Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-05-26
BALLIkGER CASE
DRAWS To CLOS
Last Evidence Submitted l.,
Committee.
ARGUMENTS COME NEXT WEtH
I've Days Will Sc Devoted te Speech
Making. sno Each Side Viii Have
Until June 5 - File Briefs.

Until June 5 to File Briefs
Washington. Nay 2L-The taking ..
testimony Il TIE BALM ger PinchoI 4
yssugauou las ended. and TIE CON
DiuIee adjourned &c meet again 1sxs
Friday 10 hear oral argument BY couz-
Sc
Two days VII be devoted 10 speech
making The so-called prosecution
VII open, an5 for i've hours next FL
day the committee VIII listen u TIE
addresses q Louis D Brandeis. coua-
SCI for L r Claws. and George Wha--
Ton Pepper. counsel for Clifford Pin
cboL
The defense viii sum up its case
q Saturday. Nay IS. John ]. Yertrees.
counsel for Secretary Ballinger. vii
have five hours IN which to answer
the attorneys for The other side. Such
tine as the attorneys for the proseeu-
ton shall have reserved out Of the
two and half hours assigned TO each
may be used II closing.
Both sides viii have until Monday
June Is, IN which TO file briefs with
the committee 70 assist II in reaching
q decision on the great mass of eyi
dence which has been presented.
Mr.. Smythe. Of counsel for Nj. Pin
chot made statement to the commit
tee that he and Mr.. Pepper desired Il
put in the record certain afidayits L
contradict charges against the foress
service made IN a report presented ,.
Secretary Ballinger regarding the Min
onomee Indian reservation Waste O.
the Indians money in numbering opeI
ations was charged against the fores1
service.
Mr.. Vertrees said he had no objec
ton to the fling of these afidavits
provided he could have the same priv
lege
He said he was opposed to making
any argument before the committee
He said he could not see the necessity
for IL If the evidence had been pre-
sented TO an ordinary jury he would
want to argue his case, he said, but the
committee was composed of legisla.
tors, some of them judges and all OF
them lawyers who knew as much
about the case as he did.
And in the second place" he added
with a smile Il don't think there is
anything to argue"
The plan finally adopted was the
suggestion Of Mr.. Brandeis. He said
he desired 10 present oral argument
and to follow il with a brief in due
course
Senator Nelson, the chairman, read
letter from Secretary Ballinger in
response to the request of Mr.. Bran
deis that a further search of the de
partment files be made for two let
ters of the Perkins-Ballinge CORES
pondepce
Mr.. Ballinger wrote that a further
and careful search failed to reveal any
other letters than those already N de
public. He said Mr.. Perkins letter nj
J,Ine 19, 1909. inviting his son, z /
ward. to accompany him and Mr.
Perkins on trip to Alaska during the
summer probably had been enclosed
by Mrs. Bal'inger in letter addressed
by her to he- son at Williams college
but he would endeavor to obtain the
letter.
Mr.. Ballinger declared he could no.
recall having received any letter from
Perkins in September. and that he had
already furnished the committee wit
all letters between Pc kins and him
self that could be found
There was no correspondence be
tween Mr.. norkins and myself which
had any business connection" wrote
Mr.. Ballinge~. land it was all purely a
friendly concern"