The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-05-19

dent protested to base his letter. wal
mot D written until TIVE months later
Neither y was litssyritten. until Frederick
.sKerbxr st~snagsaphe4 1athe interio,
department sotice.spnbiisheds q state.
ment that yTaft'ss letter was based on
q statement dictated to him as stenog.
rapher bysOscaf 1sawieE, assistant at.
torney-gspexal fog the. Interior de.
partmeny
Now ihprsslaslt details nn en-
stlrsg eosiss in axamining the charges
! .s1lasstsb. ~ ! ana. Sritins his ac-
quittal Of Baiiiaaprr; =. ~ :.
81 spmmsl IN the .pzgsesident's IS.
count runs. as follows: 49,.
FIRST, Ii cabinet meeting the
charges I discussed INA there was
reached Observation-Disclosures that
Jealousy bEtwaaassthe. bureaus, of the
-intaEiSr depgtmente and..tne forestry
bureau probably explained the att
tttude ..ef the interior department Of
Acials. hut that the intimations of
bad faith by CLAWS against lBallinger
and the others required that the
statement be submitted to them for
ansswsearr..
Accsrdingly answers were sent to
the president and on the night of
Sept I. the president says. he sat up
till 8 o'clock examining the volum-
inous records submitted as ,eidence
with the answers. From this record,
thespresident. announced to Ballinger
the next evening his conclusion that
there was nothing on which he could
be found guilty either of "incompet-
ency, ineficiency, d%isloyalty to the
interests of the government, or dis
honesty" Lawler was present and the
president asked him to prepare a
statement of the case. On the 9Th, 9th
and 10th, the president says, he gave
as much attention to the CLAWS
charges as he could. On the 18th, At
torney-General Wickersham went to
Beverly at the presidents invitation,
and brought the Lawler statement.
SWickersham was asked to examine
the record and state his own conclus-
ions, which he did that night. The
sLawler opinion, says Taft, did not APP
peal to him, and he wrote his own,
using only a few paragraphs from
LAWYERS statement. He then discuss
ed the law and the evidence fully
with the attorney-general, agreeing
upon an analysis Of the case. This
analysis, the president said, he could
not. because of its length, incorpor-
ate in his letter. Therefore he asked
the attorney-gneral to put it in writ
ing togther with he evidence exam
ined, and, since it had been virtual
" prepared before his own letter was
written, date it prior to the writing
Of the letter to Ballinger.
It must be admitted that the presi-
dent has cleared himself Of any sus-
picions that might be directed against
him because OF the ante-dating of the
attorney-general's report or because
Of Stenographer Kerby's revelation Of
the Lawler statement. If, as the ex-
ecutive states, the evidence and an
a1ysis OF the case were virtually
worked out before he wrote his let
tel. the time of their formal prepara-
ton for presentation to the public
slwas immaterials It was quite proper
"a ante-date the statement, but. TAX
INSTRUMENTATION with other develop
lnlealasIGinl the Ballinger case, It makes
ssuholea Rair look worse to a pub
does not understand the way
REORGANIZATION does It's work.
Sss (a16saAorthy of note. however. that
iIIsls5a 151il s.1aft reached his conclusion
iS1Sil Allinger after spending
51e1111 ld5lll1l1fl n examination Of
sssssSissfS11 oSeongressional COM
Esl1ESa1antting two days .
y & 11IIlISisnesehs and has not
G. I esssaa!e!scsiisiosnl. Tho I