The sun., 1910-05-15

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WAsHINOrON. May it.-Freder.ck u
ksrby. one Of Secretary B0linEor'a
stsnOUaphsrs. voluntarily charged to-day
that President Tafs's letter sxorsratinr
hallinger was IN substance the sans as
a memorandum prepared in BAllingor's
Ofics and under his supervision by Osoar
Lawler. Assistant Attorney General Tor
the Interior Department
Soon after this charge had been made
public the LAWYER memorandum ltsslf
wAs introduced beforo the BaIlingsr-
Pinchot investigating oommittsa. Il ls
In the form of a letter from President Taft
TO Secretary Ballihgor. 4 oomparison
Of the two letters showed that two unlrn.
pOTtHnt paragraphs Of the Taft lester
were almost ideniical with the Lawlar
document and that there were other
points Of similarity such AZ might have
arisen through the uss by tho President
Of the LAWYER memorandum ~ a partial
basis FOR his own communication.
The youthful stenographsr IN Score
taTy BaIlinger's Office. who himself took
the diotation Of the LAWYER letter. oharRs,
further that all rough drafts Of the Letter
after the document had assumed hs.
inal form were burned in an ofios IN
the Department ol the Interior at the
suggestion Of Don c. Carr. Mr.. BallinEsr's
secretary. stenographer Kerby adds
that Don c. Carr suggested also that
q would bo q good idea 70 lose certain
note books containing sienographic min
utss which might be called for in tbs
CongressiOnsl Investigation.
There h little doubt hoFo tonight that
kerby was influenced to make his state
ment chiefly by James r. Garfield. Mr.
Ballingsrs predecessor a. head oi the
Interior Department and one Of ths
leaders in the fight that IL being made
30 force ballinger from public life. Kerby
was Ons Of 0arfeld's prot6RSz. Mr
Garfield took him from the bureau Of
corporations 10 tho Department Of the
Interior when be (Garheld) was appointed
70 the Cabinet post. and recommended
kerby 70 Secretary BAliinger when hs
lsit the once.
kerby h young man of the sunday
school type-in fact be was out on a picnic
with HE Sunday school scholars to-day
ghan the storm broke. lie vas led 20
make his statement under the belief thAt
be was rendering a large public servios
His charges are regarded here ~ only
another step In the carefully planned
campaign that the -Glavis-Gar-
held combination is waginE
Louis d. Brandeis. Glavis's attorney
no sooner received the Iawler Isttsr
than he gave evidence Of his intention
20 make the most ~ the situation He
Immediately introduced before tho IN
vestigating committee the record " the
several calls which he had made on the
Interior department. and the Department
NJ Justioe since carly IN March with a
view of bringing about the production
Of the LRWler document Hc hld called
on Attorney -tienerdl Wickersharl To- ali
papers and documents IN his posses .iol
or that had hcen rrcsived by him IN
connection with the charges against
Bailingnr and the lawier lsttsr was not
included ~ the return that the Attorney.
General made A similar raIi bad bs,n
made on the Department of th, lht.r.,-
and that also had not disclosed the LawIer
Attorney Brlndcis slreldy has u1 intsl
out that the IaWler memorandum was not
included among the papers which Presli,us
Tar sent to tho Senate Ia reply 70 itr re-
quest Tor all papers and docurcat, thtg
had come before him 90 bis decision IN
favor ~ Mr.. Rallineer
u II apparent tonight thlt Br.nd..s
and the other lawyers who ane opp1saar
sccretnry Ballngsr have dsctr.iei al
thought u continuing the fght "A ths
Issues originally prcsontoi az, .ust sc,.c-
iary nllinKer and thai lheir oao-i8 from
now on will DO dinecici % .mbarras..as
The Administration through the situltill
that has arissn over tho Inwler lotte..
President Taft was out on the Chevy
chase golf links when be heard of tho
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hat the Pres,dsut's letter oS s.p,sn,hsr ,s
100. exoneratina Secretary Ballinesr "a.
prepared for The Prasldent's