The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-12
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, d. c., July Cleft
lord Pinchot, Forester, is mad; to
be more explicit, he is swearing mad,
both figuratively and literally. And
those who know Pinchot, know that he
must be mad clear through when he
INDUCES in profanity. But that is just
what he is doing.
Secretary Ballinger is the man who
! has aroused Pinchot's wrath, for he
has been SO bold as to interfere with
some of the plans of the Forester, a
| thing none dared undertake when
Theodore Roosevelt was President. 1t
required exceeding nerve for Judge
| Ballinger TO place obstacles in the
path of the mighty Pinchot but Bal
linger has the reputation of being a
man of nerve, so Pinchot las no oc-
casion for surprise He might have
known that Ballinger would do just
what he has done.
Pinchot, whatever else may be said
of him. is loyal to Roosevelt and the
Roosevelt policies. 1t is only natural
that he should be, for it was his mas
ter mind that conceived many of those
policies, and it was his word that made
them directly effective. In truth, many
of the Roosevelt policies might more
properly have been termed Pinchot po-
licies, for they were conceived and born
of the mind of PinChOt and merely o..
KID. by Roosevelt. And 1t is these
particular Pinchot-Roosevelt policies
that have been trampled in the dirt by
Secretary Ballinger.
> Both in his waking hours and in
his sleep, Pinchot sees constantly be-
fore him visions of Secretary Balm
e ger obliterating the Pinchot-Roosevelt
policies, substituting therefor policies
born of the law and the statutes. 1t
Is sight too much for Pinchot to
= bear Whence his anger
: What is he going to do about it?
e He is going to fight. He, the head
n of bureau in the Department of Agri.
1 culture, is going to take up arms
= against the head NJ the Interior De
e partment, though 10 2ntagonist be g
n superior officer. Such warfare is con,
{ trary TO the rules of courtesy bu
= what is courtesy when the Roosevelt
Il policies are in danger of eXtermina
ton? Nothing-to Pinchot.
e In the very near future Mr.. Pin
). chot will make some active move to
o counterfeit the work of Secretary Bal
p linger. He feels he is handicapped in
a a measure while Secretary Wilson re.
. mains at the head of the Agriculture
+, department, for Wilson is entirely toe
sympathetic with Ballinger Therefore
q if possible, Pinchot will seek the scalT
: of Secretary Wilson. He will have
=, many Supporters in that move. for there
are many men who have Il in for
Wilson, and would welcome an oppor
: tunity to pry him loose from the cab
met not so much to help Pinchot as
to get" Wilson.
If Pinchot' can get Wilson out o.
the way, and bring about the appoint
ment of a new Secretary OF Agricul
ture who will promise to keep hand!
| off forestry matters, he will then di
Get his attention entirely to Secre
tary Ballnger He would like to force
Ballinger out of the cabinet, If h,
y could, for he knows that as Ion!
! as Ballinger remains, just so long viii
e there be trouble for the Forest Ser
vice But if he can not get rid o.
d Ballinger, he at least wants to curl
j. him, though how he proposes to ac
r Complish this has not yet been made
clear.
- This Pinchot- Ballinger low is ex
n cedingly annoying, and equally EN-
y barrassing to President Taft Their,
S must be times when he would like
to fire both officials. and start in with
g a clean slate; but that Is hardly feas
| lble. The President is, on the one
Il hand, committed to a continuance o
the Roosevelt policies; on the Other
hand he is pledged to enforce tn,
n law as it is written; regardless of per,
d sens or interests, Now, the Roosevelt
policies and the law sometimes clash
T. That is why there is trouble between
Ballinger and Pinchot. Ballinger il
for the law as he finds it; Pinchot i!
for the Roosevelt policies and the law
be hanged when it does not coincid,
with those policies
What is the poor PresidenG going Il
do? Ultimatel he will be appealed
to by both sides and under his pro,
misses to the American people, h,
finds himself in a predicament
ne sides absolutely with Ballinger anC
the law, he must interfere with tht
Roosevelt policies; if he stands by Pin,
must put aside the law. There is nj