The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-15
'BALLINCBR.PTECHOr DISPUTE
TWO REPORTS TO M PRESENTED
TO CONGRESS ~ DECEwHER.
Oae Exsuerates naliinger amt the Other
Recommends Ills Dismissal Prom the
Cabinet ssar listisr Democrat. Now
suggest Impeachment Proceeding,

WASN'T SGIoS. Nov 1.-THE Ballinger-
Pinchos controversy will hold the legis
lative boards at the coming session Of
Congress, and Democrats say there il a
bare possibility they may make an "ffort
to institute Impeachment proceedings in
the House against Secretary Rallinger
The two principals To III. controversy
have within the last day or two revived
the quarrel. both issuing statements
bearing on the legality Of the Cunningham
claims for coal lands in Alaska
Senator Nelson OF Minnesota, chairman
OF the Congress committee Of inquiry. Ia
expected in Washington early In Decem-
Der Immediately on his arrival he will
call a meeting Of the ma joriGy OF ths com
mittee. made up OF Senators Root OF New
York. Flint Of California and Sutherland
OF Utah. and Representatives Mccall OF
Massachusetts,. DENLY of Michigan and
Olmstead OF Pennsylvania. and the chair
man himself. II present plans ara carried
out the report Of the majority will be sub
mitted to the two Houses just before the
Christmas recess.
While there il 20 Official authority for
the statement it is the general under
standing that the majority report will
sustain Secretary BalinSer The Demo
cratic report. To- which Representative
Madison Of Kansas. Republican. signed
his name at Minneapolis In September,
condemned Secretary Ballnger and
recommended his dismissal from thu
Cabinet. This report is now In the hands
Of the clerk OF the House and the S@cre-
'arv OF the Senate and will b. certified to
those bodies upon the assembling Of
Congress on December s.
~ r. Al -
take action that will start things moving
IN Congress In connection with this long
drawn out controversy, In n statement
issaied Saturday. Secretary Ballngsr
made il known that IN his annual report
he would ask that jurisdiction in the Gun
bingham cases tee transferred from his
depart ment To the Dist riot Court Of APP
peals. Mr. Pinchot immediately came
out with letter that he had written to the
President in which he said hat the Secrs-
tary OF he Interior might be- expected 10
rush the Cunningham claims 20 patent
Mr.. Nnchot repeat I'd his charge that the
claims are illegal and that they should be
rejected by the President without waiting
for act ion bv Congress
Democratic leaders in the House count
On IN. united support of the In-urgent
Republicans IN their efforts 10 force the
adopt ion ot the minority report IN tn.
BailInger- PinChot case. Friends Of Mr.
Pinchot assert that they wIll have he sup
port also OF a few conservative R.publi-
cans The minority leaders realize that
whatever the action OF ih. House rh,.
Senate. ~ not likely la take action that
world amount TO "A Censure Of tn. Taft
Admini-t ration
The subject ~ Impeachment proceed
ings against Secretary Bailinger comes
from Democrat L. sources. Some uf the
radicals among them Representative
oiii. James 81 Kentucky who j. the most
out spoken of Mr. Balling gers critics ON the
committee of inquiry, are said To favor
such a course This suggestIon. how
ever IL not taken very seriously and prob
ably will not go beyond he stag" Of mere
talk