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MEMDENTOX NAVY
WANTS YOUNG BLOOD
JX COMMANDS;
Legislation to Improve V.fji
ci?r.\u> of Fighting Force
Urged.
Wasri'ngi'T.. Fob. ■_'•'. — Young blood In
t*v i-ommands of the navy i« the key
.rw»U of ; . >;., , i.t: message President Taft
-<j;-,y BfOfl to Congress urging legjsia
-:ior. for Improving the personnel of the
fighting forre and to remedy what the
"President call? "an abnormal condition,
■;V, re-iilt of past legislation."
Under conditions now estaffav- the
President declares, the promotion <.f
officers af Hi* lower grades has become
<-• c stedL to the great detriment of the
service snd the ■ ountry. and because
ncarlv every oflaoer who retains v.i
health b allowed to rmtm through the
various grades and be rejir«d *s rear
{.dmjrai. the Rreatrr nvasher of con
rnanding officers have had inadequate
• \i»cr><
Under tb^ *\isTing system officers be
ing ined now in command of battl«:
vhips md siiaurud cruisers cannot serve
*is flag officers, on account of tbeir short
Timo en ii;. active list niter ruacliisjs;
thai grad^. :
I To wnfedy these conditions, the Pres -
dent Indorsed < 1 ii; prepared by Sectw
tar-- Meyer wh'eh would promote snVers
to Jhr grs of roar Ijniral ■'■' an rvcr
:.~: .~ age- of fifty-four to fifty-five years
and t« captain at the avtiafi ac** of for
ty-Fix or forty-seven. These changes
ih^ President says, do i ot provide aten
young; --nougii for the ties of vessels
«<r for tlio host success in ■ fieot eii^agc-
Imont thould war romc. bm ho aotners
ihom vl «l-oidod improvement, and be iTi
timates that at some other timo it might
k| advisable to inslrr even further r< -
daction in tho np.'<.
Somo ..f tho : row important •■:iang
tho President rirommondf follow:
HIGHER GRADES XEKDED.
T<> -•.-.,;,• higher ranking flag officers.
The eta* of tne fk-et now ilf msnii two
pr.l-1- - above rear baira! In tho At
laktti floot there should bo an admiral
In .■.,-. -admiral for the sec
ond squadron and rear admirals for each
of th*» other two divisions.
Tho porsonm-1 of onV • and men
EboaM l»o luaril on the tonnage of ef
fective ship?, and increases or ; reases
<<f ships u.u-.id increase or decrease the
rsoanH in a fixed proportion. Pro
' vision should be-, nsade aganmi sudden
• fluctuations in the personnel, however.
...... . ..... r.. - .
With L 200.000 tons <-f ships as now
authorized, the ultimate personnel would
rrach 3.000 line officers and midship
inr-n and 00/XW enlisted men. The offl
oem, as now, would b» drawn from the
Naval Academy, with additions from the
ranks.
a reorganization "f the retirement
fdieine would fix the rate of pay of re
t:r-d officers on their time of service.
The President believes that too many of
ficers reach the rai.k at senior rear ad
miral and retire without adequate return
to the ■.UiiiLlllimjn A sliding scale of
retsneaoeat pay. according to the year*
of service, would be arranged. In the
iifxi <-•!'■-.»■!; years, if the proposed meas
ure becomes a law, there will be about
33S retirements from ordinary causes,
against 30 in the last eleven yesuts. with
a cost of one-fourth of the latter.
In urging the need of the proposed
legislation that the younger officers may
be eligible for promotion and become
qualified to command the fleets and
squadrons, the President points to the
fact that under the present arrangement
300 officers "would enter the junior lieu
tenants* grade each year, and that only
-;<• a year would be promoted out of it.
"I Hi strongly of the opinion," lu
says, "that the future of our navy will be
seriously compromised unless the ages
of our senior officers are materially re
duced and opportunity given for ex
perience and training for battleship and
ileet commands.**
A table giving the average ages of the
admirals of six great national fleets,
showing the rear admirals of the Ameri
can fleet to be the oldest, with an aver
age of fifty, accompanies the message.'
"Considerations of proper military effl-
Cfency as well as a due sense of national
dignity and self-respect as befitting this
great nation urge that the existing sit
uation shall cease," the President says
ia conclusion. "The wisdom of Con
gress, urged by the -overwhelming voice
of the people of our country, has pro
vided US with ships aC the best quality.
