The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-05-18
burned the original draft of the mem
Orlndum.
Was Afraid OF .Gnm ShOCS."

was AFRAID OF Gum SHOES.
81 was confident, gum shoe men
had been on my trail for months and
! knew there were no depths of
degradation to which they would not
stoop. l was afraid some one in the
office would be corrupted as Kerby has
been corrupted"
Asked whom he though Were be-
hind the "gumshoe" men. Lawler de-
clared dramatically: James II. Gar
ield, Clifford Pinchot, Norman Hap
good man named Connolly and
that man there"
you men Mr.. Bradeis?'
yes, he came in later. He is the
flower of that foul flock"
Some Laugil-OthcTs Hiss.
Reference to the champions of the
conservation movement caused an
uproar among the spectators most of
whom were women, and there was
some Kissing. The witness said that
he gave two copies of his memoran-
dunn to the presidents secretary and
one to the attorney general and had
not given one to Ballinger. He pro-
duced the original which he said had
been obtained from the white house
Saturday morning.
The confidential letters which
passed between Secretary Balllnger
and r. II. Thompson, the city engin-
eer of Seattle, last spring and summer
were read by Stenographer Kerby to
bear out his contention that Thomp-
son was not fit man to be director
Of 10 4
that he mentioned to Brandeis at
Pinchot's home last February, that
Ballinger had intended supplanting
Director Newell with Thompson ever
since he had been secretary.
Alaska Trip for Thompson.
The letters were furnished to the
committee in response to a request
from Brandeis. The letters related
to the trip to Alaska which Ballinger
suggested Thompson should take as
an expert in the summer of 1909 with
George w. Perrins of j. p. Morgan &,
Co., to make some investigations with
a view of establishing a railroad for
the development of mineral lands.
Ballinger wrote Thompson that he
had recommended him ito Perkins
and that the matter should be kept
strictly confidential. 1t appeared
from the correspondence that Thomp-
son had at first agreed to go to Alaska
but subsequently had abandoned the
trip to be present at the Spokane ir-
rigat on congress.
Appointment Failed.
In the. letters between Ballinger
1c
to the exclamation service and the
i-re6rgan ESsfIt sWlntit 1}ailihgef~ mas
planned and to some proposition
which Ballingcr hoped to accommo-
date Thompson by September 10 last
Kerby read a letter received from S
IT, Geddes of Seattle, under date OF
April II last in which Geddes wrote
he had told Thompson that he would
like to see him in Washington as head
of the reclamation service but he had
assured the secretary that he had not
the two had had.
The committee denied Bradeis' re-
quest to have made a part of the
records the statement issued from the
| white house Sunday denying there
was any foundation for the Kerby
statement.
Taft Dragged in.
Senator Root charged that Brand
els whole line of inquiry was a
covert attempt to drag the president
| into the controversy to which Bradeis
| replied it was material to the prose-
cution as tending to show that the
presidents letter exOnorating Bal
linger was prepared in such haste
that sit was not judicial in its nature
and extrem civ DartiSan"