Bisbee daily review., 1910-01-18
ON WITH
 THE FiGHTi

ON WITH
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 The fight which is still called, for convenience. the Pinchot-Ballinger controversy. although it is of larger dimensions and significance than a mere personal difference. is to be con tinued ia congress and in the court of public opinion. It is stated at Wash instoa that the elimination of Secre- tasy B2llinger is 6 result anticipated regardless of the outcome of Ehe con gressional investigation. Here is balm in Gnead. But nothing can alter the fact that fl Mir. Ballinger Is removed. or removes himself. from office, his removal will owe it's origin not to the administratiop and not 70 any mod esty upon the part of Mir. Ballinger. but 10 the fixed belief of an oFer- wheirIing majority of the, disinterest- ed citizens Of the United States that Mr. Pinchot was right, first and last, ays the Courier-JournaL
 The administration can never es- cape the record it made when it at tempted 10 whitewash Mir. Ballinger. and to brush aside the evidence offer q by the chief forester and his sub .diTa :es. under the erroneous belief that tie dead weight of presidential indcIn ment would be sufficient to end ue discussion.
 Nothing but inconrovertible proof that Baninger was right and Pinchot wrong-that the department of the in- terior and the Guggenheims were not allied. and that the chief forester was dishonest or insane-could set the ad- ministration right before the people. Should the investigation by. congress prove fearless and impartial. and Mir BaIIingers resignation be requested as result, the victory would be that of the chief forester. and of the pub lie that has banked upon" his square ness and backed him in the fight Should the investigation proye a farce and dr. Ballinger's resignation folloV to relieve the president of embarrass men, the results would be the same There are two large horns to tn presidents dilemma.
 The administration .nculpated itsel when its initial step was to indors the secretary and snub the chief foi ester. and please the special interests by ordering Mir. Glavis busted for uI due zeal The insubordination of th chief forester as shown in his lette to Senator Deliver invited his di missal. but it was forced upon hil by the plainly evident intention ( the administration 10 smother ey dence and suppress honest public SC wants in the interest Of that part solidarity" which has been the mot of the grand opera Of misgovernmel since the beginning of the Taft a ministration. Mir Pinchot's insubo dination was we'll timed. He wou have been removed. ultimately. ey' fl he had proven the tame cat of il episode while arrangements we made for the continuance of the Il son between the special interests al the administration. It was wiser him to put the issue squarely up
 the president at this time thsn
 await the further -exoneration"
 everyone save himself and few Toy assistants, only to be shelved at la
 Let the fight continuei Mir. Pi chot out of office and unhamper should be able to contribute an e ment of ginger to the combat. If { administration comes out of the cl velure of flying fur on Capitol H without being smeared with a gooC quantity of its own blood the resl viii te surprisiag-