The Holly chieftain., 1910-03-18
SHIP SUBSIDY
MEASURE DEAD
No PROSPECT OF ITS PASSAGE At
THIS SESSION.
STEVENSON TAKES ACTION
Representative from Minnesota Makes
Charges Against Friends Of the
Projeet-Senator DoIliver on
Postal Banks Biii-Prepara-
tions for Campaign.

tions for Campaign.
Washington.-Repre Steen-
erson of Minnesota put the finishing
touches on ship subsidy. SO far as
this session is concerned. when. hav-
ing been refused the floor upon a
question of personal privilege to re-
ply to attacks which had been made
upon him by the ship subsidy inter-
ests. he introduced a resolution call
ing for an investigation of the meth.
DDS employed by the Merchant Ma
rine league
The resolution, of course, was re-
ferred to the committee on judiciary.
where 1t will remain SO long as Mr.
Parker of New Jersey, the keeper OF
Mr.. Cannon's morgue, can keep 1t
there. But under the rules it will be
privileged to come up within week.
and Mr.. Steenerson hopes at that
time to get a hearing and to present
some matters out of his personal ex-
periences with the ship subsidy in
terests which will show that in his
own case these interests attempted
to blackmail him.
E-ho Of eaIInger-Plnchot Case.
A. C. Shaw, former law officer Of
the forest service, who at the direc-
ton of Clifford Pinchot aided CLAWS
in the preparation of the report sub
mitted to the president, has been
brought again into the limelight by
the refusal of President Taft TO per
init the dismissed official to practice
before the departments of the govern
ment The attitude of the president
toward Mr.. Snow is Indicative OF how
deeply he feels in regard to the whole
Ballinger-Pinchot controversy.
Shaw was dismissed from the forest
service for the part which he played
in preparing the CLAWS report. Upon
his dismissal he applied for the right
to practice before the commissioner OF
patents and his application was re.
jected by Secretary Ballinger. The
secretary then withdrew his objec-
tion and referred the whole matter
to the president and the president has
asked Attorney General Wickershanl
for legal authority for the step which
he has taken.
There is law which forbids any
officer of the government from prac.
ticing before the department in which
he has been employed within two
years after his leaving the public
service, but this does not apply in the
case of a man who wishes to prac.
tice before some other department
The law was flagrantly violated by
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for the Cunningham coal claimants
after having these claims before him
as commissioner of the land office
Yet, without any pretense that there
would be any Improperly in admit
ting Shaw to practice before the de-
partment of the interior. Secretary
Ballinger refused to pass upon 1t and
the president has thus far absolutely
rejected 1t.
The. incident reveals a degree of
feeling against those who are fight.
ing Ballinger. on the part of the pres
ident, which has caused general aston.
1shment. His action has been criti.
c1sed as petty and unwarranted. and
mis- best friends deplore the exhibition
OF vindictiveness he has made.
Position Of Progressives.
No clearer exposition of the at.
titude which the Progressive Repub.
lfcans maintain toward legislation
has been given in this congress
than that contained in the speech OF
Senator Dolliver of Iowa upon the
postal banks bill. Senator Dolliyer
said in part:
"'1t was Just a little bunco game
which the government played, and It
is necessary that in any legislation
which comes along we should take
care of that issue of two per cent. and
not take on too heavy an issue of
bonds. This question is one that will
doubtless involve great deal Of dis
cGssion'
Situation Made Plain.
well. should think 1t would. 1t
is going to involve not only good
deal Of discussion in this chamber
and in the house of representatives,
but 1t Is going to excite a very large
interest among that portion Of our
people who have left sufficient inde.
pendence Of mind and thought to care
for what Is going on In the congress
Of the United States.
when heard that an exigency had
arisen which required the government
to take over these two per cent bonds
the first thing that occurred to me
was, where these two per cent bonds
would be found to invest this money
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