I therefore ceased to consult him about appointments under the Department of Justice and the Interior, the two departments in which the crookedness had occurred--there was no question of crookedness in the other offices in the State, and they could be handled in the ordinary manner.

Legal proceedings were undertaken against his colleague in the Senate, and one of his colleagues in the lower house, and the former was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary.
In a number of instances the legality of executive acts of my Administration was brought before the courts.

They were uniformly sustained.

For example, prior to 1907 statutes relating to the disposition of coal lands had been construed as fixing the flat price at $10 to $20 per acre.

The result was that valuable coal lands were sold for wholly inadequate prices, chiefly to big corporations.