Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-05-16
STILL HOPING
FOR STATEHOOD
Postmaster General Hitch
cock Doing Valiant Work
in the Cause
M'FIE MATTER GOES OVER
E. c. Abbott, E. A. Mann and E.
w. Dobson Admitted to Su-
preme Court.
Special to The New Mexican.

Special to The New Mexican.
Washington, D. c., May 1G.-The
presidents conference with a score Of
leading Republican senators at the
White House wherein he insisted that
all the planks of the Republican Ma
tional platform, with special en-
phasis on the statehood plank, should
be enacted into law before adjourn
ment, greatly encourages the friends
of statehood.
Owing to the enforced absence from
the city of one Of the subcommittee
OF the senate judiciary committee, ac-
ton on the McFie appointment goes
over to next Monday.
Judge E. c. Abbott and E. A. Mann
and Colonel E. w. Dob5on, were ad-
mitted to the bar of the supreme court
of the United States today. Delegate
Andrews with the entire New Mexico
delegation here, is now in consultation
with Attorney General Wickersham.
Postmaster General Hitchcock is do
ing valiant work for statehood.
kerby is Fired.
Washington, May 16.-Frederick NJ.
Kerby, stenographer in the Office OF
secretary of the interior, VINO on Sat
urdey issued a statement regarding
the Lawler memorandum on the Clay
is charges to the President, was DIS
charged from the government service
by Secretary Ballinger today.
Singing Dismissal.
Washington, May 16,-The secre-
tary's letter of dismissal had sting
in it. The secretary told Kerby that
he is unworthy to remain in the
service. The fact that your treach-
cry" said the secretary, lis futile,
cannot mitigate the character of your
offence"
President Taft Explains.
Washington, May 16-President
Taft in person last night took hand
in the situation concerning the in
side" history of his letter of Septem.
Der 13 exonerating Secretary Ballin
ger from the charges of l.. R. CLAWS
and authorizing the dismissal of Gla
Wis.
Over his own signature he ad
dressed a long letter to Senator Knute
Nelson, chairman of the Ballinger
Pinchot investigating committee set
ting forth in minute detail the Sc
quence of events following his receipt
at Beverly on August 1S Of the charg
es of CLAWS.
The President makes no direct men
tion of the statement of Frederick M
Kerby, the young stenographer il
Secretary Ballinger's office, in whicl
the stenographer declared the presi
dents letter of exoneration was pre-
pared in Ballinger's office by Oscai
Lawler, assistant attorney general o
the interior department.
Tonight's utterances of Mr.. Taf
was obviously provoked by Kerby'
statement
Mr.. Taft declares LaWler did pre-
pare such letter as Kerby said, bu
that he did so by the presidents spe
cal direction. When he received il
he found, he said, that it was not wha
he wanted to issue, and he wrote tn
letter himself in the form in which h
desired it, using from LAWYERS drat
only one or two general statements.
The president goes still further an
takes up the question of the ''bac
dating" of Attorney General Wicker
sham's summary of the CLAWS chars
es to which Attorney Louis d. Brant
els has drawn attention. Mr.. Tai
says the attorney generals lette
also was done by his specific dire,
tion
Following is the full text of th
presidents letter:
"The White House. Washington
May Is, 1910.
MY Dear Senator Nelson-In th
hearings before the committee to il
vestigate the INTERIOR department an
forest service reference has bee
made to my decision on the complain
and charges that Mr.. CLAWS filed wit
me on the 18th of August last, again
Secretary Ballinger and certain otht
officials of the interior department
The majority of the committee ha,
decided my action in this case was NJ
in the jurisdiction of the commit,
to investigate. In spite of this rulin
reference to the matter has crept in
the record For this reason I deem
proper to write you and state the fac
with such accuracy as my memo
permits.
rGlavis' statement and chargs
were left with me by him on Augu
Is, 1909. I turned them over to Il
attorney general, who happened
be in the neighborhood, and he ma
notes upon his reading. We both h;
personal knowledge in respect to Sc