Captain Salmon B. Ormsby, the forest superintendent, who made misleading reports to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, relative to the fraudulent homestead claims in 11-7
Commenting upon this intelligence, Congressman Hermann expressed the opinion that Senator Mitchell would carry out his plans as indicated, remarking that by virtue of being a United States Senator he was permitted under the statutes to exercise his own discretion in the matter of returning to Oregon in obedience to any subpoena as a witness, and that, in such a trifling case as this would prove to be, it was not at all likely he would consider it worthy his time or attention.
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