The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-20
A Loss OF DIGNITY.


clifford Pinchot. former chief for
ester Of the United states. who az the
present time Is riding the hobby Of
insurgency with but one plank ir his
platform. will pass through Utah next
Sunday on his way east from the
coast. Mr.. Pinchot has been in Cali
fornia endcavoring to aid in the cleo
ton OF Hiram Johnson. also an in
surgent. 70 the position OF governor OF
California. Mr.. Pinchot has often
been in Utah. and has many warm
friends here
However. there Is one act Of clifford
Pinchot that every right-thinking man
in Utah. and elsewhere IN the Union.
viii not forget against him. and one
which must be universally condemned.
His use Of his influence over the Off
cial confidential clerk Of Secretary
Ballingcr 20 such a degree as to cause
that clerk 20 make public his chiefs
private correspondence was reprehen-
Eible in the extreme. and one which
Mr. Pinchot will never be able to out
grow
Had some man I'm Utah tempered
with the secretary OF an enemy. taken
that enemy's confidential clerk to his
home. secured from him copies OF let
tiers written by that clerk for his en-
ployer, he could not have retained his
membership in a decent club in town.
His neighbors would not have spoken
70 him. and the man in the street
would speedily have been the man on
the other side OF the street, TO avoid
intercourse with a man who would
perform such a dcspicable act
There has been no denial Of Mt.
Pinchot's guilt in this connection. He
stands convicted OF an act that trans
crosses all the rules Of fairness. an act
that has no parallel in history either
sacred or profane. an act that Mr..
Pinchot will wish some day 20 forget,
without avail He accomplished moth
ing by his dip into the ways OF the
hired assassin Of character. and he
added nothing TO the case against Mr..
Ballinger.
The mud that was thrown all re-
NAMED on the immaculate attire Of
the millionaire chief forester. and the
cleansing OF time viii find its powers
OF no effect against the stain.
Clifford Pinchot is a man OF one
idea. Conservation. That is his plat
form He Is insurging as a roaring
lion seeking whom he may devOur.
yet he gets nowhere. He is apparent
" in sympathy with none Of the other
insurgents on other issues Apparent
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only common soil upon which they
can meet 20 mingle their tears.
Mr.. Pinchot has done many good
things. he has aided in a great work
but in the case on the stenOgrapher.
Kirby. he stopped to an act that up
right men. men Of fairness and hon
csty. must condemn. His hatred OF
Bailinger led him in its heat TO an act
that in his caimer moments he must
have regretted many times.
Mr.. Pinchot viii not overturn the
Republican party. He has lost many
friends I'm Utah by his unjustinablC
course, and the same IS true every
where. He has iesscned his own in
fluence. and the Utah men who have
stood against him in his folly OF the
last year have acquitted themselves
well. and have done a service to the
state. The best welcome that could
be accorded Mr.. Pinchot when n,
again crosses the state next Sunday
would be TO permit him TO 20 quietly
or his way. until works meet for re-
pentance have been placed TO his
credit.