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Show I Published Every Saturday WEEKLY PUBLISHING CO., INC. GOODWINS BY ; a. W. RAYBOULD, BUSINESS MANAGER SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: dlng'postage in the United States Canada and Mexico, $2.50 per year, lx months. Subscriptions to all foreign countries, within the Postal M per year. 8ingle copies, 10 cents. Payments should be made by Check, Money Order or Registered Letter, payable to The Citizen. Address all communications to The Citizen. Entered as second-clas- s matter, June 21, 1919, at the postofflce at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Salt Lake City, Utah Ness Bldg. Phone Wasatch 5409 311-12-- 13 A THAT TEAPOT DOME the course of his the usual formal communications which are practiced in the everyday Republican. Doheny admitted that in making the loan the money was red over not by means of a check. Mr. Doheny adopted the lovel plan of transporting the cash from one section of the business world. His aversion to communicating with former Secretary Fall through the mails led him to enrich the coffers of the Pullman company by commuting between Washington and New Mexico, during the negotiations between the Sinclair interests and Mr. Fall. According to the records filed with the clerk of the House of Representatives, Mr. Zezely was a contributor to the Democratic campaign fund of 1920. According to Mr. Zezelys sworn testimony, g he is a Democrat of Oklahoma brand. His political work in that party enabled him to receive an appointment in the department of the interior under David Francis, Democrat of Missouri. statement assuring the country no guilty 1 escape in connection with the leasing of naval oil reserves, itCoolidge said, As I understand, men are involved who ;o both political parties. ire is Edward L. Doheny, who admits under oath that he made if $100,000 to Mr. Fall while that gentleman was still secre-th- e interior. Subsequent to the loan, Mr. Fall made the negotiations with Mr. Doheny which are now questioned. l to another in a suitcase hamper or some other informal con- - this unconventional manner of transacting business which lishes Mr. Doheny and introduces the issue of the part suit ill of bales of money should play in the management of our flairs. vard L. Doheny is a Democrat. He and Taggert and Brennan s big four at the 1920 San Francisco cunven-- e was a member of the Democratic committee on platrorm at jvention. He was one of those placed in nomination for vice-a- t at that convention. fording to the reports filed with the clerk of the House of jntatives, Mr. Doheny contributed $25,000 to the Democratic jn fund in 1916 to elect Mr. Wilson; $5,000 in 1918 to elect a atic congress, and $9,800 in 1920 to elect Mr. Cox. Here .n interesting discrepancy which may mean much-o- r little, for pg to his own sworn testimony he contributed $50,000 to the ratic campaign fund in 1920, and another $25,000 after the was over to help pay off the deficit. Doheny testified under oath that Mr. Fall was not the first ry of the interior with whom Mr. Doheny was in intimate conic testified that Franklin K. Lane, Democrat, secretary of the under Wilson, was employed by him while Mr. Lane was still and Lane quit to take the job at $50,000 a year. Doheny is candor itself. He testified that he and others Gregory, former Democratic attorney general, solely they thought Gregory could, through his pull, obtain entree jn at the White House and state department. testified that he hired William G. McAdoo to represent the oil interests at Washington during the Democratic adminis-jan- d for this he paid $125,000 and McAdoo was up to a few still on the jo, payroll for $25,000 a year. ?re is Colonel Zezely, handy right-han- d man of Mr. Sinclair, pyist in Washington for oil interests. Colonel Zczelys testi-oat- h brought out the fact that he, like Mr. Doheny, did With federal officials by the direct method rather than by rphy were the r life-lon- Colonel Zezely improved his opportunity in that department to familiarize himself with oil lands and other valuable resources of the country. In due season he graduated from that position to representative of oil interests and testified that his present salary is $25,000 a year. The sworn testimony before the committee is shot through and through with proof that the administration of oil lands under eight years of the Wilson regime affords a fertile field for investigation. The evidence piles up that throughout this period the department of the interior cuddled up to the private oil interests of the country and the department of justice, under A. Mitchell Palmer, was tender with them. It was sworn to by officials of the public land bureau that findings which they made adverse to private oil interests in 1913 were lost in the department of the interior under Democratic administration for seven years, which practically covers the entire Wilson, regime and up to the present time. These officials testified that this losing of reports adverse to private exploitation of public oil lands was a habit in the department during the seven years of its Demo- cratic administration. Senator Fall, Republican, set the fireworks going when it was discovered that he had received some of the tainted money. HEAR YE! HEAR YE! cm-Mr- .- - L If the politicians at Washington fail to reduce taxes thereby throwing the tax issue into the coming presidential campaign for the purpose of desirable campaign material, the people ought to sec to it who has voted against that every man coming up for reduction measures in congress be kept at home and new men sent to congress in their stead. There is altogether too much government meddling in private business affairs. In fact there is so much at the present time, that congress finds it very difficult to attend to legitimate government business. The government has drifted so far into private business that expensive investigating committees appointed to uncover frauds and re-electi- on |