Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-02

this and that he did not remember
whether Mr.. Pinchot had dictated the
letter over again in his Office.
Wilson Makes Denial. s 4
Senator Purcell Of North Dakota
democrat )asked Secretary Wilson II
he had not specifically talked over the
Dolliver letter with Mr.. Pinchot. The
secretary declared he had not.
do you think would have agreed. ~
he demanded, "that he insult the presi-
dent of the United States and exercise
my authority over my subordinates?''
The, secretary admitted under per-
feet hail Of interrogations that he did
talk with Mr.. Pinchot about q letter
to Senator Dolliver, but insisted that
he supposed the letter was to be sim
ply about departmental affairs.
"Of course, Mr.. Pinchot," ne added,
may have had things in his mind that
IL didn't. He was up in this work and
1 was not He said he wanted to got
something in the Congressional Record
at the same time that the presidents
message transmitting Attorney General
Understands finding in favor OF mr..
Ballinger was sent to the senate
Senator Purcell-What did you think
MIR. Pinchot's letter would refer to?
Secretary Wilson-To conservation,
possibly.
Secretary Wilson said he advised
against the method of blanketing the
presidents message, which Mr.. Pinchot
proposed.
Attorney Pepper-But you did ac-
quiesce in Mr.. Pinchots writing a let
ter such as you understood herwas go-
ing to write?
Secretary wilson-Not such . letter
as he did write. / earnestly advised
against that method Of bringing things
about
Attorney Pepper-If Mr.. Pinchot
wasn't going to send the kind Of a let
ter he said. what was It you objected
to?"
Secretary Wilson, have told you
what objected to. am not going to
contradict Mr.. Pinchot any more than
I have. have the same painful senti-
ment that he expressed about this con-
troversy.
Attorney Pepper-But how could a
letter dealing with simple department
al matters blanket the presidents
message?
Secretary Wilson, don't know how.
That was his proposition.
Secretary Wilson was here excused
and the cross examination Of Mr.. Pin
chot was begun by Attorney vertrees.
"How old are your" he asked.
"Forty-fourl or forty-five," replied Mr..
Pinchot.
Mr.. Vertrees sought to develop the
Inference that Mr.. Pinchot felt ag-
grieved at his dismissal from the gov
eminent service. Mr.. Pinchot objected
TO this line of questioning. He said
he was not insubordinate, however. and
he felt that to that extent an injustice
had been done him.
Pinchot Makes Objection.
Mr.. Vertrees then sought to question
the witness as ito his motives for not
swearing to his preliminary statement
ITO the committee in which he charged
Mr. Ballinger with falsehood. The
members of the committee soon got in
to a controversy over the objection
which was interspersed by Attorney
Pepper.
During the day Mr.. vertrees accused
Mr.. Pinchot of having entered the field
of malicious accusation The question
was not pressed. however. Mr.. Pinchot
said that while he believed his dismiss
sal was not justified, it left him with
no bitterness. He declared a great
national question was at stake and
that it far tranSce--c cny question
OF personal injustice. The witness In 4
sisted that he did not blame Secre-
tary Baalinger in the slightest degree
for his dismissal, altho naturally the
controversy with Mr.. Ballinger had led
to it,