The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-16

long statement published here and ~
several other cities throughout the |
country Frederick Kerby stenog- |
rapher III the office Of Secretary Bal
finger declares that he and another
steaOg apher cook on dictatlon, in
September, 1903, a letter bg oscar
Lawer, assistant attorney general at
tached to the interior department,
which President Taft Is said TO have
made the basis Of his own famous let
ter dismissing the CLAWS charges
against Balllnger and granting Ballin-
gers edaest for permission TO dis
charge GlaYis.
II it does no more, the statement II
tlua, shows clearly something which
Ballinger lawler, Attorney General
Nickersham and all associated with
hem have tried hard to keep the pub
lie from knowing namely, that Mr..
1aits letter, made public at Albany
ia Septembe, 1909, was nQt the crea-
ton Of his own brain, but partly
possibly greatly was written BY the
enemies OF CLAWS, the friends Of Bal
linger.
The following Official deniar' of
the story of +. NJ. Kerby WAS made
public al the white house.
with reference to the published
affidavit OF +. M. Kerby, a stenogra-
pher iii the office Of the secretary Of
the inte ior, to the effect that the
residents letter Of september H.,
A9Ca generating Secretary Ballinger,
was substantially prepared for the
presidents signature by Assistant At
toincy General LaWler It vas said
at the white house today laat thee
was absolutely no founadtion for any
such statement. The president die
tated this letter personally, as TIE
/ ldocuments and papers were IN his
possession at The time
When Secretary Balllnger drove
up hurliedly, be FASTENED into Secre-
tafy Carpenters office The pres-
deni was called Immediately on The
phone and the statement was pre-
pared. Secretary Ballinger, as he lcit
the white house, refused TO maze any
/ atement on the matter, besides say
ing:
ITS not botherns me much
/ A few minutes afterwards Secretary
FCarpente. asked that the following
wo ds be added to the official denial
striking out the final period
And upon the report to him by The
attorney general
"The letter was dictated to me.
said Secretary Rudolph Forster, witt
some heat "And any statement that
it was dictated by any one else t1
any one else is absolutely false
Ii was pointed out by close obser
yers that Ke;by's statmem did nol
say that any one else dictated the iii
II draft Of the presidents letter as
given to the public. Kefby merel,
said tha Lawler dictated to him
letter which was in such form tha
lt could have been used in toto y.
!, The president, but that in his opinion
he president had changed the word
I. ing.
; The Ballnger-Pinchot investigating
committee Saturday received from Az
torney General Wickersham the mem
! orandum prepared by Law Office
] Lawler Of the interior department
The Lawler memorandum is in th
lO.m Ol letleF lIolH the ptesluSH
: to Secretary Ballnger, and in man
features is practically the same a
4 he presidents letter Of Septtembs
IA, 1909, generating Baiiihger an
ismissing CLAWS.
Accompanying the memorandum 1
he Baliinger-Pnchot committee, M
Mickersham sent to the commltie
J Ne following letter:
8 81 beg to say that on receipt o
9 your letter | caused a further careit
e earch to be made in the files OF III
,. department and found o paper whic
e ransmit to you herewith, and whic
S Is ethe the original or copy OF m
!. memoandum prepared by Mr. Lawle'
first received either this. or cop