The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-08-05


senting him as an obedient servant !"
the President, and for that reason Sh'u"
be eXonerated.
Well might Vertrees fight nara I''
days to prevent the secretary n''"S
called to the witness stand. Tor " prov
ed damaging only to himself. lie ''"'
to confess to violating the Ia" ~ 'ef''
ing the private interests.
So strong was the evidence aE"'o''
Balinger that his counsel U'i'"N
abandoned all hope Of being aoI' ~
stand on it, but instead made 4 'P"r"
san appeal to make the DETERMINATION
of the verdict on The issue o! STAINING
by or against the President. w he Sa'o,
THAT cabinet officer should De Io'"'
to his chief, and endeavor to carry o"'
the latter's wishes; that BaIIlnger nao
done so, and therefore could not oe
ensured" (La FoIlette's Jan. J. Ioj'
Yes, Mr. Editor, if the handing over
of the public property rights to any ana
all corporations demanding H. "ilic,
is the set policy of Mr.. Taft, yea OF all
ri yhts, is to be the rule of this Repoo-
lie, then Secretary Ballinger Is TIE
right man for the office. And may we
not agree then with his attorney that
he is not to blame? For he was taken
from the service of the land robbers as
their attorney, and placed by the Pres
dent into the high and sacred Office OF
secretary of the Interior where ne
might serve them infinitely better,
The pretense of an excuse for the
dismissal of the chief of the Forestry
department is contemplate in view Oh
the fact that Ballinger had committed
the very identical act of lies majestic
without even rebuke. The writing
of complaints to Congress against Ger
tain official in the Forestry Department
instead of making them to the Presl'
dent. La Folletter" has this to say
January 18th, 1910.
"Search the records for a case to
match it! etc. - nevertheless no .crltl-
cism is made by the president. or by
any of Mr.. BIS friends in Congress, OF
this most extraordinary conduct on the
part of the secretary of the Interior in
addressing his complaint against Ger
tain forestry officials to the Congress
rather than to the President 1.-THE
Ballinger letter called forth and was
responsible for the Pinchot letter.
The answer to the first had to be given
through the same channel--''The Ball
niger letter received no rebuks from
the President. The PinchOt letter is
made the basis Of an executive order
removing from office a man of the
highest character, whose public service
is an enduring monument to his name. y
Notice that his successor is profess
sor celebrated for his knowledge of in
sects. Pinchot had too much know
ledge of men. Now the insects are TO-
be investigated in the laboratory, while
the Guggenheim, Cunningham, etc,
interests will be looking after the tim
Der, coal and water power. Then the
campaign funds to help the renomin-
alton and reelection Of Taft will 90
booming
Space forbids doing justice to that
brilliant and noble young lieutenant of
Pinchot's in the forestry service, A
few quotations only may be given: Il.
r. CLAWS, the dismissed special agent
his testimony before the investigating
committee of congress strengthened
the general conviction as 10 the truth
of all he laid before the president in
his report upon these cases by his
manner made profound impression Us
an unbiased and truthful witness"
"The CLAWS evidence in brief was to
the effect that Baliuger after being
associated with the coal land claimants.
sometimes as attorney, as friend, as
secretary, ordered the clear Using Of
the claims in the face of evidence Of
their fraudulent character. EX-
Governor Moore, one of the claimants.
said they would have been patented
but for CLAWS protest" LaFollette's
February 5, 1910.
"Only the vigilance and determined
protest of CLAWS at four distinct criti
cal times to spare what he saw would
be great scandal, prevented the pas
sage of these great coal lands into pri |
vate hanis. CLAWS fell because loyal
to his real employer, the of people the
United States; but his service will be
gratefully remembered. e.. D. Bran.
deis, Atty.).