The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-05-28
ATTORNEYS SUM UP EVIDENCE IN
 BALLINGER CASE
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 the cause of thousands of government of ficials, said the attorney
 Mir Brandeis gave chronological re- sume of the Alaska coal land situation from the time the Cunningham claims were first filed upon in 1SO6 He laid par ticular stress upon the contention that MT. Ballinger as commissioner of the land office was fully acquainted with the situation and personally directed the pro- cedure in the land office whereby the claims were scrutinized.
 Homes of Claimants
 MT. Brandeis declared that of 461 Alaska coal claimants whose addresses were secured by special agents early in their investigation 356 appeared to be residents of the Pacific coast and 164 lived in Seattle, MT. Ballinger' S home city.
 Among these claimants were the men of greatest influence in the state finan- cially and politically, said the attorney. and among these are friends and as- sociates of MT. Ballinger. While these Pacific coast claimants remianed un- disturbed by further inquiries into the validity of their claims, continued MT. Brandeis, most of the others-those re- siding in Illinois and Michigan-were on September "A, 1907, directed to be
 
 incidence that the investigations of Special Agent Jones, in the summer of 1907 into the Cunningham claims. stopped shortly after Ballinger returned to Seattle. shortly after the agreement between the Morgan-Guggenh Alas ka syndicate, and the Cunningham claiman nts which rendered an early is- sue of the patents important, meaning less, asked the attorney Was 1t a | coin pfdanCa that active xxo q undertaken into the claims of residents of Illinois and Michigan without any fact, he asked.
 Glavis Defended
 MT. Brandeis defended Mr. Glavis' &C., tion in laying the matter of the Alaska coal claims before the President by ad- vice of MT. Pinchot. He said after Glavis had submitted his statement of August IS. last, he was not again com municated with by the President be- fore the appearance of the latter's let ter of September 13, dsmissing him and exonerating Mir Ballinger. He said a deluge of Typewriter matter came from the interior department in reply sup plemented by oral statements and argu- ments by Ballinger and Assistant At torney General Lawler, and that final ly the President had committed to Law Ter an appointee and in effect sub ol MI. bdlllnBeT, a man WlO had special grudge against Glavis, the drafting of the Presidents opinion on the whole matter was initiated.
 It Is not surprising under the cir cumstances, said the attorney, that the letter of the President exonerated MT Ballinger He added that 1t was sur prising that the President should have sent letter which condemned MT. Gla Wis and charged him with falsehood With the suppression of truth and with neglect of duty, . condemnation or charges the preferring of which against him he had no knowledge whatsoever. MT. Brandefs then said that up to that time Glavis had never given to the public single word in crit icism of MT. Ballinger or his other su- periors. But for this Information. Gla- wis, the ideal public servant. said the attorney, competent faithful jealous bwould have been permanently con