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NIMIIKK 1(11. 1 11-lA^-Ci . tfcU V-iJlilllO I'liß MONTH
TO BAR COUNTY
EMPLOYES FROM
DOING POLITICS
Good Government Leaders
Want Civil Service
Rule Adopted
ASPIRANTS WARNED
•'Pernicious Activity" by
Office Holders May
Be Curbed
DEMANDING that the civil service
rules apply to the employes of the
county as well as to the employes
of the city, the executive committee of
the Good Government organization at
a meeting in the new headquarters,
318 Fay building, yesterday afternoon
adopted resolutions Vigorously con
demning the "pernicious political ac
tivity" of the county's employes and
urging that Incumbents of county of
(lrrs. seeking nominations under the
direct primary election law, be com
pelled to Rive public notice that In the
coming campaign such "pernicious ac
tivity" . will not be tolerated among
their employes.
Tho resolutions are the outcome of
careful deliberation on the part of a
number of Gk>Od Government organiza-
tlon leaden who were present at the
i itlng yesti relay *Bd who discussed
i Ktenalveljr the deplorable political
condition! brought about by the fail
ure to apply civil service regulations
to i otinty employes.
It has been a notorious fact that
employes of Los Angeles county have
been allowed, and In many Instances
even expected, to neglect their duties
and "promote" the political Interests
of certain "higher ups," including, of
course, heads of departments on whom
these subordinates and assistants de
pend for their livelihood.
Employes "Do Politics"
The non-application of the civil
service rules makes It possible for
these employes, of which there are
several thousand in Los Angeles coun
ty, to waste much of their, time "doing
politics," mid their political machina
tions and cajoleries, It is asserted,
have contributed a powerful but dan
gerous— and frequently harmfulln
lluence in county administrations.
• It is a notorious fact, also, that fre
quently these employes have ! been
dupes and .agents of "the push" and
have worked hand In hand with 6. P.
heelers and corrupt politicians. At the
same time they have in numerous In
stances performed Important duties In
a slipshod manner and intrenched In
the strongholds of authority have been
'able by corrupt methods to elect to
office men wholly unfitted for their
responsibilities. I
Such pernicious activity, rampant as
It is, and extending Into every recess
of county government makes the work
of th' 3 Good Government organization,
which has Just entered Into its cam
paign for "purer politics" and a thor
oughly efficient and reliable county
administration, much more difficult
than it would be were It not for this
phaae of the problem. Tho enforce
ment of civil service rules would ac
complish many salutary results. It Is
declared.
The action taken by the Good Gov
ernment committee yesterday is prac
tically the first step in the work of ar
ranging the county program, and is
considered an Important move for the
betterment of the county administra
tion. Simultaneously the Good Gov
ernment organization is reorganizing
its precinct clubs and establishing
leagues In every township In the
rounty, so that when the "better gov
ernment" forces are arrayed the de-
Nir<M reforms will be more easily uc
compllihed.
With the elimination of pernicious
politics from among the county em
ployes will come other changes and
measures, It is declared, but which
will look toward the establishment of
B oleao and competent county admin
istration in all its branches. Men who
are now squandering the time for
which they are paid high salaries by
the people and who are neglecting to
discharge their dtuie* with any degree
of promptness, appreciation or effl
. lency will be compelled to do their
work in the manner demanded by the
progrespive. policy, vast interests and
sztenslve development of a county
nixed iia the greatest In the south
west.
Resolutions Framed
The resolutions passed yesterday
were framed after n lengthy discus
sion in which several prominent Good
Gtoverntnent workers participated, In
cluding Marshall Stlmson, Frank G.
Plnlayson, A. M. Dunn, F. V. Owen,
H. B. Williamson and W. H. Work
man. The resolutions follow:
Resolved, by the executive com
mittee of the Good Government
organization that the principles of
civil service should apply to the
> employes of the county of Los
Angeles as well as to the employes
of the city, to the end that county
employes should dovote their time
to public business instead of doing
politics at the public's expense and
to the public detriment, as many
of them do at the present time
and have been doing in the past.
Resolved, further, that in the
opinion of this committee all can
didates for county office should
declare themselves in favor of the
application of civil service rules
and should not tolerate any actions
in their deputies or employes that
would be contrary thereto; and
Resolved, that Incumbents of
county offices, seeking nominations
under the direct primary election
1 nw. should give public notice that
In the coming campaign and in the
future pernicious political activity
as defined in the principles of civil
service will not be tolerated in the
conduct of their respective offices.
AMERICANS ARE SA^E
BOGOTA, Colombia^ • ..v-The
anti-American -" jically
ceased las// ;" . -—j^pmert
cans here are sai«. .■...*. ■*)? of tho
disorder was due chiefly to the firm
ness and tact, of Elliott Northcott,
United' States minister to i Colombia.
