The Holly chieftain., 1910-06-03

expression OF q desire upon the part
of the secretary to avoid further pub
licity.
Leaving the case without any at
tempt to meet the charges contained
in the Kerby testimony has left de.
cidedly bad impression The Kerby
testimony Is uncontradicted and the
revelations Of the stenographer uner-
planned II what Kerby said was un.
true there was no reason for failure
to cali Mr.. Massey. the other stenog-
rapher. He was not placed upon the
stand. Massey. however. 1t is under.
stood. was put through the third de-
gree" in the department, and the fall.
ure to call him may be due to the fact
that he could not remember the de-
tails of the preparation OF the Lawler
memorandum to be different from
those presented by Mr.. Kerby.
vertrees Afraid Of testimony
Don M. Carr, Mr.. Ballinger's private
secretary, played conspicuous part
In the preparation of the memorandum
and had an intimate knowledge of
Secretary Ballinger's correspondence.
but Mr.. vertrees did not believe 1t
prudent to put him on the stand.
Mr.. Ballinger has not come forward
with any explanation Of the correspond.
ence he had with George NJ. Perkins,
Of J. Pierpont Morgan & Co, relative
to the purpose Of the latter to lex
ploit Alaska" The large financial in.
terests of the Morgan-Guggenheim
syndicate as testified to by their own
engineers make the confidential rela-
tionship between the secretary Of the
interior and the manager of that syn
dicate q matter Of grave public con-
cern. To close the testimony without
any effort at explanation Is accepted
in the capital as an admission that no
explanation that would be plausible
can be furnished, or of fear lest
further cross-questioning would de-
velop the existence of evidence even
more damaging than that which has
been brought to light.
AIdrIch Proposal Rejected.
Senator Cummins amendment to
taS AoIC btAA Wy WAISu increases
in rates are to become effective un-
til the Interstate Commerce commits
sion determines the proposed in.
creases to be reasonable, was an
other rock upon which the AL
drlch machine went to pieces for the
time being in the senate. While the
amendment was pending Senator AL
drich made desperate effort to ar.
rive at an agreement with the Dem.
ocrats in regard to fixing a time for
vote.
A written memorandum was pre-
pared for the Democratic members tc
sign. Under the agreement the Dem
ocrats were promised that statehood
bill such as they favor would be
passed by the senate. This was q
strong inducement to the Democrats
Statehood for New Mexico and Ari
zona in all probability means the ad
dition Of four Democrats to the United
States senate. Some Of the Democrats
argued that they would be justified
In doing anything in order to get this
measure. but wiser counsels prevailed
The agreement also included moi
only the fixing of date upon the bill
but that no amendment should be &C
cepted other than those which were
proposed by the committee and that
all the pending amendments of other
senator's should be voted down. II
was also provided that Sections 10
IA and Is. the capitalization sections
Of the bill. which are particularly OBJ
jectionable to the Democrats, should
be eliminated. There were some Dem
ocratic senators who were perfectly
willing to agree to the terms.
Progressive Tactics Succeeded.
The success of the continued at
tacks of the Progressives is due to the
fact that they have not permitted any
part of the bill to be accepted without
full discussion as to its effect. They
have not secured all that they want in
the bill, and they have not succeeded
In making sufficient changes thus far
so that they can say with absolute
certainty that it will be in such form
as to permit of their voting for 1t, but
they have improved 1t and they have
improved 1t in the face of the stub
born opposition of Aldrich and his
friends. The tory organization of the
senate was compelled to give way up
on the merger section. upon the traffic
agreement section. and upon the long
and short haul section. They were
compelled to make concessions upon
the question Of the right of the ship
per to appearance in court in proceed
ings reviewing the orders of the In.