Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-22
EQURE 10 BE TEoROUeH
NJ. BEllirggr Sends Letter TO Senate
Insisting OF Investigation.
PRELIMINARY ACTION
EcsuIufion Asking fer PnPe
Glrvis Case and One Orderi-
IN InQuirF Are Passed
Promptly.

WASHINGTON. Dec. n-Anr doubt tint
THE whole force q re THfl Rdninistrnriar
S. to De behind the investigation 6e-agndsa
hv both fadef ~ the so-cBHed EaIHnEsr-
Ffncnut controversy was dispsnad fy
ettrls in and aut q cur ErEEE TODAY There
Is NOW 20 question 1hst President TAFT
himself in as eHEer fu- The msrcTess prob
r- q The wh1lf matter Bs hitherto ne has
\ He=n 'reluctar1 to admit the nenesstv fur H.
a motive rnnrh deeper than Willingness 10
% suFtius to Secretary EaIlinEer is sscr1bed
To F,resi0erh Tuft by senators. representa-
dives and UIhers active IN ptif1ics Mn
E-ho Hrc in position 10 know the sent
rnentE uf Mr. Taft q, clE-ed tonight tha-
be has Al last Asrnrns Convinced 81 the
tr-ufh of W'hz1 mis- friends ilHee bssn telling
him fuT marty weeks, u1 what be has
hitherto laughed At-fhat there lies behind
the HttRrk on M. BHIHnEHr q rnure Or
lesF Definitely organized movement 10 dis
credit the Taft Administration. especially
hy spreading the tmprtsslun TINT the So
eHTied .Rsnsevelt policies" are IN IN
friendly HANDS. That M Bn1nnEer Wa
made the target only the theory tina.
l1t offered for fhf present The IrIast wilmer
able point In The administration
because ne WAS luHth - believe that Eunh
q propaganda was ubder WY M. TafI
opposed every suggestion from M Bal
Inrer or hiE friends that nt1Rcizs upon the
iun6 office should be met With deterTui.
nation to reach Rnd expose those respoIlsi-
ble for the attacks upon the secretary ana
other Officials uf the 1u1ersar department
and the general lRne office Though SLOW
Il come TO a decision IL is known thai
M TRff is now inclined 70 believe that
the criticisms thai have cropped out in
q D deliberate determination TO make
trouble which Anpunts practically &c a
conspiracy
Fsina onlIs fa- Papers
The FIRST step in paving The way for q
congressional inreEtiEutiun Was taken 10
HRF SenHtur Flint tn1rodunsd 8 resntu-
1inn ia the senR1e directing 1hs Ett1-nEg
general 10 send 70 the sHnBte al 1f the
papers N his passEssiun That relate 10 ths
case These papers include me report of
L p Claws. the dismissed special REsut
Of fhe general land 1ffics, who s7uEh- 10
cunusr1 Mr RRmineer with the Ginning
ham coal land -rRssE In manner T-efls scing
upun ms integrity. These records are he
ones on which The president based his
eEonerHtiun Of his secretary Of the IN
terror
The Flinf resnlutiun was adopted and
been Drafted by Attorney General wicker
sham and thHa II WIS enc q the matters
considered at the White Euuse conferences
yesterday. when the attorney general NJ
ERIlif1EHr Bnd Postmaster General Hitch
cock discussed with the president the h5-
Visibility II providing for 3 runEressiona-
irresuiERUon- This knowledge led TO Ehs
thought by senators rhHi these records
may be far more extensive than generally
Fuppused.
MI ySReE PreEsHts Letter.
Adoy,tiur ~ the FViut resolution was fol
lowed by the presentation by SsnAloi
Jones q Washington q q 8srtsr from Nj
BzI1inEer urging an inquiry Of ths broad
es1 scope and expressing the opinion thH-
il would disclose that rsrtAtn Officers O.
the forest ssrrans had been guilty Of per
riuiouE activity IN inspiring the charges
u-utnsi h3n.
Mr Jones gave notice thRt unless sem,
Cfher senator dia ne would offer q resolu
1iun calling fur 5utnt congressional in
vestisutiou
Having opened the channel for uon
Ertssi0nEl inquiry fs,e selection Of 70,
J7TuIer tribunal 10 hear the evidence fu
and REHins1 buth Mr. BHlIinEer and chic
Forester Flnuhot henoTneE q very iuporaAn
Cneslien- Atlen-iun WIS given 10 this SUB
5urt rodBE RHpublicnn lenders IN IN
senHte hEve practically agreed that Senate
Aelsun, rhuirrurn q the uomuii-1ss q
pu1iIie sands should hs 81 the heRa of n
probing hoGv.
a 5ulu. cufuruir1ee a the SENATE an
f1DFc s. nHI fRrured- or the ground rhH
H wUuid be curnbersornE, and q specin
ur-~mitfce Is opposed because fl - feHre
INST thers would he pre-lpltEted a scr8rnhl
T-5juaioe6 esther f-r nr against une q
she prinriuals 81 the cnntruVersr. II
cgnEidere6 }nzetv. therefore tha1 thf Sec
Fion, u IN senate aatfrminss fhs ssles
t.r, win far upon The senate e0mEnitts
O. puaAc lands. THIS committee De mas
nc a. nea whe understand the public land
Cu snon I'm nu its phases and rhe rsput
ltrHr truhers include hdhereuts "a bal
o. the phElirs tu The e1ntrore-Ev
Text sf RHuinEer's Lester.
Mr 5OngF preseute8 The Bauinrer Iefte,
l1c f-l text q which fdIlows-
arE investigation hy congress uf N
1s1trlur OspHrrI1anf ur O. any uf its officer
Should be- Sufficiently lrOnd uuc fsr-reast
iTE a. Eut al resi- tils slEEaciuus criticism
and rsprsseuturiuns 1f nurruJl 90 irnslrups
urnrriraF hsretufusT charged EEHinst n
pr sem adUiuis1Iatiur thereof and f-rrh.l
nErs, such iHUustEH1l1n should ernlrrH,
ths forrest sarTlcs, siinf 4 have reason
believe thEt 1hs psrniri1uH activity ~ ce
r.in q itH affirers has been tbe source
30 insItratiun u these ehHrEes and Il
v-2Vus tu parr Jhs rouman administered a.
cs ths puhliC du1uHin-
the lseu interests ~ fhs Interior O
purtmcui require 3 bread hnd thuraaEi
roinE irrDEiiEsuun and assure you
cErnCI BE- made TOO broad in lts scope
su1 ne ana thnEE undHT mt uho hur
Ilfvase suffered indiEuitiss uulusl &C.
sure hnd dalIbarAis miErvs siraseututi0u
facts las are plain.
q tl.srefure pourl me Vidsst and fuIle
ngulrg iE enuEress fnio these matters a.