The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-21
Evidence Taking In Ballinger
Case Is Now Ended.
ARGUMENTS NEXT WEEK
Investigators viii Then Go Over
Briefs and Verdict Is Not Expected
Before Next December - Minority
Members May Present Their Re.
port Without DeIay-Pinchot to Be
Given Chance to Introduce Testl-
mony In Defense Of Own Acts.

Washington, May 21.-The irvesti'
cation of the Ballinger.Pinchot con-
iroversy has been brought to a close
30 far as the taking of testimony is
concerned, and the case was set for
argument next Friday and Saturday.
Within 10 days after the argument
counsel will submit briefs, and the
committee will then begin considera'
tion of the evidence looking to a
final decision.
There IL nothing to indicate when
verdict In the case Is to be expect
ed except that some of the majority
members of the committee have inti-
mated that there will not be de-
cision before next December, The
record comprises over 5000 pages.
Senator Root has sailed for Europe,
to be gone until late in the summer,
and some Of the Republican leaders
believe there should be no haste In
bringing the case to final issue.
II has been suggested that by hold
ing it over until the next session Of
congress much of the bitterness that
has cha, acterized the controversy
| will have died down and the verdict
will be received in better spirit by
the public. However, 1t became known
that the minority is not disposed to
yield to the suggestion that the verf
diet be deferred and 1t will not be
surprising II the Democrats insist on
some sort of report, even II 1t IL
| only their own minority report, with
out any unnecessary delay. In fixing
the date for argument and other mat
ters incidental to the closing OF the
case, the committee was unanimous
for the first time since the inquiry
began.
| Counsel for Mr.. Pinchot reserved
the right to offer some more docu'
mentary evidence relative TO the
charge made by Secretary Ballinger
that the forestry bureau had wasted
over 100000 in administering the
Menominee Indian reservation in
Wisconsin and other documentary
evidence OF important character may
be put In the record by Mr.. Brandeis
and Mr.. Vertrees. To all practical
purposes, however, the case Is closed.
After the final witness had been
discharged Representative Graham
brought up the question of intro
ducing certain correspondence relat-
Ing to charges filed against II. X.
Love. United States marshal for an
Alaskan district, who was an impor'
tant witness for the defense. Thee
was some objection, and In the dis
cussion II developed that Love had
been charged with dividing profits
from the feeding of federal prisoners,
had adinitted the charge, but had
been excused by the department of
Justice on the ground that what he
had done had been the usual practice
In Alaska.
1t was decided that the counsel
and committee should go over the
documents and decide later whether
they shoild be put In the record. Mr.
Graham contended that they should
be admitted on the ground that they
affected the credibility of Love as a
witness.
A letter from Secretary Ballingei
was read earlier In the day stating
that he had been unable to find any
i further correspondence between MIN