It i» necessary that onr personnel of of
flc*>rs matc"n these superD vessel? if the
navy is to be at the efficiency which is
vitally necessary for its chief purpose
*nd the only reason for its existence."
FAVOR COMMERCE COURT
Attorney General Apparently Achieves
a Victory for It.
I FYom Tl!*> Tribune Bureau.]
Washington. nek. 36.-The Attorney Qcs>
■sd appean to liave yon a victory for the
T»ropof-ed Commerce -Court to-day. After
Mr. Wickershani had - eiscussiod the pro-
I*oae4 railroad lesjMaflaa before the Inter
wtate Commerce '"omnii.-slon thls'afterr.oon.
It'-presentatlve James R Mann. 'of Illlnoip,
chasnasjp of t!ie ssssaMitoe, predicted that
when the nn>aFur« was reported to th"
House It would contain the Commerce*
Court r'rovibion.
Mr. Hbbsi Oass r ■-■t favor the court, but
h*i believes that it is a. feature of the
President's r""<>«rainnie. with regard to
which the HoufcA should be allowed to ex
orcise Its retion. He also believes that
th« President's opinion on that satbfect
should have sreat. weight with the com-;
mlttce. In Bgm '.. report such a pro
vision, however, Mr. Mann will not commit
himself to its support ori the floor. Jt was
• l«o learned to-dity that the committee had
practically decided to report the Townsend
provisions r«-:atiiß :o the issue ot stocks
»nd bonds and that preventing railroads
from iu-qLiirin^: stock in competing lines.-
YOUR
OPPORTUNITY
May Be In The
QUAUTY ADS.
On Page 15, To-day'»
New York Tribune
ATTACKS BALLINGER
< «n(inu«-<l from flr«< pas*-.
gered. and to the President, whom he
has deceived.
CONVERSATION WITH TAFT.
Aside from Mr. Plnchofs bitter attack
on Secretary Ballinper. the most notable
feature of the day was the question as
to -whether the committee will permit
witness, s to repeat private conversations
with the President. This subject will be
discussed by the committee in executive
session, and a decision made, probably
on Tuesday. Mr. Pinchot was permitted
to proceed without interruption by coun
sel for the officials of the Interior De
partment until he was asked to relate a
conversation he had with President Taft
OO April 19, 1909. At this Interview Mr.
Pinchot made a protest agrainst the r. s
toration to the public domain of certain
water power sites which had been with
drawn from entry in the closing days of
the Roosevelt administration, l*e had
another interview with the President two
days later
At this point Mr. \>rtree« sugF'"st<-d
that no witness on either side should be
permitted to state his recollection <'f a
conversation had with the President. To
permit this, he said, would place the
President in a position where »ie wouid
have to remain silent or appear before
the committee as a witness if these con-
I HBliHllll were not accurately quoted.
On th*> ground of public policy it would
be better, he thought, if all witnesses
were required to confine their stat.-
ments of relations with the President to
written communication?.
Mr. Pepper said it was important that
Mr. Pinchot be permitted to tell the
committee what took place at the White
House interviews, inasmuch as there was
■ reference to one of these interviews in
the correspondence which had been ad
mitted as evidence. In this correspon
dence the President said his recollection
of what took place was not the same as
that of Mr. Pinchot. Senator Nelson
was about to submit the question of the
admissJbility of Mr. Pinchofs recollec
tion of the interview to the committee
when Senator Root and Representative
Olm'stcad tsuggeated that it was a mat
ter for consideration in executive ses
-ion.
Wat eb po wE n sin : s
Mr. Pindsot'a testimony to-day dealt
almost entirely with the question o£
water power -it- withdrawal? He
sought to show that Mr. Ballinger had
restored valuable sites to the public do
main, thus reversing a conservation
policy of the greatest importance, and
:hat he (Pinchot) had checked the Sec
retary in his purpose to make these sit? s
subject to private appropriation. He also
sought to show that the co-operative
agreement between the Forest Service
and the Indian Office for the protection
of timber on Indian reservations had
: proved entirely satisfactory and h.id ac
! complished great good until Mr. Bal
| linger became Secretary of the Interior.
