Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-30
more today upon bennett. He said

more tOudy upOu DOuuCIS' LIZ os~ANA
he became convinced in the summer
of 1909, that bennett, WAS crook
ed" and took steps to secure copies
of the letters bennett was. writing
back to Washington. Several OF
these letters we're introduced in evil
dence.
One was from Commissioner Den
nett to s. H. H. Schwartz, chief OF
field service. 1t was dated July 20,
1909, at Seattle, and said among
other things:
my dear Schwartz:-Th worst
situation on the line is the one l
find here, our friend, CLAWS.
HE regarded me with suspicion
and after talking while showed me
your telegram assigning the coal
cases to Sheridan. Now l figure that
CLAWS is preparing to make a cush-
ion for himself to fall back on, and
also putting himself in shape to have
a great story in case Sheridan does
make good and succeed in cancelling
the Cunningham cases.
"While he looks innOcently at me,
yet I can see that his heart is bad,
though why it should be I cannot tell
except that he wanted to drag the
cases out. He may be sincere, OF
course, in his idea that he has not
been given time and opportunity.
He asserts that he will help Sheri-
dan all he can, but it is not human
nature, or at least his human ma
ture The atmosphere is not good at
all
THAT he is playing the forestry
there is no question, the innocent
look he gave me when I told him
he was dragging in Shaw, etc., when
there was no necessity, was beauti-
full. He has also talked conservation
very strongly. CLAWS talking con-
servation! All round he is ugly and
he is preparing to be as unpleasant
as he can, at least that is my solu
ton of the situation.
"Glavis processes the greatest
friendship to you and l think you
know better than any one else, and
this is certain the worst situation
we have. He will make about forty
favorable and about five hundred un-
favorable reports; the way things
will commence to drop will be anus
ing"
In second letter from bennett to
Schwartz dated Seattle, July %, 1909,
occurs this paragraph:
"Glavis has these coal cases on his
brain and cannot see anything but
just one line. l have told him how
it looks to us and have reminded
him of everything that we have done
for him and that it looks as if he
were returning our faVOrS by not
standing by us as he ought to. He
has not acted as you or I would act
under similar conditions. 1t looks
a little treacherous to me, this call:
ing in the forestry"
There was also introduced in this
connection the following telegram
from Schwartz to bennett, dated
Washington, July 81:
department has letter from Sec
rotary of Agriculture originating in
forest service asking postponement
of the Cunningham hearings until
November. Shaw says CLAWS wrote
or wired him recently in matter
Require CLAWS to show you his copy
letter to Shaw, it being necessary to
determine motive behind agricul-
lures request for such long delay"
CLAWS explained that he had asked
Shaw by telegram to come to Seattle
to cooperate with him on Cunning
ham claims as several of them were
in the forest reserves. This was
how the forestry service came into
the controversy officially.
Another letter read today was one
from Ballinger to Schwartz, dated
Boise, Idaho, July 25, 1909, in which
the secretary of the interior among
other things said:
my dear Schwartz:-I am just ad.
vised by bennett of your telegram in
reference to the increase in the num-
Der of special agents in the excepted
class. l desire that you, in making
any of the appointments, in addition
to the president being consulted,
Postmaster General Hitchcock be
also consulted, provided the appoin.
tees are not directly suggested by
the president"
The last document read, while
CLAWS was on the stand called out