn them over to the warren live stock company |