! He said this agreement was abrogated
! by the officials of the Interior Depart
l ment for the alleged reason that it was
: unlawful under a decision made by Lhe
i <"ontroll^r of the Treasury. Mr. Pinchot
; denied that any such decision had been
: rendered by the Controller. He declared
that the President had been deceived by
[ The Interior Department officials when he
• was informed that Controller Tracew<
'■ decision made it necessary to abrogate
j the agreement, as Mr. Tnfcewell's deci
sion related purely to the transfer < f
clerks from the Forest Service to the
I Indian OAee.
Mr. Pinchot said he fully believed In
Glavis and was convinced that all Glayis
had said was true, He characterized
Glavis as s "faithful public servant," and
declared that the facts he sented
"proved that -Mr. Ballinger had been
unfaithful to his trust as the guardian
o! public property of enormous value.**
Preceding the calling of Mr. Pinchot
there was s norther cross-examination
of W. W. Barr, the Seattle timber dealer
who testified yesterday that be had an
agreement with L. K. Glavis for the Jo
cation of timber < laims in Washington.
Mr. Barr said that if the deal was suc
cessful Glavis's share of the profits would
be about Si". 1 "-". 1
PIX( HOT STESTIMOXY
Why lie Thinks Ballinger an
Enemy of Conservation.
Washington. Fob. 2C— Gifford Pinchot took
the stand in the Ballinger-Pinchot Inquiry
at 2:20 p. m.. and after reading his prelimi
nary statement. in -which he charged Secre
tary Ballinger with falsehood and disloy
alty to President Taft and declared that
Mr. Balling, r should 'be dismissed from tiie
service, lie was sworn.
His counsel, George \\" Pepper, of Phila
delphia, undertook the direct examination.
It began with a state.-nent of Mr. Ptochot'S
services to the government. The witness
told of the growth of the Forest Service
since he was first connected with It. Mr.
Pfnchot said he first entered the service in
IS&6, under Becretary Hoke Smith, as a spe
■ lai ngent 5n the I^and Office, to Inspect
forest reserves.
3Jr. Pinchot .-;-. i.i that. Mr. Ballinger. as
Commissioner of the Land Office, in 1907,
protested against the creation of the Chu
gach forest reserve in Alaska. This, forest.
as. finally created, Included most of the
Cunningham coal claims.
The contract for "co-operative agree
rri'-nt." calling for co-operation between the
Interior Department and the Forest Ser
vice, arranged by Secretaries "Wilson and
Garfleld, was introduced in evidence. This
contract was abrogated by Secretary Hal-
Unger last year.
Mr. Pinchot proceeded to t»!l at some
length the etory of the conservation move
ment, which received its first great impetus
at the nit-eting of Governors called by Pres
ident Roosevelt early in 190 S. He told of
his own efforts to obtain the withdrawal oC
water power sites because of his fear that
these sites might pass into "monopolistic
control." Mr. Pepper said he would prove
by ss-Seeretary Garfleld, who will be called
as a witness, that at one time prior to
March 4. IV*. he withdrew 1,834.520 acres
and at another time 1,C15,!H0 acres of land
from the public domain as available water
power sites.
Mr. Pun-hot referred to bis "un activity
and that of Mr. Boost) rait in the i onset ta-
Tion muvemtnt. a'-id In chruiiological order
came down at last to ths Inauguration of
I'resident Taft.
"Up to the time he was inaugurated, had
President Taft made any declarations as to
conservation?" asked bis counsel.
"Yes," answered Mr. Pinchot. ■ "He made
reference to the subject in his inaugural
address and leyoral times before."
Mr. Pinchot then i i-ad from one of Ml
Taft's speeches before his election, in which
he spoke of the necessity of protecting the
natural resources of the country.
Mr. Pepper asked Mr. Pinchot to tell
what the status of the conservation move
rr.< nt was at the time President Tqft eaSJM
into or!i, . .
"It had Krunn from practically nrithlnj;. «*
iiMi*. more than a pasr before, until, to my
mind. it was-and *i..i is-the moat power-
KEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 37. , 1910.
THE VAyiJV WASHIjVGTOJf
i Kv.i d The Tribune riureau.] '
B/ashmgton, Fehruary 26.
