The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-14


trust for which he is now chief coun-
sci. Senator Eimunds charged at that
time that the trust might have been
dissolved il the government case
against it had been properly drawn.
As it was. ii escaped scot free.
The cabinet has its troubles. 1t is not
only Richard Achilles Ballinger that is
getting his portion of earthly woe. but
Knox, Dickinson. Macyeagh and Ma
gel come in for an occasional dose OF
tribulation. As for Ballinger. he will
be investigated. after aIi. or rather. ne
viii have himself investigated by the
senate. The monthlies. weeklies. con
servationists and others have kept aft
er him so hard that an official inquiry
is now inevitable Ballinger says he is
ready for it. Even his former college
mate and predecessor in Office. James
r. Garfield, the man who was response
BILE for making Ballinger commissioner
Of the general land Office. which in
turn led to his being selected for his
present place. has joined the ranks of
the secretary's critics. In recent
issue Of Senator La Follette's new pa
per Garfield has IN article which with
out specifically censuring Ballinger
says much between the lines. La Fol
lette himself is not so guarded. He
not only lands a few on the Richard
Achilles. but lends sting to his at
tack by contrasting the Ballinger re-
gime with that of Garfield. Whether
this was the last straw that broke the
secretary into an investigation mood
who shall say? Anyway, he is in that
frame Of mind. and senate probefest
will probably be the result. He would
be valorous prophet who should at
tempt to predict the outcome. Senate
investigations are such fearful and
wonderful things that Willis L. Moore
himself would not know whether to
prophesy a blizzard or flair and warm
er."
In the case of Secretary of State
Knox the trouble is not so acute. 1t
is in the form of an attack by Andrew
Washington there were present Secre-
tary Knox. his predecessor Senator
Root, representatives of most Of the
Latin American republics and Carne-
gle. Speeches were of course made.
and the laird of Skibo was one of
the speakers. Now. any one who at
tended the tariff hearings knows just
how fine a line Of tabasco sauce Car
negie can pass when he feels that way.
At this particular luncheon be was in
his best tabasco mood. After compli-
menting Root for his efforts in behalf
Of peace and pan-American amity Car
negie said some things about the Nj
caraguan affair and the secretary of
states attitude thereon that caused
Knox, although not on the program.
to arise twice and speak in his own
defense Understand. this is all sub
rosa, but it was the talk Of Washing
ton at the time. | wonder what Car
negie could see In the spanking of
Zelaya inimical to the worlds peace.
1t is undeniable that certain of the
administration people have become i'm
Filtered toward Pinchot. Not only so.
but the land thieves. timber thieves
and powerful interests that want to
grab water power sites, coal lands and
other resources have it in for the head
forester and will do everything in their
power to discredit MIN. / have little
doubt that most of this story about
the third term was started by these
people in an endeavor to prejudice Taft
and his friends against Pinchot. With
such influences at work there is no
predicting what congressional in