New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18
From The Tribune Bureau.l

washington. May IL.
A REMARKABLE RECoRD--Since Feb
ruary 10 the anti-Taft-B allinger conspi-
rators have had the benefit OF all the in
formation which filtered through the hahaS
Of Secretary Bsllinger's confidential stenog-
rapher. and the only thing they have been
able to discover is the LAWYER memo
randum. with the preparation OF which MI
Ballinger had nothing TO do and Tor winch
he was in no way responsible Not only
have MIR. Bailinger's letters-personai as
well as ofTicial-been dictated 10 +. M
Kerby. the stenographer who since feoi u
ary 10 has been in frequent consultation
with Louis ID. Brandeis. attorney lor the
conspiracy. with ex-SecFetary Garheld aho
with ex-Forester Pinchot, but kerry mas
handled the replies thereto, which came 10
him for fling That Kerby conld discover
nothing other than the preparation ps AS
sistant ATTORNEY General LAWYER OF the
,,,o,,,o.ar5,,r, for the use of the President
constitutes when one stops TO think OF IT.
/. rsnoarlxaI,le tribute to the high character
90 tho Wan with whom he has sustained
sucb confidential relations. On the WiliieSs
stand to-day kerby insnuated that MI
Ralltager had sustained peculiar relatloils
with George w. Perkins. of the hrm Oh D.
u Morgan &, Co. but when all the CORE
sno,aenoe was produced and read 10 the
oo,,,,,,;.toa a anpeared that Mr.. Bafhnger
,,a5 merely recommended an expert ensl-
&c, "a accomnanv Mr. Perkins and some
friends IN Alaska and had advised the en-
cinear 10 that effect. but had subsequently
canoelled the suggestion. An examinations
az tho record reveals absolutely nothing 10
the discredit of the Secretary
RPANDETSS METHODS.-Ofcials OIL
the administration are indignant AT h,ie
underhanded methods of Louis u. braiiueio,
Ever since February 10 BranGels mas no"
fun knowledge of the LAWYER memorandum
but not until May y was he frank ehoush
~ saw what he wanted. Instead, he has
apparently sought by demand after ue-
nand TO lay a trap for the officials VINO
-nirrbt have a copy of the memorandum in
,beir nossession. 1t was his SPECIFIC re-
o,est of the latter date which caused the
ATTORNEY General to make a personal ex-
animation of the files, which resulted In
his finding the copy of the memorandum
sent to the committee on Saturday. HIS
secretary. who had been directed TO make
the earlier searches, had undoubtedly
handled the paper many times, but as IL
was not briefed, and as the hrst page
happened to be merely a list of references
he had not recognized it as one of the
/ papers called for. Attention is also called
to the fact that Brandeis has effectively
beclouded the issue by obscuring the
! plainly stated fact that the summary OF
the Attorney General submitted TO the
| President and by him the Senate was
| based solely on papers and documents
which were submitted to the President at
! Beverly, and which accompanied the sum-
mary TO the Senate. being printed as part
/ of the same document. In his argument
] to-day Brandeis asserted as a fact the
statement of Kerby that Secretary Balm
/ ger has denied all knowledge of the Law
/ Ter memorandum. whereas, when asked
/ on the stand what Mr.. LAWYER had taken
TO Beverly on the occasion of his second
visit. Mr.. Ballinger said: He had certain
memoranda that he had made up himself
1 that is, I know of some memoranda.
do not know what else he had
EFFECT OF IDLE GOSSIP.-The carry
/ ing of idle gossip from the White House
to certain insurgent Senators Yesterday re-
suited in the disruption of the entente
reached at the White House conference or