Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-10
Eliminated from Party Received
At White House. Charges
Against President and Attorney
General the Probable Cause.

| the occasion of a disagreeabe duty. He
| told Mr.. Harrison the President would
not see him.
According to Mr.. Norton, Mr. Harrison
said he thought he knew why it was
the statement he made regarding the
connection of the President and the At.
torney General with the Ballinger-Pin-
chot controversy. Mr.. Norton said he
had not seen the statement and conse.
quently was somewhat in the dark Fl,
| asked Mr., Harrison to send him copy
of what he had said Mr. Harrison asked
if Reps. GodfoGle and keliher and the
others in the party knew that the Pres
ident had barred him out. Mr.. Morton
replied that no one knew but they two
Mr. Harrison said he thought it unneces
sary for the others to know anythine
about II and thereupon left. saying h.
was going to the Capitol
Mr. Norton said that the President him.
self had no previous knowledge that Mr.
Harrison was to be one of his callers to.
day. The engagement was made in tn.
routine way some 10 days ago through
the secretary'S office Mr. Harrison was
quoted on May Il as having said of the
back-dating of the Wickersham sum
mary:
rms confession of the attorney gen
eral amounts to conclusion that the
president and the attorney general had
agreed to furnish to Congress misleading
lnformaion-to supply an official docu-
ment as OF one date which was really
prepared many weeks later
Representative Harrison made the
following statement tonight:
1t is unfortunate for the President
that he cannot stand criticism; il is
unfortunate for the country that no
cannot stand the truth Ny newspaper
statement at which he take offence was
merely an exposition of the scandalous
fact that the President had sent to the
Senate of the United States an official
document in the Balinger- Pinchot con-
troversy Of which the date had been
wiifully faIsifed by being pre-dated
MY resolution of inquiry drew out this
information in a written confession by
the attorney general
1t is of no concern to me that [ am
not welcome at the White House, but il
IS of concern to every American citi-
zen that statement of the truth about
the President may render it impossible
for representative to discharge his
duties.
Il came TO the White House TODAY
not as matter of pleasure, but in the
execution of public duty | came by
appointment made with the Presiden-
tial Office on May 81 to present dele
cation of distinguished Hebrews on an
import public mission After a delay
of 40 minutes at the very door of the
Presidents office | was told that the
President would not receive me- 1t is
not surprising that he did not care to
meet face to face. anyone who was in
strumental in bringing to light the
desperate attempt to bolster the adj
ministration's case in the BaIlinger-
Pinchot matter by manipulating pub
lie documents. IF everyone who is just
" criticizing the Taft administration Is
to be barred from the White House it
will become lonely place"
Rep. Goldfogle said tonight. as did
Rep. Keliher today. that had he known
Mr.. Harrison was not to be received at
the White House, he also would have
refused to go in.