The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13

NJ NJ yNION TO 40 m uHfD
;NTII Congress uTS.
secretary ElIinErr wiil Rrronnaenn
mat the birmingham Eases sr Trans
trrrr,I f'-urt vs. department tn thr
sru-t> Ttr Sailing rr-fiWr.,ot case.

N.utN1ID- N.vsl,. -- hnnnunU euisnt
-. mad, ~ 80. Interior Impairment
,-tAv t.,r u-.'hr~ President Iait nor
s'r.rr"t-y R.lHls'- ha' any intention
ut s,ciiug an t.. Nottingham claims Tor
+, 81 alnd, ~ Nin-aa Sh" claims which
81 part provoked tn" BallIns"T Pinchot
.,ptIl.uNv. gard Oagr-.s has had an
rrp"-ttImty tn Indicate bv I"S'-lI't"n
~" 'ua.u"- ~ Jh"ir disp">a'.
la hl- forthcoming annual report SEA-
reta~v Brirgrr will recommend that
tae I,Ig,.l. - 'u, - e. b" transferred
'ruu tie. ru.t-h..iipn 1T hl, department.
- tho 'r'-.sl rrur, rg"r present
LrucriI,. IN" N"rCcjary ~ IN" Interior
Las tN' tina, lay ~ IN" matte ~ i]-nIng
,.at.n', Iuv land, un he public domain.
There = ~ appeal from hI- ucclsson,
~ ."'.dtV Sa'GuE"r- attitude toward
the IturI" gINI1 claims and al lih" cases
~ set forth IN an "N.rart from his annual
report ma,i" uurli, tu-duv, a. follows.
rla-,- ~ "nrriS- EnuNu a. ne ,unn'nE-
Lam entire. uau' N 30. have pTuNo.cd
wide di~, --lnn ana poprllhg Int''r's' largely
bscausr ot heir alleged ,liur and method
OF attempted ACQUISITION. Wholly an
founded charge. have h"cu spread broad
rast lnyolNtn lt" ~ .'ld" ~ Department
Officers Juwari ta.-' 'I-'~ IN view OF
hes condition, I drrrI % "t tN" highest
.mrortau.r that an th",' 't-'~. involving
'hirtl three rntti"-. OF a.->' acre 81 '"hI
IandS 10 transferred from rh' 'urf -otctIon
nf III. General Land ONE uIg"'tiV I" he
court Of hupyals o' the pt-tTt,t nj tolIm'
bia for con alteration aud AL IudtoaI Ion.
without tn. urrc-St'v ~ = ru.'uC a. tn h"
wall Its o. lnynlditv nj -lId en'Tie- nv IN"
Gomml-~ionrr ct IA" GENERAL Land ortr',
49, - nov required IA ~rCh Cn-"~ lhs
procedure may we'll hr provided ~ SPECIAL
direction III ne hr' now prnd'nc ~ en-.
rre.s for In. dlrhnI alton Of Appeals IN
land ass from IN" Interior p'rar' m"nl
'n 'ra' court White the ir.i-ipu ~ 'ur,"
,as,- hy nHirrr- ~ m. Land Department
would h,' flrr1r'Ii a- = dee sInu hv
cour- ~ FOL .'lcr. 10 World not nave ''s "fcr'
Of putting ~ res IN" vague and distorted
notions entertained by maEN ~ - IN"
wholly dl-.u. crested motives Of Department
officers uu NTum IN" tIdcu nov rests Tor
their disposition
For many months II wa~ l"aru.d to-day
the Cunningham claims hav" be.n under
the special direction III ia" President
with view that M action should 20 taken
ON them without hls p"r~n nal direction
II" 'unalu ham entries wer" made
some limo IN 1895. 'iv the dire-'tIOn 1T
James h Garfield. iu-n Secretary % the
Interior they were irate IN" subject ii
invest gption m 1917. soon a!'"r ia" in
coming ~ tn" Taft administration IN /
whic clifford PiurLut was Ia" heid, made
Statement. to the ''ii.ar, hat th" Cunning. +.
nam claims were ic anISaIly fraudulent.
IN that t.'. claimants had "nts-ei INTO an
agreement among themselves prior 20
the location ~ Tn. entries To comhin"
and sall rh" aw prohibits such comb
natio prior 20 rn'-v. \ good deal wa
heard about fh.. Cunningham Claims dur /
ing N" "4rly stage pf the BlllnC"r- .
PinchO; controversy and NJ n" puhliC .
hearings Of TIA. cl-n bv tn" Congress, .
commute" of inquiry. AltnnuSh fraud
was all. gai. u ii pointed olt Nv Govern
ment fiC'Ils nat no c-Inlui' "harE" can
lie in llcs" cas- -
Th. BallinE"- Pinrhot cas-" viii soon
make lr- reapr"I ~IU's GA 80" legislative .
board IN Washing ~. \ rne"-inC o.: .
slx Republican Iu~.uiIH... oi In" tunErss-
-ional committee ~ IU .I,ry N.' h.' held
early IN Dec.'1lher The lh.nr.-s'-.
Senators Fletcher OF Florida and rurrei
81 North Dakota and R"DrN-.sptntIv0
Jane Of Kentucky ana Graham ~ ILL
nois. who wer" aided nv Representative
Madison Of kan>as. Republican. have .
already framed their report. IN which
Secro' G-" BalinE"r - ,pn1sUrei L.
is now no to Senator Nelson u. Nnur<p'a.
chairman: s"natn-, RSDt oI New No.~-
Flint of California and Switzerland %! .
Utah and E"r-"sc' fH"I.r" I"gbg % .
Michigan and nI~-t-i If p"uu-vlvauia
Republicans 80 franz fi".r conclusions
TIL" ., -"nrr'- y ~ h' .Ihui--Hi 20 the
Hous.. and ~ansf" and . H-a'v l"i,I'" B.,
eXpaciad TO follow