Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-10

Minneapolis, Sept. 9.-'That Rich
ard A. Ballinger has not been true tC
inc trust renosod in him as secretary
of the interior, that he is not desery-
ing of public confidence and that he
should be asked by the proper au-
thorities to resign his office.
The foregoing sums up the findings
Of the four democratic members of
thc Pallinger- Pinchot congressional
investigating committee made public
late today
The republican members issued no
report.
An independent report was given
out bv Mr. Madison, the insurgent
republican from Kansas, which de-
clares also that Mr.. Ballinger should
not be retained, that he was an un-
talthml trustee of the peoples inter-
est. an enemy Of conservation, and
that the CHARGES Of clifford Pinchot
should be sustained
These findings will be printed and
filed with congress.
The decision or the four democratic
members and Mr.. Madison to make
the reports public followed an un-
usual session
s,ttasY " < and sacr. aoresenfa-
,i,.os n','.s Score. ,nsetts and
{nes I'VE 6rooklyn - 600 '9Se,'9 70 atteng end
philadelphia 00,be chai,man
Batteries himself, senator
bergeh' lillosota, left the COM
N and failed 70 return
nan Nelson gave notice that
.~tf,ine would be held in Chicago
.sofi newt ruesdav The d9moer"ttc
members adjourned to meet aSaln in
Washington on December 3.
nrrrpcopto five Gllie Al lanes o.
Kentucky. one Of the democratic
members, announced that all the
democrats would refuse to attend the
meeting Of which Senator Nelson has
given notice The republicans viii
then be IN the same position that the
democratic members and Nj. Mad
son found themselves today.
The democratic report is signed by
Senators Duncan e. Fletcher Of Flor
ida. and William e. Purcell of North
Dakota and Representatives Oliie NJ.
James of Kentucky and James NJ.
Graham Of Illinois. 1t says
After a careful, thorough and we
believe, an impartial examination OF
The whole record, we feel constrained
TO make the following findings based
on the evidence:
That the evidence does not show
any conspiracy against MI Ballinger
and that the alleged conspiracy had
no existence in Iact. that what has
been referred to as a conspiracN was
merely the efforts Of certain persons
t. thwart and prevent the secretary
of the Interior and the officers of the
general land office from accomplish
lug what those persons believed TO
be the fraudulent transfer OF valuable
public property from the government
10 certain private interests ana to
prevent the making of radical and
Injurious changes In the managemeni
Of the reclamation service, then in
high state Of efficiency
THAT Clifford Pinchot aud L. X.
CLAWS were faithful and efficient
agents of the government and The
people, devoted to THEN work in the
discharge of their duties, and in the
rendition of their valuable services;
that their protests and actions re-
strained the officers Cf the interior
department ana prevented the con-
summation of a great public wrong
and that their conduct throughout !
was wholly IN The interest of The |
people
That in his statement of Septem-
Der 10. 1909, TO the president and in /
other correspondence and communi
cations to the president Mr. Bailinger /
mas been frequently uncandid that he /
mas on number of occasions been /
guilty ol dUulicity and that his con- |
duct in the premises was Intended 10 |
aud did have the effect OF deceN ing !
tho president
That Mr. Rslllnger while COM
missioner of the general land office +
clear listed the so-called Cunning
nam claims on insufficient evidence 1
under circumstances which convinces !
us he was aware OF the existence of +
other material evidence which he did /
hot cell for or consider aud which I
If considered should have prevented 7
the clear listing of the claims. and
We lind that in SO clear listing said !.
claims Mr. BalnSer showed either
iamentahie want of capacity and !.
competence or such q disregard for ].
me rights OF the public as amounted >
10 bad faith
That as commissioner ol the seii- :
efal land office Mr. Balnnger pre-
pared the Gale bill that he appeared I.
peioie committee Of the house oi
representatives IN advocacy of said
oiH, and that he then knew and In
tended that suio bill. if IL became
Jaw, would have the effect OF Faidat-
INK the sa.d Cunningham coal claims
and other coal claims in Alaska.
which claims were Ia fact fraudulent
law
That after resigning as commis-
sloner Of the general land office. Mt
baliinger resumed the practice of the
law in Seattle. Wash. hat he became
iuterested es IN attorney tn cases
= hich were pending IN the general
iand office while De was commits
s'oner. and that IN at least one case
De received compensation for his ser
sicef and that such conduct was
highly reprehensihle.
While Secretary BaliingeT claims