The Washington times., 1911-02-17
BALL|NGER CAUGHT,
DECLARES GRAHAM
Illinois Representative Makes
Attack-Calls Official Un-
true to Public Trust.
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million tons of marketable coal, are 10,
Gated in this field-the BerTing coai
field-and constitute the storm center OF
this part of the inquiry.
las Secretary of the INTERIOR MI. pa.
linger held all this property in trust Ior
the use of the American people, anu ~
was his duty as trustee TO prevent LIe
exploitation, either by Individual or syn
divates, but / challenge your care .il a. a.
tention to the evidence as to whether ne
did not wholly fail in his duty IN 'hal
regard. ,o,,,,ar.
clear-listed these claims, and ordeTeu
them to patent. In doing SO he conslo-
cred only a doubtful report made by spe-
ciaI agent H.. X. Love. The questIoii,
now is was he justified in doing so. Dio
he do so in good faith? And bear IN
mind that the law of 1904, under Whlch
the Cunningham claims were proceeding
was carefully prepared 10 prevent mon
opoly in Alaska coal lands.
Defends CLAWS.
Mr.. Graham defended the course of L..
w. CLAWS, whose protest against the
listing of the Cunningham claims result
ed in his dismissal as special agent OF
the Interior Department. Mr.. CLAWS
said Mr.. Graham, was a young man
with no enemies to punish and no
friends to reward, tand was actuated
through his honest belief that the Gun
ningham claims were fraudulent.
Mr. Graham next referred to the pri-
waite an dconfidential letters written by
Mr. Rallinger with reference to the
Alaska situation, which were made pup
iiC during the investigation.
His public and official correspond
ence" said Mr.. Graham, and his con-
duct placed side by side with his con-
temporary acts and his confidential cor
respondence, date for date and fact for
fact, speak ia rmore forcibly and in
more accusing voice than could any
words of mine
Mr.. Graham inserted in the Record va
rious letters alleged to have passed be-
tween Mr.. Ballinger and w. H. Thorn
son. of Seattle, and George w. Perkins,
OF J. Pierpont Morgan & Company.
''If the President had known of this
personal and confidential correspondence
in aid of the exploitation of Alaska,
asked Mr.. Graham, "a correspondence
which was being carried on at the very
time Mr.. Ballinger was assuring him
that he intended to have nothing to do
with the Cunningham claims, would the
President have written the letter of Sep
tember l3, 1909, generating Mr. Ballin-
ger?"
Attacks Report.
On the subject of the majority re-
port. Mr. Graham said:
81 do not attempt to point out all the
inaccuracies and erroneous conclusions
in the report filed by the ma jority. There
are grevous sins of omission and cont
mission in it, and it is defective and mis-
leading in what it does deal with. and
even more so in what it fails to deal
with.
The birth of this republic was a pro-
test against special privilege, and an
assertion Of the right of the common
man. But If its affairs are to be adj
ministered by persons who are not in
sympathy with the rights of common
men, and who are controlled by those
who already enjoy special advantage
and seek more, We can hardly hope TO
preserve II in its great mission as a
Government of the people and for the
people. Our minority report has been
prepared in this spirit. We have tried
to follow where the evidence led, re-
gardleSs of personalitiS.
Il may be visionary, but I do hope
for a time when the people will de-
mand and insist that public servants
sh all be true to public interests, and
when in practice as well as theory all
citizens will be accorded equal rights
before the law.
May God hasten the day when the
unfaithful public servant, in whatever
station, shall he an object of public
scorn and contempt, and we shall have
risen to the JefferSonian ideal-eQual
and exact justice to all, and special
privileges to none"