Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-02-10
HOT FIGHT FOR
COLLECTORSH|P
Announcement of Successful
Candidate Predicted With
in a Few Days.
P|NCHOT DEFENDS RANGERS
Denounces Temporary Successor
for Disseminating Pay of
Those at School.
Special to the New Mexican

Special to the New Mexican.
Washington, d. c., Feb. 10.-The
fight for the Ell Paso Customs Col
lectorship is waging very hot and fin
al action is expected within a few
days.
Delegate Andrews introduced bill
to grant pension of $50 a month to
Ignacio Salazar of the First New Mex
leo Infantry.
George B. Paxton of Taos county
is here on irrigation matters.
Clifford Pinchot, deposed chief for
ester of the United States but still
loyal to his policies as president of
the national conservation commission,
defended the rangers of the forest
service in speech before the Ma
tional Arts club here tonight.
Mr.. Pinchot bitterly assailed the
action of George P. McCabe, solicitor
OF the department, who as temporary
chief after Pinchot's dismissal, took
action to abolish the collegiate train
ing of foresters at government ex-
pense.
This action Mr. Pinchot described
as "a secret attack upon the service,
prostitution of the law, a method so
effectively used by special interests
against the people, and cruel and
needless loss He said in part:
L am as proud of the forest serv-
ice and its men as l ever was and
venture to think that it has proved
the value Of it's ideal by its achieve
ments and the enemies it has made.
| Nov, let me give you the best il
lustration | have ever seen in recent
years of how a public officer under
preteXt of obedience to the law may
traffic with it and abuse it to the pub
lie injury.
Upon my dismissal the solicitor of
the department Of agriculture Geo.
! P. McCabe) pending the arrival of
another officer from the field, was
made acting forester for three or four
days. 1t appears that he learned
/ then of the ranger schools at the four
state universities and sent kilograms
! to pay no expense connected with
them. These kilograms were kept
secret from every member of the serv-
ice in Washington except the stenog-
rapher who wrote them.
with equal concealment from all
the men in the service a letter was
/ prepared and sent to the comptroller
asking for speedy advance decision
/ as to the legality of the ranger
schools. This letter was clearly in
! tended and so framed as to secure a
decision against the schools and
it was successful in doing SO.
This letter is a Misrepresentation
because it omits to state the central,
essential and incontrovertible facts:
First, that the forest service must
have trained rangers.
Second, that it can get them only
by training them after they enter the
service.
''It follows that the training of the
rangers by the service is necessary,
clearly and undeniably, for the 'ad-
ministration, protection and improve
ment of the national forests Being
necessary for that purpose, it falls
well within the terms of the agricul-
tural bill and is therefore lawful"
Transfer of Government Water Rights
Washington, Feb. 10.-Delegate An
drews of New Mexico, introduced a
bill to provide for the assignment of
certain water rights acquired by the
United States under the laws of the
different states and territories in the
event it is determined not to proceed
with the construction of any reclama-
ton project. The secretary of the
interior is authorized to convey and
assign to such persons as may be des-
lignated by the Carey land board any
and all rights acquired by the United
States under appropriation of waters
in connection with such reclamation
project.
| Money for Embassy Buildings.
Washington, Feb. 10-The House
committee on foreign affairs today de-
cided to report favorably the Lowden
bill providing for the expenditure of
annually not to exceed half a million
dollars for the erection of American
embassies abroad.
/ BaIIinger Makes Apology.
Washington, Feb. 10.-Secretary
Ballinger is again persona grata with
the Senate. A note from him explain
ing that he had not intended to con
travene the Senate rules by sending
up bill for its consideration, as he
did last week, and promising mot to
do it again" was read to the Senate
and was received with satisfaction.
More Work for Census Enumerators
Washington, Feb. 10-Senator Gug
| genheim participated in a meeting OF