The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-17
WILL QUIT IF TAFT SAYS 50
REPORT o. WHAT BiLLfNGEk
TOLD SENATOR CRAVE.
President Hears = Full Account ef the
MeetinG Be Wsor give the Nerd'
bus b said 10 Hope That the Score
Iary WIN ChanGe Hh Decision.

wAsHIsoroS. Aug. 10 Secretary Bal
hnger 81 the Interior Department has
sent word 10 Beverly that he will resign
any time he - asked 20 do 80 10y the Prssi-
dent. hut no, until then This ia IA" bur
den OF a report that is current hero to-
aigh, According TO this story the Score
tary made plain this a''i'udr To- senator
Crane in Minneapolis a fortnight ago and
the senator has communicates ~ To- ;he
President;
This report adds color 10 tho growing
impresSion that the effort 20 set rid ot
Ballingcr. cannon and Alirioh without the
direct Intervention Of the President has
cone to grief Secretary Ballinger, !, -
said. fatty refused to Ire put ont 81 III"
way by anybody hut tho President him
self There was a stormy scene b"tween
senator Crane and tbs, Secretary. sc-
cording TO all accounts Rallirg-r waited
den, that he resign ani was informed
that the President had conveyed no init
nation OF such q wish He was urged TO
step aside. however. for the good Of the
party and retorted that IL IL we're for
the good oI thu party the President nm
doubtedIy would not hesitate TO say 80.
Tho Secretary contsnded that II would
be foolish 10 resign 80 long as he enjoys
the entire confidence OF the Chief Magis-
trate Notw ithstanding the attacks Of
What he terms muck rak ers.' the Secre-
tary pointed out that the President had
given him an absolutely clean bill Of
health in IN. case Of the CLAWS charges
and that on repeated occasions since then
the President had stated publicly his
opinion that Ballinser Was all right and
his critics all wrong. He then went on
to say that he Confidently expects a com
plets vindicAtion Of all charges by the
Congressional joint investigating COM
mittee In addition he called attention
TO tho publIsh.d utterAnces OF President
Taft demonstrating that the Executive
and the Secretary are In perfect accord
on the policy Of conservation both be-
liev ing that the Roosevelt -Pinchot con-
aervation policy was Mid r~ck less and
visionary
Summing up the whole case the Secre-
tary eaid there 81 listed no possible war
to placate the insurgents. whose leaders
President Taft and Attorney General
Wickersham had read out OF the Republic
can party He then reiterated that he
would not retire unless the President
personally asked him to send in his
resignation
BEvKRiY. Mass. Aug 10 senator
Crane Of Msssachuss tts. heralded 49, the
L. .,( la.I.ra ha IN
a new Republican party. spent two hours
with PrerIdent Taft to-day. Secretary
Norton was the only other man present
Mr. Norton wouldn't discuss the call
senator Gran. said Mr. Taft had warned
him not To be a. garr'ilou- a. usual with
the ..portsrs The warning was nm
necessary. for m. senator maint linei
silence
Notwithstanding thi. reticsnce II was
said To- night that senator Crane had made
. complete report o. the President - his
recent Western trip aud also u conditions
that he found IN New Hampshire aud Yer
mont There are politicians here who
saw that Mr. Taft listened t. the Who'll.
story u the attempt T. rejuvenare the
party Apparently he was not displeass-i.
although IL was aid tonight that he
woud not demand the resignation of
Secretary RallingeT He ~ understood
TO hope that Mr. BallinGer will get out
but for the present Mr Balling.r certainly
will not be asked % resign.
II was plain tonight that the President
IL no longer in the dark a. 10 the moves
made within the last few days by Mr.
Crane and others ~ far he has not in
terfered except 90 declare bluntly that he
will not ask for the resignation ~ the Sec
rotary % the Interior 40 far as any one
knows the President will not take al
active part Ia reorganization schemes.
That they have 80 far had hi- t1c't APP
prevail " not denied