The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-01-28

!C0S ! lie >"E2, 2,C--anQ Tie IOleSlIt
cinei> was dismissed by Mr.. Taft foc
lcSe nlaieste.
IL ,aav vel be admitted,' says
La F*l:etlc. "tI,at MIR. Pinchot con-
united Il breach Il official etiquet'. !.
in giving out his letter in extenuation
Of the over-zeal Of Price and Shaw
in the public interest. But this case
is too big and strikes down too deep
ly into the life Of the American peo-
pie to be disposed Of lightly upon
some point of official etiquette"
No act or utterance Of the pre-
vious iftration has ever ap-
pealed to the admiration of the
writer as Mr.. Roosevelt 3 eulogy of
lis chief of the forestry department.,
June 10, 1907. Said he, "We are do
ing everything In our power to pre-
vent frauds upon the public lands.
n So much for what We are try
ing to do in utilizing our public lands
for the public, in securing the use Of
water, the oil, the coal, and the tim
Der for the public.
"Ln all four movements my chief
advisor and tie man first to- suggest
to me the courses which have actually
proved so beneficial, was Clifford Pin
chot.' Again, in his opening ad-
dress before the conference Of gov
ernors, May ta, 1908: Especial cred
it is due to the initiative, the energy,
the devotion to duty, and the far
sightedness Of Clifford Pinchot (great
applause) to whom We owe so much
of the progress we have already made
in handling this matter of the co-or-
Idination and vation of natural
resources. If it had not been for
him this convention neither would
nor could have been called"
''Is such a record Of invaluable
public service and unselfsh public
devotion to be sacrificed upon pin
point Of official eitQuette?" (La Fol-
lette.)
Following a criticism OF the pres
ident's decisioa< the same authority
says: ''The president seems quite to
have overlooked the case of Mr.. Sec-
retary Balhnger. He seems to have
overlooked the fact that Mr.. Pin
chot's litter Vas called forth by one
written by Mr.. Ballinger, denouncing
certain forestry officials and writ
ten to a senator, for the express pur-
pose of having it read during a ses-
sion Of the senate as a part Of its
proceedings -
A history Of the. letter is then
given, ending with comment as fol-
lows: "Search the records for case
to match it,! Behold him ignore his
superior, the president, and come by
letter upon the floor of the senate to
file charges against his official collea-
CUES of the forest service, members
of the executive family. He ignores
the fact that under the constitution
the executive and legislative are sep
arate, Independent, and coordinate
branches Of the government; that
congress has no authority over
these executive officials; that the
president alone can deal with them,
acquit or condemn, approve or pun
ish.'
"No criticism is made by the pres
ident Of this most extraordinary con-
duct on the part Of the secretary of
the interior in addressing his COM
plant against certain, forestry off,
cials' to the congress rather than to
the president. - g.
The Ballinger letter called forth
and was responsible for the Pinchot
letter. The Ballinger letter SreceiVed
no rebuke from the president. The
Pinchot letter is made the basis Of an
executive order removing from office
a man of the highest character whose
public service is an enduring monu-
ment to his -Eame.''
Do not our readers discern now
the motive inspiring Mr.. Taft to such
extremes in the inviduous distinction
which characterizes the treatment Of