Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-23
QUESTIONS DATE OF
CLAWS SUMMARY
Attorney BrandeiS Throws Out a
Broad Suggestion Regard
ing Letter
BRIBERY REPORT Is DENIED
John w. Dudley ExpI0deS Story
Magazine Offered Him
Money to Testify
ASSOCIATED Pressl

WASHINGTON, April 22.-After at
tacking certain statements in Attorney
General Wickersham's summary of the
CLAWS case during ross-eXamination
of witness before the Ballinger- PIN
chot investigation today, Attorney
Brandeis, counsel for CLAWS. threw out
a broad suggestion that it had been
prepared several months after Presi-
dent Taft's letter of vindication Of Sec
retary Ballinger appeared. although
the presidents letter was supposed to
be based upon alleged facts It con-
tanned.
At the White House and the depart
ment of justice it was said that neither
the president nor the attorney general
would comment on Mr.. Brandeis' inti-
nations.
Comparatively little progress was
made with the inquiry today despite
the apparently growing impatience of
the committee to bring the hearing to
| close.
The committee probably will decide
tomorrow whether to hold hearings
three days each week.
e. c. Finney. assistant to the score
tary of the interior. was under cross
examination almost the whole day. He
admitted that some of Mr.. Wicker
| shams statements we're inaccurate.
but insisted that the inaccuracies were
unimportant.
! BRANDEIs SPRINGS SURPRISE
| 1t was near the end of Finny's ex-
animation that Mr. Brandeis sprang his
surprise. Mr. Wickersham, i'm his
| was unlawful for Mr.. Ballinger to
| have any professional relations with
the Cunningham claimants because
! previously he had been commissioner of
| the land Office, was based on section 19
of the revised statutes. and he cites
authorities to show that Mr.. Ballinger
had not violated that law.
Mr.. Brandeis asked If he did not
| know CLAWS accused Ballinger OF
violating that law for the first time In
a statement published in a November
number of Golfers Weekly. Mr.. Fin
ney was not certain on that point,
whereupon Mr. Brandeis demanded to
| know If it was a fact that the state
ment. which purports to have been
made on September IL, 1909, was not
made until more than two months
after that time.
Mr. Finney responded that he did not
know it to be fact and did not be-
leye it was.
DUDLEY DENIES STORY
Having come all the way here from
Alaska at the DeueSL or lle ColHIiltlee
to tell whether he had made the state
ment to Marshal H. x. Love that an
agent of Golfers had told him lit
would be worth $4,000 TO $4,000 for him
to come to Washington to TESTIFY
John w. Dudley, the dismissed register
of the land office at Juneau, Alaska,
took the stand and said Mr.. Love had
misunderstood him.
Mr.. Dudley said Editor Russell or a
Juneau paper had sought TO act as
Intermediary between him and Col
lIer's. Russell wanted him to prepare
an article supplementing the CLAWS
| charges. for which he was to receive
the sum mentioned. He had told Love
of this offer from Russell, and supposed
Love had not understood. He said he
did not take kindly to RusselFs propo-
sition, and the weekly would not agree
To do more than pay Dudley's expenses
TO New York to talk the matter over
He said Russell did not pose as Col
Iiers agent. and there was nothing said
! about his testifying before the inVestl-
eating committee.
Members of the committee ana at-
+ornevs on both sides questioned Mr
| dudley at length and apparently fatls-
! ded themselves that there had been No