A '.DIPLOMATIC UOVK — Secretary
Knox announced to-day that the United
States had formally accepted the Invitation
of Chili to participate in the Chilian centen
nial celebration, which opens on September
18, and that the first division of the Pacific
Beat, consisting of the California, the South
Dakota, the Pennsylvania and the Colorado
nnd the supply Ship Glacier, will attend.
Jt is also hosed that the delegates to tha
Pan-American conference to do held at
Buenos Ayres will be able to attend the
Chilian celebration on their way honie. John
B 1> Trask, head of the Pennsylvania
Academy Of Fine Arts, has been at pointed
commissioner general to the Chilian exhibi
tion of Fine Arts, and will be assisted by
Charles Francis Browne, of Chicago. Mexico
will hold an exposition following *hat in
Chill, and it is probable that ths delegates
to the Pan-American conference wil' attend
that also. Cordial participation m these
exhibitions is regarded with the Utmost fa
vor by members of the committ'-es on For
eign Relations and Foreign Affairi, and \Z
is believed that the good will shown oy the
United States will go far to offset any un
toward results of the ultimatum to Chill,
the demands made on Panama and the Nlca
raguan difficulties. It is the earne;--t desire
<f members of Congress interested ir. th-3
foreign affairs of this country that he most
cordial relations exist between the United
States and the republics of Central and
South America, and they welcome every
step In that direction which may b taken
by Secretary Kncx. They are hopeful that
.Mr. Knox's plans in regard to these exposi
tions and the Pan-American conferriice will
serve to perpetuate and confirm 'he good
work done by Secretary Root in that direc
tion.
PROBL£M OF TUB FAR EAST.— It
would i>e the cause of the greatest gratifi
cation to many students of the foreign af
fairs of this country if Secretary Knox
could discover some effective method of al
loying any distrust which may have been
e;;nsei! i<v ihe misinterpretation of his prop
osition to neutralize the Manchurlan rail
roads, a proposition which was made in
perfect good faith, but which, it is felt, ro
gardteas of the polite protestations of Rus
sia and Japan, has been so far miscon
strued as to arouse a wholly unwarranted
misconcect ion of American desires with re
gard to the Far Kast and "the open door."
The United States has. in the long incum
bency of .lohn Hay and Klihu Root as
heads of the Department of State, occupied
the hiehiy enviable position of best friend
of both Russia nnd Japan, and to this coun
try both nations have been inclined to look
for sympathy and advice when occasion
demanded either or both. Such a position
could not, of course, be maintained without
excitintr the er.vy of other powers and
there i.s reason to believe that, following
the Ifancfaurian proposition, the opportu
nity to wrest that position from this count
try has not been neglected. While Secre
tary Knox breathes DO word of dissatisfac
tion witL the representation of this country
at Tokio. it is generally believed in diplo
matic circles that the Secretary has not
been as accurately informed regarding sen
timent In the Japanese capital as he would
have wished, and that this fact has played
its part in producing a situation which has
brought Russia and Japan into closer com
munity of sentiment and purpose than is
entirely promotive of the desire of Secre
tary Knox to maintain the open door pol-
PAN - AMKtIICAN SENSITIVENESS.—
Highly commendable as Is the desire of
the United States to promote international
arbitration, there are close students Of in
ternational affairs who question the ad
viFaiuiity of pressing at this time the
litilization of the international prize coy.it
as an arbitral tribunal. Those who t:,k
this view contend that the proposition for
a permanent peace court, made at The
ful movement traversing the minds of the
American people." said the. witness. "It
had reached the point where we were all
read} for action- the foundation work had
hef'A done.''
"And then what happened?"
"BALLIXGER REVERSED POLJCY-'"
-.Mr. Balllnser reversed the central idea—
the withdrawal of the waterpower sites
and threw the lands open to private appro
priation."
Mr. Pepper *<<id that the action of Secre
tary Ballinger in restoring these lands
would be shown by competent witnesses
and documents. lie declared that Mr. Bal
linger announced that the Garfleld with
drawals were Illegal, and that when he an
nounced his purpose of restoring the lands
to entry he made no reference as to any
re withdrawals.
Mr. Pinchot read a list of restorations
made by Mr. Ballinger, but In reply to
question? by members of the committee he
said he knew very little of the reasons for
the large amount of acreage withdrawn, ex
cept that the maps did not show definitely
the locations of the streams, and the with
drawals were made sufficiently large to be
sure to take in all the power sites.
