The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-05-20
OF WORLD
important Events Of the Week
In Condensed Form
WASHINGTON NEWS.

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ment in the form of a letter to Senator
Nelson, chairman of the Ballinger-Pin-
chot investigating committee, explain.
ing in detail his action in considering
the evidence on the CLAWS charges
against Secretary Ballinger and how
pared. In it he admits frankly that
he requested Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral Lawler Of the interior department
to write and prepare an opinion as if
he were president" and with equal
frankness admits that Attorney Cen
eral Understands analysis of the
evidence in the case was dated prior
to the date of his decision, $50 as to
show that my decision was fortified
by his summary of the evidence and
his conclusions therefrom."
Responsibility for the "clear listing"
of the Cunningham claims and the
conduct Of those cases before the gen.
eral land office vas assumed by H. H.
Schwartz, chief of the field service,
who was a witness before the Balm.
ger-Pinchot investigation committee.
Mr.. Schwartz laid the blame for the
delay in reaching a conclusion in the
Alaskan cases upon l.. R. CLAWS, whom
lie had given all latitude in investigat.
ing them, he said.
At a White House conference an ef-
fort was made to wipe out Republican
factional lines in congress and meet
on some common ground that would
unite the insurgents and regulars.
Practically all the Republican sena-
tors from the West were present ex-
cept the most radical progressives.
namely, Senators La Toilette, Bev-
eridge, Cummins, Dolliver, Bristow,
and Clapp.
President Taft summoned the men,
bers of the house committee on post
offices and postroads to the White
House and it is reported told them
plainly that he intended to hold them
responsible for the success of the pos
tai savings bank bill, which they have
held up by their refusal to report it
favorably.
President Taft, in a special message
to the house of representatives, told
congress it was ~encroaching on his
prerogatives as an executive in inves-
tigating the sugar frauds in the GUS
toms service and intimated that he
could attend to the executive depart
ment without the aid of congress.
President Taft has made it plain to
regulars in the senate and house who
are inclined to fight the provisions in
the sundry civil bill charging the
powers of the tariff board that he is
very much in earnest in his desire to
have this provision enacted into law.
Leaders of the house and senate
have been pledged to the support of a
postal savings bank bill at this con-
gress which will embody the funda-
mentals of sound banking in its pro-
visions. This is the result of recent
conferences at the White House.
President Taft has signed a procla-
nation opening to settlement a tract
of more than $4,000 acres of land in
Northern Minnesota. A large part of
this will be subject to homestead en-
try at the Crookston land Office on
June 20.
John J. Jenkins of Wisconsin, for
mer member of congress and former
chairman of the judiciary committee
of the house, has been appointed
United States attorney for Porto Rico.
The president has signed eight more
proclamations restoring to the public
domain 1T, 246 acres rom the national
forests of Washington, Idaho and Colo
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