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Show HI HOW MR. HENEY HAS BEEN PAID. Hjl Oregonlan News Bureau, Washington, D. C. Hit Francis J. Heney has been paid a total of H; $G5,000 to date for his services in connec- I tion with tlie prosecution of the Oregon land fraud cases, these payments covering the period bo-ginning bo-ginning November 7, 1903, when he was first ap-pointed ap-pointed "Special Assistant Attorney-General of Hp the United States to assist the United States Hj Attorney for the District of Oregon," down to the In beginning of tho present year. The last payment Hit was made to Mr. Heney January 21, 1909. Hyg! From the attorney-general it is learned that 1 payments to I Heney have been made as fol- Huf lows: i July G, 1904 $ 5,000 Hi March 10, 1905 7,500 HI August 10, 1905 5,000 H ..February 13, 190G 7,500 H August 24, 1906 7,000 H August 9, 1907 5,000 H December 2G, 1907 5,000 Hh March 2, 1908 8,000 H July 6, 1908 10,000 January 21, 1909 5,000 M Total to date $65,000 l'i Tt is evident, from a statement made by the H I attorney-general, that Mir. Hteney will receive, H further compensation, for, contrary to public H i knowledge, he is still retained on the govern- H ment payroll, and paid out of special appropria- Hj tions placed at the disposal of the attorney- H, general. Since Mr. Heney retired from the active K prosecution of the land fraud cases, he has been, K says the attorney-general, retained in an advisory B capacity to co-operate with and advise other gov- n ernment counsel, in whoso hands rests the prose- H cution of the cases still untried. B Whether Mr. Heney will continue on the pay- MBn roll of the department of justice after March 4 H ; will depend upon the attitude of the incoming H attorney-general. Those who are close to Mr. H Taft freely express the opinion that the next B i prcsidont does not entertain for Mr. Heney that H t same regard that has been shown by President H Roosevelt and, according to these authorities, H the "advisory" services of Mr. Heney may be H dispensed with. Portland Oregonian. |