The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-22

will have no quarrel with men.
 l attack no individual. But, sir,
 no emdnence of position in any
 party or in government shall pro-
 tect from deserved criticism the
 bad record of any public servant
 IT we who oppose this legisla-
 ton were seeking the easier way
 in public life. with the newspapers
 arrayed so generally in support of
 It, we should have quietly ac-
 quiesced. But. sir, I have never
 sought the easy way. Against ev-
 cry attempt to strengthen and en-
 trench special interests, in what
 ever form it is presented, whether
 1t be winning or losing fight, I
 shall oppose it to the end.
 (Concluded.)
 The Republican national convention
 recognized, as it was bound to. tn,
 great awakening of the American -peo pie on the subject of conservation
 The American people had witnessed
 the appropriation of vast timber re-
 sources by private interests. They
 had seen the anthracite coal supply
 within the United States, every foo,
 of 1t, pass into the ownership of a few railroad companies. They had awak-
 ened suddenly to realization that 1t was the settled policy of the sys- tenn to grab the water powers wher- ever found on the public domain. And 1t had inspired them with new hope and courage when the Roosevelt ad- ministration had organized to take back these natural resources held in fraud and to sacredIy protect the # remnant of this precious heritage for all future time.
 1 say the Republican convention of 1908 was bound to consider-it could ion ic great work of the Roosevelt admins tratton. And so we find in its plat form, among other things on this sub ject. the following:
 i've indorse the movement inaugu- rated by the administration for the conservation of natural resources"
 The Republican candidate, keenly alive to thes campaign value of this issue. said, In his speech of accept ance:
 The preservation of our soil and of our forests, the securing from pri- vate appropriat ton the power in nav igable streams. the retention of the iln- disposed of coal lands of the Govern ment from alienation, all will proper ly claim from the next administration earnest attention and appropriate leg islation."
 Such. in part, was the platform dec- laration of the Republican Party on | conservation, and such, sir. was the | promise of the presidential candidate. |
 Mir. President, what is his record of performance?
 Under President Roosevelt, James R. Garfield had made remarkable record as Secretary of the Interior. His department had. been reorganized: trained men backed by that able and honest Secretary were everywhere guarding the public domain from fur ther encroachment, and hunting down the agents of the System who had acquired timber and coal ands and water-power sites subject 10 entry. Garfield had blocked the old game So\ long as he remained at he head of the Interior Department he lucrative practice of stealing tim- ites was dangerous business. Upon his inauguration, March Al sos, the first act of President Taft l redeem his promise on conservation i vas to dismiss Garfield as Secretary f the Interior and appoint in his lace Richard Achilles Ballinger The nook of this change was partially | oftened by the retention of Clifford l 'inchot as Chief Forester. Mark what followed: April 30 1909, in fulfllment of MT. T 'afts promise in his speech of ac- c eptance to secure from private ap- reputation the power in navigable n -reams. Garfelds successor. Secre- - ary Ballinger, began the reversal of le Roosevelt policies by opening to q ntry 5.000.0 acres of the public do- \ lain bordering on or contiguous to n 3 aVgapis streams Pinchot protest f. l. and certain of those lands were n jain withdrawn. Ballinger was fore q to modify his first order, but not r, 1til an opportunity had been given e water-power magnates to get in q the ground. n A .nts foreshadowed to the col1ntrvJ n, at Ballinger was making plans look n, g toward Pinchots ultimate renoy. ., August 20 Washington correspon. ot nts warned the country that the in. o, rests were organizing against Pin- D August 26 the country was startled 1 ad the report that Louis R. Glavis. nj ecial investigator in the field, had d with President Taft a statement TIT 'cloeing that monster conspiracy tr d consumniated the seizure of ex- in lsive anthracite coal fields in Alas september Ballinger having an- cI; 1nced that he would begin killing co lkes." left Washington for Beverly, WE ss-. to confer with President Taft tr, 'arding the Cunningham and other vo lskan coa1-land claims. co, eptember Is President Taft made inf olic letter to BalHnger, fully ex- Of 'rating him and upholding him in ! controversy with Pinchot and Gla- ne
 On the same day he dismissed int wis from the public service. an, ovember F Washington correspon- N it's announced that Ballinger, in ret ference with Mr. Taft, demands hin chot's head. m ecember 21 the Presidents letter nat September Is, exonerating Ballfn- fer having failed to convince the pub- SIC and having been generally charac- J zed as an Executive white wash. Sta administration resorted to con ed 'sional investigation to vindicate min finger, and on December 21 con dul IS ordered such an Investigation. W l the night of January '. 1910. wifi 'ident Taft dismissed Clifford Pin. min, as Chief Forester s The nchot had unselfishly devoted him. lB, to the public service With a of sight that was the genius of con plar