The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1905-07-27

TN July 10 the claAtStuan NNoiiotsSN
a dispatch frum its Washington cor
respondent stating that Senator Hey
burn had written letter to Clifford
Pinchot, chief of the forestry bureau,
indicating that be had determined
to withdraw his opposition to the
forestry policy of the administration
This publication called forth the fol-
lowing letter from the senator:
Wallace, Ida. July II, 1906. Ida
no Daily Statesman, Boise, Ida.
Dear Sirs:
A speciai dispatch In your paper OF
July 10. purporting TO be from WASH
ington headed 'Heyburn to Drop
Forest Reserve Fight" Is men,
dacious falsehood containing no true
statement as TO what have done, or
intend to do.
In the first place, l have not
written to the chief forester, Clifford
Pinchot, halfway apologizing or
apologizing in any degree whatever
for my opposition to the recent es-
Establishment of forest reserves In Ida
no. / have not indicated that / will
desist in my opposition thereto. l
will carry my opposition into congress
at the next session. ! have not ad-
mitted that much, or any, OF my past
Opposition TO the president was i,ased
upon an improper understanding OF
the facts.
| | do not know from what source
this especial dispatch" emanated. i
assume 1t is especial dispatch"
to your paper, the author OF which
is not disclosed. 1t Is cowardly
falsehood from beginning to end, and
belongs strictly to that class OF false
hoods from which the author with
holds his signature. Yours truly,
W. b Hepburn.
Upon receipt OF the letter its pur-
port was wired to the Washington
correspondent with the request that
J he clear the matter up. His response
: has been received and is subjoined.
1t will be observed the letter sent
, by the senator was addressed to the
president and not to the chief OF the
bureau.
The following Is a copy OF the dis
patch to which Senator Hepburn
takes exceptions:
+, Washington, July "a. -Senator Hey
. burn las written to Chief Forester
Pinchot halfway apologizing for hi
violent opposition to the recent es
!, ia blisnment Of forest reserves IL
: Idaho and indicating that he will
desist In his fight on the administra
q ton. Senator Hepburn does not q
= SO far as to accept the administra
:, tion's views and policies as correct
a but there Is confidence among forestr
- officials that there will be no nor
A trouble about creating reserves Il
. Idaho whenever the circumstance
;, Justify. IL is inferred that Senate
IN Hepburn will not carry his fight int
n the senate next winter, as he ha
20 threatened to do, especially as h
- now admits that much OF his pas
y. opposition to the policy was based o
an improper understanding Of I'll
facts.
The response of the Statesman
Washington correspondent to Il
papers request that the matter
cleared up follows:
D. Washington, July 20.-Tbe dispatc
m sent by your correspondent here {
10 July IA, was shown today to foresti
officials who have read Senator He
burns letter and they one and q
declared 1t fairly and correctly repr
sented Senator Heyburn's position,
outlined In his letter. The lette
however, was addressed TO Presidel
to Roosevelt instead OF Forester ri
w chot.
no The letter, X is claimed, did n
state that Senator Hepburn admit
bis opposition to the president W
based on an improper understand
- of the facts. but Senator Heybur
~ through his private secretary, A
) olson Il. Smith. sent word TO I
{ lStatesman's correspondent that "
Z the main reason for his viole
attack; and he went further TO I
plain that, had he thoroughly und
stood the presidents forestry poli'
he would not have taken his radi
4 position in opposition to the adm
Z istration.
) Heyburn's letter is now With
: president and he cannot be quot
I but forestry officials reiterate that
) clearly indicates the senator
Z ashamed of bis wild assault upon
president and Is endeavoring,
means OF palayer, thickly applied,
square himself with the administ
I ton and incidentally get into J
with the forestry policy, which
4 must adopt whether be approves
I not. Heyburn's pyrotechnics,
) mental and verbal gymnastics,
I intensely amusing to forestry ofiici
. Z and there Is an intimation u
IS President Roosevelt himself Is 4
ting much enjoyment out OF
Idaho senator's performance.