The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-27

as no one else was expected to inter
vene and take up any part OF the elm
mated tract. the restoration was made
immediate. The form thus amended
was submitted to the secretary OF agri
culture. who expressed his preference
FOR the immediate restoration order
When ! directed the striking out OF
the reference to the railway company
and the enlargement OF the area from
800 acres to 1880 acres. the form OF
the order In its provision for immedi
ate restoration was not changed"
Dick TO Dick Episode.
Taking up the vDick to Dick cpl.
sode the President a y in con.
clusion:
Before closing. I desire to allude
TO a circumstance which the terms OF
this resolution make apt and reIe.
want. II is a statement by one Miss
NJ. +. Abbott that in an examination
OF the files of the Interior Department,
a few weeks ago., she found A post.
script attached to a letter OF July 10,
1910. addressed by Mr.. Richard :.
Ryan to Secretary Ballinger-and in
the present record-urging the eli.
mination OF land enough for terminals
for the Controller Railway & Nayi.
cation Co.. The postscript was sale
TO read as follows:
4 DEAR D
went to see the President the
- IA! ne asked me who I rep
resented. I told him according 10
our agreement. that 1 represented
myself. But this didn't seem 10
satisfy him. So I sent for Charlie
Tart and asked him TO tell his
brother. the President. who It was
really represented. The President
made no further objection to my
Yours.
The postscript is not now on the
tiles OF the department. II IL were il
would be my duty to transmit II un.
ger this resolution. | do not trans.
init IL. not only for the reason that IL
is not now on the files OF the depart.
ment. but for. the reason that II never
was on the files of the department. al
least as an authentic document. Who
is really responsible for It's wicked
fabrication If II ever existed, or for
the vicoiusly false statement made
as to its authenticity. is immateriaI
Tor the purposes OF this communica.
ton. The purpose of the postscript
Is, and the intention of the f~abrlcator
was. to make Mr.. Richard 5. Ryan
testify through its words to the pub.
lie interest to granting the elimina.
ton which he requested. nevertheless
through the undue influence of my
brother. Mr.. Charles Z. Taft, and the
disclosure of the real persons in in.
terest. ! was induced improperly and
for the promotion OF their private
gain, to make the order.
All Unfounded.
The statement, in so far as nv
brother is concerned-and that is the
chief feature of the postscript-is
~unfounded. lie never wrote
TO me or spoke to me in reference "a
Richard S. Ryan or on the subject OF
Controller Bay or the granting OF any
privileges or the making OF any or
ders in respect 10 Alaska. He has no
interest In Alaska. never had. and
knows nothing of the circumstance
connected with this transaction. a.,
does not remember that he ever met
Richard s. Ryan. He never heard OF
the Controller Bay Railroad until nv
cablegram OF inquiry reached him.
which. with his answer. is in the
record.
MIR. Ballinger says in n telegram
IN answer TO my inquiry. both oil
which are in the record. that he never
received such a postscript and thai
he was In Seattle on the date OF JULY
IL. when il was said TO have been
written.
MIR. Richard 5. Ryan. in n letter
which no hgG FONT mn uNsFhn,s -.Ts.F
tation. and which is in the record
says that he never met my brother
Mr.. Charles =. Taft. and that so glI
as he knows. Mr.. Charles =. Tar
never had the slightest interest in
Controller Bay. in the Controller Rail
way q Navigation Co. or In any
Alaskan company. and he utterly dc
MES writing or signing the alleged
postscript. The utter im~proIah1fty
Of his writing such a postscript "a
Mr. Ballingcr AZ Washington. when
the latter was away for his vacation
for two months. must impress every
one.
5allinger Cleared.
The fact is shat MIR. Dailinger
never saw The letter OF July -. 1910
To which this postscript 10 said "a
have been attached. IL was sent "a
me by Mr.. Carr. Secretary Ballinger's
private secretary. az Beverly. on July
1t the next day. ] read the letter nj
Beverly in August with other papers
n sem them to the White House
II was placed on the ---hitc House
files and remained there until April
p. 1911. when 10 was. by reCiest oI
Secretary Fisher. returned 10 the in