The San Francisco call., 1909-12-17

1S5 words, this disclaimer IS stated
four different times. in four dinerent
ways. Was this letter written aite1
CLAWS got possession of Cunningham
records. And did Heyburn's with
drawal an attorney have anytnanE
to do With the present employment OF
his nephew, John p. Gray of Wallace, AZ
an attorney for the Cunningham claim
ants.
BalEinsNr's Many Clients
When BaIIinger represented Cunning
ham, he represented all the CunninS- :
ham claims. Not only this, but the
record is quick with the evidence OF his
employment by other Alaska coal elxsfln- :
ants at different times. Under de or
December IS, 19eS, little over two
months 70 fore he took office as seere-
tary of .he interior, BalIinger wrote
to the register and receiver of the
United States land Office at juneau.
Alaska, saying that nc represented w.
G. Whorf, whose entry was known as
coal survey No. 3i5. On January .,
1909, less than so days before Bal
NJ. A. Green, who represents another
Alaska coal syndicate, wrote to John
w. Dudley, register of the Juneau,
Alaska, land office: 81 submitted this
scrip to Judge Ballinger as my lawyer,
and he has approved the same, saying
1t regular I'm every way, so
bought it and paid for It,, and am
sending 1t forward to you at this time"
Again, in this same letter, Green wrote;
7 am expecting to go to Chicago the
latter part of this month TO meet Mr.
McKenzie"-the same Mckenzie who
supported Ballinger's argument before
the committee on public lands In favor
of the Gale bill-"and others inter
ested in the Doughten ground, and
shall expect to take up the work or
perfecting their surveys and title as
soon as possible John Ba1linger, a
nephew of Achilles. now represents
these interests. Under date of April 10,
1909-six weeks after Ballinger took
tho oath of Office as secretary of the
interior-WaIter vi. French of the law
Arm of Allen & French of Seattle,
wrote John w. Dudley, register of the
Juneau land office: "Mr. Hartman,
whom 1 represent, has on several 0c-
casions taken the matter of sale up
with Judge Ballinger, whose firm rep
resented the purchasers, and with Mr..
Hartline, and the parties have at all
times seemed 10 be in perfect accord"
1t is hard to keep track of them all, no
doubt, and we must end the present
list. On November II. 1907, CLAWS sub
mitted report TO Ballinger as com-
which he recommended further fnveS-
tigation concerning a soldiers addi-
tional application by Clarke Davis
who was represented by the Mr.. Har-
rinlan referred to. Ballinger never re-
piled to this phase of CLAWS report,
either orally or in writing. but he did
approve for patent. without further In
vestigation, the soldiers additional ap-
plication.
The Seattle Star OF May IS, 1907, had
an article regarding the Alaska pc
troleum and coal company, Clarke Da-
Wis company. This article stated that
the men prominent in the company, to-
gether with others interested in SINH
lar enterprises. had been endeavoring
to secure the passage of an act of con-
gress which would enable their cor
porations to get possession of the coal
lands. All possible influence said
the Star, has been brought to bear in
Washington. Among those who went
from Seattle TO Washington on this
mission was Dick Ryan" Now no.
tice. On the files of the interior de-
partment appears letter of fntroduc-
ton from Ba1linger to Secretary of the
Interior Garfield under date of March
4, 1908, introducing Richard S. Ryan Of
Alaska" and saying Mr. Ryan could
doubtless give" Mr.. Garfield ''vaIua Bile
information, Doubtless he could. but
1t was not the kind of information on
which Garfield was accustomed to act.
Mr.. Taftss Letter
This disposes of the question of Bal
iinger's single employment by ONE