The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-26

Balllnger-Pinchot inquiry this after
noon. read statement 10 the commit
lee before being sworn. In which he
charged Secretary Balllnger with
falschood and dlsloyalty to President
Taft. ard declared that Mr. Ballinger
should be dismissed from the service.
Washington, Feb. 26.-Mr. Plnchot
made 10 the Rallinger-Pinchot inves-
tigation committee this statement OF
his charges against Secretary Ballin'
ger when he went on the stand today;
What ] desire TO lay before the
committee IS 4 consecutive. story Of
my experience with Mr.. Balllngcr in
relation 10 tho conservation Of nat
ural resources Among several other
matters there are three OF principal
importance 10 be called 10 your atten-
tlon
The first OF those concerns the pol
Icy devised and inaugurated by tho
last administration, of protesting
against monoDolistic control of tho
water power sites owned by the peo-
pie.
Il shall show you that Secretary
Ballnger entered his Office with the
clear determination TO make short
work of that policy: that he reversed
IL so far as he was allowed TO do so;
that he restored tho power sites to
entry without the remotest Idea OF re-
withdrawing them. and, that finally.
when / charged him last autumn 10
the President with being an enemy
OF the policy of conservation. no
clapped the climax by giving to the
President himself an explanation OF
his conduct that was essentially false.
The second has TO do with my con-
nectlon as government officer with
the Cunningham coal cases and with
the Claws charges. ] shall show you
how the forest service became in
yolycd in these cases and how Claws
n5mltted his facts to me. believed
then. as / believe now. that he told
the truth. am convinced now. as
was when nc came 10 me. that CLAWS
was a faithful public servant. and that
the facts which ho presented Drove
that Mr.. BalliDger had been W. aith-
iul TO his trust as a servant Of the
people. and as the guardian OF public
property OF enormous value.
Il shall show that since / learned
the facts you have heard from CLAWS
and others. which | am about TO lay
before you, / have acted steadily in
the light OF them. as it was my duty
both as n public officer and as n citi-
zen TO do. / shall show you that, in
pursuance OF that duty, ] laid before
the President. both my word of mouth
and In a letter of Nov. 4. a statement
OF my conviction that Secretary Bal
llnger has been dangerous enemy 10
conservation.
Il shall show you that this letter
was submitted by the President TO Mr..
Ballinger and that, as part of his re-
ply. he laid before the President a
statement concerning the Cunningham
coal cases. which statement Is shown
by uDdIsputed documentary evidence
TO be absolutely false In three essen
tlnl particulars. II will then appear
that MT. Baningcr Wilfully deceived
the President and was disloyal 10 him,
The third principal matter IS con
ceTned with the attitude of this gov
eminent in law and administrative
practice toward the conservation OF
The national resources belonging 10
lbe people.
Il desire TO show you that the story
OF Glayls' courageous and successful
fight 20 protect the property OF the
people, which ended In his dismissal
without a hearing, is but a single
chapter In tho history of the public
lands. shall show you that under
our present law and practice the more
difficult task falls on those who would
protect the public property and not on
those who would dcspoil II, and that
under the present system the betrayal
mo monopoliStlc control OF what be
longs TO all OF us Is made easy. and
often IL practice. inevitable.
The imperative duty before thi:
country Is not merely to get rid OF ar
uniaithful public servant A far NOR,
important duty is 10 bring about /;
fundamental change In tho law anC
the practice toward conservation. 4
prevent for the future what has beer
in the past the most inevitable sacri
fee of the public welfare and 10 max,
possible here the utilization OF th
natural resources and the natural ad
yentages for the benefit OF all tn
people instead of merely for the prof
OF few.
" lFD NbIS oAciy nde utGn tOlut dU
the Witnesses whom | shall ask yo
10 call have been heard. you will rea
ize that the interests of the countr
are not safe in Mr. Ballingcrs hand,
and that the public demands OF thi
committee a verdict In harmony wit
the general conviction that the seer,
t1ry OF the interior has been unfaitl
iul. both TO the public whose properl
he has endangered, and TO tho Pres
dent. whom he has deceived"
=. w. Barr. the Seattle timber des
er, VINO became so tangled up on tn
stand yeSterday when testifyIlg as |
an agreement he had entered into vii
Louis II. CLAWS as TO the location
timber claims following tho latter
dismissal from the service, was T
called today
The witness was questioned furth,
concerning his timber operations. TT
Quc9tions were directed in the enden
or TO prove that. while CLAWS Is char
ine Mr. BallinEcr with having becon
counsel for the Cunningham grol
after being land commissioner al