The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-18

more than first stated. Ne said % me late
this afternoon that he had made up his
mind you wanted me 20 catch some buEch
Of thieves and he would like 10 know who
they were so a. TO help me catch them.
| Nov. Thomson. he sad. you wire the
Judge you can go. but tho Il you do h may
make Il impossible for you TO attend the
irrigation icohEIess AZ Spokane. and you
show me he answer
Under these conditions. Judge. please
write me a blind letter which I can show
him 80 a. 10 satisfy hts request u not his
curiosity. must confess 20 a cOnsideFa be
disappointment az the curiosity manifested.
I II so will only aay that have chosen TO
take my summer rest by visiting ALASKA
This statement will be satisfactory TO the
/ Mayor.
/ J expect 10 go east 10 the mountains in
day or two with Mr.. Parry and Judge
Hanford 10 visit their various irrigation
works. VIII also stop for day in North
akima. VERY truly yours.
RI. THOMSON.
A short time after this letter was writ
ten Mr.. ballinger advised Thomson not to
60 on the Alaska trip, and In a letter
written 10 George W. Perkins on June s.
leoo, marked personal and confidential,
SECRETARY Ballinger writes in reference
10 Thomson:
have asked hun 70 write you direct
and advised him that for certain reasons
! would prefer that he would not 90 70
Alaska. 40 wish 10 take up with him certain
business matters this summer
AZ the same time Secretary BallinEer
notified Mr. Perkins that he had asked
Thomson 20 recommend some other
engineer 10 accompany him on the
Alaska trip. In his letter 90 Thomson
Secretary Ballinger aays:
The purpose Of his ,ar Perkihssi trip.
In the strictest confidence, i the investi-
gation Of feasible railway construction
In Alaska. with mineral resources and
possibilities tributary TO any line or lines
OF road that might he considered feasible
and IN short he desires = man OF that expert
enos In engineering and mining who would
b. safe and conservative adviser along
these lines. While ! know a number OF
persons on the Coast who might possibly
al the bill. I hesitate 10 recommend any
Of them whom recall al the present time
! know that your Acquaintance with men
Of engineering and mining experience
ought 70 enable you 70 suggest a man who
would m the bin
When the subject was nrst mentioned
70 me. a. have heretofore written 10 you.
you we're the only person whom could
think Of whom ] could recommend. and
In further discussing the matter with Per-
kins. after learning the individuality Of
your going. he was quite inslstent that YOU
should assist him in getting a man Nc
will probably be In seattle on July and
gill call upon you. In the meantime you
viii please write George " Perkins con-
hdentlally % his address IN New York.
care :. Pierp0nt Morgan A. Co. and you
can state that you have written him az my
request ANY further Information you
want from him he viii give you without
hesitation. I have assured him he could
place implicit confidence in any statements
you would be wiling 10 make.
Another letter written by Secretary Raj
linger 20 Mr. Perkins. dated June ~. 1919.
declines an invitation which Mr.. Perkins
hal extended to have Mr.. Ballinger's son
Edward accompany him on the Alaska
trip Secretary BallinEsr thanked Mr.
Perkins for the invitation, but said his
son would have 10 attend his studies dur
ing the summer.
The reading Of these letters led 10 a
demand by Attorney Brandcis that the
committee call on Secretary Blllinger
Tor all the letters, personal aud Official.
that have paased between him and Mr..
Perkins. between him and p Morgan
A Co aud between him and the GuKRen-
helms This demand cause a wrangle
IN the committee, hut IN the end Mr. Hal
l.ngers counsel said that the Secretary
would have no objection 10 submitting
his letters. u any existed % the com /
a L..
they were material In this proreeting.
Resuning his testimony kerby told Of .
the destruction Of the notebooks of his .
fellow 5tenoErapher, James e. Massey. At
the suggestion. a. be charges. q Carr.
private SECRETARY 20 Mr. Rallinger /
senators Root and Sutherland on cross .
examination again asked questions in
tended 10 emphasize the dislOyaIty u
Korby's act. hut KERRY insisted that be-
did not regard what he had done a. dis
reputable.
DO you think anybody looking for a
trustworthy stenogTApher 10 employ m
a confidential capacity would give you
employment, knOwlng 81 your dislOyalty
10 Secretary Ballinger'' asked Senator
SUI herland
I'm wiling to take that chance re-
piled Kerby.
But do you think anybody would give
you employment under the circum-
stances7" persisted the senator.
Il think some men would said Kerby,
and some would not
-Nor INVESTIGATING IAFT'-RooT.
In his examination Of the witness
Attorney Brandei5 asked a question in
which he read into the record the brief
statement issued az the White House
on Saturday 10 the sheCt that there was
no foundation for Kerby's statement
that the Presidents letter was snbstanti-
ally prepared for his signature by LAWYER.
Obviously Brandeis's sole purpose was 10
get the White House statement into the
record for comparison with the one
ssued later by the President but Senator
Root objected vigorously.
We are not here 10 investi gate the
President Of the United States. declared
The Senator. We are here 10 investigate
the Department Of the Interior and the
forestry service. Counsel has been en-
deavOrng assiduOJaly and not altogether
10 lead the investigation into
a tral Of the President
In the debate that ensusd Senator Root
said that the LAWYER brief was not peril
nent 10 the inquiry, ihasmuch a. u re-
lated solely 20 an action Of the President.
and IN reply 20 q question Of Representa-
tive James said he had known OF perhaps
twenty cases Of charges against a Cabinet
member having been disposed Of IN eK-
actly the same manner IN which the
President had disposed % the charges