The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-12

C0utrOvervy wa meoo oouDly intense
by the reading Ia the senate today Of
= lettsr sddrssssd by Mr.. Pinchot tn
G'nator Dolliver. In which the course
olloDted By l. r. CLAWS with the as
G|s>ance Of Mesrs. Price and shaw,
~ the bureau of forestry. were
warmly approvs,l. In this commune
cation the chief forester not only up
held the critlcism Of Secretary Bal
1inssr. but susg,s stsd that the Presi-
dent himself hsd been mistaken In
'>he fActs when he removed Mr.. Gla-
~ fFokn the pu Dlic service.
I Nr, Ftnchot's letter called Senator
Hale % his feet with severe rebuke
- the chief forester for having ig-
uored = recent order by the President
d(rtoting that i.o subordinate of,cer
should give inS,ra.ation concerning
aRalrv of the government except to
his superior ofnl.ers. =
Preceding this incident. Senator
5onse joInt solution for an investi-
gstion OF the inferior department and
q the FORESTRY bureau was referred
. (he committse on public lands.
ne House Of Representatives de-
>1lned for the time to enter upon q
11eoossion Of thls Joint resolution in
<odpesd by Mt. Humphrey. The res
cauoon was rerorted by Chairman
poxcu. Of the committee on rules.
vAo asked for immediate considera-
ION Represen tative Livingstone, of
Qeersia. declart'd that the discussion
q ths measurs would REQUIRE sew
csal days. In view Of which Represen-
sa<avs Undsrwood. the acting minor
~ Ieeeer obje< ted and the resolution
vent over until tomorrow.
41o reading In the senate Of Mr..
rieenot's letter caused q sensation.
~ atld that Msssrs. Price and shaw
~ vropared sn oflicial report upon
co oelions which he was transmit
q >ne SECRETARY OF Agriculture.
\, TIhe repor shows that Messrs.
Kris,e and shss, made public certain
lu!5rmatfou regarding the so-called
cpnnningham slaims tor coal lands
~ Alaska" said Mr.. Pinchot. "rhe
I6et q me publication was to direct
Do(1P1 public attention to the action
- (he interior department..
- ehows also that they counten-
opeed Che publication by l. r. CLAWS
- certain facts concerning these
c1nlms after ne had been dImissed
fsom cties and that in other ways
0ey endeavorsd to direct public at
esntion to the iinminent danger that
ne Alaska coal fields still In govern
msnt ownership might pass forever
Into private hands with little or no
eonpsnsation 70 the public.
This Information. Mr.. Pinchot
o1ds. wss OF nature proper to no
made public.
After saying that those on,cials had
ootsd on information they had con-
eefning the danger Of the loss of the
Alaska coal fields. Mr.. Pinchot con-
tlnues:
Action through the usual official
channels and finally even an appea,
90 the President had resulted (be-
cause OF what I believe to have been
= mistaken impression of the facts)
In eliminating from the government
service la the person off, CLAWS, the
most vigorous defender OF the peo
pies interest. Furthermore. the re-
fusal Of the Secretary of the Interior
20 assume responsibility In the cases
had left their conduct wholly In the
hands of subordinates. each of whom
was apparently committed in favor
Of patenting these claims"
Price and Shaw. he said. dellber-
ately chose to risk their official posi-
tons rather than permit what they
believed to be the wrongful loss of
public property. Having violated a
rule OF propriety as between the de-
partments. Mr.. Pinchot said they de-
served reprimand and had received
one.
Price and Shaw" Mr.. Pinchot
said, successfully directed publica-
ton to q national danger"
Price and Shaw concede that what
they did transsressed propriety," con-
tinued NIT. Pinchot. But measured
by the emergency which faced them.
~ the purity of their motives and
The results watch they accomplished,
their BREACH of propriety sinks we'll