The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-02
ROW AT BALLINGER INQUIRY
sGK.AtISS COT NSEL AND COW
MITTEEMEN Participate.
81 nj arSs~ Over . ChaFgs ~ chairman
~ Np1s~a That Counsel Was Trytng %
DereiVe the CSmmlttee Witnesses
= Centrmdlet the Testimony % CLAWS.

- Centrndsc' the Testimony % CLAWS
wASRN0IoN April "A general
wrangle occurred a. to-dsys session 81
the Ballinger investigating committee.
senator Nelson charged that Attorney
Brandais. who represents LOUIS Il. CLAWS.
mas delibera'elv irving 90 deceive the
seommittee. The senator made his re-
marx when Mr. Brandsis was oToas-
examining Elmer =. Todd. United states
District Attorney a, seattle. the first
witness called by tho defence. Instantly
Mt. Brandels stepped toward the end %
the table where Chairman Nelson sat
and. fairly shaking with anger, shouted
at the top Of las voice
MIR Chairman ! resent the imputation
that ! have az anv tune attempted 10
deceive this committee | submit that
the chaIrmans remark shOuld be with
drawn
I won't withdraw n - retorted Senator
Nelson with almost as much heat a. Mr..
Rrandeis had displayed
i think the chairman should withdraw
the remark. inierjscted Representative
Graham.
He wont reiterated senator Nelson
Then said Representative Graham
with some manifestations OF temper. i
move that It Is the sense OF the committee
that the ohalrInans remark should be
Withdrawn
Second the notion snapped Repre-
sentative James.
And on that motion | shall ask a record
vote continued Mr. Graham. -lhis -
not the frst time the chairman has re-
Hected ON Mr.. RrandeIs and | for one
wish 70 made matter Of record that he 10
go srAeking for she committee
RepresentatiNe MoCall Olnl sted and
DenDy protested against the motions
being vt. but Mr.. Graham insisted and
eenat0r Nelson said that he wAs ready 10
put the question
Il object sa,d Mr.. Mo- all
well now | want 20 say something
broke IN Representative Madison I'm
Dot at all IN sympathy with the remark
uaade bs the chairman but the chairman
10 no more than membeT n the com.
nlttee and he doesn 7 represent the com
mittee m ANYTHING he may say except
when he 10 announcing the Formal action
Of the committee
That's night said Mr. DENLY
IL Judge NadIsons premises are COT.
rect" rejoined MIR Graham. then per
haps the cdtnmitt-4 should not ask that
the remark tie Withdrawn. hut | Instst
that there he no Misunderstanding and
amend my motion so A. To real thar
the chAirman's remark ia merely an ~.
agree with Mr. Madison sd NJ
Mccall i shall vote AKa,ps' NJ
GfAhams motion " ~ u put. but trust
a vail not oe put. | 10 not think Mr.
Brandeis attempted TO deceive the com
usittee. nut ! don't think the committee
should express itself a. 70 a remark made
by the chairman or any Other Temlsr
Senator sutherland cut into the argu-
ment with the suggestion thai he WranKl@
vas altogether unsa@niy.
Il think 80 too. SAID Mr. Olius' ~
emphatIcally. and move tha' Nir
GrAhAm's motion he laid on the table
Inc motion vas seconded and after
hve or ten minutes ~ excited controversy
- to what 1uest ON was beng voted
on the roll was called senator Fletcher
AnA REPRESENTATIVE James voted with
Mr. Graham n the negative. senators
Sutherland ana Purcell ana kepTasenta-
tives Mccall. Olnsi ed. Denby ard Madison
voted IN the Affirmative senator Nelson
did not vote.
With the remark that ga he Lgn' y
Representative Madison statement 30
was willing % 10 the record stand Nj
Prandets resumed the crosse Va nIraf,or .
OF Mr.. Todd and ths Incident closet
Mr.. Todd was called 10y the usf.ics
to lmpeach testimony Of l. X Claws
and special Agent Jou-. Vi Claws
testified @ariv IN The InNasri sl'Iou that [
he had called Nj Iodns attention 20 |
the Alaskan land frauds. uuf that tho !
District Attorney had failed 20 lake ary
Special agent Jones tsstifsd - The same
eject with the added statement that
Mr. Todd explained his failure 10 hrInR
action nv saying thar Judge HAnford
had 4 constitutional aversion TO land
fraud cases and he didn't want to -
Inundated by IrstItuiing proceedings
when ~ was a iorsgons conclusion fNa'
they would fal.
Mr. Todd Confradic'sd This testimony
fatty on direct examination and on cr5ss-
eXaminaf ION Mr. Srandsis could NOT
make hIu r@cs-Cis from ~ alter the ron
tradiction MIR I odd insisted that neither
Claws nor lor - had presented o. ham
eufficient ~ dence - u .tiiv criminal
pFoCeedingp Inc witness snd Mr.
pYandeir had several TepUsrv exchanges
and AZ times members ~ the committee.
manifested irnDatIenCs with the long
o. drawn examination
AT tho afternoon session n h Love
Of FaIrtanks. Alaska. Tr@-snt United
States Marshal for the ihITd DIVISION 81
the Alaska district and former special 4
sGSsIt fGT the General LAND ,5rir. Vas
called. II was upon Mr. Loves report .
IT August ?. 1877 that the birmingham
claims ware clear listcS
Mr. love- denounced a. absolutely
false the testimony of SpeCial agent
Jones 10 the EJECT that love had told
ham that he did not like 10 investigate
the coal land cases because he Was a ran
didate Tor the appointment a. marshal
and was emba rrassed 30 have 20 invest
:. xnfe the coal claimants who were all his |
HiendE Asked ~ explain how he han
pened 10 get hIs appointment a. ma rsha /
-Snfser he had declared that he had not |
sikruEht the influence 81 Alaska PEOPLE /
. Mr.. Love replied
well ! hAppened 10 10 a trpoper IN :
= Mr. Roossveit's regiment
You ne~'int 60 anv further inter- |
rtpted Senator tlnt. a. everyhOiy J
LAngbed That explains n fully
49, IN Ghe course ~ his testimony Mr. Love
contradicte1 practically every Jar' ~
Nr. Jones's testimony relative 10 him /
Tn crosse Namlnation he admitted that |
; Ne Rad bsen sore" because he was surer- /
eeded nv Jones and Jones was made !
assistant IN = territory that had been his |
own Bra ndei- ASKED him WHY he had |
been sunerreded
4 will cell Won 4 you want 20 know
returned Love 4 was supeT~eded be- |
cause Jones had h@en padding a -, % /
h~s about me 20 Mr. BallinRer the wear