Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-05-15
President Accused of Adopting
Draft Prepared in Interior
Department as Basis Of Let
ter DiSmiSSi0g CLAWS,
STEN0GRAPHER SPRINGS
SURPRISE ON COMMITTEE
testimony Of Witness Brings
Statement From White House
Declaring That President
Alone Dictated Dismissal.

ID, Morning Journal Special Leased WireI
Washington, May l4.-Oscar Law
lcr assistant attorney general of the
interior department. Of which Rich
ard Ballingcr Is the head. did in fact
prepare a draft Ut a letter addressed
to secretary Ballinger ana in such
form and phrase that it might have
been adopted verbatim and signed by
the president as Mr. Taft's eXoner-
alton Of the secretary from the charg-
cs Of l.. Il. Claws and authorizing the
dismissal OF CLAWS from his position
Of special agent Of the interior de-
partment This draft BY Mr. Lawler
was delivered this afternoon to the
Ballingcr- Pinchot committee and or
dcred spread upon the records of the
Investigation Careful comparison of
the LaWlcr druft with the letter Of the
president shows that Mr.. Taft did in
fact adopt practically verbatim sew
ernl short paragraphs of Mr. LAWYERS
language. The substance Of the two
documents is otherwise widely dis
similar
The subject was on cvc.. tongue to-
night IN Washington Where almost
cvcr man woman ana child is bit
terM either l}allnger or a Pmchot
ptrtlsan
Thc tl,i,,,, ,,,. t tt 1 i
fbe npblinafinn of n st,,t,,ne,,f .,tt,ih,
uted g Frederick NJ. kcrby. one pf
the etcnographers ia the office OF
Secretary Ballinger in which Kerby
rotated 1T length the circumstances
under which he alleged the IaWler
"''4t ~ nav" peth prepared. kerry
liminar, drarts nen1 ~ ~ '',snar
Adam N thn iatte. ,ar r.,r.1 III.
the cxaneratinn Mn, ~, T,rt t,5
issued 49,, t,ts ,,, i, ~ '''''
Nn,,st sin,uit.,,ia,7,s--i'. In, ~
pnblication ar tho KIM, st.,t,,,,,,t
Attorne,. conorat u-i,'t.,.,...,,,s. ~ -,
the nal1in,fn,.- t5in,i,nt f,,.la.tf,,i,ti,',,
comn,itfo, fl,a =, s''''''
tbe Tao,lor 49,, r. r,'' 81 1'pN ~
lot,a, -, -, 49, '.C',l' p""iNu ~
Mr. v.i.i-orsI' "i NniVN
ment had been overlooked i'm sending
mittde ", vpu'sls'o'leu i oy ne com
nr,ndof, ire' ~ A''oiheN .
Thn ,,,,tti,,,4
mont a,'al1a', ~ s''' ~ Wy ~.
a statement 1a,.l.'ri,, - US.
oabsolnfal,, NV '''i'.i5 rl ~, '''e'e Wh9 %
stator,,,t, , 'Vuiiud''"" ~ 'iie
~, 'Vie'Gll' ,, Nnat the presidents let
stantialI, mtara, i3V'' WA 49,, 49,
sipna,,,.l ~ lpt ~ piVa'u,iil
eraI Iav.Ier Vs., te'.' 10y ne'i-
CALI. th,t ..,, anu Hasei'!is unVqui1o-
letter ne,.s.,,''l, 's'4','i' u'c,a'eu ~
own nrestioatt ~ SUI ~ ,liS
consfdaratta7," ~ ~ ll'e rcc"lus anu
ers ii M ,,s..,...'i'', Nv "iu Pap
upon ia 49,. ~ ',,c 'liiiV ~"
eral vi '''e "''o' heH sch-
II ,vss e,.rti... ,.
tho wiz ',''I pointed OUT polh at
General v-t,l. ,OusS ana pY AtiorheN
comn,ris,'', w. ~" " hii'lseli' that
tho nrnsi6f,,l '1e LAWYER dr"i' alu
the inraro,',S 'V'eet would snow tIat
menfs u.cro e'',es -. pl tlle Kerry s'ate-
sham M We" ~ 'dhteu' MT wicker
in thc ,1.,',, " 'iie PIac'lce c"ihhioh
sn.hordif.,,,' u"ien' departments @,
docupoarts W Pail'S leiters ahu
their sf,,,o,, ~. we cohsluerntleh OF
in u.hoii ~ ~, . onu thelr use ny thelh
ff VI }" part us theN misht see
Socro,..,
wero ia ~ n3liilStr ana Mf LAWYER
aftcrn',,', In Vtehce Tor long time TINS
Wirta,.f' WIN Attorney General
gafnd !, ~. ME lheN were 50 en-
moeea,'. -, '"e department OF justice a
"a n,,,s7 wis sent out Tor copy "l
siater,..p,., per containing the kerhy
o,,' ,i'h'' When Mr.. Ballinger
sbo,rs" from the conference he