LOS ANGELES HERALD
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
FORECAST
For Los Angeles and vicinity: Fair
Friday, light west winds. Maximum
temperature yesterday 69 degrees,
minimum 50 degreer,.
LOS ANGELES
P. Veysset charges favorite nephew
with disposing of property by fratnl.
PASS 5
Arm tortured banker; kills snlf In
hotel room. PAGE 16
Three men arrested suspeoted of hav
ing stolen 1 GOO worth of copper wire
at llnlrilKtown. ' I'AGB 8
Pretty woman admits she doesn't love
her husband, but trie* to compel him
to support her. I'AOB 8
Telephone problem of Los Angeles Is
taken up by Engineer Sloan. rAOD 8
Capturo woman alleged to be shoplifter;
man also held. PAOH 8
Mr*. Mary Hay. divorcee, brings «ult for
share of estate. I'Aflß 9
George A. Stone and -wife arraigned on
charge of murdering Morgan Shlvely,
and trial dato set. PAOB} »
Sheriff llammel declare* story of holdup
told by Fetor Holster Is false. PACIH 9
Flans complete for commercial exposi
tion at Fiesta park under auspices of
Mechanics' fair association. PAGE] 9
Woman who telephoned Lankershlm
that H. K. Wiley Intended to take
own life, declares she Is his wife. PAGE 9
Hundreds of Pennnylvanlaiu attend recep
tion at chamber of commerce. PAGE! 8
Good Government organization demands
that county employes attend to their du
ties Instead of "doing politics." PAOE 1
Theodore Ball announces he will ha candl
dldate for governor on Democratic ticket.
PAGE 3
Uelnforced concrete Tmlldlng limit Is In
creased to 133 feet. I'AGR 5
Protestant daymen plan forming of solid
missionary phalanx. PAGE 6
Editorial, Letter Box, Hasklns - letter.
PAGE 4
Society, music. PAGE 7
Marriage licenses, births, deaths. I'A OR 14
News of the court*. FAGJ3 5
Municipal affairs. PAGE 5
Mines and oil fields. ■ PAGE 13
Markets and financial. PAGE] II
Citrus fruit report PAGE 11
Building permits. PAOH! 6
Shipping. PAGE 16
Classified advertising. PAGES 14-15
Automobiles. PAGK) 11
Theaters and dramatic criticism. PAGE 7
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
Ten torpedo boats to participate In target
practice at San Pedro. PAGE II
Santa Ana court holds that player In
checker tournament Is not fit to act on
• Jury. PAGE 14
Thomas Lea Woolwine to assist In prose
cuting Pasadena bucketshop cases. PAOB 14
Indian leads poese a wllil goosa chase and
Tang Darrow makes escape. PAGE 14
California Limited wreck U barely averted
at Ban Bernardino. PAGE 1
COAST
Man and divorced wife found dead at Olym
pla and suicide pact Is suspected. PAOE 1
Central California, from San Luis Oblspo
to Stockton, feels severe earthquake. PAOE) 2
Independent Republicans of Ban Bernardino
county organize to oppose boss rule. PAGE 3
EASTERN
Charged that Dr. Hyde's wife taken
seriously 111, willed him 1300,000 after
suggestion was made her. PAGE 3
Witnesses expose, methods of Maybray
and others In fleecing victims of thou
sands with fake sporting events. PAGB 3
General upward tendency of railroad
' stocks felt in Wail street. PAGE II
Clarence Cunningham, witness In Alaska
coal lands Investigation, tells of discov
ery of fields. PAOE 2
New legal talent appears with,second de
fense of Standard Oil In suit to dissolve
company. PAGE 2
Senate committee opposed to allowing
American officials to accept foreign decor
ations. , PAGE 3
Former Secretary of -Interior Garfleld says
Secretary Balllnger deceived Taft. PAGE 1
Mounted police ride over mob In Phila
delphia; many clubbed. PAGE 1
Secretary Knox'a son says he will earn liv
ing by selling automobiles. PAGE 1
Girl weds gallant who dived In river to
save prized hat. * PAGE 2
Mrs. Cudahy yearns for good fellowship of
life on stagu. PAGES 1
Effort made to show Senator Allds connived
with friends In purchase of forest lands.
