The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-02-04

Washington, Jan. 29-Glavis con-
cluded his testimony before the Balm
ger-Pinchot investigating committee
late today. He will be recalled Mon
day for cross-examinarion by any per
sons against whom he made charges.
Claws statements deve oped an
animus long eXistant between the land
Office and the forestry Bureau, and the
resentment the land Office people felt
when CLAWS was called into 1.-The for
estry." Witness declared Represents
tives McLachlan of California and
Kinkaid of Nebraska, were interested
in the Alaskan claims. and that Ba!-
linger before being commissioner of
the land Office had been attorney for
Kinkaid. CLAWS asserted that Balm
ger suggested to him not to pursue
the investigation against McLachlan,
saying there was too much of that
thing in the past"
When CLAWS was asked If he
thought B%allinger and Land Commits
sioner bennett were in league to do
wrong in the Alaskan cases, he re-
piled:
well, I thought the cases would be
better perfected with them out of the
way"
"DENNETT WAS CROOKED"
CLAWS attack seemed to center more
today upon Dement,. He said he be-
came convinced in the summer of 1909
that bennett was crooked" and took
steps to secure carbon copies of let
tiers bennett was writing back to
Washington. Several Of these were
introduced.
One from bennett to H. H. Schwartz
chief of the field service, last July,
said:
my Dear Schwartz-The worst sit
uation on the line is the n | find
here. Our friend CLAWS has regarded
me with suspicion, and after talking
for a while showed me your statement
assigning the coal cases to Sheridan.
Now I figure 1t is CLAWS pre-
pairing to make ac ushion for himself
to fall back on. also putting himself
in shape to have a great story in case
it is Sheridan that does not MAKE
good and succeed in cancelling the
Cunningham cases.
"While he looks innocently at me
can see his heart is bad though why
I cannot tell. except that he wanted
to drag the cases out. He may be
sincere. of course, in his idea that he
has not been given time o oppor-
tunity. He asserts he will help Sher
idan all he can, but 1t is not human
nature-at least his nature. The at
mosphere is not good at all.
THAT he is PLAYING the forestry
there is no question: the innocent
look me gave me when I tod him he
was dragging In Shaw, etc, when
there was no necessity, was beautiful.
He had also talked conservation very
strongly. CLAWS in talking conser-
walton is ugly and is preparing to be
as unpleasant as he can-at least that
is my solution of the situation.
"Glavis processes the greatest
friendship for you. 1 think you
know him better than anyone else,
and this is certainly the worst situa-
ton we have. He will make about
40 favorable and 800 ~unfavorable re-
ports; and the wav things viii COM
mence to drop will be amusing"
COAL ON THE BRAIN
In the second letter of bennett to
Schwartz occurs this paragraph:
CLAWS has these coal cases on the
brain. Can't see anything but just
one line. I have told him how it
looked to us. and reminded him Of
the secvice we have done for him and
that it looks as If he was not return
ing our favors by not standing by us
as he ought. He has not acted as you
and I would in similar conditions. It
looks a little like treason to me by
calling in the forestry"
There was also introduced this
statement by Schwartz to bennett:
"The department has a letter from
Washington. Jan. 29-The asricul-