Arizona republican., 1910-02-01
Garfield Was Dropped Be- cause of Adverse Influence
 
THE WITNESS HEARD II
He Made Affidavit to His Understanding of Former Secretary's Failure-The
 Committee Asks to See
 That Document.

Washington, Jan. sl.-when the Ballinger- Pinchot investigating com mittee adjourned late today until Friday morning. Louis K. Glavis was still on the stand. He will be fur ther questioned at that time. 1 Glavis was cross examined today by several members of the committed l the democrats taking by far d more prominent part in the questioning. and framing their questions in a way that elicited aswers tending to ac- 1 centuate certain parts of the testi- ! rnony already given by the witness At the close of the hearing. Senator | Nelson called attention to the fact ! that the committee was proceeding | 'feebly and blindly, as there was no 1 one present to cross- examine as d ! representative of the other side" ! Clifford Pinchot. it is expected. will | follow Glavis on the witness stand on Friday or Saturday.
 1 Senator Payntor of Kentucky re- signed from the committee today and did not attend the session. Illness was given as the cause. The ap- pointments of a successor has been | 1 leader Of the senate and he offered the place to more than half a dozen ! senator's today. without being ahle to iindnee any to accept.
 G;lavis was recalled to the stand for cross examination at the after noon session today. Representative , Graham of Illinois and Senator. Fletcher of Florida. both democrats. alternately took up the examination. Clavis' attention was brought to the tact that on Saturday he had testi- fled that Dennett was anxious to have influential support to be reapr pointed commissioner of the land of
 ice. He was asked whose support Bennett had.
 T understand he had Representa- tive McKinlay and McI-achlan of Cal ifornia and Representative Kincaid of Nebraska behind him., replied the witness.
 Were any of these claimants un- der the Cunningham group?"
 No. they were all in the Green group
 The witness said he had learned also in letter from II. II. Schwartz that Senator Guggenheim also was supporting Dennett'
 After telling of his action in call 1 ing the forestry service into the case | Glavis was asked: Do you know ! Donald R. or Donald A. Mckenzie" l
 Yes. sir; I think it is Donald A"
 What relation did he bear to Com | missioner Bennett and Secretary Bal i Iinger?''
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 The witness then told of conver- | sation he had with Judge Mckenzie | in which the latter said the reason | why James R. Garfield was not in | President Taft's cabinet was because of his antagonism tn the coal claim ants in Alaska. Did he tell any | other reason why MT. Garfield was not in the cabinet?' asked the rep resentative. amid laughter.
 No. sir
 Senator Root here entered vigor- 'ously into the examination.
 Whom did Mckenzie make this statement to-" he asked. !
 ITO Special Agent Jones and my : self We made an affidavit to that effect
 Representative Denby questioned Glayis further about making an affi- davit or a statement which it is said reflected upon President Taft.
 GIavis said the impression that Me | KenZie left was that influential peo- pie, opposed to Secretary Garfield, 1 had urged the president not to retain Mir. Garfield for various reasons. He did not say that the president had | not retained Garfield because of his I opposition to the coal claimants.
 You thought '. it was boast by l McKenZie?" suggested Representative Madison.
 'I remarked to Jones that if he had strength enough to get rid of Gar
 Glavis said he did not think. that | McKenZie's statement was intended in any way as a reflection upon Presi- dent Taft On the motion of Senator | Root >the forestry service was re- duested to produce the affidavit which if he had not had charge of the Alas ka cases for upwards of two years | and if he had not "habitually pro- .rastinated" as charged by Attorney General Wickersham. He replied that | he was placed in charge of the work 1 m December. 1907. and was out of | the service before two years were up. | He pursued his work diligently, he | said.
 Glavis admitted that the work that | was placed on him by the department ! in the summer of 1908 when he was |