Mr. Pepper said he would prove by officers
of the' reclamation service that the restora
tions made by Becretary Ballinger were
made without further Investigation of the
lands, and that the officers were compelled,
under written Instructions of the Secre
tary, to recommend the restorations.
Mr. Pepper c-alled the committee's atten
tion to a number of papers already in evi
dence in the Senate document dealing with
the whole case, which. he said, showed that
while Mr. Ballinger did not enter office
until March '<, 1&09, he was on April 1 of
that year calling on the reclamation service
for reasons why certain withdrawn lands
In Montana, Utah and Oregon should not
be restored to public entry.
The reply from the reclamation service
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Hague at the lnslai.ee of Secretary R' (Ot '
resulted in some embarrassment, not to coy
humiliation, to the smaller American re
publics, European powers evincing an O*"
■willingness to accord them representation
on the proposed court equal to that ac
corded the larger powers, without in the
least questioning the desirability of the es
tablishment of such a couri. the question is
raised as to whether it is wholly wise f f >r the
I'nited States to take the further initiative
in view of its desire to maintain the most
friendb" relations with the Central and
South American republics. It Is probable,
however, that these critics overestimate the
energy with which the proposition will be
pressed. Mr. Knox has said that his sug
gestion Is purely tentative, and that he
will be glad to receive counter suggestions
from the other powers, his sole aim being
the time-honored ambition of the I'nlted
States to promote the cause of universal
peace.
A i;Sf:i,ESS INVESTIGATION. -The mil
itary board appointed to investigate the
shooting affray at Brownsville, of which
lieutenant General 3. M. B. Young is chair
man, has completed the taking of testi
mony, and from now on will devote Its at
tention to the preparation of its report.
As was to have been expected, it has
reached no conclusions different from those
reached by a majority of the Senate Com
mittee on Military Affairs. Tn fact, the
further it has looked into the subject the
more obvious has it become that tlie shoot
ing was done by the negro troops. The
beard has reviewed the ten thousand pages
of testimony previously taken, has taken
three thousand pages of new testimony,
and has examined about eighty witnesses,
all of which goes to establish the conclu
sions reached in the first place by the mil
itary authorities charged with the Investi
gation. This board is required to bring in
its report not later than April T, and may
finish its labors even earlier.
A REGRKTTABLE AFFAIR.— The Navy
Department iias ordered a board of inquiry
to investigate the suspension of General
Klliott. commandant of the- matine corps.
of Colonel Charles H. I.auchlieimer. of that
corps. The board consists of Rear Ad
nmals Barker and Davis and General Hay
ward, of the marine corps, all retired. The
affair is comparatively unimportant in it
self, but is regrettable for the reason that
it adds fuel to the flames" of the conflict
between tlie line and staff of the navy,
the latter freely charging that this inquiry
is due to a desire of the line to discredit
the marine corps. So far as can be learned
the suspension of Colonel Lauchheimer
grew- out of a trivial dispute between that
officer and his superior, the commandant
oT the marine corps, and the penalty im
posed was not so severe a?, under ordinary
circumstances, to attract much attention.
Colonel Lauchheimer feels, however, that
an injustice has been done him, and de
mands satisfaction in the form of an in
quiry, while the staff has seized upon the
granting of his demand as: material with
which to attack the line,
WILL TEST NEW TURBINE. -Secretary
Meyer has approved the proposition to in
stal! the Westinghouse high speed turbine
with reducing gears in the fleet collier No.
8. now being constructed by the Maryland
Steel Company, this being the invention
Of Rear Admiral Melville, retired. This
change promises such reduction in the
weight of machinery required and the
'•pace occupied that the collier will be able
to carry an additional 17«> tons of coal in
its bunkers. The Westinghouse company,
which will build the turbine machinery, is
so confident of it<? success that it lias
agreed to replace it with reciprocating en
-ii es without expense to th? government
if it should prove a failure. It is generally
believed that the Installation of this florin
of turbines with reducing gear will resort
H a revolution In motive power of ships
of war. 6- G- H.
fhowa date «>f April 10. but on April 7 Mr.
iiuUinyHr had already restored more than
200.000 acres In Montana.
Mr. Pinchot said Mr. Ballinger held that
the restoration? were made as the result
of recent investigations, which showed the
lands were no longer necessary to the in
terests of the United States. He said he
would prove that, as a matter of fact,
there had been no "recent Investigations"
of any sort.
