Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-05-14
CALLERS ON
PRESIDENT TAFT
New Mexicans at Washing
ton Also See Hitchcock
and Wickersham
SOMETHING MAY DROP SOON
Government VIII Push Cases
Against Haskell---Demmett
on Stand.
Special to The New Mexican.

Special to The New Mexican.
Washington, D. c., May 14.-Dele-
gate Andrews today accompanied Hon.
Thomas B. Catron, Colonel E. W. Dob
son and Attorney H. B. Holt to the
White House, the department of
justice and postoffice on statehood,
judgeship, postal and political matters
The delegation made an appointment
with President Taft for a conference
next week.
The senate judiciary committee will
probably take final action on the con-
firmatiOn Of judge John R. McFie on
Monday. Actin on Judge E. C. Alb
| botts appointment will probably not
be taken until week later. Power
full political interests are urging the
appointment Of U. S. Indian Attorney
Francis c. Wilson to the vacant judge
ship in New Mexico. but the question
is still an open one and a successor
to Judge Cooley may not be appointed
until after the New Mexico delegation
now in the capital will have seen
President Taft again
Representative Fordney during re-
marks in the House referring to a
speech by Senator Beveridge declar-
ed: False in every particular" Other
references were equally as scathing.
Schwartz on the Stand.
Washington, May 14-The cross ex-
animation of Chief of Field Division
Schwartz concluded before the Bal
jlinger-Pinchot committee today.
Fred Denett, commissioner of the
general land Office, took the stand and
was questioned by Mr. Vertrees and
members of the committee regarding
coal lands legislation. He said he
personally never had any interest in
Alaska coal lands. He denied that
Senator Guggenheim mad procured his
lretention in the land office. There
Icould not be anything falser,' he
said. "The statement has been made
: with evident intention to create the
: inference that was under the domi-
nation of the interests
Will Press Cases Against Haskell.
Washington, May 14.-The indict-
ments against Governor C. n Haskell
of Oklahoma in the so-called town lot
: Indian land cases will be pressed by
the department of justice, according
to decision reached by Attorney Gen
: eral Wickersham today after a con-
/ ference with President Taft. 1t is the
? plan of the department to have the
. jury pass on the matter early in
June.
-, Against Tariff on Wood Pulp.
Il Washington, May IA. President
, Taft had an extended conference to-
day with John L. Norris, representing
the Newspaper Publishers Association
: and A. n Burbank, president of the
y International News Company.
; Messrs. Norris and Burbank pre-
} sented figures and arguments to the
President which were intended tC
: show that there was no need of g
. tariff on wood pulp in this country
They also stated that the action ol
Quebec in preventing the expectation
c of pulp wood had seriously affected
i the print paper market in the Unit
. ed States.
S The President was told that the
l. newspapers and the paper companies
f were commonly affected.
Forest Bureau Ought to Be Under
Department of Interior.
Washington, May 14.-Full respon
J. sibility for the "clear listing" of the
Il Cunningham claims and the conduc
d of those cases before the general lant
a office was assumed by H. H. Schwartz
e chief of the field service. who was ;
j witness before the Ballinger-Pincho
= investigating committee.
e. Mr.. Schwartz laid the blame for tn,
L delay in reaching conclusion in thu
Alaskan cases at the door of l.. R
y CLAWS, to whom, he said he had givel
= all latitude in Investigating them
:, He said Mr.. Ballinger had never tax
= en- any initial action in those case
: and that when he had "clear listed
= them as commissioner of the land o1
= flee he had done so on his, Schwartz's
:, recommendation on the basis of tn
i. report of Special Agent Love.
It Attorney Vertrees, counsel for Ba
10 linger, questioned Schwartz for seN
IS eral hours and his ready answers an
IS quick wit kept the committee in a.
II uproar all the while. Mr. Ballinge
lie was excused from the stand this morr
N ing with the understanding that