The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-08-03
TAFT REPLIES TO
ALASKA ATTACKS
Denies Selfish Interests Have
Secured Controller Bay.
DEFENDS BROTHER AND SELF
PRECEDENT Denounees Letter Charging
Undue Family Influence az
Wicked Fabrication and
Malicious SANDER.


Malicious SANDER.
WR5hington,-President Taft sent
10 the senate Wednesday a message
that recalled some Of those received
from his predecessor. II was IN TO.
ply 10 resolution OF the senate re.
qucstiug the president to transmit y
the senate all the documents relating
to the elimination from the Chuparu
national forest, IN Alaska, OF land
fronting upon Controller bay Nr.
Taft FoI2cs the occasion occasion 20
make a vigorous defense OF his own
honor and that Of his brother, Charles
=. Taft. against the attacks made in
relation to this Controller bay Scan.
DIAL"
Tho president sent in all the docu.
mon's asked for, and more. and
quotes the executive order In cues.
Aon, b. which 1880 acres were
eliminated from the national forest.
Ills message describes the import.
auoc OF Controller bay as a railway
terminal and relates the operations Of
the Copper River railroad, owned by
",o "''S"" I"tE'H"e'H interests
npS' ,''Hl'"al ID III IoTuoFa'
Ryan's Application Investigated.
II December, 1909. Richard s.
Ryan applied for the Controller bay
elimination. nltcr""rd granted stat.
iis 'Hal ne represented INC Cohiro'icr
NalI"au Huu Na'lEaiioh company
MI Iait tells now THIS Application was
referred to the district iorcstcrs at
Portland, ore and In Alaska ana
was approved hy Chief Forester
graves; how the navy department
stated It did not desire to use Con
irG!ler bay as Il reservation; no" the
matter was considered fully BY tho
forestry bureau, the secretary Of aE.
rlculiure, the secretary OF the inter.
Tor, tho general land office and the
cabinet As result, after an i''"r.
view between the president and Mr..
Ryan, an order was drafted elm.Hai-
Ing 320 acres.
Meanwhile Mr. Ryan had satisfied
the president and other officials that
he and his associates had no couuCc.
ton with the Morgan.Guggenhcim In.
tercsts and were engaged In an in.
dependent enterprise in good faith to
build an Independent railroad. The
question again came before the cab
met, and the president, with the ap.
proyal Of tho secretaries Of the in.
tcrior and agriculture, changed The
order SO that II eliminated 1880
acres, with sufficient room for
railroad town, The message says;
i was willing to do this because |
round the restrictions In the la" sur
Hcleht 10 prevent tho possibility OF
any monopoly oil either the uplands
or the harDor or channel by the Con
tfolicr kailFoad ana Navigation COM
pahy or any other person or con-
Germ. These restrictions the presi'
cent se's iorth at length ana shows
thot Inc Ryan company mas not tho
shshtest opportunity lot exclusive
appropriation OF the harbor iacllitles
'' - W 49,
aeiioerateIy ana voluntarily confer It.
The Dick to Dick Letter
coming 10 me personal side OF the
matter MT, Iatt says:
before CLOSING desire 10 hiIude TO
d circumstance "hich INC terms OF
.i''s ieso'u''oh MANI apt anu I''eEahC
II Is "iueS pup"Sh'u statement at
ulo",e" u III supper co'' pohuent
tnat III an examination Oh the mes Oh
the interior department u lie" weeks
ago poS'Sc'tpt was iouilu a,'acheu
10 ie',et Oh S",y 49, l'io' au"reSseu
py M'' h'cn"ru D Ryan 10 secretary
p"''ln anu III ''!e present recoru
-u'RihB tno el''iihauoi OIL iahu
ehouGh lor terminus LOT inc Oohtrol'
Yer hall"ay q Na'lsa'ioh company
Dear Dick: | want 10 see tho nresi.