Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-08

! OF Massachusetts and Fish and Parsons
OF New York
The insurgcnt ranks had only one
| dcserter. Stcenorson or Minnesota.
Strangely enough. Fitzgerald of New
York was the only Democrat to cast
his vote with the Republican regulars,
although he led tho minority fight on
tho joint resolution.
Republican leaders attributed their
defeat to large number OF abscntees.
but the tide OF battle was really turned
by Mr. Pinchot's three friends
Nearly the entire day was devoted
by the house to the consideration OF
the Joint resolution which WAS taken
up after the reading OF the presidents S
Interstate commerce and antitrust
message had been concluded. Tho
Democrats made their fight on an at
tempt to narrow the proposed investi-
CATION to the general land office. con-
tending that. as no such charges as
had been made against Secy. Ballin-
ger had been pronounced against For
ester Pinchot. there was no reason for
dragging the latter into the inquiry
The resolution. as II goes to the sem
ate. provides for an investigating COM
mittce OF 12 members. six to be ap-
pointed by the president Of the senate
and six to be elected by the house.
THE PRESIDENTS LETTER.
President Taft's letter to Forester
Pinchot informing him OF his dismissal
follows:
1.-The White House. Washington, Jan.
I, 1910.
"Slr-Thc secretary of agriculture in
forms me that on the 2S.h OF Decem-
bcr your associate forester. Mr.. Price.
went In him nd r,rnnaaod 10 rroiDp ou
the ground that he had boon engaged
with Mr.. Shaw. assistant law officer. In
instigating the publication in various
newspapers and magazines OF ar
ticles attacking the good name
of Secy. Ballinger and oharg-
Ing the interior department and
the land Office with corruption. The
secretary thercupon wrote a note 10
you. under date of Dec 90, asking for
your recommendation in tho premises
You did not answer. but on Jan
you had conversation with him. in
which you said you wished to make
a statement which should be read I'm
the senate at the same time that my
message transmitting the record in tho
CLAWS case reached there, and that
you thought you could induce Senator
Dolliver to introduce the statement
for YOU
ne SeCTcIuTy nONlSeu against such
a course; but asked You for a recon-
mendatlon as to accepting Prices
resignation. in order that he might
bring the matter to me, to whom, he
told you, 1t must ultimately come, be-
cause / had considered the CLAWS
charges and had passed upon them.
without further conference with the
secretary and before making recort
to him. you succeeded In making Ifib-
lie, by having II read In the senate, q
letter from you stating that You had
sufficiently disciplined Messrs. Price
and Shaw by reprimanding them, and
that your recommendation would be
that no further punishment was re-
quircd, and this before that rccom-
mendation was submitted to the secrc-
tary and me. whose power and duty il
was to determine upon Princes admis-
sions as to his completely. what action
should be taken with respect to his
resignation.
PURPORT OF PINCHoT'S LETTER.
I'm order to understand the full pur-
port OF your letter. IN which you ad-
NIT the completely of Prince and Shaw
in the publications In the press, II