Show S SENATOR ATO MITCH MITCHELL LL M MAKES K S HIS D DEFENSE f Sf Gives n a in the Senate Ills His Ils Indict EMPHATICALLY Y DENIES CHARGES Never Nc Entered Into 1110 Any AlY Conspiracy With Wih Ic nley or Any I oily Disc IIse Situ Jan 17 Tho following IJ It of ot u It p poli of IntO Mitchell of ot Oregon was M as deliver In Itt the ho sonata senate today tollay Senator Mitchell of or Oregon mado a 1 statement In iii tint tho today loday regard regarding lug ing In hula his 11 I In lii connection with the Oregon land fraud At the tue out outset set iset the tho th senator declared Ihl the charges charK mado made him If true truo un nit unlit 11 lit fitted nUd ltd him to III occupy hU lila hil seat oat olt In Itt II tho the He then detailed the tho Je charges und uld said naldI saidI Ild I assert In ims thus the most lK and amid manner that thai each cah and amid every ono ons of or these Insofar as ni they relate to lii or oi involve me le are arc absolutely noel atrociously false tuil ami amiI I hOI her a now mica y and amid defiantly antly denounce their author und and each ench And eI one of thorn and auth RII brand them publicly us tug II and atrocious liars lD n Following this general denial with one more the this senator n nH as H follows lint lImit it I 1 desire rp llo to bu hits II moro molo specific nimI 11 therefore 1 J further deny dolt In tonne bustS tho the mart absolute nod which I Am ant capable of ot that I over In lit the tho mouth of or January 1902 In lii II tile the state of Oregon or 01 at any 11 other time 01 or place unlawfully tuly or feloniously or ci conspired con with Herrmann then of or th thIn thin In I ollice nn S I A I D Horace U U D 1 W L I Watson Salmon H n Ormsby Clark K ft und ant William Wilam It Davis or with wills I or any ny of them or 01 with wih any other person or persons plon to defraud the tho United States out iut lut of ot any part of ot Hn iA lands located either in town township ship chIp H ii south range mange 7 east In the tue stain of lt Oregon or Iny other othel public lands either In Iii II tho Ito state ditto sil to or oi 0 Oregon Ore ion or else elsewhere oll where I assert furthermore In III the most nh a heal and Ild it U tier that limit t any coil and all 11 statement by hy any vernon person or oi person verson lo In It the tue Ihl effect that I over at lt tItus 11 lime I or place entered Into Inlo u ii 1 con coit conspiracy with nil all or om O any Iny of ot said person or Ui O they th or 01 0 any IY of them with mo use 10 to do de defraud doratiO ratiO fraud tho time United States out Ot of ot any al part burt of or Its Is public lands land In tho the state of Or Ore Orgon OrA Oregon gon or el either by or forged homstead horsle applications or op proofs are absolutely unqualifiedly Bud and Ald atrociously false I defy my may detainers and challenge them to pro product ro iro duct any 11 evident other oIlier than that of condemned vp forgers forger and amid per ver perjurers jurers to 10 any allY such M eh charges I 1 further furl her deny den In lii the time mo mot t absolute amid nn U terms levine that H S t A D I did either III In the tho city of ot Wash Washington ington on out March 9 1902 or 01 at any other or place offer me muse If or pay Imy to or give Ive me nor did I on March Marh 9 Wash Washington Wa ash h ington D C I or II any other place accept acceptor or 01 receive from rom mum sold said B S A IX D 1 Puter tho the sum silos of ot 1000 2000 or uny any other oilier amount t whatever either In two lo one thousand dollar hills or any all other othet denomination pr amount whatever as oa an nn Inducement to Use uso my m Influence with lUnger Herr Herrmann ner mann then Ihen commissioner of or the general land shIre once to 10 Induce him hums as an iK such com coun commissioner cor missioner to 10 pass to patent 12 I certain homestead entries or II homestead entries whatever or for any numy In other pur purpose pose pone And nd I here hero Indignantly with nil all ni tho the force I r can caim enl command denounce the tho public statement of S K A D I that he lie II on sit 01 March Miloh 9 1902 1901 at nt Washington D n I C paid mo me 2000 In two 1000 bills hll ns as 18 wilfully maliciously unqualifiedly timid atrociously aIM The Tiun JI senator titan then Bild caiti ho lie thought It I stats precisely what whal connection ho lie ever hud with anti tho the buds In iii question and Ild cud nomo 1110 of or the tho circumstances connected with time the uti of ot the tho grand Jury and time the pub phi 1111 I CI 10 11 In the tha pre regarding th thi s charges He Ito le saul said sall that about March 1 I or 2 1 1908 1002 called on Oi him hll In Itt tun tout with n a letter leller of ot Introduction from Hon lon I iou H It I P 1 I Mays a n prominent attorney at tot buoy ney ne of ot Portland Or Ou 0 for or many yearn the time district for tor th limo thA Ore Or Oregon Oron gnu gon on district Puter had with him hll a ait L it whom Iv hI hi aa a a Mrs 11 i 1 l L I AVil Wt W ll mi II 4 t L Ir 0 I und and unc a I citizen l of ot Oregon who m ho I d rl hc OWl ono In iii II 12 IJ after afteu efI t I h d entry men l n hat hall e their r rates cates Thin Tha he woman had obtained the thc greater part of ot this Ill money by mort mortgaging lort other oIlier lands secured by note coining due She Sins could not lIot raise II o the tim money to meet inset theco thees thelo notes note no 10 until she ho had received patents for tor or tho time 12 11 home homesteads shun pho ho had hiatt purchased pUrr d Puter hail had acted an as agent for or tint Ih woman and amid shun she was waA bleating blaming him hInt Puter said an its iK ln ht hal had insured her wr when elms plia made thin tho tho time patents to the tue would be bo Issued In the thin regular course of lit If bu certainly be before fora the lie notcH she clue had hual hon for tor thin tho borrowed money became due Puter said It would be evell months before be forI th the discS CUBeB would ho bo reached In tho lie regular order In lit tho tIme tholand land office oloe and anul that lila bin hil purpose In in IM IMIng cAl call callIng Ing on out him bun the thin senator wits watt to know If It ho hio could coull aid him In lit Retting them theist ad Rl advanced for early oaly consideration Tho Thu senator staid said ho Ito told toll certainly hu ho would help him him In itt tho the event ont hn bin found fount the time crises cases en os In iii a ii condition to be bo taken up II Putter Puter the senator said replied ho lie thought tho thin cases Cl html had linen been thoroughly Investigated by agents In tho the Held and Ild reported on favorably |