Mr. Pinchot was risked to tell of an in
terview he had with President Taft on
April 19. I!<W'. on the restoration of water
power sites by Secretary Ballinger. It is
alleged by Mr. Pepper that Secretary Bal
linger made no rewithdrawals of these sites
until after Mr. Pincbot's interview with the
President.
INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT.
"1 called on the President on April 19
and said" began Mr. Pinchot.
"One moment," interrupted Mr. Vertrees.
•'I wish to make an objection which is really
a suggestion. The witness is ah-.ini to t'i;
of a conversation with the President. Tin.
would put the President in an embarrassing
attitude. Any written communication to cr
from the President would be all right, but
if \v.; allow witnesses to repeat conversa
tions it puts the President in the attitude
where be must either remain silent or come
■ bt-fore the committee, which would be un
drsirable."
Air. Pepper was asked by the members of
the committee what lie expected to prow
. by the conversation. Be replied -lu.t sub
sequent letters of Mr. Pinchot and the Presl
; dent referred to the interview. T!ie letter
[ of th<^ President contained the statement
. he said, that his recollection of the conver
; satlon did not wholly coincide With that of
Mr. Pinchot.
Mr. Pepper cited letters in the record
i which he said tended to show that Mr. Bal
i linger took no steps toward the rewithdrawal
1 of power site lands until after tho Interview
between the wHness Wd the" 1I!»r?s.t(l;»ht.1 I ! »r?s.t(l;»ht. TH»
said the first withdrawal was nvule on
May 4, 1909, whereas the restorations had
been made early in April.
Mr. Pimhot. askrd If h« w?nt to the
President In his official capacity as For
ester, replied :
"I went to see ldm as Forester, ;"5 < •haif
man of the National Conservation Commis
sion, and as his friend. He had Mid me to
<-ome to him when matters of ihis kind
■were to be disposed of."
"What were the essential facts abou*
these restorations'.'"' asked Mr. Pepp«r.
"The essential fact of the restoration of
these wat^r power sites was the reversal of
a policy of the. greatest importance, which.
if It had not been checked, would have sub
jected these flltes to private apprnpvation."
Mr. Pepper desired to defer a fu'iher ex
amination until the committee bad passed
on teh admissibillty of the conversation
with the President, but was told by Sena
tor Nelson to proceed with some otivr phase
of The case.
TAKES ISSUE WITH PRESIDENT.
Mr. Pepper here offered in evidence a
copy of the letter written by President
Taft to Secretary Ballinger on September
1?. last dismissing the Glavis charges
against the Secretary and authorizing the
dismissal of Glavis from the service. His
action l^d to a dramatic IncWenf. :n which
Mr. Pinchot took direct issue with the
President.
Tn his letter the President referred to
the fact that it had been charged against
the Secretary that his abrogation of the
agreement with the Forest Serrkv. whereby
the latter should have control of th» forests
on Indian reservations, was UMKher evi
dence of his unfriendliness to conservation.
Continuing, the President said Secretary
Pallinger abrogated the agreement be
couse of a decision of teh Controller of
the Treasury, which permitted of no appeal
and which held that the delegation of
authority from one department to another
was illegal.
"Do you know of any swb deciFion by
the Controller?" asked Mr. Pepper.
"There is no such opinion, to my knowl
edge. No decision by the Controller
which bears upon the point at issue."
Senator Sutherland called the attention
of the witness to a decision by the
Controller on September .'. 100 S. in which
he hold that there was no authority of law
for the detail of an employe from one de
rartment to another.
' That decision referred wholly to clerical
unrk," said Mr. Pinchot. "It had nothing
to do with our work in ths field. After
that decision was rendered the agreement
remained In effect, and the Controller con
ttnued to pass teh accounts for our work
i:i the field on Indian lands."
"Are you sure that decision was not reti
rifred on the co-operative agreement?"
"It was not. It had to do with the pro
posed detail of a clerk from our office to
the Indian bureau."
"Do you know whether or not the de
riyion referred to by Senator Sutherland
was the decision cited by the President?"
asked Representative MaiMs.-n.
