The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-26


81 not safe il III. Hainnger'a
v &AH1A end chat the cnnntry Will de-
&k1noay with the general conviction
4A1t the secretary or the Interior has
be4A unfaithfnl both to the naaFs,
N1oec property he has entiaas cred,
ma 10 the President. whom nc has
decefsed."
Letter 10 Taft.
The letter of November 4 70 Pres
idont Taft. referred to by Pinchot
&twiews the entire conservation sit
nation. Pinrhnt said la the letter
that he had advised CLAWS to iay
tho matter of the Alaska coal lands
before the President. 1t was his duts
because there was involved ques-
sion OF public policy that could be
handled by nobody bat the President
himself. Pinchot declared further
IN the letter that Tsalitnger had not
eivan ste forestry bureau notice tina,
application had been made to pat
emit the Cunningham claims, although
psrt of them lay in forest reserves,
When tho fact was discovered fores-
<~vi men ware denied access TO the
records Ia .he case.
HaIlfnger said that ne could not
legally withdraw ranger stations
from mineral sntry. while. IN fact.
both Secretaries Hitchcock and Car
field mad exercised that power. Af-
terrwardz he <etiocteS upon Secretary
OF Agriculture Wilson BY demanding
q statement as to the absolute neces-
sity for the use Of land applied Ter
by him for ranger stations
In synopsis OF letter sent to the
IA
GLIDING paragraphs. insert:
when / saw YOU "a salt Lake
CITY In September" Pinchot says in
his letter, little znentioa was made
Of the CLAWS matter, but we as
cussed the recent relations OF the
Interior Department TO conservation
al some length. expressed the be-
lief that you had been misinfcTmed
as to certain OF these relations. and
my fear that later ON, when the
present intense public attention had
hubsided, unwtse tendencies might
reappear, and the public interest
might suffer. l said also that whh"
Ishouid not resign, my course other
wise was still undetermined, and !
Y.4rf.t f.Ysss II ,f-ssss-4fg Fs ssss 4igl1ss
lie my opinion as 10 these relations,
even IL ii should involve my "tiieial
position"
BaIlinaerIiostiie.
The above paragraph IL FFf'ees3t1fF
Interesting, In view OF the fact that
later Pinchot sent his now famous lei
yAr To Senator Doliiver, in which he
attacked Secretary Bsalinger. and
which precipitated his dismissal at
the hands OF President Taft.
Further along. after citing various
activities construed by Pinchot as IN
luical to the public interest, the ~ri-
ter says OF Secretary Baiitnsef
ssThe~e examples leave no doubt IN
my mind tnat Secretary fsaiitngeF has
shown himself actively hostile 10 the
conservation policies. But whether
or rot they are sufficient to estahiish
the fact of active hostility. beyond
Yaas sons, bile doubt as ] believe they 40,
ia not the whole question. Ihnrr our
form of government the secretary ~
the Interior is more directly RESPONSE
Bile for conserving the natural re-
sources than any other pubic oincef-
I.n,esa he Ia vigorously friendly 10 tite
conservation policies and prompt 20
defend our natural resources 'ttsatif+t
The unending aggression OF Ptha'f
interests the public interest," IIIust suI :
Ter IT re GDr7s fftft-tst s-tAfi -
rain matters. no one else can, IN
tnasa matters indifference DIFFERS III
,ie from hostility in it's flnai results,
AN March 20, 1902. Secretary Bat
finger The letter states, began tn re-
store 10 public entry, without HuNtt7
,tser1ent, lands wfthdrawn by Garlleiu'
al Rooseveit's direction, 10 protect the
y,bIic against unregulated water pow
erS,
Would Rnin Service.
Yefs etAe preaiaent), cnnllples
The letter. said that the reopeuins
had been mentioned TO You oy SeeFe-
snry BaIiinger, but that he had not
told you what IL mean, and YOU would
see him about IL. Thereupon, the pol
lev of restoration was reversed: what
haa ben declared To be Illegal was
seen to be within the lew and with
arawaIs began"
Bai,tnser's unfrieHdly attitude to-
ward the reclamation service, Pineh"t
charged In the letter, would, II con-
tInued. disiniegrate that service.
The letter concludes;
..The effect of Secretary Ballinger's
action In the instances cited was ac'
lively harmful 10 the public Interest
in the most critical and far-reachine
problem this nation has faced stficf
the Civil War. Both because of his
attitude. ana OF what he did, 4 am
forced to regard him as the mos
effective opponent the conscrvauof
policies have Yet had.
Barr Continues Testimony.
w. w. Barr. the Seattle timber
dealer. Was on the stand when this
tnuutr.. resumed to-day. The room
vas again crowded to its capacity.
Attorney Vertrees had succeeded
YESTERDAY. on cross-examination, III
tangltng Barr up considerably, What
the gailinger forces were attempting
10 show was that. In the face Of CHA
wiz. charges zgafnrt Baiitaas+F f1.i' Ai4Ii-
ing acted as attorney for coal cfetfrrr
ants and given them the benefit OF
Information which he secured while
comm issioner, he tGlavist was party
~, an agreement with -Barr-& here hS
the latter profired by Information
which came to CLAWS knowledge
while In the government service.
When he took the stand to-day
Barr said that he had teiegraphed ms
Office al Seattle to send on TO the
committee this agreement The Wit
ness was sharply questioned by mem
hers of the committee as TO his opera
rions In scrip" but made a better
impression to-day than yesterday. ftv
was emphatic IN declaring that ne had
learned nothing regarding the landf
from Giavis until two months after
the iatters dismissal from tho gov
erarnent service. The witness was eN-
cnsed after few t:.inportant q1es-
lions by Brandess-
I.xpert Kennedy on Stand.
yertrees then recalled Special agent