The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-29
Probability That Findings oi
Committee Will Be An.
nounced in July.
MAJORITY WILL LIKELY
EXONERATE SECRETARy
What Minority Insurgents an,
Democrats viii Say Is
PrOblematicaI.
BY RALPH M. WHITEsIDEs

D. NALPd M, WHlTESIDES.
BY Leased Wire 10 The Tribune
w WASHINGTON, May 2S.-The REM,
OF the congressional commitrce =,
pointed TO investigate the Balliu,.
Plnchot controversy will, in all Ikel
hood, be published about the middle
July, There may be two reports =,
signed by Senator Nelson of Minnevot
chairman Of the joint committee. a,
the majority members. and the oth
by the insurgents and Democrats
the committee. While it is genera,
believed that Secretary Ballinger of Il
department Of the interior will he /
trely exonerated of wrong.doina q,
that Clifford PInchot, Louis r 1lar
and others among the accusers will
criticised for what the committee m,
term - their misguided zeal, /" ncyertb
less the opinion prevails that Ser,
tary Ballnger's resignation will be
the hands of President Taft befo
November.
Ballinger's Attitude,
IL is reported that Secretary n.
pnger has already intlmated TO Ii
friends that he thought Of resipnin
but he declared be would never
sign under FIRE. Secretary Rall,uo
is guided in his course by two motiy,
FIRST, the charges made in the Piurh
controversy. and second, the counter
cusatlons which arc daily growing n
of the senatorial investigation into 4
Alaskan situation. Secretary Bl
llnger s statement TO the public. will
is TO accompany his reported resicr
tion, will doubtless be IA masterpid
IN prose.
For weeks he has been nursing
wrath against his political foes wi
! out the opportunity TO unstop the saft
valves, as IL were. The explanats
statement Of his resignation from Pr
dent Taft IS official family will give
| opportunity he has long desired. E
1t is already established that the'!
port of the investigation committee Il
be published before the autumn 4
ton. it has been matter of conf
gossip that Secretary Ballincer wd
step down and out before the inve
CATION terminated. The members Of
committee feared it would be harm
| to Republican chances IN the elecf
| if the report were kept under c6=
until after election. There are a,
who believe that equal harm will||
| done by eXoneratlug Secretary m
linger. The public has but sill
inkling Of the great mass Of testim
\ given at the series of hearings.
| newspapers selected only portions
evidence which were printed r
Still ''Up in the Air" h
Just what report Representative
James of Kentucky and his Democi y
associates will have TO say overIZ
verdict is a matter of a great deg
speculation. 1t was said there M
be three reports-one majority re-
and two minority reports. the two
ter being headed by Representa- ~
| James and Democrats and the othee
| Madison and the insurgents onE i
committee While Secretary BallIs
viii be eXonerated, he VIII come M
some warm criticism from the y
gents and Democrats for his alhhl
improprieties and undiplomatic aeE
while in office. 1t is not bellevedIs
more than passinp mention Will be IS
of the part President Taft's IA
PLAYED in the evidence. The reead
Of the case will have been compt
| by June Is and the review OF the 4 "
mony and arguments Will then 6eft
menced. Secretary Ballinger todaf d
iterated statement he had madeEs,
fore relative TO his proposed resbs,
ton. lie said: ka
81 have not talked to President d
about resigning, nor has the prev
mentioned the subject to me. M,
have been cleared by the tesffn d
given before the joint committee "a
await the verdict confidently and biz
clear conscience. ftb
Libel Suits as Sequel Pin
It is feared that the BalllngeQl !
chot investigation will be lnarS9' ~
an unprecedented number OF lDci 'll
for libel, slander and detamatiV S'
character Three have ALREADY
started or promise to be, They stT Y
Secretary BaIIinger versus 0ots.
Weekly
| Montana and New York, versus wv
ant United States Attorney Genel
car Lawler, for $4,000 and damagsF@n
james b. Conway OF Boston ~
Mr.. Lawler for $4,000 danages~
Mr.. Lawler, on the witness 'Sap
referred to u Mr.. Conway ot sSh
molly as a despieable scound5eI "
would stoop to any depths OF de1 ta
ton One of Mr.. Lawler s uttet! "a
on the witness stand was: "a
"a man named Conway, stood ilc
deck of the sinking Republic ana h
gIed over the bodies Of womse! q,
children To get to the hfepoat ni nS
Christopher Connolly took thaI N
fer TO him. He SAYS he WAS 4sl
Angeles, Cal. at the time OF the Phi
of the Republic. :. r%a
James B. Conway denies ne tl
over the women and chlldreR;
men are magazine writers ana
ler thinks they give his sios
story the worst of it IN the DuH5
Pinchot squabble. IHA