New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-04
A MAGAZINE OF MYSTERY
New Move in Campaign Against
Secretary BaIIinger.
AN ANONYMOUS ATTACK
Contains Only Testimony Sup
porting Pinchot-Some Copies
at Ex-Forester's Home.
From The Tribune Bureau


Washington, May Ssh. Sh.. Shl If
you are quite in the inner circle of the
nti-Taft-anti-B alinger conspiracy, or
possibly if you can esta blish your claim
to being of the socially elect in Wash
ington you are entitled to read this dis
patch. If you are not, please pass it by,
as it deals with a subject not intended
for the eyes of the common herd A
magazine OF mystery has appeared in
the midst of social and political Wash
ington 1t makes it's entry into q Sordid
and heartless world clad in large white
envelope bearing the inscription. so
simple and yet so sufficient "Confiden-
tial.'' 1t is q dainty brochure of sixty
seven pages, printed on handsome paper,
octave size, with wide margins and per-
feet letter press, and, alas! it is an orphan
of unknown parentage. AS Eugene Field
remarked of the Taylor pup" it is
.'sired by none and damned by every
one"
The anonymous little literary gem
bears the title "A Summary of Testi-
mony by the Prosecution in the Bal
linger-Pinchot Controversy up to March
IS. 1910" 1t covers the entire field of
the Cunningham claims, the bennett
letters, the Forest Service, the Reclama-
ton Service and the Ronald letter, which
ELECTED editorial condemnation by al
most the entire press of the country of
Clifford Pinchot when he introduced it
in evidence before the Investigating COM
mittee. The brochure is made up of
extracts from the testimony, and in
cIudes, of course. only those parts of the
testimony of CLAWS, Pinchot, Garfield
and others which tend to support the
Pjnchot contentious in this controversy,
with a careful and skilful elimination of
all those portions of the evidence which
disproved these assertions and demon
strated them, IN the majority of in
stances. to be false or wholly misleading.
1t would take almost as much space
as the text of this mysterious publication
itself to contradict the false statements
il contains. to say nothing of disproving
them. Thoughtful readers will observe
the precautionary statement contained
in the introduction, to the effect that 1T
must be remembered. of course, that this
summary deals only with the case
against Mr. Ballinger; it does not state
or even indicate what his defence will
be-
The remainder of the summary. how
ever. handles all the allegations, those
admitted on cross examination to be
false as we'll as others. as If they We're
established facts, and the interjected
arguments afford abundant evidence of
having been prepared by an ingenious.
if INSCRIPTIONS. attorney.
The publication of the summary at
this time can be explained only on the
ground that the opponents of Mr. Bal
Iinger keenly realize how mercilessly
their aggregation of differences, insinua-
tions and falsificatiOns is being shot to
pieces by the presentation of the facts
and that they hope by means of this
ex parte summary TO becloud the issue.
As has been said. the brochure is
wholly anonymous and does not even
bear evidence of the place of it's nativity.
but, as it is "A confidential publication.
IL may be mentioned in strictest con-
fldence, that "a few of the initiated have
procured copies at the Washington home
of Clifford Pinchot.