Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-10
COMMITTEE STOOD
BY BALLINGER
Would Not Let Him Answer Ger
tain Questions Asked by
Attorney Brandeis.
BY A STRICTLY PARTY VOTE
Related 60 Election Of senator piles
And Part Charles Sweeney
Played in II.

Washington May 1O-Secy. Balunscr
continued under cross examination by
Atty Brandois. counsel for l. r.. Gla-
Wis and others. when the Ballinger-
Pinchot investigation was resumed
today The congressional committee
will meet on four days this week in
the hope that the attorneys viii con-
cIude their questioning Of the secre-
tary OF the interior by that time
Commissioner bennett Of the general
land office and chief OF Field Division
schwartz will be- the next witnesses
20 take the stand for the defense
Atty. Brandeis had requested tho
committee TO call on President TAFT
and through him ON oscar Lawler ass
sistaut attorney-Ee for the interior
departmentfor the memorandum which
LaWlcr took Co be- from Washington
last September, and upon which the
presidents letter generating Balm
ger and dismlssing CLAWS was sup
posedly based
Mr.. Brandais at the opening Of the
hearing today asked what disposition
had been made OF his request. Chair
man Nelson replied that IL had not been
acted on owing 60 the limited number
Of members present when executive
sd esions were held.
Mr. Brandcis strongly intimated dur
ing his cross examination of Mr Bal
llngcr last Friday that the president
had not carefully weighed the CLAWS
charges himself but had taken action
ON memorandum prepared for him
by Mr.. Lawler.
A SPIRITED CONTROVERSY.
A spirited controversy among mem
beers of the committee was precipitated
by Mir. Brandeis asking Secy Bal
Inger if hc had not heard ii stated in
q most public manner by Samuel II.
Piles that Charles Sweeney, one OF the
Cunningham claimants and president of
the Federal Smelling company, a sub
sidiary company Of the Guggenheim
syndicate. had been instrumental in his
,PucsD election as u. S. senator.
Senator sutherland objected 10 Mr.
Brandois dragging senator INTO tnl7
investigation" He said the committee
had NOT been authorized 20 investigate
Mr.. Brandeis explained that he had
mo- desire 20 reflect on Mr.. piles other
than 20 show that he had been the IN
struplent i'm the hands OF the power
ul interests Of the northwest 10
bring about the selection or man Tor
commissioner of the land office VINO
held di0erent views on Alaskan mat
ters from Secy. Garfield, chairman
Nelson put the question 10 a vote anu
by a PARTY vote OF 2 TO 4, the COM
uitteo decided Secy. Ballinger should
moi be allowed TO answer the ques-
ton
mr.. BaIlinger had previously admit
ted that as a matter of common ruLh"I
I'm Seattle lac had heard that ne n1n
taken an active part in piles eIec''oh.
SENATOR PILES ELECTION
Mr. Brandeis read a transcript Of an
article published in Seattle news
paper i'm January, 1905, just after
piles election as senator IL told or
"a celebration held in a Sealue hot,'
and later at social club, IN Whlch ar
BaIliugor. then mayor. q. y. Sn''H' r.
D. Todd United states district az
tcrnev al seattle "A G.. Heney ana
4 1 smith. two of the Cunningham
claimants, participated.
Mn piles was quoted as saying IN
speech on that occasion that i owe
r1, election to Charles sweeney. ne
made me senator. ,.....
Dist Atty. Todd was quoted as say
ing ....... .,,,,, ,o,,
M paling,r said he had some rec
olicefion OF the celebration hut that
i,n 1,ad attended simply iu his capacity
"a mayor and did not recall ana ola
not intend Co attempt 70 reca" WHAT
was said on that occasion. ......-.
nv APPOINTMENT as commissioner
- acrented under protest said MT
EaiHnger. 1T was declined by me "n,u
MIR piles wired me urging tne ~ ~
cont I accepted only on the ulh'H'
mon of president Roosevelt and Secy'
Garaoid and then only after "a fun con
sidcrltiou Of what / conceived pup''
Mr.. Rrandeis questioned the score
tary at sreat length regardin g lho
"clear-lsting Of tho Cunningham
Alaskan claims lie asked nun Whe'h
or be thought the clear-listing was lh
,rrart "A declaration that the neees-
sarv examination for claims had been
made and there was no reason why
thev should not be patented
Nr Railuucr did not answer
speci6caIly as requested by MT
| Braudeis.