Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-11
PINCHOT ACCLAIMED BY
EMPLOYEES WHEN HE GOES;
ALL WASHINGTON STIRRED

| time by the dismissal of Pinchot, the
presidents supporters maintain that Mr..
Taft has considered all the probable eff
| fects and consequences and has decided
! TO see it through.
Within few minutes after the presi-
dent had instructed Secretary Wilson to
remove Mr.. Pinchot from Office the or
der had been carried out.
Similar letters of dismissal were sent
at the same time to Associate Forester
Overton w. Price and Assistant Law OF
ficer Shaw, the two men whom Mr.. Pin
chot defended In the letter to Senator
Dolliver. which was the cause, or one of
the contributing causes, of his dismiss
sal.
PINCHOT AT HIS OFFICE.
Mr.. Pinchot was at his office early this
morning. He promptly entered upon the
closing up of his work, and expected to
nave very busy day. To all appeals for
further statements regarding his dismiss
sal by President Taft, Mr.. Pinchot merely
smiled his declination to contribute fur
Their to the news on that subject
Throughout the bureaus of forestry
there was a feeling of alarm as to what
would become OF the organization which
had been to such a large degree the
work of the late chief forester All of the
officials OF this department who occupy
selected by him. Whether or not there
will be any further shake-up OF the bu-
reau is a question that is today causing
a great deal of concern within the bu-
reau.
EMPLOYEES CHEER PINCHOT.
George p. McCabe, the solicitor of this
agricultural department called on Mr.
Pinchot in his Offices early in the day,
and presented to him letter from Secre-
f,r xxvl,tn h OIL AaI f.
Cabe as acting forester. Albert F. Pot
ter, an assistant forester In the service,
who had been previously designated by
the secretary to relieve Mr.. Pinchot as for
ester. being in the west, and not being
able to return before several days, it be
came necessary this morning to name
some one else in his stead. Mr.. Pinchot
gave Mr.. McCabe hearty welcome, and
said he was ready to turn over the bu-
reau to him.
Word then beiEg passed around that
Mr.. Pinchot was about to leave the build
ing. the scores of employees who occupy
the eighth floor of the big Office building
in which the bureau is located. gathered
i'm the assembly room on the top floor.
Mr. Pinchot then met them. his entrance
being signalized by deafening applause No
candidate returning from a successful
campaign was ever greeted by more en-
thusiastic acclaim than that accorded to
the late forester. Mr.. Pinchot. babe fare.
we'll to all. A little later he. left the
building. -
WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-Speaker Can
non received his Jolt" yesterday in the
house of representatives in the vote on
the amendment offered by Representative
Norris, of Nebraska. the insurgent lead
er, and the vote was 149 to las, voting
present"
So unexpectedly was the victory ac-
complished that the insurgents and their
Democratic allies could scarcely believe
their ears when the speaker announced
the vote. For an instant almost COM
plete silence reigned. then the storm
broke and for almost a full minute the
noise in the chamber was deafening. After
that, the Democrats, jubilant that they
had helped to pierece the hitherto imper-
vious armor of the speaker. seemed will
ing to abandon their fight against the
resolution itself, which all afternoon had
appeared too broad to suit them, and
almost all of them voted for it on Il
viva voce vote.
The organization leaders made no at
tempt to conceal their confusion. There
tative DalzeFs desk and for a time the
insurgents feared that their triumph was
to be short-lived, as three of Is Republi-
cans who voted for the amendment have
never been classed with their number
and they suspected that at least one OF
them might have voted in the affirmative
in order that he might move to recon
slider in event the amendment carried.