The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-12

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made no charges against him and don't
| intend TO make any
But" persisted Senator Nelson, 'in
| the reports of the reclamation service a
lot OF lands were included which werc
not necessary for power purposes. and
IN the reports OF the, the geoiogical ,HrG9 sHrTsyy 9y
| MI Davis was not altogether Willing
| to admit this.
an examination whether the lands were
necessary or not?" suggested M. Suth~
erland,
i have not" replied the witness.
Both Within the Law.
In response to a question by Senator
had acted within the law In making the
rcstorations OF land not needed for power
sites. Mr.. Davis said he thought both
Secretaries Garfield and Ball!nger had
acted within the law,
| But their policies and aims were dif
ferent?" suggested Attorney Paper.
Well, certainly the policy, and aim of
| Mr. Garfield was reversed by Mr.. Bal
| linger In March when the restorations
were made, and then the policy and aim
was reversed. again in April when the
|
Mr.. Davis said Secretary Ballinger
showed him copy Of the letter sent by
Mr Will,
what comment did you make on it?"
None. l found Mr.. Ballinger deeply
prejudiced against the reclamation serv-
Ice. | had read that the secretary In
tended to reorganize the service l did
not wish TO antagonize him. and IL was
| for that reason / made ne comment"
| Senator Flint interrogated the witness
as to the trip he made with, Secretary
Ballinger through the west last sum-
| mcr.
weren't Secretary Banlnger's ad-
dresses on that trip favorable to the
reclamation scrvice?" asked Senator
Flint;
His public utterances were"
did he markedly commend the ser7-
| ice?"
Accused Of Duplicity.
.There was some commendation. But
in private conversation with me, he made
many criticisms of the reclamation pro-
| jects."
Were these criticisms unfair?"
| Sometimes 1t struck me they were
We're they in bad faith?"
| 'Oh. no.
Give me a specific instance of his
criticisms
sidewalk was too thick; that money had
| been wasted On it."
''Was that serious reflection on the
reclamation serVlce?"
mo, not serious
Mr., Davis could recall only one other
| criticism which had to do with repairs
on a reservoir. He said Mr.. Ballinger
seemed TO think the reservoir was
worthless. Mr. Davis said the commen-.
| dation of the reclamation service stopped
after Senator Flint left the party,
record the following extract from Presi-
dent Taft's letter to Secretary Ballnger
on September 10 last;
When tho facts are examined in this
20 rf1 IN Will hn th,t tha
sons responsible for the circulation of
these charges have done YOU cruel
INJUSTICE, The fact was that in Janu-
executive orders were made withdraw
| Ing from public settlement l5o0. 900 acres
| at the instance OF the reclamation serv-
Ice for conservation OF water power
sites
"Soon after you became secretary of
the Interior you brought this order to
| my attention and said that 1t included
power sites on It. running back many
miles from the rivers and that II in
cluded much land which ought to be
opened to public settlement; that you
had applied TO the reclamation bureau
TO know whether IL was desired for rec
lamation purposes and what their rec
ommendation was In the premises. and
that they recommended that IT be re-
turned To the public domain"
By Ballinger's Direction.
Mr.. Davis" asked Mr.. Pepper were
or were not the reservations made by
specific direction OF Secretary Bal
lingeTr,n, .t,T,,, 49, ,, ,.,..
ing small restorations, all the lands
were restored on the initiative and by
direction Of Secretary Balllnger.''
And q matter OF fact the director
of the reclamation service had protested
against the restorations?
| YES"
Mr.. Davis said the only reason he had
| rd Nh Ru1 c-i, Hn
| restorations were that the Withdrawals
wero illegal.
He also said that he had remarked to
| Mr. Balllngcr that ii they were Illegal
| the only thing to do was TO restore
| them"
Representative James: President Taft
says they were regarded by the service
poses. didn't he?''
Yes SIR
"Was that a fact?" asked Mr. Pep
THAT was fact. with this explana-
ton: In a far view they may have been
necessary for reclamation purposes. but
| they were not in that they would ever
II was well known the Withdrawals had
been made under direction OF Secretary
2ed for 9s m Of 5eS ,na
lands withdrawn for power purposes
| were Illegal
senator Fletcher: THE point is. you
ations as directed by Mr., Ballinger?"
'Yes, sir
Alleges Lack Of Time.
| Mr.. Davis declared that when Mr. Bal
| lnger made the withdrawal OF the Car
| field lands, there had not been sufficient
time to permit Of field examinations. He
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