The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-29
ATTACKS FAIRBANKS
Charged with Defeating Bill
for Protecting Seals.
PROF. ELLIOTT THE ACCUSER
Makes Public correspondence with
the President and state Depart
ment-ExPert Raises Question o.
Yeracity of Vice President in State
ments Made to Senate Committee.

A press bureau has made public the
following correspondence:
Prof Henry W Elliott, Of Cleveland
Ohio, the government agent and expert on
the fur seals Of the Pribilof Islands, has
addressed a letter To the President
and State Department. accompany
ing it with memoranda relating 10 a con
troversy with Vice President Fairbanks
on account of the defeat Of House bill
1885, Fifty-seventh Congress. for the pro-
lection Of fur seals. Prof. Elliott charges
the Vice President with bad faith in the
matter, and holds him responsible for the
defeat Of the BILL He introduces the sub
ject by quoting from a press report Of
the first fur seal hearing before the Ways
and Means Committee Of the House of
Representatives, January %. 1907. which
says:
senator Faulkns- then quoted frnm letter written
by Vice President Fairbanks when chairman Of the
Joint high commission. which stated that Prof
Eiiiott was an Impossible person not qualified
BY character or reputation % do the work In con-
nectlon with the field investigation.
The Senator Faulkner referred to in
this connection is ex-senator Charles ]
Faulkner. Of West Virginia. AZ one time
a member Of the joint high commits
sion, and later attorney for tie company
which has the government contract for
taking the fur seals.
Explains His silence.
Prof. Elliott explains that his reason
for not making public the correspond
ence and memoranda earlier was that he
has only recently come into possession
Of some Of the documents.
The whole subject is covered in let
ter TO the President, dated February =
1857, as follows:
To the President: During the progress Of A hear
ing before the Committee Of Yavs ana NfesDs f-ri
Gay morning January ., 1907, the attorney for the
lur-seal contractors read letter 10 Secretarv Hav
dated Department u State. Washington March
~ 1875, and signed By F. r. LOOMS. Acting
oecTelaTy This rumarkable letter recited the fscr
That Senator Fairbanks desired % have him
4 Loomis inform Mr. Hay that was AN i1Hros-
sule Itrso1 not qualified By character or bv rersl
Iatlon 10 do certain expert far seal work which
Mr.. Hay desired me 20 do, and he had sg~.e5 IL
writing WITH me 70 do The inCiased transcripts
o. those official records OF the seasonal rapars Of
NE canadian Parliament and Cf the record Of tho
senate committee on Foreign Relations dcrf--e
mat this charge against me made BIZ Senator Fair
banks. as above stated is utterly false. IL further
declares tie fact that Senator Fairbanks himself il
That impossible person not qualified bv character
OF reputation 20 handle the subject az Issue
! submit these records above cited because have
not spread them on TIE reC0nis Of ny hearings he
fore the Ways and Means Committee owing 10 the /
tact that al that time when that letter Of Tc0mis
vas rad i'm the committee and up 10 the hour "a
closing this hearing January 3 1907 I did not
have in my hands that proof complete Of this i'm
proper word and action OF Senator Fairbanks which
now incicse for your information and use, as you /
nay elect Very respectfully