The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-19

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natural resources Of the country
from private ownership.
On the other hand 1t Il said that
since the secretary Of the interior
came INTO ONCE In the Taft cabiner
ne has stood like rock against propo-
sitions made to him to compromise
some OF the land cases which have
peen tried In the lower courts and
which ne now on the way to the SUI
preme court.
Secretary eaiIInser's Position.
No one has intimated that Secretary
Ballinger did anything excepting to
express an opinion that the lower
court which decided adversely to the
government In one case had based its
decision on good law. This would do
nothing more than to show that Mr..
Bailinger believed that under the laws
as they stood, the men who got DOS
session OF some coal lands in a certain
way. acted within their legal rights.
The point Is. however, that the su-
preme court overturned the decision
or the lower court SO that II Mr.. Bal
lnger agreed with the lower court the
supreme court also overturned him.
Now that Chief Forester Pinchot Is
out of the service. it is understood that
he will be the chief figure In what
may be called the prosecution of Sec
rotary Ballinger. OF course the in
vestfgation is not trial, although 1t
may have the form Of one. and the
lines are drawn with the Pinchot In
terests on one side and the Ballinger
interests on the other, and there Is to
be an exceedingly hard-fought contest
before the thing finally is decided. 1t
Is known that to his friends the form
er forester Of the government has ex-
pressed his determination to see that
the oficials who were discharged with
him. and one who was discharged
some time previously, have their cases
presented to congress in the most
forcible way in which 1t Is possible
to set them forth.
Pinchot is a fighter. He IL q tall.
slender man who looks more or less
like the popular conception of q poet.
He Is Q bundle Of nervous energy.
however. and his courage e ~ the
highest order. secretarv RaI,,rger 4
q short man with ! welJ.rnjt 6eure
and with a force Of DETERMINATION That
has shown itself on many occasions.
Between him and the chief forester
there is little to choose In the mat
ter OF pertinacity of purpose. They
are CHAMPIONS we'll vorthv ~ trv-
ing each Others metal
a'"ss 20 % PuD''e'
~. h.s~,--s $500 49, ~ ~ asseru
The proceedinrs win
take the widest Kind az ranre ana v,1,
70 way back Of any matters nertafn-
ne to the Immediate coatrover.v -
hand. It is understood that the PIN.
hot forces. II thew NAV he an caIl.d
viii atfempt to chow that tha whc,e
trend Of the secretary Of the inter,or,.
lie was toward the cornorat,on inter-
.sts that IA. that he helieved that -
vas far batter that N some c..ss
here shouId Ia nr,vata ovner,hsc -
mines and water sites and that The,
)eople should get their beneff not
rom Leaning the sitea ana tha v,sve.
o the corporations. but from the e.rv-
ce which the CORPORATION nv irtrc-
lucinR economy measures cou,d ~.
o them.
The secretarv of tia fnter,or No.
,lentv az ammmn,tion n 1. sa,d "a ne.
a retaliation. There are aII ttnd.
4 charges which Il Il understood MI,
e hurled at the former chief ~ ~.
orestrv bureau
CONSERVATION 70 20 On
With the president, the former chief
orester, CLIFFORD Pinchot. and the Dem
crat and Republican parties all COM
1itted to 1t the cause Of conservation
ught to go marching on. The pres
lent mas sa1o tnat ne wants 70 save