The sun., 1910-05-16
TAFT SAYS HV'S RESPONSIBLE
FACTS ABOUT EIcKERSHAM AVN
LAWLER MEMORANDA.

uatou uteAA4a No wa NetNO - VIM
He knew was 70 Ne n It-Tala LAWtse
70 write q nalllnBer Gxsnegaalsn
Letter "As Y Re We're PPcsaaunt.'
but Dldn1 LIRs LAWYERS Letter ana
WrOts a New ORs 70 suit Ilhmsail.
WAsHNoToN, Nay Ia -PreSideat rait
tonight publicly assumed Ell ruspoAai-
hiity for the Lawler memorandum b
the Balllngor- -PinChot oass and also ior
the pFedating Of the wlCkersham Oplnion.
These are the two features Of the nAIlIas
EsT-PinohOt oase against which the Sne-
mica Of the Tsft administrator have new
trained their guns.
The President admita frankly thaa
he requested Assistant Attorney -o@srai
LAwler Of the Interior Depaftmeas 70
write and prepare 'An opinion q 4
he were President The Presldent e..
knowledges also that he used s6ms
sentences Of this opinion in As letter
sxonerating Secretary BAInngsr.
With equal frankneas The President
says that Attorney General WiokeraAam'a
analysis Of the evidence IN ne caas go
predated under his the Preaidedt'O
instructions. 90 a. 20 show thaa my a..
cision was fortified BY HE summary q Ga5
evidence and his conclusions thefefrom.'
IN President makes Il olea': h0wssu.
that he carefully reviewed al ne daeu.
ments and evidence IN ne HAllmGaF-
Pinchot case and had reached an ahgOlaas
decision that Mr. HaIlihgeF Wa gniltlens
before he instructed Assistant AttornsY-
General IAwler Of Mr.. RallingsRs O1ss
"a. prepare q letter 20 be ased e. the hasls
Of the Tait exoneratiOn. The PreaidaIt
declares that he adopted ths coukoS
merely as q means Of saving tima Cor
himself He was rushed with Work end
he had indicated oleAFly 10 Mr.. Lmwisf
what he wished contained IN the Io16eR.
The Iawler document. however. wns
unsatisfactory 10 Mr.. Tatt and he RnaIiy
dictated hts own letter. uaing only a feW
sentences Of the Lawler memorandum.
In regard 20 the predating by ths
Attorney General Of HE opinion in ths
Cass the President declares thai NJ
Attorney General bad submitted an oral
analysis and notes 10 HIM and that h
had instructed the Attorney -Geusral
10 date his formal written staismsnt
incorporating the analysis and nOtos
prior to the date Of his own opinion.
The Presidents review Of hia con-
sidefati0n n the Claws charges agaiuul
BalliuRsF h contained In lsttef 10 senator
Nelson a. Minnesota. chairman of To-
Congressional investigating COMMITTEES.
The fact that these matters had hssh
mentioned before the investigating CON-
mittes is the eEC'Ise given foe the Tan
IetteT. No references h made In ~
litter 20 the charges made yesterday
by Frederick ". Kerby. . stsRographsr
in Secretary Ralhnger's once. in regard
20 he Lawler memorandum.
The Presidents letter contains no ref
erenos 20 the fact that has been intro
ducsd IN evidence before tho investiGma-
ing COMMITTEES that the LAWlsr msmo-
randum vas not contained among tns
papers that have been sent 10 the senate
or the hvestigAtina COMMITTEES IN 70
sponse 10 calls upon the President hina-
self. the Attorney -General and The Sec
retary Of the Interior Tor all documants
ailu p,,pi' s's I' e'l'.' T" ~ W" 0O'''~~
uon on me oA""
The letter 70 senator Nelson Wa sven
out az the White Houss at i0.S0 o'olooA
to-nirht AttOrnsy-0 General Wicknf1harN.
Secretary Of War Dickipson ana Ro~rs-
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There 10 q disposition upon Bh8 part q
Mr. Taft's enemies 10 contend that thNro
Ia a discrepancy hntweUn the Taft eaata-
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