The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-08

These five. fOur DcfnocfaA- anu -
s. binding upon tho committee rs w
This. however. II disputed by the
tee who were present today.
Isut five OF the twelve members o
lion Of the resolution. which WIS OF
son Of Kansas. an inSurgCut hcDubhc
Consequently. the question has ar
committee. when II Is present viii "a
Uoprorontativcs James and Graham
and other Democratic members main
tain that n quorum was present de-
spite the fact that Senator Nelson. Re-
publican. chairman OF tho committee,
had stated En- the meeting that there
was no quorum During INC session
no member had raised the point OF no
quorum. and Representative James con
tends that the adoption OF the rcsolu-
lion has mo effect OF oTpresEinE the
views OF tho majority.
Two Members withdraw.
When tho committee met eight mem
lrorg were present. constituting quo
rum. but before tho voting on the
resolution was reached. Senator George
sutherland. Republican, or Itah, and
.FeDrcscntatlvc samuel w. McCall, ke-
publican. Massachusetts. withdrew.
chairman Nelson remained. but took
40 part IN the voting.
The Republicans assert that the with
druwal or Messrs. Sutherland and Nc
Call broke tho quorum In this view
14~ur-rcntativo Madison Joins He
said ~Ffuai action has not been
taken. 70 report has been adopted
and n majority can. OF course. n u
secs TT. reverse toda--s action
Tho resolution adopted today is be
lfrv-cd % DO along the limo OF the mi
uoritv report. which Is being prepared
FOR prcseutntion. possibly az the meet
ing Friday. The members at the meet
irr today decided their report should
be made public at the session here
along with the majority findings, and
Ezivcn % tho public Of once
Wra.aH Ca nHHrr
nm independent minority report which
20 ~ said. VIII sustain tho course Of
Clifford pinchot
Tho resolution as offered by Mr.
Madison ia as follows.
'First-That the charges made by
r. r.. Claws against Secretary BalliuEcr
should DO sustained. that iu the mat
Ter of tho disposition OF the Cunning
ham coal lands. Mr.. Ral1inccr was not
faithful trustee 81 The interests Of
tho people and dld not perform hts
duty IN such n manner as to properly
protect such interests.
Would Sustain Pinchot.
"Second-That the charges made By
Mr.. pinchot should be sustained: that
Mr.. Ballinrcr's course in the admins
tratiou or the department or the iu-
trrlor has been characterized hv a 1ack
~ fiTclitv 90 the public interests. that
this has been shown in his treatment
81 tho Cunningham coal claims. the
rcgt0rat on or tho water power sites
90 entry without intention or rc-wfth-
drawa1 and in hts Administered zion Of The
reclamation service. tho latter rcVultfuc
IN uuncccgE1r~ humiliation TO the a
rector and leading towards the disiu.
tcEratiOn or the service. Tie has not
shown him~olf 20 be that character OF
friend 20 the policy or conservation Of
our ufurnl resources that the mar
should 10 who holds tho post OF secre-
tarv Of "a, interior I'm our government
and that Dc should no longer be re-
taincd in that office"
Amendments offered by Mr. Jane.
providing FOR the presentation OF To,
committee findings NJ the session ver,
adopted. Those voting TO adopt T.
foregoing. along with the amendments
were tho following Democratic repre-
EcutativcE. Ollie NJ James or Ken
lucky. James vi. Graham OF Illinois
senators Fletcher % Florida and Fur
cell Of North Dakota. and the Republic
can lnsurEont. Mr.. Madison
Tho matter o. the CUNNINGHAM
claims figured extensively IN the hear
iuEs held IN Washington. 90 which
CLAWS. the discharged CHIEF Of the fieIt
division of the general land office. wa,
Oh witness.
Tho charges against Secretary Bal
finger with respect 60 the CUNNINGHAM
claims woro made by Mr.. Claws. Mr.
rinchot's charges dealt largely Will
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