The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-06
Ex-pREslOgNr SPENDS DAY IN
CONFERENCE WITH CON.
GRESHAM PolNoExTER.
DISCUSS CONSERVATION
Every Phase Of the historic Ballinaer.
et~chot Trouble Is Gone Over and
Ruwcr Has II That Roosevelt viii
Support the latter-Hughes 10 Sag.
smorc Hin on Thursday.

Oyster Bay. July 5.-Thcodorc Roosc-
welt made It clear today. not by direct
statement but by implication so strong
that II admits of no Interpretation.
that lie will support Representative
Miles Polndextcr IN his fight for a
seat In the United States senate from
the state of Washington. They had
luncheon together and conferences
at Sycamore HIN today. and Mr.. Poin-
dexter departed Jubilant
In indorsing Polndexter for the sen
ate. Colonel Roosevelt places himself
sauarciy In opposition to Richard a.
Ballinger. secretary of the interior.
whom President Taft has so warmly
defended II is the only stand he has
taken bearing directly or indirectly on
the Ballinger Pinchot controversy.
Mr.. Poindextcr II opposed to Bal
lingcr from first tn last and hopes 10
succeed Senator Piles of Washington,
who seeks another term, and has Sec
retary Ballinger's support. The secre-
tary and Mr.. Ppindexter are from the
same Seattle district
Delighted With Visit.
Leaving OYSTER Bay after the con-
ference. Mr.. Polndcxter said:
II found Roosevelt unchanged. He
and ! have worked together always and
he assured me that we will always
work together. am deiishted with
the result of the visit"
Colonel Roosevelt looked happy when
Sic received the interviewers a little
later He was dressed In the crash
riding suit which he wears most of the
time he is at home Seated In his
'ibrary. he spoke of his talk with Mr..
Poindexter In "A manner that showed
plainly the pleasure the meeting had
given him. This ls what he said:
Representative Polndexter and
went over the political situation In the
northwest He assured me he was In
hearty sympathy with my conserva-
tion policy. Mr.. Poindexter is a can
.didatc for the United States senate
and IL politically opposed to that wing
of the party headed by Mr.. Ballinger.
secretary Of the interior"
This was all the colonel wanted to
have put In quotation marks. What
lie said otherwise made II rather ciear
he had given assurances 10 Mr.. Poln-
dexter that he would support him In
his attempt to succeed Senator Piles.
esilinssr at BsverIy.
CoincidentaIly. Secretary Ballingcr
and President Taft held a conference
at Beverly today. In which they dis
cussed the reclamation service. There
Mr.. Bsllinger denied with emphasis
the runor that he was Ia resign.
u am not "a qulttcr and never have
becn." he said.
Po;ndsxte- an lnsurgent.
Miles Poindexter IL an ort-and out
insurgcnt. elected by the people of
Washington on radical platform. He
has been firm supporter OF ROose-
welt policies and especially as they
relate To conservation. They were tho
basis Of his platform when he ran for
congress. He arrived ut Oyster BAY
on the noon train and WAS recognized
at once as an insurgent. For he had
the SAND pleased smile that shOne on
the faces Of Senator Bristow and Rep
rescntatives Murdoch and Madison Of
Kansas when they came here last
Saturday.
The insurgents arrive smiling. but
excited. Presently they return from
sagamorc Hin. with tile smile still
there. but with the excitement replaced
by placid confidence. II was so with
the Washington man. At luncheon they
discussed the Baliinger- PInchot occur
renee In detail In the course of their
talk on the political status of the
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