The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1910-05-20
That ExOneratiOn
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When President Taft published his now famous letter evo
49, Secretary Bange the Courier Journal ven1red m call -
@ the peculiar prasng Of the document to express the o
@ that if letter not actually Mr. Bangers defense With
% onoun you submitted for ~ in the text submitted 70 tb
p;dent had least every appearance of being So
was suggested that the President having many nressin
affairs hand and having confidence in member of his Cabinet
had simply accepted Mr. Balngers explanation hurredy die
L from the exoneraon in line with the defense
now appears from comparison between the Seattle letter and
M defense Of Mr. Banger prepared by Mr. LAWYER the legal
H d the Interior Department. that paragraphs were do
almost verbatim and others paraphased The explanation from
% White that the President did adopt the Lawer doc
- as his letter. but dictated his exoneraon of Mr. Banger does
% affect that the Bange defense major part Of
% material the Presidents letter and that exoneraton was
the Courier Journal believed last September virtually Bal
rosr utterance the Presidents signature
pusal of the documents in evidence shows that the
Journals only last September upposing that
w. Raneer defense had been the first person Accord
arv evidence that is difficult doubt its TRUTH the Lawer de-
tense was written the second person where referred to Mr. Bal
niger and the I thoughuy put in where would be use
I'll to the President in expressing himself.
The investigation record of minor where shows that
e few days which the President had in his nvestg
ron some pages of matter relating the CLAWS charges was
ty fully occupied with playing golf motoring, receiving visitors
schargng routine duties preparing eulogy Of Mr. Adrc
tending remans festival and the boat and receiving Jap
e Prince other distinguished visitors The comparison
tween the awer memoranda compared for with
he generation letter, is of much greater interest
Mr. Kerby says that Mr.. Balnger, Mr. bennett Mr. Lawler
and the evesefu and dependable Schwartz the of whose
junction was earlier the investigation abored jointly and
would sign without change The public does know Mr. Keby
but his story fits well with known facts that it devoves upon the
Banger advocates destroy his character before shaking public
confidence in his veraclty.
The machinery of the Department of the Interior
set going last fall witewah Mr. Bange without nvesga
n The machinery the Administration has been unequal the
task Of whewashng him successfully by investigation The
Courier Journal believes just did at the beginning that Mr. Bal
e have been appointed and that the President who
has been putty in the hands of his advisers from the beginning OF his
term virtually allowed Mr. Bager to exoneate himself over the
presidential signature 1t would of be unjust and unreason
able suppore that doing that the President had other than
good motives investigation that preceded the exoneraon
does appear to have been searching.
Some years ago painter who had contracted to decorate the
interior of the of Louisville church finished his work on time
critical member of the congregation examined through
opera glasses discovered written obscurey over the painters sig
nature the line: 'Ths done in hell OF a rush.
The unseeny line erased by the order OF the outraged
builders of the church. but the confessed altered by the
asure The the Presidents letter generating MI Bal
m bore every evidence having been DONE like the work OF the
painter with unsuted to the seriousness OF the undertaking.
and the ydeveoped story of how was done not surprising