The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-28

AlaSkan company, ana u0 uLIcIly ue- nies writing or signing the alleged postscript. The utter 1mprobabflity of bis writing such postscript to MT. BaIlinger at Washington when the latter was away for his vacation for two months must impress every one.
 The fact is that Mir. Ballinger, never saw the letter of July 13, 1910. to which this postscript is said to have been attached. 1t was sent to me by MT. Carr. Secretary Balltngers pr1- vate secretary, at Beverly, on July 1.-the next day. read the letter at Beverly in August with other papers and sent them to the White House. It was placed upon the White House files and remained there until April p, 1911, when it was. by request of Secretary Fisher, for use in connection with his answer to a senate inquiry, returned to the interior department, and 1t was after this that the core spondent is said to have seen the let ter with the postscript attached. Mir. Carr saw no such postscript when he sent the letter to me- did not see 1t when read 1t. No one saw 1t in the executive office, but it remained to ap- pear as a postscript when It is said that the correspondent saw the letter in April or May on the files Of the in- terior department All others were de- n1ed 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 MT. Brown, then private sec retary to the secretary of the interior. After the examination, at which it is alleged this postscript was received from the hand of MT. Brown, the cor respondent prepared an elaborate art- cle on the subject of this order and Controller bay, which was submitted to MT. Fisher and which was discuss ed with MT. Fisher at length, but new CT 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 Mir. Carr and other custo- dians of the records in the interior de- partment. sf
 Stronger evidence of the falsfty and maliciously slanderous character of the alleged postscript could not be had. It's only significance is the light it throws on the bitterness and venom of some of these who take active part in every discussion of Alaskan issues. The intensity of their desire to be- smirch all who invest in that district and all who are officially connected with it's administration operates upon the minds of weak human instru- ments and prompts the fabrication of such false testimony as this post script. dislike to dwell upon this feature of the case. but 1t is so full of a lesson that ought to be taken to the heart of every patriotic citizen that ] cannot pass it over in silence.
 When made this order was aware that the condition of public opinion ir reference to investments in Alaska. famed by charges of fraud. some well founded and others of an hyster1cnl and unjust or false character, would lead to an attack upon it and to the questioning of my motives in signing ft I remarked this when I made the order, and was not mistaken. But a public officer when he conceives 1t his duty to take affirmative action in the public interest has no more right to d low fear of unjust criticism and attack to hinder him from taking that acton that he would to allow personal ana dishonest motives to affect him. IL IS easy in cases like this to take the course which tmidity prompts and to do nothing. but such course does not inure to the public veal.
 I am in full sympathy with the con- cern of reasonable and patriotic men