Arizona republican., 1910-04-17
SPECTATORS
 60 TO SLEEP Listening To Tedious ba||iR-
 .ger-Pinchot Inquiry KINNEY STILL TEST|F|ES As to Letters He Sent Out in Name of His Chief. Testimony Concerning Golfers Weekly Bribe Almost Reached
PENNEY STILL TEs1|F|ts

Washington, April 16.-E. C. Kinney, assistant to the secretary of the in terior occupied the stand throughout both sessions of the Ballinger- Pinchot hearing today Most of the time was taken up in the cross examination by Brandeis. representing Louis K. Glavis and Attorney Pepper chief counsel for Pinchot
 Because of his long service in the interior department, Finney proved q prolific witness and Brandeis was en- abled to get into record much techni- cal testimony as to the general course of the business in the land office. This lire of questioning proved tedious. In fact an attack of spring fever" ap- peared to strike everyone connected with the investigation. Chairman Nel- son was absent and Vice Chairman Mccall had difficulty in keeping the quorum together. Several spectators fell asleep
 The absence of so many members of the committee prevented d ruling on the request of Brandeis that he be all lowed to defer the cross eXamina ton of the subordinate officials of the interior department until he has had an opportunity to question Mir. Ballin ger himself The decision will prob ably be reached Friday.
 Brandeis drew from Kinney the statement that in the memorandum submitted the attorney general with the request for an interpretation of the new Alaskan coal lands law of 1908. the Cunningham claims already were excepted.
 Then why" asked the attorney. does Mir Ballinger say in a letter to Miles C. Moore, one of the Cunning ham claimants that he is referring the matter 10 the attorney general"
 'I didn't write that letter" Finney replied.
 But didn't you say yesterday that you wrote it.
 ''I said l wrote two letters that were sent to Governor Moore. l was mis-. taken as to this one This is not one that l wrote"
 MT Finney. does the attorney gen eral in his report to the president mention the fact that Mir Hoyt, special
  him at Glavis' suggestion in connec- ton with the importance of this opin- ion?"
 T don't believe he does
 Attorney Pepper had not concluded his cross examination when the com mittce adjourned. He asked the wit ness about MT Ballinger's replies to letters written by LaFollette asking for an explanation of certain restora- tios of water power sites made by MT. Ballinger. Mir. Finney said he wrote these letters. He denied he had spe- officially consulted MT Ballinger as to what he should say.
 MT. F'inney." said Pepper, why did not you say in you replies that the real reason for the restorations. was the fact that MT. Ballinger did not Be- lieve the withdrawals had been legal?"
 Because there had been a confer ence at the White House and Mir. Bal finger had decided to re-withdraw the lands
 Then you tried to make your re- plies harmoniZe with these differ ences?"
 No. it was not that exactly"
 An effort was made to get John W. Dudley, formerly connected with the land office at Juneau. on the stand late today. Dudley had been brought all the way from Alaska to testify as to an alleged offer of 5000 from Col Hers Weekly to come to Washington to testify against Ballinger. When an opportunity came tn sandwich Dudley while EInnaN tannnrarifx ax cused. the~ witness had left the room and his examination was put over un- til next week