The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-19

| sharp rebuke to Attorney Brandeis
The Committee. conn m % Mr. Bran6eis r sSeHH' ssid he he
! >ndeavored 10 have the committee <,
cure the court records in the Wilso
been produced. although Chairman Mel
son had called personally on Secretary
! Ballnger.
What has he got to do with court
| tive Olmstead.
Chairman Nelson said the committee
had sent TO the wrong court for the rec
! nrds and this had occasioncd delay.
Senator Flint told Mr.. BrandeIs he had
/ me same access TO court records as any
body else. Mr.. vertrees explained he
! had only an uncertiticd copy OF the rec
ords: that II had been brought on from
Seattle by Mr.. Battle. former law part
iner OF Mr. Bailinger; when he read that hat
4 had been charged that erasurcs had
been made In the record.
Chairman Wants Facts.
Let's get the record and not have all
this bushwhacking.' interjected Chair
man Nelson.
against the clerk of the court at Seat
tie.
Pressed further FOR his knowledge of
Mr. Ballinger,s participation In, the WI
son coal land eases. CLAWS always re
piled he got his information from P.
c. Richardson.
MIR, Vertrees said much OF his Infor~
nation as 10 the Wilson case had come
from Henry NJ. Hoyt attorney general of
Porto Rico. who Was the counsel In the
ease. This was regarded with some sig
moned as witness for the prosecI-
ton TO corroborate CLAWS. The latter
testified today that he, too. had talked
with Mr. Hoyt since his arrival from
Porto Rico and that he had said as TO
leaving Mr. Eallingcr's name out OF the
record that II was not essential TO the
governments case.
"You knew nothing of any reasons be-
fore this?"
What do you mean by saying In your
land office probably would not show AS
sstant Law Officer Shaw all the papers
In the case?"
81 thought they wouldn't be proud of
some Of the papers.
At this point adjournment was taken
until p, m.
Afternoon Session.
At the afternoon session Mr., Vertrees
called attention to the fact that, in his
original testimony. Mr.. CLAWS expressed
surprise that Special Agent Sheridan,
who succeeded him in charge of the,
Alaska cases. should have reached tho
same conclusion he had
Why were you surprised?" demanded
well he had letter OF instructions,
and l think they expected a different re-
port; otherwise they would not have sent
him out there"
Whom do you mean by they"
Whoever wrote the ietter-hIr.
Mr.. Vertrees then read the letter into
the evidence.
In all the time you were, in the serv-
ice and in charge OF the Alaska cases.
did you feel that you had the confidence
of your superiors and did they not so
express themselves to you In communica-
tions from time to timer asked Mr.
Vertrees.
'!Yes, sir" he said. hesltatlnsly.
"And you say there was no harm done
49,, 1Al.a L.,
when you were temporarily assigned 10
the Oregon cases?
mo. sir. there was no harm,
And you always had plenty OF help?"
Yes. sir"
CLAWS would not admit that Secretary
Ballinger and Commissioner Dennett act
ed on Sberidan's recommendation In
postponing proposed hearing OF the
case in the summer OF 1909
Meeting With Pinchot.
A cross examination of the witness of
his meeting with Clifford Pinchot In Spo-
kane last August then began.
Claws said he told his story story, to Pin
Governor Pardee OF California.
But. up to the time OF your meeting
Mr. Pinchot. all that you wanted had
been granted, had 1t not?
What was there to be gained In pre-
senting the case to MIR, Pincho.? The for |
estry had already interviewed and your |
II thought. in view of all the facts and |
The difficulties I had had In getting a.
oostponement of the case. and in view |
1t the letters written by bennett and |
lis actions throughout the proceedings |
t would be only little while until these !
cases were brought up again TO be de-
sided before either Mr.. bennett or Mr. |
5allinger. and did not think they were
1t people to render decision
Chairman Nelson-"Did you think the |
forestry could act In these cases?"
mo, SIR
what were your reasons for going?''
Distrusted Other eHads.
"I did not think the heads OF the In
men who could he depended upon TO pro- |
Lect the governments interests"
Senator Root-,"You believed the rem
sdy was removal from office of these two
men. and y9uu wanted Mr. Pinchot to help
you in that?"
'T did not know exactly what 10 do. I
waited to get some good advice"
HAD you ever gone to him before?"
asked Mr.. Vertrees.
mo-
to intervene In these cases. and. before
going to see Mr.. Plnchot, hadn't you
written a letter to Assistant Law Officer
Shaw of the forest service. in which you
said
".Another point involved. to which
YOUR attention is called. Is that the entire |
held has been withdrawn from all forms
Of entry. Therefore. should these filings
tupity for other filings to be made, This
would enable the forest service to secure
certain legislation, which would enable
i to control the output ps, OF coal tS IN sim
dlsposing OF the timber.
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