The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-12-14
PAINT HIM WHITE
Republicans Put oa Thick Coat Of
Rai.exash on Bail!nssE.
SCORED BY DEMOCRATS

Republicans Say the Secretary Has
E! Honestly and Faithfully Performed
His Duties, While the Democrats
Say He Has Not Been True to the
Trust Hcpcscd In Him
! The Ba,iingec-p!nchot !nvestisat,
ing committee. after eleven months
o. work. made It's final repor: 10 both
houses o. the Congress "Wednesday
IL the opinion OF seven Republican
members. majority Of the commit
Zee. Secretary Bailinger honestly
and faithfully performed the duties
o. his high office. with an eye single
to the public interest"
! Il :he o3ia:on Of the four Demo
! cra,s. Mr Ba.i:2ger. has not been
true 20 the t.us; reposed IN him as
Secretary OF the Interior aad should
be asked by the proper authorities
20 resign.
Both reports. together With the
Independent: report OF Representative
Madison. (Republ!cau) also adverse
to Mr.. Ballinse.. were offered in the
Senate by Senator Nelson. and IN the
House by Representative Mccall.
The!. presentation followed meet
ing o. the full committee. The Dem
ocratic members. lead by Senator
Fletcher. OF Florida. agreed 70 this
method OF getting the reports before
Congress. after their motion to sub
sti;ute thei. own report lad been
rejected IN the committee.
Senator Fletcher nrst raised the
point OF orde. tha, the committee had
already approved the report that was
made public at Minneapolis This
point was overrr!ed by Chairman
Nelson. 4 motion then was made to
suhs:it.- e the Democratic report for
the report agreed upon BY the seven
Republican members. This was voted
down 10 5. Representative Madi-
son voting with the four Democrats.
It was agreed by tho committee
after the majority report had been
adopted. that all three should be
presented a, once a each house and
printed together. Under this az
-anGeIaen: the dissenting reports arc
given equal standing with the ma
jor!ty report before the two houses.
An order for 10000 copies OF the
rerort was made By the Senate.
Senator Fletcher said late. tha!
steps will De taken by the Democrats
to bring about action in accordance
with the recommendation contained
in thei- report. The recon nenda-
I,ior IN question characterizes Secre-
,ary BallinSer as mot deserving o.:
the public confidence" and recon-
mends that he should be requested
by the proper authority to resign his
Office as Secretary OF the Interior"
The reports were accepted IN both
houses without comment. The plan
OF ec:icn 20 be followed ov the Dem
oc-ats has not been determined upon.
but II IS said a resolution will be
presented to carry out the recon-
mecda.;on made for the Secreta.y's
removal. Such resolution probably
vii! call uatly upon the President
70 discharge his cabine: officer.
The Democrats held conference
on the matter today. They charsc-
,erize the majority report as weak. :
while the Republican member OF the
committee say il has fully answered
al! the charges made against Bal
finger and has disposed OF all testl-
mony presented during the long
hearings.
An effort undoubtedly viii! be
made 10 pu; the House on record As
10 its opinion OF the majority report
| Some Of the Democratic House mem
be-s favor demanding consideration
o: tie report at the arst opportunity.
| following up their demand with an
appea! from ,be decision OF :he
chairman should Speaker Cannon
rule them ou, Ct order. Ofsic!als o:
the !n,ecio. department declined 10
| make any comment whatever on tie
majority report:
y have no comment TO make on
;he reror; o. ;Se committee. said
Secretary Of the Interior Ball!lscE.
when asked IN regard to the findings.
n case the Speake. permits mat
;ers 20 take ;he!r course. !: IS held
~ pa-l!aTeH,aria2s tina. resoln.
,:cn demanding a vote would be nee
essary. Such resolution would
have 20 so 10 some standing coc,-
,ni;,ee 70. report. and as no such
| committee would relish the resronsi-
billy thus thrust upon 1t. the reso
'".toa probably would be pigeon
holed TIE general feeling !s tha'
there would be no action on the re
3or: al this session. which mean:
20; 4: all. for the report loses !s'
'o-ce with ne expiration OF the pres
CIT Congress in March.
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