Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1910 — WICKERSHAM ACCUSED [ARTICLE]

WICKERSHAM ACCUSED

Democrats Demand Inquiry Into Alleged Scandal.

An alleged public land scandal, rivaling that of the Alaska coal inquiry, may be the outcome of charges made in the bouse at Washington that Attorney General Wickersham is responsible for handing over to the sugar trust a large tract of land in the Philippines. An investigation has been demanded by the Democrats and a resolution is pending in the committee on rules. The Philippine government sold to representatives of the sugar trust 55,000 of the 400,000 acres of land taken from the friars. Attorney General Wickersham approved the sale, holding limitation to 2,500 acres on sales of public lands does not apply to the friar lands.