New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-13

Balinger said he was in hearty sympathy
with the service. and regarded It's admin
istration as his greatest responsibility.
From the beginning he had felt that ne oiu
not have the cooperation and sympathy
of Dr. Newell. He said he had SHOWN
great consideration to both Mr.. Neweii anu
Chief Engineer Davis. II had great oeai
of confidence in Mr.. Davis, when iio"
see was misplaced" he said.
Mr.. Pepper asked about the employment
OF Mr.. Perkins. who is in charge OF tne
Chicago office OF the Reclamation service
by certain railroads He wanted 10 KIN"
If Mr. Ballinger did not think ft-quite I'M
proper for Mr.. Perkins to deliver lectures
which were an advertisement for raiiroaos
with which the Reclamation Service Trans
acted a great deal of business. MT. oa
linger replied that he did not regard IL DC
proper but he felt that Mr.. Perkins was
acting under an impression that authoi my
had been given Mr.. Newell to denver 'heee
lectures The Secretary admitted that lie
had not consulted with either Mr.. Newer
or Mr. Davis regarding the report OF tIie
man who made an investigation Oh inc
Chicago office and which gave Mr.. fef hiii'
a clean bill of character and efficiency. re
said he regarded Messrs. Newell and Davis
as unfair toward Perkins and prejudlceu
against him.
In this connection Mr.. Balinger reao
several kilograms showing that MI La
performed outside work for compehsa 'ioi
II appears that ia January, 1910 MI Da'iS
made a trip to Mexico to examine al
CATION project for J. G. White q ". III
Ballnger said Mr.. Davis did not Ten mn,
what he intended doing in Mexico ana iau
not advised him as to the amount Oh CUM
pensaton he received
Senator Flint wanted TO know II j. VI
White e.. Co did not have contracts WIN
the government. Mr.. Ballinger sara he o''
not know although he understood this firm
was doing a great deal or contract W.
for nrIvate individuals Later Mr.. Flint
nut in the record a statement showing
that This firm had an irrigation contract
with the government in 1890 winch Wa
cancelled and the government had SUFFERED
a material loss.
Likely to Call Wickershan
At the forenoon session Mr.. Brandeis re-
uuested that Attorney General Wickershaih
he called as a witness. Judge Vertrees saio
he had no objection, and although the COM
mittee took no formal action 1T Is probapie
Mr.. Wickersham will be called 1t Is I'M
derstood he is perfectly willing to give the
committee any information he has bearing
on the conservation row which would not
violate his confidential relations with the
President.
Inst before the noon recess Mr.. Ballinger
received permission to read copy or
letter written by Mr.. Wfckersham 10
Representative Parker, chairman or the
Committee on the Judiciary, in response TO
the resolution calling on the Department OF
Justice for all papers used in connection
with the preparation of the Attorney Cen
erals findings in the CLAWS charges. Some
time ago Mr. Brandeis discovered q mare
nest in the apparent discrepancy in the
dates in the report which Mr.. Wickersham
submitted. This led to charges Of duplietty
and an intimation that the Wickersham
summary was not before the President
when he dismissed CLAWS.
All the facts in this transaction were set
out In Washington dispatches to The
Tribune on May s. The assertions con-
tanned in that dispatch are fully corrobo-
rated In Mr. Understands letter TO Mr..
Parker Mr.. Wickersham says he went over
the papers in the CLAWS matter and sub
mitted a rough draft OF his findings 10
President Taft on September II. 1903. The
Attorney General says that the summary
was necessarily made up "afterward. and
properly bears the date of the day when
the matter It contained was presented 10
and considered by the President
Mr. Wickersham continues: There is no
mystery about the matter, and nothing
which could not be freely stated, but due
regard for the constitutional powers of the
t. hot he of q
President and his advisers shall be called
into question by a coordinate branch or
the government in this way