Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-07-06
R. A. BALLINGER
SPEAKS OUT
Roosevelt Led Astray by
People Claiming to Be
His Friends.
POINDEXTER A RANK SOCIALIST
Director NewelI's Relation to
Reclamation Service Is a
Misfortune.

Washington, D. c., July 6.-Secre-
tary Ballinger returned to Washing
ton today from Beverly. Referring to
the report from Oyster Bay that for
mer President Roosevelt has espoused
the cause of Representative Miles
Poindexter, as a candidate for the
Senate to succeed Senator Piles of
Washington, the secretary said: IF
the report is true, Mr.. Roosevelt has
been led astray by the deception of
people who claim to be his friends.
| do not consider Mr.. POindeXter a Re-
publican" he added, "but rank So
cialist, or rather that he will be one
soon." The secretary declined to dis
cuss the reorganization of the recla-
nation service except to say he con-
sidered Director NewelIs relation to
the service a misfortune.
Roosevelt for Poindexter.
Oyster Bay, July 6.-Theodore
Roosevelt made it clear not by di-
rect statement, but by implication
so strong that it admits of no misin-
depreciation that he will support Rep
resentative Miles Poindexter in his
fight for a seat in the United States
Senate from the state of Washington.
They had luncheon together and
conference at Sycamore Hill and Mr..
Poindexter departed jubilant.
In endorsing PoindeXter for the
Senate, Mr.. Roosevelt puts himself
squarely in opposition to Richard A.
Ballinger, secretary of the interior,
whom President Taft has so warmly
defended. 1t is the only stand he has
taken bearing directly or indirectly on
the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy.
Mr.. Poindexter is opposed to Sec
retary Ballinger from first to last, and
hopes to succeed Senator Piles OF
Washington, who has been identified
with the Ballinger wing Of the party
in that state. The secretary and Mr.
Poindexter are from the same Seattle
district.
Leaving Oyster Bay after the con
ference, Mr.. Poindexter said:
Il found Col. Roosevelt unchanged
He and have worked together always
and he assured me that we always
will work together. 1 am delighted
with the result of the visit"
! Colonel Roosevelt looked happy
when he received the interviewers
little later. He was dressed in the
crash suit he wears most of the time
when he is at home. Seated in his
library, he spoke of his talk witt
Mr.. Poindexter in a manner that show
ed plainly the pleasure the meetinE
had given him. This is what he said
Representative Poindexter and
went over the political situation in the
northwest. He assured me he was il
hearty sympathy with my conserVa
ton policy"
"Mr. PoindeXter is a candidate TO
the United States Senate and is polit
caly opposed to that wing of the par
ty headed by Secretary Ballinger, sec
retary of the interior"
That was all the colonel wanted t.
have put in quotation marks. Wha
he said otherwise made it clear tha
he had given assurance to Mr.. Poin
devter that he would support him il
his attempt to succeed Senator Piles
Coincidentally Secretary Ballinge
and President Taft held cOnferenc
at Beverly in which they discusse
the reclamation service. There MI
Ballinger denied with emphasis tn
rumor that he was to resign.
II am not a gutter and never hav
been," he said.