The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-12
AND
BALLINGER IN
A WARM FIGHT

Chot is mischieyous, arrogant theorist
not to be trusted with power In the
estimate OF Pinchot, Ballinger is a
narrow-minded but obduratc friend OF
special interests, and a dangerous enc
my of the people. Neither can see
much good in the other but much that
is harmful to the country. The only
redeeming feature Of the Ballinger-
Pinchot fight is that it is free from
politics.
PinchOts idea, according to his
friends, is to send out warning to
the country that the Roosevelt con-
servation and forestry policies will be
utterly destroyed unless a curb is
placed upon Secretary BallingeT. 1t
is his opinion that the country at large
is so enthusiastic over the Roosevelt
policies that it will not stand for
such dictatorial interference as has
been attempted by Secretary Ballin-
ger, and hef hopes to arouse public
sentimenOto such an extenc that the
President will be forced to call Bal
lnger off. Whether this plan is car
ried out, or whether it be abandon
( ed, remains to be seen.
! So far as standing with the Presi-
dent isRconcerned, Pinchot does not
/ hesitate to say that Mr.. Taft endorses
the forestry and the conservation poll
cies in toto, and approves everything
that has been done in both directions
by Clifford Pinchot Secretary Bal
linger, on the other hand, IS equally
positive that the President approves
his course, and it is he who expects
to see Pinchot severely joJted before
many moons.
Nobody knows what is going to
come of this row, but whatever may
be the ultimate outcome, the attend
ant disorder is growing to such pro-
portions that it will take months, If
not years, to unravel the tangle.
Clifford PinchOt Chief of the For
, est Service, and +. II. Newell, Direc-
| tor of the Reclamation Service, are
equally aware that Secretary Balm
: ger is anxious to force them out of
the federal service or at least reduce
, them from their present positions OF
= power to places less important and
I less influential But they are assuming
different attitudes toward the Secre-
= tary of the Interior. Pinchot has
donned his war paint and feathers,
and intends to fight; Newell has as
, sumed a passive attitude, and will
await a decision by the President, who
is the final arbiter
In the case of Pinchot ii is a fight
, between one Department and another;
, in the case of Newell, it is a row
, between the head of a department and
, the head of a bureau in that depart
? ment Pinchot, therefore, is perhaps
, in better position to wage war upon
3 Secretary Ballinger than is his friend
= of the Reclamation Service Yet It
- is contemplated that Pinchot, in car
rying forward his fight in his own de-
Tense, will also, to some extent, fight
f for Newell as well, for there is a bond
= of long-standing friendship between
b the two officials under fire, and Pin
5 chot would protest loudly against any
= step that would lessen the power and
= authority of Newell.
= While Newell himself remains mac
2 tive, some of his friends, especially
: friends in Congress, have gone into
| the fight for him, and are perhaps
. doing all that Newell himself could
do if he were inclined to follow the
} Pinchot tactics. Newell has friends
= as well as enemies in the Senate and
: House, and up to the present time the
friends have been much more vigorous
= in supporting him than have his enc
p mics in opposing him.