The San Francisco call., 1910-04-23
BrandeiS Intimates That Taft's
VindicatiOn of Cabinet Ofi-
Ger Not Based on Wick
ersham's Summary
CABINET OFFICERS REPORT
PREPARED MONTHS LATER
CLAWS Lawyer Makes Sensa-
tiOnal IntimatiOns During
Witness Examination
at the Inquiry
GOLFERS WEEKLY BRIBE
STORY DENIED BY DUDLEY

II HOAAA4VS1 OuNs APTn LIE
w After attacking certain
statements in Attorney Cen
erdl Wtckershdm's summary of the
CLAWS case during cross examination
ia Ditness before the Ballingq-Pnn-
chot investigation today, Attorncu
Brdndeis. counsel for L .R. CIapis,
threD out broad suggestion that the
document had been demanded months
earlier than it had been prepared to
maize it appear that President Tafts
letter of pindicdtion of Secretary Bal
lmger had been based upon the alleged
facts it contained.
At the White House and the de-
partment of justice it was stated that
neither the president nor the attorney
general would comment on Brandeisl
intimations.
Inaccuracies Are Admitted
Z. c. Finney, assistant to the Sec
retary of the interior, was under cross
examination almost the whole day.
He admitted some of Wickersham's
statements were inaccurate. but in
sisted that the inaccuracies were un-
important
1t was near the end of Finney's ex-
animation that Brandeis sprang his sur
prise Wickersham in his summary
says the suggestion that it was un-
lawful for Ballinger to have any pro-
fessional relations with the Cunning
ham claimants because previously he
had been commissioners of the land Of
| fee, was based on section 100 of tho
revised statutes. and he cites author
/ tiles to show that BaIlinger had not sio
lated the law.
Brandeis Springs Surprise
| Brandeis asked if he did not know
Claws accused Ballinger of violating
that law for the first time in a state
ment published in a November number
of Golfers Weekly. Finney was not
certain on that point, whereupon
Brandeis demanded to- know if it was
a fact that the statement, which pur-
ports to have been made September IL,
! 1909, was not made until more than
two months after that time Ffnney
responded he did not know it to be a
fact and did not believe it was.
Denies Bribe Story
/ Having come all the way from Alas
ka at the behest of the committee to
i feII uberber he had roade tho S4,ta~,o,rs
| to Marshal III. K. Love that an agent
of Golfers had told him 1T would be
worth $4,000 to $4,000 for him to come
to Washington to testify" John W.
Dudley the dismissed registrar of the
land office of Juneau. took the stand
and said Love had misunderstood him.
I Dudley said Editor Russell of a Ju-
neau paper mad sought to act as inter
mediary between him and Golfers.
Russell wanted him to prepare an ar
ticle supplementing the CLAWS charges,
for which he was to receive the sum
mentioned. He had told Love of this
offer from Russell and supposed Love
had not understood.
! He said he did not take kindly to
Russelrs proposition. and the weekly
would not agre to it further than to
pay Dudley's expenses to New York TO
talk the matter over. He said PasseI
did not pose as Golfers agent and there
was nothing said about his testifying
before the invests eating committee.
Committee Is Satisfied
Members of the committee and at
torneys on both sides questioned Dud-
ley at length and apparently satisfied
themselves there had been no effort to
influence testimony improperly before
the committee.
c. C. Keltman. former chief of the
mineral division of the interior depart
ment. will take the stand tomorrow.
/ Attorney vertrees. counsel for Bal
| nnger. said tonight he still had more
than a dozen witnesses to examine.
Attorney Pepper, counsel for PinchoA
cross examined Finney regarding GER
tain letters written by Ballinger. in
which the prosecution" charged mis-