New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
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tfro'n The Tribune Bureau
ppo, Washington. May Is.
hECf FULFILLED.-rhe Bal
nnger-Pinchot investigation nane 70 az .ra
to-day with the close OF the arr-,noen,. ~
ene attorneys The Developments OF the
son''o'ersy have been fully covered In
inese columns but 1t now seems approprsa-
oe ~ S~h attention TO the remarkable
manner IN which the Investigation has con-
III niec me forecast made in The Tribune
or November lo. 1909. when II ~.. a..a-,.a
ehat the so-calied Ballinger-Pfnchot con-
troversy has far broader aspect than has
been generally ascribed Tn e. the. .. q.
actually only the first gun IN concerted
movement. that the TAT. sa,rf,,..r..,.,,,
rather than the Secretary of the Interior
Is the real object OF the attack which !.
being so widely prosecuted through tho
columns OF the press and that the entire
conspiracy constitutes "a farreach,nx and
shrewdiy organized political movement
which has for It's purpose the nomination
OF Theodore Roosevelt in the national con-
Fenuon or lslZ 1t WIS specifically de-
Siareo that no one acquainted with Mr.
Roosevelt Tor moment entertained the
ioea mat ne was a party to or would eve-,
sancuon such a movements fac. which
hao doubtless prompted the conspirators to
action more premature than their political
sagacity would dictate; and, finally. the
course OF Pinchot, Garfield and their asso-
GATES was iikened in some respects to that
pursued by Conkling, Cameron and Logan
In the interest of q third term for General
T. s. Grant while he was making his
famous tour Of the world prior to the con-
vention which nominated Garfield, but In
which the famous SOC delegates stood 90
long and vanan-ly for the former Presi-
dent II has been said that the Balf.nEer-
Pinchot investigation has served no useful
purpose, but il has served one purpose be-
yond all question. II has demonstrated to
every fair minded reader of the testimony
the existence OF Just such conspiracy as
was described in The Tribune two months
before the investigation began, and the ex-
posture Of this conspiracy and the unsavory
methods by which IT has been promoted
have doubtless cleared the atmosphere and
Will ultimately serve to remove from the
Taft administrat ton canker which would
have been a constant menace to its success.
ROOSEVELT AND TAFT.-As the time
for the return of the former President ap-
proaches the receipt Of letters from him
increases, and each day some statement an
nounces, in strictest confidence" but for
publication Of course, that the colonel will
espouse the cause of the regulars or Of the
insurgents, OF Pinchot and Garfield. or of
Taft and BaIlinger. This sort OF thing
began with the announcement that MI
Roosevelt had sent for Clifford Pinchot. II
turned out that Mr.. Pinchot had sought
the ex-President on his own initiative To-
day earnest but moderate 'insurgent
-one who is stout in his support of the ad-
acknowledgements a letter In reply to
one he had written and inviting him to
meet Mr.. Roosevelt on the day Of his az
rival In New York Without In any way
rejecting on the veracity of those who
make these statements, ii Is well TO recall
the days of the "Ananias Club and the
fact that some. al least, Of its members
became SO through no fault OF their own.
The ability OF people to hear and 10 read
into a few sentences that which they wish
to hear or read is amazing and more than
once a man has left the Office OF President
Roosevelt. sincerely convinced that the
President had said thing which the Presi-
dent had never dreamed Of saying. Is 1t
not probable that a careful and judicial
reading Of Mr.. Rooseveit's letters would
AFFORD as little ground for attrtbuting to
him the sentiments he has been said to en-
tertain as would have a careful listening
to his verbal statements, which were
greatly mIsrepresented? The writer has
had the privilege OF reading four letters
from the ex-President, each written TO
different friend, one 10 an iusurgent. and
each was model of conservatism, repiete
with pleasant and interesting things, but
each absolutely lacking in anything which
could properly be said to indicate a political
bias on the part OF the colonel Under all
the circumstances those who do not wish
to be nlisied will refrain from jumping at
conclusions Until they see the text Of some
communications from which they can draw
their Own differences.
ROOSEVELTS RECEPTION.-The an
oouncerlent that President Taft will not
go to New York to meet the ex-President
should cause no surprise TO readers OF The
Tribune, who were practically advised Of
that fact as long ago as February. Nor
was the decision OF the President not 10
60. to New York reached as the result OF