I don't know." ,^aid Mr. Pinchot "I
thought he must have referred to some
other decision There is an earlier de
< ision by the Controller on June 10, 1907,
febieh I contend .specifically authorises the
agreement which Mr. Ballinger abrogated."
The witness explained in some detail as
to how the agreement came to he made.
In the forestry there were trained, run who
Mere pent to the Indian lands by the De
partment of the Interior and were paid
cut of the Indian funds. This was done
instead of hiring outside men."
Mr. Piaehot r t ad a long detailed state
ment of the work accomplished! by the
men of the Forest Service on Imiian res
ervation.
When he had concluded an adjournment
was taken until Tuesday at 10 a. m.
GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE.
Bill for $30,000,000 Irrigation Bond
Issue Amended.
Washington, Feb. 26.— 1n accordance with
recommendations by the Senate Committee,
vii Finance, the bill providing for the $.'!"■
000.000 i ertifioates of. indebtedness for the
benefit of the reclamation service will be so
amended as to make the government direct
ly responsible for the payment of the cer
tificates, as the bill stands now the cer
tificates are made payable from the recla
mation fund, but the gorernsnent is u>
guarantee them.
The amendment will authorize the Sec
retary Of the Treasury to transfer from
time to time from the general to. the recla
mation fund SQCh amount as may be neces
sary to complete the projects, providing rhe
aggregate shall not excet-d }30,000,0<X>. The
.Secretary i^ to be authorized to issue cer
tificates bearing interest not to exceed ;;
per cent, the proceeds to be used to reim
burse the Treasury for the advance? made.
The funds thus obtained are to be used for
the completion of projects already begun.
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BAR HEARS LURTON
J.M) SESATOR T.I VI.OK
Tributes for Newest' Member
of Supreme Court.
On February -'-. 18C-. a youn* Confederate
soldier within a few, days of his twenty
first birthday was lying on a cot in Ihi
military prison hospital on Johnson's Isl
and. Lake Erie. Over his cot wa« a card
with one word, 'Tuberculosis.' on it.
His mother, cummoned from the South,
saw him dying, and made her way with
breaking heart- to the White House.
"President Lincoln, my boy is doomed to
death, but there Is a possibility of savins:
iiis life if I can take him home," she- s=aid
to the great man who had heard the ap
peals of a thousand mothers, and the
martyr President sent her back with an
order for her boy's immediate release on
parole.
That boy was Horace Harmon Lurton, of
Tennessee, the most recent appointee to
the Supreme Court of the United Btalsa,
and he told the story on the sixty-sUtn
anniversary of his birth to the New York
County Lawyers* Association, whose guest
he was at a dinner at the Astor last Bdgnt
The tribute of applause with which the
lawyers greeted him, Justice Lurton said
he accepted not as a personal one but
as a tribute to the great court of which he
had recently become a member, and his ap
pointment to that high office, h* declared,
would never nave come to a man of his
age had it not been for his long personal
friendship with the President.
"[ cannot talk." said Justice Lurten mod
estly "but I have brought with me that
'«=on of the mountains of Tennessee.' Sena
tor Robert U Taylor, and he will say the
things I cannot say."
Senator Robert L. Taylor had not been
talking for more than a moment when it
was- easily seen that Justice Lurton had
spoken truly when he said. "He will say
the things I cannot say." The Senator
started on Tennessee, continued to the
Garden of Eden, which he said was located
"risht there in Tennessee"; ran rapidly
over New York, with a side fling at Africa,
and ended at Washington with a denuncia
tion of the protective tariff.
What Senator Taylor had seen in Ten
nessee, as he told it to the New York law
yers, was very, dose to Paradise itself. He
had an idea, he said, that when the guilty
pair were thrust out from the Garden of
Kden that establishment was located in his
native state.
■I havo seen th» darfceya gather," be
said, "when the sun was melting in th<»
west, to laugh the golden hmirs away, to
laugh until the big rip*» corn broke „ut of
its Shaath to laugh with them I h;t\- ■
them dance until the dust .shuffled out from
under their feet and danced with them la
the golden sunbeams."
In fact, the Senator had seen po»try in
every phase of life in Tennessee, and whca
he had impressed that point upon bis N'ev.
York aJidience he turned with a satisfied
air to more material thing.-.
Iron, gold and sfirer, even lead, h^ went
on, Tennessee produced, but her pilnclpa.l
product was men.
