New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-08
fEron1 Tho Tribune Bureau. J

WASHINGTON, July -
AN TNSURGENT FAKE.-Exasperate
beyond expression by the fact that the u'
oision of Commissioner bennett OF the ueH-
eral Land Office rejecting the Cunningham
coal claims has robbed them OF iher ohi'A
weapon OF attack on the Taft admlnis'rd-
ton, these insurgents who nave auop.eu
as their slogan Anything to nurt LAT
are still harping on the Controller Day ~
lease. full details of which were puolshe"
In The Tribune OF June 30, at the request
Of a correspondent. Senator La Toilette ID
q recent magazine article took occasion 10
denounce the President for making this re-
lease, carefully suppressing the fact that
IL was made on the explicit recommenda-
ton Of the Forest Service, and to-day the
official press agent Of the La Toilette IN
surgents is out with a sensational take on
this same subject, by which It is obviously
hoped 10 deceive the public and in1ure the
President The basis OF this press agents
story is one written for Golfers by
Miss Abbott, which that magazine found
too yellow for it's columns. but which EVIL
IDENTIFY found ready market with the
insurgents. The crux OF the story is the
alleged finding in the files OF the Depart
ment Of the Interior Of letter written ny
Richard 5. Ryan, one of the applicants for
railway terminal ON Controller Bay, In
which Mr.. Ryan is made to say that he
had seen the President and told him that
in making lis application he represented
only himself, with which the President
was not satisfied and that he had then seen
c. T. Taft. and Mr.. Taft had, at Mr. Ry-
ans request, seen the President and told
l., llxs fad
had satisfied the President as 10 the pro-
priety of releasing the lands in question.
Even as presented in this story there is
nothing in the letter to indicate that the
President was not exercising due precau-
ton to determine that Ryan was repre-
senting a bona flde railroad and was not
associated with the Guggenheims. AS the
story contains number of false state
ments among them one that Mr.. Ryan
applied to tho Forest Service and a recon-
mendation that the land be released was
there refused; another that the executive
order of the President was secret; and stu
another that Ryan was acting in the in
teress of the Guggenheims, II will not CON-
mand much respect from intelligent per-
sons. and Is chiefly interesting as evidence
Of the desperation to which the La Fol-
lette insurgents are being driven by the
steadily increasing popularity Of the Presi-
dent ard their own fast waning strength
as the result OF their insincere stand
against Canadian reciprocity and their un-
reasoning hostility to President Taft.
GRONNA MAKES 4 RECORD.-Senator
Gronna established a new record for clear
ing ,the Senate by his long speech in oppo-
siton TO Canadian reciprocity to-day. For
the greater part OF the time there were just
two Senators in the chamber. Senator Chill
ton, who was in the chair, and Senator
Thornton, who was awaiting an oppor-
tunity to deliver his speech II is prob
able, too, that Mr.. Gronna established
record for clearing the galleries, although
sufficiently accurate records for comparison
have not been kept There were in the
galleries. by actual count. just eleven per-
sons, four of them negroes one Of whom
slept peacefully throughout the grafton. 1t
is becoming perfectly obvious that the SEN
ate has lost all interest in the opposition
to reciprocity and is merely waiting as pa
tiently as may be for the insurgents to ex-
haust their oratory and permit it to come
TO vote. Senator Smoot, who objected
TO adjournment over tomorrow. was dctu-
ated largely by purpose to Illustrate Sem
ator La Toilette in his penchant for MAX
ing speeches only at the conclusion of de-
bates and when the chamber is fairly
crowded because Senators are mcmentsrily
expecting the vote. This is an old trick
Of the Wisconsin Senator, who practised 1t
no later than on the occasion Of tho vote
on the Root amendment. When IL was
supposed that all who desired to speak had
had their say, and the Vice-Presdent was
about to put the question. the Wisconsin
patriot arose and delivered long speech.
to the intense evaporation Of Senators
who were anxious 10 vote and go home. lie
has indicated his wish to speak on the
Cummns amendments. and, as all others
are through It is the hope of the Senator
from Utah that he can compel Senator La
Toilette TO speak tomorrow, or at least