New-York tribune., 1910-01-30
ATTACK ON GENERAL,
L4ND OFFICE HEAD
Thought Commissioner Was
Crooked Some Anus
ing Correspondence.
From The Tribune Bu-eau.1

q Congress which IS investigating the
BaIIinger- -Pinchot controversy. He will
pc recalled at the resumption Of the
hearing on Monday afternoon for cross
examination by any of the persons
against whom he has made charges
Claws declared that Represer,ta+,,,eS
acLachlan. OF California, and Kinkaid.
# Nebraska were interested in Alaskan
claims. and that Mr. Ballinger. after he
Ing Commissioner of the Land Office
bad acted as attorney for Mr.. Kinkaid
He asserted that Mr.. Ballinger had sug
gested 10 him not 10 pursue an investi-
CATION against Mr.. McLachlan saving
there had been too much of that sort of
thing in the past"
When. toward the close of his +es+i-
nony. Claws was asked the direct ones
ton i ne thought Secretary BaIlinger
and Commissioner bennett of the land
Office were in league TO do wrong in the
Alaskan cases he replied:
We'll. I thought the cases would he
better protected with them out of the
ray"
Glavis's attack seemed to centre more
to-day on Commissioner bennett He
said he became convinced in the summer
Of 1909 that bennett was crooked and
took steps 10 obtain carbon copies Of let
tsrs bennett was writing back 10 Wash
,ngton- Several Of these letters were in
rroduced in evidence.
Claws said he had heard bennett was
writing some peculiar letters back TO
Washington. and had made an arrange
nent with the man acting as Dennett's
stenographer 70 save a copy Of all let
ters for him.
4 thought he was crooked" said
Claws. and when I went 20 see him I
asked the stenograp1er 10 take down all
! said and all bennett said to me-
Claws said he had also told z J.
Eeney Of his suspicious regarding Dem
ner+ He told Heney that the Land Of
fee al Washington was hurrying him in
the Alaska cases. and expected him 70
Interview six hundred or more people in
sixty da--s
IN view Of all had heard about Mr.
Dernett I thought something was
wrong said Claws
BENNETT ON FRIEND CLAWS
one letter was from Dennett to H. H
Schwartz. chief OF the Field Service It
vas dated July %, 1909. al Seattle. and
said among other things:
Ny Dear Schwartz The worst situation
OF Iae line is the one I find here. Our
mend f1laTls. he regarded me with sus-
p-clon. and after talking awhile showed
II Z9-T telegram assigning the coal cases
CLAWS = preparing 10 make a cushion for
h-Dsei- 70 fall back On and also putting
- f-s1
case Sheridan does not make good and
sncceed n cancelling the Cunningham
eases While he looks innoceutly az
ne er l can see that his heart is bad.
though why il should be l cannot tell ex-
oept maj n wanted 70 drag the cases out.
Re ma ae sincere. OF course. in his idea,
fhat - has rot been given time and op-
srt1nltF He asserts that ne will help
Sheridan all he can. but IL is not human
nature a. least his human nature. The
atmosphere Is not good al all
Iha1 ne IS playing the forestry there IS
nc question the innocent look ne gave me
Wien ! told him he was dragging in Shaw,
ele. wnen there was no necessity, was
ssrvsJlon very Strongly. Claws "ei taxing king
conServ-a-lCu' All round, he is ugly. and
Ae IS preparing 70 be as unpleasant as he
ea1 a least that Is my solution of the
Situation
CLAWS processes the greatest friendship
2 TOE. and I think you know him better
than any one else. and there is certainly
ne TorE- situation have He will make
about forty favorable and about FIVE hun
S44i commence 70 drop VIII be amusing.
n second letter from bennett TO
schwar-z GATED Seattle. July %, 1909,
TINS Paragraph occurs:
GizTis hss these coal cases on the brain
Sno cannot see anything but just one line;
nsre told him how il looks TO US, and
-afe reminded him OF everything that we
Pave done for him. and that i looks as II
y R'ere returning our favors by not stand
seLec a. rou or would act under similar
nhGiIcns- II looks a little treacherous
" ne THIS calling n the forestry
This telegram from Schwartz TO Den
net1- dated Washington, July u. also
%as Introduced:
Department has letter from Secretary Of
as.-cl-t IRE originating in Forest Service,
-esrings until November Shaw says
--aEs wrote OF wired him recently IN
-slter Require Claws 70 show you copy
= rs letter 70 Shaw. il being necessary 10
-rlti1-i1e motive behind Agriculture's re-
S-es1 Tor such long delay
Claws explained that he had asked
e1a~ by telegram 10 come TO Seattle 10
Cooperate with him on the Cunningham
cams as severa. Of them were in forest
reserves This was how the Forestry
bureau first came into the controversy
efleisuy.
another letter read was from Secretary
s-inser u AIr. Schwartz, dated Boise,
-aaho. July % 1858. in which the secre-
ig q the Interior said, among other
things
vse5 pear Alr- Schwartz: I am just ad-
fe5s---,.y ~ Commissioner Dennerr OF your
aussfs-I y reference 10 the increase in the
psss ~ special agents IN the excepted
f5s~e desire that in making any Of
/ Prss56tI appointments, n addition 10 the
t4si L. L. belng consulted, Postmaster Cen
/ tbe .-Lleock ,pe also consulted, provided
he ps,kil9lees are not directly suggested by
Get INTO SCARE HEADS
ier document read while Claws
"a Inc stand aroused great laughter.
telegram from Mr.. Schwartz.
i washington. August II. 1909. At
e. le attacks were being made On
Baillnger and others, and was
ed 70 II. B McEniry, special
@ Al Denver. II read:
sasles pl.o po scare heads tonight and Asso-
con1yr{ss..ess Il possible that Secretary ana
llg g11s.sLe sLer nave secured evidence snow
fFed @r-s III combine lions OF several nun
: sssfs entries, that General Land Once
i Yere-.aiis It's best coal engineers ana
seattle 70 assist n the conlIhs
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