Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-02

injustice. 'Efnink YOU have allowed your
enthusiastic interest in the cause Of con-
~servatlon ana your impatience at legal OBJ
stacles and difficulties TO mislead you In
this regard, and that CLAWS himself has
led you to regard as suspicious a number
Of things winch when Weighed in the light
Of all the circumstances now known, are
lacking in, evidentisl force to sustain such
n serious charge as that Of bad faith
against officials who have heretofore shown
themselves to1 be entirely trustworthy.
Warns Against Claws.
ct write This to urge upon you that you
do not make CLAWS cause yours. You had
no access 70 the records which Claws had
access to and you did not know the ex-
PLANTATION for some OF the things thai he
pointed out as suspicious which ought to
have been made known to you and to me.
II cannot for q minute permit him to re-
main as a subordinate in the Interior de-
partment or in the public service. 1t woult
be fatal to proper discipline. On the other
hand, / wish you to Know that nave the
utmost conscience in your conscientious
desire to serve the, government and the
public. in the INTENSITY of your purpose to
achieve success Al the matter Of c~onserva-
ton Of natgg&l resources. and in the i'm
mense Vault of what YOU have done and
propose 70 sd6 with reference to forestry
and kindred methods OF conservation and
that 1 am THOROUGHLY In sympathy with
ell these policies and propose to do every
thing thatI1 dan TO maintain them, insist
ing only shat the action Tor which l be-
come respopziL Il, or for which my ad-
ministratldH becomes responsible shall be
within the Inv. RIA
Urges Pfneh0t to RemaIn.
II write this letter In. order to prevent
hasty action on your part in taking UP
Claws cause or in ,objecting to my sus-
tanning BalItnger and his subordinates
within the Interlor department as a reason
for your Withdrawing from the public
service.
II should consider It one Of the greatest
losses that my Standardization could sustain
II you were to leave,it and 1 sincerely hope
you viii not think that my action IN
writing thsaAnclqsed letter, to Secretary
Ballinger asreason for your taking a step
OF this character. f
when a man has been u~njustly treated,
as Secretary Ballinger has, in the manner
pointed out In the letter. a copy Of which
/ send you, 1t is my duty as his chief, with
the knowledge that l have of his official
integrity and his lack Of culpability to de-
clare IT to the public and do him justice.
however great Inconvenience may arise in
other respects,H
Il have been greatly disturbed by the
public discussion carried on in the press,
from which 1t is inferred that your bureau
Is- arTayed against the Interior department
and that material is being furnished for
BOTH sides from official sources. was
eshecially distressed by McHarg's reported
interviews, though l believe he now re-
pudiates any criticism or stirring remarks
concerning President Roosevelt. He was
an, efficient officer. hut he talked too much
and Wildly and his withdrawal relieved me-
n must tbTing public discussion between
departments and bureaus to an end. 1t is
dSqlorallzRg and suhversive Of govern
mental discipline and efficiency. / want
yoq to help,m in this. I can enforce team
work II l can keep public servants out OF
n~ewspapegs discussion. Very sincerely
y64rs, t1ay4 WILLIAM II. TAFT"
AR, McEafg was reported to have said
thRt Roosevelt believed himself to be the
Eefd.
~ Garfield scores DalliaEer,
Mr. Pepper read a letter written Novem-
Der 6 last to President Taft by Former
Secretary aoE the Interior James r. Gar
field, In which he, too. sharply crisicised
Mr. Balllnger,
eThe claim that / acted Illegally said
MI Garfield, is based entirely upon the
fundamental difference between my policy
and that of NIT Balllnger. I felt free under
ting supervisory power and executive dis
erosion Of . cabinet officer, to a k action
IN -the interest of the people so far as
there was no %prohibitory provision~6f law.
MI. Baninger seeks to take the position
that he will not act. even in the interest
OF the'peopEes unless there is a specific per-
pissory or mandatory provision Of law"
The Garfield letter proceeded with a de-