The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-20
PLOTS AGAINST BELLEGVU
FURTHER EVIDENCE o. THE
SUBTERR4NEIN CAMPAIGN

WAsHINGrON. Nlay TO- Further eyi-
demon II tho n.hto-rarHan workings %
: tho Garfield Pirchot combination IN the
Z i,,. against Secretary Balinger wa
asiou 1od At to-day's 81 ssion Of the Bal
{ linger-Hnchot investigating committee
2 Lctters written by momhsrs n tho comb
nation and full = blind references WcrC
read into tho record In thaso commu-
s mcations Pinchot wac invariably referred
10 merely - -our TREAD and such eS-
& pressions as tn. CthNr party and q cor
tain gentleman appear frequently in the
4 correspondence
All q which moved senator Sutherland
! q Utah 10 inquire Of r. T. Perkins. {.
whom several u tho l0ttHrs hli n.n,
addressed, what no mystery mrInt rt
= whether thoro v,s any rel,pn Nhv o..
Pinchots name should not have gp, s..rUt
/. In the letters.
= The plain inference drawn by J. J.
Yertrees. counsel - SECRETARY Balm or.
4 IN regard to tbo=N letters was t'.t G. r
= field and PinchOs IN Their fight as.u..
BallinEcr had gore % 7. Il N"W,'
Z director % tho reclamation service.
and offered to ass, him Ia rct ming he
Z place II he would JOIN tAcu iu On" r.; c..s
On the SecrCt,ry Ncw".l. "a B1luew'8
counsel views tho ovidunoo. had 90 trst
refused. bat later wont over b. them
Mr. Perkins. Who was On tho witness
stand. il engineer in charge for the reCla-
nation service az Chicago Mr. Perkins
b the engineer who hes teen mixed up
. IN the cooperative csrcemeEts With the
Z railroads whereby a campaign u cducl-
ton through stcreoptcon views and lee
Z turos wcs Nsgcd to instruct the public
4eOaceFning The reclamation work and the
Possibilities q irigaton farming
Perkins testified toby that the 80
called Hartman r-iloyads contributed
S.Ooo. the Saatg Fe t7.OOO and tie chit
OAgO and Northwestern ti.OOO u the
eRpeoaas % this work. The Burlington
and Ne Northern Pacific he'd ~ ent
several thousand dollrrs be said. In fur
Rishing and DISTRIBUTING HtsFRtare The
aareupilcon leouIrcs we're given IN a
blels sent Pertains, himself had de-
kvered twenty-four lectures In the inn
mediate vicinity 81 Chicago. for which
be received 81 200 from the Union Pacific
Perkins sid he Thought he had authority
10 90 into this work IN letters from Z II
Newell. director 81 the reclamation
service. received in February. 1918
Dropping this line. Mr. Nertrees opened
up on the alleged conspiracy Of Jrmes
r. Garfield Clifford Pinchot and others
against Secretary BLlineer In re-
spOnse q his questions Perkins testified
that he had been on good terms with
Director Newell and he had received
letJer from Mr. Newell last summer
which be construed As a request that
hs get busy bringing influence q hear
b the erd tast Mr. Newell might be re-
,tained a. the head u tlle reclamation
Service II he'd HON q uattter Of general
gossip that Mr. NsWrll yrs q be retired
Mr. Perkins r. a . letter from Oxford
PinoAot inviting him n . conference
which VS. held ~ James r. G-rhelds
home in Mentor. Uhio. on duly - last.
- which TAom-s r. Shipp. secretary
Of tle ClIs'vvalon Clnnis'ion. MS
present. N addition - hin1eR and Gar
field aai Pilch)t Ps1s To- bringing
influence q bel~ W Nevslrs nehGn we're
considered % this r,ufereuoe aud Perkins
undertook 70 hrye prominent r.ilroad
uffciKis wrgs iAfirrs q Segrctlry Bal
hnERr urginR Newell. retention Perkins
DID this on his return @, chicago. h. t"s-
thsd. vhere IN received q telegram which
read, COR friend eft for Washington
to-nisAgt - 50 o Their party I z s.
FCsg frala Slr PsrNn5 tes'ifad.
mssne f9ecb1t. IN, -othr- party was
Newsli. snhi-T Il : wa Tlomls 2
Snip I.aisr Perkins hlA o iottar from
Shpp IN Whicr fhf statsmelt was made
-Our Trend Ind two long tIIs- with tho
gentleman hs expected o. ~ns without
any rezuli
Siill at,r P,r'U1s had letter from
Pnchot IN which the latter said. failed
completely
On July 20 Newell Vts % Ca,-ag1 and
N the Cou--a 81 q conversation said ac-
cuTding N p,rkins = Wpnt d. anything
against BlhnSrr a- long ~ am work
ms Under hun Pc-Uns aid Newell
rsimaisd that Secretary Balhnger was
10 b held responsible for the black tent
ssoESe ssimt
~ tod hin testified Perkins. that
aid not tank ~ ought % w 70 nlace tho
responEihili'y IN ~ Pani1rer and Mr
Newell replied Never mind. want 10
make Bt'fngsT Inc goat aid You
ctn never - that, w Rallinger b. tho
liea man
Perkins t.-ti1sd that tho next thing
that he heard wa chat q renort hld ben
made recommending bus die missai from
tue service ha-nd on an Investigation
made ~ hs 0ffice ~ MessTs lam and
Hufsr both 81 whom he said we're VIC
lently preWdiCed HgIirst him On an
aBpeal SECRETARY Ballnrer lent - r.
Callahan and " Evans oIt % make
another Investigation and un their re-
part Perkins ana sustained
TIE inisrenca drawn by VI Nertreas
auparently wa that New III having gone
owef ~ Pncfot ard Garfield. had pr.
CaCdDd against Perkrs after tho latter
nad d"rad N join On placing the 30
srpnslb.Ity '1r toe black toni. lecture
pthiles, u0 SaaTetars Ralings.
o. crDss-sxarm7auE nv n Smvth.
slRJCisfr oorn-el FOR VI PnChot and
rentoIs of fhf comm. 80. Nr Perkins
adllIfte1 that Do had ucve- -aId anything
IN hR Official reports about The black
tent Lectures. or about the lectures he
ntd given personally and fDr whichne had
fsfaived $500 from the Union Pacific
he ssid hs regarded this work az ~ great
vEue and importance n the exclamation
service but q 4 not explain why IN view
q that fact o. wa never mentioned 10
he monihlv reports Ne insisted. how.
svrg thai ~ thought Boz had authority
i-oI So Newell f0r ne lecture stunt
though tho nItnorz cation was not
r-F-ifr Hr said thai secretary Rallin-
gsr after the report ~ callahan and