The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-21
DGLLTNGVR CASE CLOSED
50 FAR As TINE TAKING %
TESTIMONY ~ CONCERNED.

case Set Tor Argument NeVt Friday and
saturday Fifteen Days AfteTwaFd
Counsel WIN submit briefs Verdict
Nay ne IDrlayed TIN December.
WASHINGTON. MAY 70 The nvestiga-
tion % the Ballingsr- Pinchot controversy
was brought 10 a close to-day 80 far a. the
taking Of testimony Is concerned and the
case was set for argument next Friday
and Saturday. Within fifteen days after
the argument counsel will submit brieis
and the committee will then begin con-
sideration " the evidence looking 10 a
final decision.
There u nothing 10 indicate when a YER
dict in the case l. 10 be expected. except
that some Of the majority members 81
tho committee have minated that there
will not be q decision before next Decem-
ber. The record comprises over 500
pages. senator Root has sailed for
Europe 20 be gone until late In the sum
mer and some u the Republicans leaders
believe there should be M haste in bring
ing the cass 10 a final issue, Il has been
suggested that by holding Il over until
the neEt session u Congress much Of the
bitterness that has characterized the con-
troversy will have died down and the
verdict will be received in a better spirit
by the public.
But Il became known to-day that the
minority i not disposed 10 yield 20 the
suggestion that the verdict he deferred.
and il will not be surprising II tho Demo-
CFats insist ON some sort Of report. even
II It only their own minority report. with
out any unnecessary delay. In fixing the
date Tor argument and other matters in
Cidental 10 the closing " the case the COM
mittee was unanimous to-day for the tir~t
time since the inquiry began.
Attorney Nrrtrees for Secretary Bal
lnger informed the committee nat hs
did not care 10 present any argument 49,
he did not regard u a. essential. bat mem
Jers Of the committee said that they
regarded argument by counsel a. Im-
portant aud Mr. Vertrecs acquiesced.
Five hours will he occupied Nv each side.
Mr. Brandeis. representing J.. X. Claws.
and Mr.. Pepper. representing former
Forester clifford Pinchot. will oDen. occu-
pyng the major portion u the time. Mr.
Verirce- will follow for Secretary bal
inger and Mr. Brandsis and Mr. Pepper
will then close briefly.
Mr. Nertrees made the statement that
II he argued the case he did rot want 10
speak 10 empty chairs. saying that h.
anticipated that members ~ the CON-
mItteo would he prone 10 duck the
speechmaking
= can imagine we will he talking 10 the
chairman and a table surrounded by
empty Chars, he said
-Nuu mist expect to make a very dry
speech, observed Representative Dim
sied
Counsel Tor Mr. Pinchot reserved the
night tO Oner some documentary evidence
relative 10 the charge made bv Secretary
kallinErr that the forestry bureau had
wasted more than t7OOWO ~ administer
nag The NieuOnin-s Indian reservation
"a Wisconsin. AID other documentary
-vid-uc, 20 unimpOrtaut character may
be- pat in the record by Mr. Brandris and
NJ. Nertr~-s 10 AL practical purposes.
however, the cas- is closed
After the HAL witness had besn dis
charged to-day Representative Graham
brought up the question % Introducing
certain correspondence relative 20 chargez
He'd against 49, n Love United states
Marshal Tor an Aassau district. Who vas
an important witness for The defence
here vas suiue Oblgction and ln the dis
CussiOn u DEVELOPED that Love had b,.sn
charged With dividing profits from the
feeding ~ Federal prsOu-rs had adj p
mit'sd the charge. but had l--en excused .
by the Department u Justice "a the .
ground that Nhat h. had dOue had been
the usual PRACTICE ia Alaska.
II was decided that the counsel and
Committee should e. over. the doCu-
meats aud dscids later whether they
should be- put ia The recUrd Mr Graham
UOut-ndvd thar hey -lolld b. admitted
on 'he gr0und that thew affected The
Orrdib..ity " lave 49, a witness
A letter from Secretary BaIlnEer was
read earlier 10 the day. saying that he
had be-u Inabl- 10 find any further cor
rec pOndence l-fw-eu himself aud George
" Perkins a. 'alls-l for by MT Braudeis
Frank l.. Spaulding was the nr,t VII
ness Ia rrbuttal jailed by Attorney Bran
diets TODAY Syaulding. who Ea- formerly
q strnOgrapher Ia l. u Glayis's once
az Seattle. was called originally by the
,iefsuCe
Spaulding C0utradictsd testimony gwen
Tor the d~teiIc. uy 4 thristrns-n
" ho Succeeded CLAWS 100 charge Of the
Seattle Office christensen D., hr man
\, be- testified 10 finding the myst.rioJIsiv
missing Cunningham letters 10 Glayi=s
storage boa ia the Grand jury rOom
VI the Federal building az SEATTLE 7,
thrIst-n-en sw0r- that be- had never
visited he Grand jury room hei0rs the
.evasiOn when be- found the letters aud
lId not know thai GlayIss personal
Effects were stored there
SpAuldIuR testified today that he went
10 he Grand Jury room wrh Erstsns-u
shortly after CLAWS was dis Charged from
the S-rN ic- 10 loOk for one ~ his s'st-
lgrapheric notebooks containing dtcta-
Ion from oiuml ssiousv bennett and that
be- had told hrlstrusen that the books
Ia iil- room we're Glayi-'s Christensen
bad also testified tha' D.. had never asked
,pHulding 10 find has notebook Spaulding
alsU testified to-day tllhf be- had carried
some papers to The Grnad Jury room
md that % was possible The Cunningham
"ti-rs were among them