Show SENATOR JOHN A MITCHELL MAKES A STATEMENTS STATEMENT D r th tl Ibis statement that he lie had refused I to Lu to o 0 to Portland at ut the un 1111 nod 1 nr oC the special to t In iii the land frauds fraud trial triad tI John Johll A Mitchell sold laid today I J was WI for tor four our mouth prior ICier to 10 my III for tor on N No Nov n U 16 contInuously In Oregon anti all of ot thu time tints with willi the exception of ot a IL few tl days duy In the city Ill of Portland and toor It waa Willi known knon to John H it lush Hall united States Stales district attorney for tor mole moie that than a week before I left Port fort Portland lend land that I t intended to tu leave ellve for Vasti Ington at lit the time Urn I did Therefore If It my m testimony WM WI w I H as lm rn I pertain In the land hand IlIn freUd fraud USSR u e there theme thel was wan ample opportunity to secure my IllY attendance by bv subpoena or even In had hadIt It been to be me ins without a subpoena that limit my may III testimony In Iii the Hie cam LaSes 1 desired I certainly should have liess postponed my In tortin east and would have gladly gone ono on the witness lInt and ancl given elven any n testimony within wit II lit my lily bearing bearin en oil the cue cases I 1 arrived In iii V ton lute late on oti the evenIng of ot Nov ill III anti and prior to that time I r had lied not nol tip the slightest In from any all aim whatever I that my testimony was wai deemed Im or that my may premie a AS n it wit wll witness ness nell wits wan RII desired by b the Ih government or an j on el elThe ails e eThe The said Mid hits hit reasons reason Tom foi net r to the Ihl dispatch of oC Nov 27 2 from Special Attorney J He lie Heney U lily ney the name Mine or of the attorney attorn At Itt Portland who gave AVI time the let lot lott letter t tar ter r of ot Int rod to him latin were If It I were wars on the stand and the court UIt should rule That It was wan ma rna material and competent for tor me tee m to give the imme of ot the prominent und and reliable attorney Attorn referred to 10 in my tn dispatch 1 I I Of ot cOUIe would do HO so but I lid did not and do not now noli feel teel justified In volun voluntarily mixing up with the Ihl land the name of or a prominent citi citizen zen who iho so 10 o far a as al I am sun advised A hiss him hll never In iii ally alie been mixed up In connection with the time alleged traudl The which I transmitted to 10 Hermann assuming the statements statement contained In the th panic name IImoto to be true and I hod had no tic ren reason on whet what whatever ever to believe they IhlY were not true presented r ry reasons n why wIt wh the fill CUM to In the Ih these e and mit In III time the hanoi ollice should be bl b mode minnIe to 10 this the end that the tights tight of ot all eli purlieu concerned be tie de IC determined at ul Ha as II early arly sari n a late dote us 11 It If these handed me see by b Puter were untrue theO then I was All dimply Im posted Upon by h him |