The Sentinel=record., 1910-01-29
CLAWS SAYS BALLlNGER MADE CLAIMANTS COME IN WITH
 CASH FOR CAMPAIGN.
Testimony in Cases Has Sensational Tinge When Witness Goes Back Into Affairs Before
 the Election.

WdsuinSlon, Jan. ZS.-lne proceed ings in the Ballinger-P -Pinchot inquiry, which up to this time have consisted largely of reading into the record of the inquiry the various letters, tele- grams, etc, which heretofore have beenmade public in a message trans m1ttei to the senate by President Taft, took on livelier aspect this afternoon, when l.. R. Glayis, contin- uing his testimony against Secretary Ballnger, told of various interviews he had had with the secretary of the interior at various times while he was In and out of the government service.
 MT Glavis declared that in one of these interviews in October, 1908, MT. Ballinger told him he was having a hard time trying to collect campaign contributions and that two men in- volyed in the Cunningham claims who has been liberal contributors in the past, had declied to contribute be- cause they were angry at not being granted patents for the Alaska coal lands. &
 Representative James of Kentucky, one of the Democratic members Of the committee, bounced upon this tes- timony and cross-examined the wit ness about it at some length. Glavis said MT. Ballinger asked him to hold up on the Alaska cases until after the election. He agreed to do this because he had his hands full with another case.
 Glavis testified to an interview he had with BaIlinger in Seattle. in the middle of March, 1908, two weeks or so after MT Ballinger had resigned as commissioner.
 A letter was introduced showing that prior to April 1, 1908, Mir. Bal. finger had requested information re. garding some of the land claims from nis successor, Fred Dennett.
 Glavis said he knew that Judge Bal finger would be bothered by a lot of people in Seattle as soon as BaIIinger returned there after leaving the gov. ernment service Glavis wante1 to lay his side of the case before Bal finger first.
 But he was not a government offa 9ial then,' suggested Glavis' counsel.
 But l regarded him as such re- died Glavis.
 MT. Ballinger told me" the wit. less continued, that there had been lot of muck raking' and that I ought to be careful before making specific charges against anyone. At subsequent interview with Ballinger told him that Cunningham was ac- cusing me of having stolen the lat ter's journal. Judge Ballineer tod me not to worry, that Cunningham evidently was spreading this story to square himself with the principals for doing such a silly thing as to give the journal to me"
 As to the Guggenheim interest fin the Cunningham claims, Attorney Brandeis read letter from Field Chief Schwartz, dated September 2s. 1908, which said among other things
 While Cunningham is strenuous in his acknowledgements that they are not part of or bonded to the csug- senheims, it is little peculiar that this memorandum book of expenses incurred should proceed along from day to day with great detail from the inception of the claims in 1902 until December, 1907, and then close with:
 The above sum was received from Daniel Guggenheim in full for expenses incurred on account of the examination of coal lands on his ac- count. Check received. sf.35960.
 At the opening of the afternoon ses- sion of the inouirv Attorney Brandels offered the evident of the journal of f1aro,na H,,pptfuho of xxr, 1fs> n ~