Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-27

tell his brother. the president. who II was
I really represented. The president made
no further objection to my claim Yours.
DICK.
The postscript Is not now on the hles
Of the. department II 1t were, 1t would
be my duty to transmit 1t under this
resolution WHO Is really responsible
for Its wicked fabrication, II It ever eS-
listed. or for the yiciously false state
ment made as to its authenticity is
immaterial for the purposes Of this
communication. The purport Of the al.
legged postscript is and the intention OF
the fabricator was to make Mr.. Rich
ard s. Ryan testify through its words
to the public that although ] was at
arst opposed In the public interest to
granting the elimination which he re-
quested, nevertheless through the IN
due influence Of my brother, Mr.,
Charles P. Taft. and the disclosure OF
She real persons In interest l was In
duced improperly and for the promo
ton of their private gain to make the
order.
The statement In so far as my brother
Is concerned-and that is the chief
feature of the postscript-ts utterly up-
founded. He never wrote to me or
spoke to me in reference to Richard 3.
Ryan or on the subject of Controller
bay or the granting Of any privileges
or the making of any orders 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 remem'
Der that he ever met Richard s. Ryan,
He never heard of the Controller Bay
railroad until my cablegram of inquiry
reached him.
Mr.. BalIinger says in a telegram In
answer to my inquiry that be V
received such a postscript and that ne
was in Seattle on the date of July IL,
when it was said to have been writ
ten.
Mr.. Richard s.. Ryan, in a letter
which he has sent me without solicita-
ton, says that he Eve met my broth
err, Mr.. Charles z. Taft, and that 50
far as he knows Mr.. Charles T. Iaft
never had the slightest interest ! n Con-
troller bay, in the Controller Railway
and Navigation company or In any
Alaskan company, and he utterly de-
MES writing or signing the alleged
postscript. The utter improbability Of
his writing such a postscript to Mr..
Ballinger at Washington when the
latter was away for his vacation for
two months must impress every one.
The fact is that Mr.. Ballinger never
saw the letter Of July 10, 1910, to
which this postscript is said to have
been attached. 1t was sent to me by
Mr.. Carr, Secretary Ballinger's pri-
vate secretary, at Beverly, on July
1.-THE next day. | read the letter at
Beverly in August with other papers
and sem them to the White House.
1t was placed upon the White House
files and remained there until April
%, 1911, when 1t was, by request OF
Secretary Fisher, for use in connection
with his answer to a senate inquiry,
returned to the interior department,
and it was after this that the CORE
spondent is said to have seen the let
ter with the postscript attached. Mr..
Carr saw no such postscript when he
sent the letter to me. | did not see 1t
when l read it. No one saw 1t In the
executive office, but it remained to ap-
pear as a postscript when 1t is said
that the correspondent saw the letter
In April or May on the files Of the in
terror department. All others were de
MED the sight
The person on whose statement the
existence of what has been properly
characterized as an amazing post
script is based is a writer for news
papers and magazines, who was given
permission by Secretary Fisher, after
consultation with me, to examine all
the files In respect to the Controller
bay matter, and this under the super
vision of Mr.. Brown, then private sec
rotary to the secretary Of the interior.
After the examination. at which It is
alleged this postscript was received
from the hand of Mr.. Brown. the cor
respondent prepared an elaborate arti-
Gle on the subject Of this order and
Controller bay, which was submitted
to Mr.. Fisher and which was discuss
ed with Nh. Fisher at length, but new
err In the conversation between them
or In the article submitted did the cor
respondent mention the existence OF
the postscript. Mr.. Brown states that
there was no such postscript IN the
papers when he showed them to the
correspondent and that he never saw
such a postscript. Similar evidence is
given by Mr.. Carr and other custo-
dams of the records In the interior de-
partment-
Stronger evidence Of the falsity and
ma~liciously 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 these who take active par
in every discussion Of Alaskan issues
The intensity Of their desire to be
smirch all who invest in that distr1c
and all who are officially connected
with its administration operates upo1
the minds of weak human instru
ments and prompts the fabrication o
such false testimony as this post
script. / dislike to dwell upon thi
| feature Of the case, but It Is 80 full O.
a lesson that ought to be taken to tn
heart Of every patriotic citizen that
cannot pass It over in silence.
When I made this order I was awar
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