The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-28

sent me for ny signature by the actln- secretary of the interior department.
 When I directed the striking out of the reference to the railway company and the enlargement of the area from 32O acres to 12S0O acres the form of the order in its provision for tmme- diate restoration was not changed. l have no doubt that this was the req son why the order issued took the form 1t did. Had the postponement clause been suggested l would doubtlessly have directed it to be embodied in the order. But the event has proven that it was really not important in this case, for in now nearly nine months only the Controller Railway Naviga- tion company has made any scrip en- tries on the eliminated tract and this although 11.OOO acres and three miles of water front still remain open to en- try and there are several different rail- way companies in addition to the Con- troller Railway and Navigation com- pany that had filed locations for rights of way in the vicinity in the last two years who have had in the last nine months the fullest notice of their op- portunity if they wished to enter on this land.
 The "Diek to Dick" Letter.
 Before closing I desire to allude to a circumstance which the terms of this resolution make apt and relevant It Is a widely published statement at- tributed to newspaper correspondent that in an examination of the files of the interior department a few weeks ago postscript was found attached to letter of July 13, 1910. addressed by MT. Richard s. Ryan to Secretary Bal nnger-and in the present record-urg, ing the elimination of land enough for terminals for the Controller Railway and Navigation company. The post script was said to read as follows:
 Dear Dick-I went to see the, president the other day. He asked me who it was I represented I told him, according to our agreement. that l represented myself. But this didn't seem to satisfy him. So sent for Charlie Taft and asked him to tell his brother. the president who it was I really represented The president made no further objection to my claim Yours,
 DICK.
 The postscript is not now on the files of the department. If 1t were, it would be my duty to transmit it under this resolution. Who is really responsible for its wicked fabrication .:. ever ex- isted, or for the viciously aise state ment made as to its authenticity is immaterial for the purposes of this communicat tion. The purport of the al- legged postscript is and the intention of the fabricator was to make MT. Rich ard s. Ryan testify through its words to the public that although was at first opposed in the public interest to granting the elimination which he re- quested, nevertheless through the un- due influence of my brother. MT. Charles F. Taft. and the disclosure of the real persons in interest I 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-fs utterly un- founded. 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 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.
 MT. Ballinger says in telegram in answer to my inquiry that he never received such postscript and that he was in Seattle on the date of July 13. when it was said to have been writ ten.
 MT. Richard $. Ryan. in letter which he has sent me without solicita- ton. says that he never met my broth CT, MT. Charles F. Taft, and that so far as he knows MT. Charles P. Taft never had the slightest interest in Con- troller bay. in the Controller Railway