The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-27
Former Chief Forester Takes
Standard Scores Secre-
/ tary Of the Interior.
DECLARES. HALLlNeER IS uN-
I FAITHFUL TO BOTH THE PREsI-
DENT AND THE PEOPLE, AND
BELIEVES THAT EVERYTHING
CLAWS SAID AHoUTsLAND MAT
TIERS WAS THE rRu1A-coM,
rElLED OtFtcERs qr THE SER
VICE 70 MAKE REsroRAT4oNs. !.

washington, Feb 26. With Giffofd
Pinchot testifying. the Ballinger<Pin
chot inquiry enterdd its second phase
today. Pinch0t declared when. his
story was told that the country would
demand a yerdicte sfn harmony with
the, genepat conviction that BalHnger
is unfaAhfuf both to the public and
the president =
Pinchot accused Ballinger of 4ak-
ing explanation OF his conduct to- sthe
president Chat was false He charged
him with being a Dangerous enemy to
conservation and with Hhving' made~a
statement shown by undfsputed sevr-
dence to be absolutely false in three
particulars. with having willfully de-
ceiyed the president and being dis
loyal to the president
Pinchot,s testimony was replete
with the sensational Pinchot had not
proceeded far when Ballinger,s' coun-
sci objected to his detailing the con-
ve1sations he had with after declaring
it would either force the president TO
remain silent or testify before the
committee which was undesirable.
After a long argument the committee
decided to consider the mater, an.
nouncing decision later.
CLAWS TOLD TRUTH.
Pinchots said he believed in CLAWS
and is convinced that all ne said is
the truth. He said the facts CLAWS
presented proved Ballinger to have
been unfaithful to his trust y The
conservative movement, begun under
Roosevelt. was progressing spIendidly
up 10 the time Taft and BaUinger
oaaae 3pto ofice, declarAz In
less than q month after BalIinger had
o<.n
conservation. Pinchot charged Bal
linger with having ordered officers or
the reclamation service against their
will to recommend that restorations in
some cases be made. He said Director
NOVEL;, of the reclamation service,
and former Secretary of the Interior
Garfield would be witnesses to prove
his charges.
Although previously disappointed at
not hearing Clifford Pinchot tell of his
experiences with Secretary Ballinger
in relation to the conservation of
natural resources, the crowd of spec
tators which has been following the
Ballinger-Pinchot hearing gathered in
great numbers at the senate office
building this morning. 1t had been
announced last night that Mr.. Pinchot
would surely take the stand today and
chat his testimony as to his dealings
with Mr.. Ballinger would prove de-
cidedly interesting. Mr.. Pinchot, 1t
was said, spent much time in the prep
sration for his examination on the wit
ness stand.
PINCHoT TAKES STAND.
The former forester took the stand
at 2:36 p. m. and proceeded to make
TO the committee the following state
ment:
What l desire to lay before the
committee is a consecutive story of
my experience with Mr.. Ballinger in
relation to the conservation of natural
resources. Among several other mat
ters there are three of principal i'm
portance to be called to your atten-
tion.
The first of these concerns the
policy, devised and inaugurated by the
administration, of protecting against
monopoiistic control the water power
sites owned by the people. | shall
show you that Secretary Baninger en-
tered his Office with the clear deter
mlnation to make short work of that
policy; that he, reversed it so far as
he was allowed to do so; that he re.
stored the power sites to entry with,
out the remotest idea of rewithdraw-
ing them, and that finally, when |
charged him last autumn to the presi-
dent, with being an enemy to the
policy of conservation, he capped the
climax by giving to the president him
self an explanation of his conduct
that was essentially false.
BELIEVES IN CLAWS.
The second has to do with my con-
nection as government officer with
the CUNNINGHAM, coal cases ana WY,
lCnntinnad an Pana SaMan