To give a few instances, lie cited "Hi' k-
Greenkul' /f "v,™,
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alia With All Purchases .
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Dry Goods
$35 New Spring Tailor-made
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Monday
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Monday . • • • • • • • *^
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Monday at *^
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___________ ixtK Avenue, loth to I'ith 3t. m i-.. Aiimni x o>. __•—_——»
ory*' 'Jackson". ' President Msl anat^WSMi
dent Johnson, "who was Impeached wh::#
trying to carry oif the noikie.-i or Abra
ham .Lincoln and save the South from m|
terrors of reconstruction." he said, ar.d
Davy Crockett. Sam Houston. Admiral
Farragut, and now Jnjtfoj I>urton.. :
He had been eagerly a^afffnij this oppor
tunity to come to the "metropolis of bulls
and bear*," the Senator san\ and now
that bs was -here he said he wa» in doubt
as to what to sp*»ak upon.
(V.mir.i- after his flighto of oratorical
poetry this expressed doubt of the Souihorn
'senator ronvuls«i his audience, and it was
Sams time before he Wm allowed to r»
Flaall* he rhose politics for his suojes*
because he said, wh*n talkin? on politic*
he was 'aware r.f where i •- •*• *'.
"I am aware of where I am. h* s a W
"and I am also a'.var- of the shadow of
a 'bis stick.' the shadow of a miehty hunt
•>r. who from his horrid hair Is .-hakin*
pestilence and war." -,""■.
He could talk politics, the Senator adde-1.
but the coming down rniir bother im
■I looked the oth^r day at the, statue of
Grant in Washington, and I *w>o« how
any American dthwa. whether in the S*^
9\l or out of It. could so forget the* quali
ties which make ra-n great to sneer ac
the nami of i.- . The douth honors f.rant
and Lincoln. Cannot the victorious North
be as generous as the South?' he a«Ked.
And tho South, he add* had snprerr.*
contempt for those who fought their bat
now—and turned their batten* on t.he
monuments of the Bsulh. .»„♦;«„ «
"It Is time w»> learned that sectional
lines must be wiped out forever, he said.
.- hir.tf then to the subject o: which
h" had confessed himself rather -afraid.
politics, th© Senator declared that th#»
temptations which had undermined the pa*i
wer» with us now. ■ -
•■The- lust for gold, the hunger ror power.
; s declared, "have dug the grave ot «v«rf
nation. Are they not diggln? ours now .
Thp laughs nt society tinkled with goi<l.
hi said, and the very eyes of the Church
were jaundiced with it. rV":.
"Why if the American nation w*r« trans
ported now to paradise." he said, tftey
would levy a tariff on the solrien Harps
of the angels for the protection of Ameri
can industries." . .
Foseph H Choato, former Ambassador to
the Court of St. James's, who was Intro
daeed by Toastmaster Alton B. Parker a^
"the leader of the bar." told tb« «UI o.
honor that the seven hundred and fifty m? n
and five women who were <*-:tertainlr.K
him ar the dtaner wars lfc» rjo P*"*™
who would be making trouble for him for
the next ten year?. He described his flrsu
case in the Bopri I Court, and w^-nt on i u>
say that he had never been so impressed
with Its power and dignity as when from
his post in London be hAd obtained a
nrooer perspective on It
-,;;.'ieV that "such a regrettable incident
WOOld never be repeated. -_»-#_
Governor Hngbea senl t«-legr d ni o r-~
■rel and Fnited Btates < trcult * «i jr t .u-.Ak'*
Ward Bpolrt briefly in his stead,
the new Supreme Court justice <m brhalf
of the federal bench of wii.- district.
NEW CORPORATION TAX CASK
Fifteenth Suit Brought .by New. York
Life Stockholders.
Waamnjlon. Feb. 25.-The fifteenth cor
poration tax ca- brought to the Snprem*
Court of the United States was docket-*"
to-day. II was begun tn the'UnitM states
Circuit Court for the Southern DssWet •<
New York hy Wiltiam V. Fhihr»r and
Albert W. I>urand, of New York, and
HoWrd H Williams, of N-v Jersey .as
stockholders th« prlven^nlc^pora:
9urance < tompan
tlon from paytas the
one reas< i • ■" snpport
sertion that I '
|r,oli^atiori
aro authorized to conduct mutual insurance
branches. ''