Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-30
T0GA SOLD, He SAYS EFFORT AGAIN FAILS
Democrat Declares He Got Brandeis Refused Wicker
ST 1000 to Vote for Lorrimer sham's Summary.
AL so SHARE OF "JACKPOT" COMMITTEE is OPPOSED
Charge Bribery Made by Illinois By Vote Of to Request
Legislator Denied
GRAND JURY TO INVESTIGATE MADISON WITH DEMOCRATS
Ballnger
ProbeAsmby No Information Interior De-
Handling partment Bearing Matter
COMMITTEE is OPPOSED
By a Vote of z to 5 Request Il
Denied.
ADISON WITH DEMOCRATS
Secretary Ballinger Says There 10
No Information at Interior De-
partment Bearing on Matter.

The Ballinger- -Pinchot committee this
morning again denied Attorney Brandeis
request for the original draft OF Attorney
General wickersham's summary of the
CLAWS charges and other papers bearing
on IL.
Prior to Mr.. Ballinger's resumption or
the stand the committee gave Attorney
lBrandeis fifteen minutes to speak on his re-
quest for information bearing on the At
torney Generals summary. which previ-
ously had been refused. Attorney Yer
trees also was given fifteen minutes In
which to reply.
Mr.. Brandeis said he had reason to
believe the summary dated September Al,
1909. had actually been written months
subsequently, He said IL was necessary
to have the papers which he asked for
in order to determine a question of trans
cendent Importance. greater than any
other question yet considered before this
whether after the dismissal
of CLAWS by letter dated September 13.
1909, steps had not been taken with the
idea of making that appear proper
which was not proper when DONE.
Would IL not be sufficient to have
such papers bearing on the matter wnlch
officials of the Interior Department m ght
have?' asked Mr.. Madison OF Mr.. Bran
deis.
torted Mr. Brandeis. 'I have been dis
appointed on several occasions by noe
getting papers from the department when
1 had reason to believe they existed.
vertrees Objects to Request.
Mr.. vertrees in replying. said he would,
OF course. object to the request He
said Mr.. Brandeis' final statement was
revelation for the first time by Mr. Bran
de.s 'of the conspiracy which put him
here and keeps him here.
1T is no longer a question of Secretary
Ra llinger." continued Mr.. Vertrees. but
also is directed at persons connected with
the President and others, ana was
prompted by the resentment OF the for-
mer Secretary of the Interior, VINO was
not retained in the caninet' ano ths re-
misconduct" He referred to Garneld
and Pinchot.
..They represent the miserable spirit
that will tear down and destroy any man
of respectability. Their endeavor now
ia to law their hands on the Attorney
General and all because he stands as
one of the advisers to a President VINO
is distasteful to certain persons. charged
the Secretarys attorney
Graham's Question.
Mr. Graham. democrat, sought %
question Mr.. Vertrees after he had ceased
speakina, but Senator Root objected de-
claring with evident impatience that the
committee already had spent too much
time on this absurd question MI Root
had previously expressed the opinion that
it matter with whicn .ne I'm
mittee had nothing to do. unless IL m
tended to launch into an inyeStlgatlon Oh
the Attorney General
When Mr.. Denby, republican. moved
that Mr. Graham be allowed TO ask ms
question Senator Root withdrew ms oD-
lection. and Mr.. Graham inquired:
..If the President based his removal or
CLAWS and exoneration of 'Balinger on
the Attorney Generals summary, Wouio
II not he important for the committee TO
know whether that summary was pre-
r,ared before or after the President let-
Ter was written inasmuch as the freSi-
dents letter has been offered mere In esl-
dence. and great weight is attacheo 20
it?''
"I neither agree with your premises nor
your conclusions" sharply retorted MI
Vertrees
Brandeis Voted Down.
..Tbat settles it" exclaimed Chairman
Nelson as the committee filed out of the
room to decide the question in executive
session
The committee remained in executive
session for nearly an hour ana at its
close Chairman Nelson announced that
the committee, by vote OF TO IN
each instance, had rejected the requests
of Mr.. Brandeis for information asked
for from the Attorney General put had
unanimously granted the request LOT any
bearing on the summary. ia
the hands of Messrs Carr, schwartz.
pierce and Clements of Mr.. Ballingers
Office. Mr.. Madison. the 1nsurSent
member, was the only republican voting
with the democrats in favor OF grantinS
Mr.. Brandeis' request.
Mr. VertreeS announced that MI Bal
Ifoeer desired him to say there was no
at the Interior Department
bearing on the summary.
There was no communication Whatever
between my office and the Attorney zen
eral or his office bearing on this sum,
mary" interrupted Mr.. Ballinger-
merely want TO explain this I'm order 10
save the committee from wasting more
time on this matter
We'll have to waste time. then, re-
torted Mr. Mccall trep.). and Mr. YER
trees then proceeded with the examina-
ton of Mr.. Bailinger
Had Suspicious of CLAWS.
Mr.. Ballinger told of his visit into the
,,a.t IN tho summer of 1909 and his meet
ing CLAWS in Spokane just before the
Spokane irrigation congress tie SAID ms
told CLAWS that he would have nothing
to do with the Cunningham claims and
that he (Glavis) should talk to Schwartz.
chief of the field division. about them
"Had you any indication at that time
that CLAWS was hostile to your asked
Mr. Vertrees.
YES. I had a suspicion when In Spo-
Kane that CLAWS was industrfously active
In irving to injure me and biacken my
character" replied Mr.. Ballinger.
Passing on to the exciting events OF the
rrigation congress. Mr.. Ballinger spoke
,f the newspaper story OF which q man
FAMED Evans was the author. In which
Il was stated that through the negligence
If his department monopoly had been
nrmitted to "sobble up 1900 acres or
pa J,,shle power site land.
at was false and looked TO me ae Is u
was deliberately false" exclaimed Mr.
Baiiinger.
Mr. Ballinger had just started upon t1io
,ubiect of reclamation projects when the
COMMITTEES took recess for lunch.
Relations With Cunningham.
At yesterdays afternoon session eecre-
AIRY Bailinger related his connection with
Clarence Cunningham after he had lsft
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