The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-07-27


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nation which she Re
less through the miami inh1ence Of 4
my brother. III. Charles F. TAFT, and
the disclosure Of the real persons in
interest, ] Waa induced improperly
and Tor the promotion OF their private
gain, to make the order.
saThe statement, IN 80 far as my
brother is concerned that IS the
chief feature Of the postscript-is ut
terly unfolinded. He never wrote TO
me or spoke to me In reference to
Richard s. Ryan or on the subject OF |
Controller Bay or the granting OF any 1
privileges or the making OF any or
ders in respect to Alaska. He has no
interest in Alaska, never had, and |
knows nothing OF the circumstances
connected with this transaction. He
does not remember that he ever met
Richard s. Ryan. He never heard of
the Controller Bay railroad until my
cablegram of inquiry reached him,
which. with his answer, IS in the rec
| ord.
"Mr. Ballinger says in a telegram
! in answer to my inquiry. both OIL
which are in the record, that he never
received such postscript and that he
was in Seattle on the date Of July IS,
when 1t was said to have been writ
Item.
"Mr. Richard S Ryan. in letter
which he has sent me without solicit
/ tation, and which is in the record,
says that he never met my brother.
Mr. Charles p. Taft. and that SO far
as he knows, Mr. Charles P. Taft
never had the slightest interest in
IControIler Bay, in the Controller
4 Railway and Navigation Company,
or in any Alaskan company. and he
utterly denies writing or signing the
Ialleged postscript. The utter i'm
) probability OF his writing such a post
/ script to Mr.. Ballinger at Washing
ton, when the latter was away for his
+ vacation for two months, must i'm
! press every one.
THE fact is that Mr.. BalIinger
(, never saw the letter of July ID, 1910.
: to which this postscript is said to
: have been attached. It was sent to
5 ime by MI Carr, Secretary Ballinger's
: private secretary, at Beverly on July
tI14-the next day. 1 read the letter at
: Beverly in August with other papers
!, and sent them to the White House.
: lit was placed upon the White House
: lilies and remained there until April
E22, 1911, when it was, by request OF
, Secretary Fisher, returned to the in
; terror department, and it was after
: this That Miss Abbott says she saw
1.-The letter with the postscript at
} Itached. Mr.. Carr saw no such post
Y Iscript when he sent the letter to me-
~ Il I n
! saw it in the executive office, but it
: remained to appear as a postscript
l when Miss Abbott saw the letter in
/ April or May on the files of the inter
Tor department All others were de-
fined the sight
) The person upon whose statement
f the existence of what has been prop
erly characterized as an amazing
) postscript is based is a writer for the
newspapers and magazines. She was
given permission by Secretary Fisher.
after consultation with me, to examine
!. all the files in respect to the Con-
, trolIer Bay matter.and this under
, the supervision OF Mr.. Brown, then
private secretary to the secretary OF
interior. After an examination, at
which she alleges she received this
postscript from the hand OF Mr..
Brown, she prepared an elaborate ar
tlcle on the subject of this order and
Controller Bay, which she submitted
to Mr.. Fisher, and which she dis
cussed with Mr. Fisher at length, but
never in the conversation did she
mention the existence of the post
script Mr. Brown, who was with her
at the time and showed her the files,
testifies that there was no such post
script In the papers. and that he never
handed her and she never saw such
postscript there. Similar evidence is
given by Mr. Carr and other custo-
dams of the records in the interior
department.
stronger evidence of the falsity
and maliciously slanderous character
of the alleged postscript could not be
had It's only significance is the light
1t throws on the bitterness and venom
of some Of those who take active part
in every discussion of Alaskan issues.
The intensity Of their desire to be-
smirch all who invest in that district
and all who are officially connected
with its administration, operates upon
the minds of weak or depraved hui
man instruments and prompts the fab
rcation of such false testimony as
this postscript. / dislike to dwell
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