Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-14
INSURGENTS ABIDE
BY CAI Us ORDER
AGREE TO ABiS BY DECISION OF
PARTY cAUcS IN eALLINGER
CAUCUS WILL DETERMINE
MAKE UP OF COMMITTEE
Warning Factions in House Reach an
Agreement in Interest Of Party Har-
mony-Permission Given to Permit
Both BalIineer and Pinchot to Be
Represented BY Counsel at Hearings.

John Dwight of New York, republican
whip" of the house, stated today that
an agreement had been reached be-
teween the regulars and insurgents
whereby the latter would attend the
party caucus on the selection of the
Ballinger- Pinchot Investigation COM
mittee and abide thereby.
That Pinchot and Isallinger NAV be
represented by counsel thruout their
investigation by congress was practi-
cally agreed to by the senate and house
conference today.
TIE speaker for the republican in
surgents, Hayes, of California. charac
ferized as premature the statement of
President Taft and Representative
Dwight indicating a cessation of hos
tllitles between the house regulars and
the insurgents.
Conservation at Stake, Says Pinchot.
Washington. Jan. Conservation
of the natural resources and the con-
servation of popular government are
both at stake. The one needs con-
servation no less than the other"
Ihls epit0mizes the statement issued
last night by Pinchot, recently re-
moved as chief forester The statement
in part follows:
AT this time l have no comment to
make on recent events. Whether in.
or out. OF the government service /
propose to stay in the fight for con-
servation and equal opportunity Every
movement and measure, from whatever
source, that tends to advance conser-
walton and promote government by
men for human welfare. l will try to
help. Every movement and measure
that hinders conservation, and pro-
notes government by men for profit. l
will endeavor f, oppose. The supreme
test of the movements measures the
welfare of the plain people. / am as
ready to support the administration
when it moves toward this paramount
end as to oppose it when it moves
away"
Pinchot expresses regret at leaving
the service and pays tribute to the
faithfulness and high quality or SER
vice by the men with whom he work
ed Out of the forest service work, he
proceeds, grew the conservation move
ment.
recommendations, applauding them all,
and proceeded.
AT this critical period. when the goal
was in sight, the enemies of conserva-
ton in congress not only succeeded in
preventing an appropriation to pursue
the work, but attempted to forbid its
progress by the Tawney amendment to
the last sundry civil bill. Thereupon
the work of the national conservation
commission was stopped.
Still Await Action.
"The commissioners recommends
tions still await action. All wise men
will agree that the situation is seri-
Gus The Tawney amendment was a
deliberate betrayal of the future. The
dangers which confront the conserva-
tion movement must be met by oppo-
sition by congress. No action would
be equivalent to bad action and have
the same results.
"Unless congress acts the water
power will pass into the hands of spe-
cial interests without charge. and with
out limit of time. So with the phosphate
deposits and the enormously valuable
coal deposits in Alaska which the pres
ent law would sell for $40 an acre.
"The danger of bad legislation is
no less serious. Special interests
must no longer be allowed to take
what they choose out of the great
property of the people. Those who
steal public lands steal homes from
men and women who need them.
Congress can stop the pLllage. or let
it go on.
For Mississippi Waterway.
"In the absence of proper action.
two great conservation plans for pub
lie welfare may fail. The first is
! control Of water powers or navigable
streams, the second, construction OF
deep waterway from the great
lakes to the gulf
"trhe unanimous opinion of the
Mississippi valley recognizes this
waterway as commercial necessity
1t believes, with reason. that the cost
which already is officially known
will be trivial when compared with
the benefits conferred Transpor-
tation facilities create traffic. Failure
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