Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-12-22
BALL|NGER ASKS
 INVESTIGATION
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garding certain cloa land claims in the territory of Alaska; and,
 :" Whereas, the president thereafter recommended the dismissal from the ser vice of the said l.. R. Glavis on the ground that his charges were not sus. talned and he had been guilty of mis. representation and suppression of ma. terial facts in formulating the said charges, therefore. the information enumerated is requested. -
 Flint had scarcely taken his seat when Jones presented the Ballinger let. ter which is as follows:
 My Dear Senator
 Any investigation by congress of the interior department. or of any of its officers, should be sufficiently broad and far reaching as to put at rest sus plcions, criticisms and representations of corrupt or improper practices here tofore charged against the present ad. mlnistratiOn thereof and, furthermore such an investigation should embrace the forest service, since I have reason to believe the pernicious activity of certain of it's officers has been the source of inspiration for these charges and involves in part the common admin istration of the public domain.
 The best interests of the interior department require broad and thor oughgoing investigation, and I assure you ii cannot be made too broad in its scope to suit me and those under me, who have likewise suffered indig mites, unjust eensure and deliberate of facts that are plain upon the records.
 "l, therefore, court the widest and fullest inquiry by congress into these matters and since you have stated to me your desire to aid me in establish Ing before congress and the country the injustice of the attacks which have been made, and reiterated from time to time, l hope there will be no delay in offering proper resolution of inves tigation.
 1.-The investigation called for by House Resolution No. l42, to make a full and complete investigation of the land office, of the department of the interior, during recent years relative to coal- lands and other public domain in the territory of Alaska, etc., is entirely too narrow to accomplish a full and i'm partial investigation such as I desire. ''
 Very truly yours,
 "R. A. BALLINGER,
 Secretary of the Interior. :"
 In presenting Balinger s letter, Jones referred to the various charges against the secretary which, he said, if true would show that official to be unworthy to hold his present office He said he had had several conversations with the secretary, and that official was anxious for the fullest investigation. He de- clared also that the people of Washing ton believed Ballinger as man of in. tegrity.
 ''They may not believe in his iude men, he added, "but they do believe in his integrity, and that his admins tration of his office has been honest. /"
 Jones said he wanted to see the inves- tgation made so thoroughly rigid that there could be no question concerning the verdict. He said if no one else pro- posed such an investigation, he would do so very soon after congress reas sembled in the new year.
 He expressed the opinion that the in. should be made by joint | of the house and senate, in | which the country would have evidence 'f fair and impartial tribunal to which the facts of the case might be 
 Senator Nelson, chairman of the com nittee on public lands, is the choice of | both the friends and opponents of Bal, inger for the position of chief inves. igator.
 T am willing to undertake the in- 'estigation,' said Nelson today eff congress desires l should do so. I have felt this controversy should be dis ,osed of, but l have not moved in the natter for fear some one would think
 was seeking job for my commit ee.