The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-04-29
BRANDELS SAYSIT
IS 4 FRAME-UP
Attorney Generals Statements Ad-
mItted ncorreot-colller's At
tempted Bribery is Denied.

Washington, April 2S.-After at
tItacking certain statements In Attor
Iney General Wickersham's summary
lof the CLAWS case during cross-exam-
Iination of witness before the Bal
ilinger-Pinchot investigation Friday,
fAttorney Brandeis, counsel for l.. r.
fGlavls, threw out a broad suggestion
Ithat the document was prepared in
lorder to make 1t appear that Presi-
dent Taft's letter Of yindication to
i Secretary Ballinger had been based
on alleged facts it contained.
At the white house and the depart
ment of justice 1t was stated that
y tlther the president nor the attor-
ney general would comment on Mr.,
Brondeis' intimations.
Comparatively little progress was
made with the inquiry today, despite
the apparently growing impatience Of
/ the committee and the general desire
of the members to bring the hearing
/ to a close. The committee probably
will act tomorrow on the proposition
to hold hearings three days each week
Il. G. Finney, assistant to the Sec
retary Of the interior, was under cross
examination almost the whole day. He
I admitted that some of Mr.. Wicker
sham's statements were inaccurate,
but insisted that they were unimport-
ant.
1t was near the end of Finney's ex-
animation that Mr. Brandeis sprang
his surprise. Mr.. Wickersham, In his
summary, says the suggestion that it
was unlawful for Mr.. Balllnger to
have any professional relations with
the Cunningham claimants because Of
his previous incumbeney of the office
of commissioner of the land office,
was based on section 100 of the re.
vised statutes, and he cites authori-
ties to show that Mr.. Ballinger had
not violated that law.
Mr.. Brandeis asked the witness II
he did not know that CLAWS accused
Ballinger Of violating that law for the
first time In a statement published
in a November number of Golfers
Weekly. Mr.. Finney was not certain
on that point, whereupon Mr.. Bran
deis demanded to know If It was a
fact that the statement which pur.
ports to have been made on Septem-
Der II, 1909, was not made until more
than two months after that time. Mr.
Finney responded that he did not
know it to be a fact and did not be.
lieye It was.
Having come here all the way from
Alaska at the behest of the commit.
tee to tell whether he had made the
statement TO Marshal II. K. Love that
an agent OF Golfers had told him eit
would be worth $4,000 to $4,000 for
him to come to Washington to tes.
tify" John W. Dudley, the dismissed
register Of the land Office at Juneau
took the stand and said Mr. Love had
misunderstood him Mr.. Dudley said
Editor Russell of a Juneau paper had
sought to act as intermediary between
himself and Golfers Weekly whereby
Russell wanted him to prepare an ar.
ticle supplementing the CLAWS charges
for which he was to receive the sum
mentioned lie had told Love of this
offer from Russell, and supposed
Love had not understood He said
he did not take kindly to Russell's
proposition and that the weekly would
not agree to IL further than to pay
Dudley's expenses to New York Ia
talk the matter over He said Rus
sell did not pose as Golfers agent
and that there was nothing said about
his testifylng before the investigating
committee
Members of the committee and at
torneys on both sides questioned Mr.
Dudley at length and apparently salts
fled themselves that there had been
no effort made TO influence testimony
improperly before the committee.
G. c. Keltman fermer chief Of the
mineral division of the interior de-
partment, will take the stand tomor.
row Attorney Vertrees. counsel for
Mr.. Ballinger, said tonight that he
still had more than a dozen witnesses
to examine.