PAGE 1
Demand of 25.000 firemen for wage lncrea.se
will b» answered by railroad officials to
day. PAGE 8
Thirty million dollars In " vaults of Cleve
land bank revealed by Investigation; run
believed at end. PAGE 11
New York Republican senators disregard
Hughes and Root In naming successor to
AIM', ax president pro l. in _ I'AOE 11
McLachlan says Una of government steam
ers on Pacific ocean would lower freight
rates 76 per cent. . PAGE 1
H. F. Schwerln of the Pacific Mall testifies
in government line Inquiry. PAGE 3
MINING AND OIL
Pyramid Oil company enters Midway
field through acquisition of 1600 acres
of land. PAOB IS
Property of Eight Oil company sells
for $1626 an acre. PAUE 13
California Midway expects to begin de
livering oil to Standard today. PAGE 13
Taft, distributing point for Midway ter
ritory, Is said to be the busiest town
In state. PAGE 13
SPORTING
Jeffries and friends leave for fortnight*
hunting trip up In Tehachapl coun
try. PAGE 10
White Sox Yannlgans beat Angels 5
to 1 in fast game because of great
pitching by Sox box men. PAGE 11
Arthur Seymour defeats Walter John
' son In final game of match at.three
cushion billiards by 60 to 17. PAGE 10
Puke of Milan runs consistently and
wins Emeryville) feature; Nealon
comes back to races and wins at
Jacksonville. -
MRS. CUDAHY YEARNS
GOOD FELLOWSHIP TO
BE FOUND ON STAGE
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 10.—Mr*.
"Jack" ( iidiilii, ulu.s.< husband attacked
Banker Jere Mills Sunday morning, mi Id
today she had received a score of offer*
to go on the stage, but had declined
(hem all.
"Keally, though," she added, "If, it
were not for my children I would go on
the stage. The stage always lias ap
pealed to me. " Not the glamour of tbe
f>M>tlli:hts or the plaudits of the people,
but the life and the people. It is the
good fellowship found among the. mem
bers of the profession that appeal* to
me." .
Mr. Mills today wan quoted as saying
Sirs. Cudaliy had been unjustly accused
of misconduct. ...
' He Is said to be rapidly Improving.
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1910.
MOUNTED POLICE
RIDE OVER MOB;
CLUB AT RANDOM
Demonstration Planned by
Philadelphia Strikers
Is Routed
'BRUTALITY' THE CRY
Appeal to Taft Voted by
Federation —State Ready
to Join in Big Tieup
IfEWOASTLK, Pa,, March 10.—The
committee of nine, appointed yesterday
to ii,,,. means of carrying Into effect
flip resolution for a slate and possibly a
country-wide strike, In the event Hint
arbitration fails In the labor situation
at Philadelphia, reported to the conven
tion from the Pennsylvania state Fede
ration of Labor here today.
President Greenawmlt of the state or
ganization was authorized to call upon
President Taft, Senator Penrose, Senator
Oliver and Uov. Stuart to nse their best
■■(Torts to compel an arbitration of the
carmen's strike within ten days.
The committee announced it had Is
mkml a requeat to all state and local
union organizations to call special ses
sions to vote on the question of a state
wide strike within fifteen days and re
port the results by wire to President
Ureenawalt,/
[Associated Press]
PHILADELPHIA. March 10.—The
sixth day of the general strike
witnessed an attempt to make the
center of the city the scene of a big
demonstration. '--„'
The police blocked the move by ex
ercise of "high-handed methods and
brutal, unwarranted force," the strike
leaders claim in statements issued to
night.
The action of the police was In prose
cution of lawful, justifiable means, and
with no more force than was necessary
to check in Its lnclplency wha,t might
have been serious disturbance of the
peace, the authorities assert.
"March on the city hall" Is the slo
gan that has been heard before In dis
turbances here. Suspecting that the
crowd of 10,000 or more, who had been
prevented from holding an open air
meeting In the National league park
and at Independence hall, would take
up the Indicated line of march today,
the authorities took measures to pre
vent the Invasion of the city's central
districts by what It was feared might
prove a turbulent mob.
• /■' Heads Battered
Lines of police, with active clubs,
partially checked the marchers on their
way down Broad street, more than two
miles from the objective point. A mile
farther down they broke up the parade
altogether. Half a dozen were Injured
In the onslaught and many arrests were
made.
Crowds of unwonted proportions
thronged the spaces about the city hall
until nightfall, but there was no or
ganized demonstration.
Urge All to Stand Together
Tonight at meetings of worklngmen
In various parts of the city and in
statements by the strike leaders Inci
dents of the afternoon were used as
arguments to convince men who are
still sticking to their Jobs that the time
had come for all workingmen to stand
together.
There were a few scattered points
where disturbances of minor character
broke out today. Flying stones broke
windows in a number of cars. More
cars were operated than on any other
day since the strike began—ll4o the
company reported—or thirty-six •in ex
cess of yesterday's high record.
State Strike Menaces
Spread of the general strike over the
whole state is still considered a dis
tant possibility.
Tomorrow the business men of the
city will make a new attempt to bring
about a settlement.
The strikers gained today though ac
cessions from the Baldwin Locomotive
works, upwards of 800 men. On the
other hand, various manufacturers re
ported tor work many hands who had
come out. An obvious defection from
the strikers' ranks was that of 100
taxicab chauffeurs. Scores of cabs were
actively in service today and tonight.
In the business section tonight the
good temper of the crowds was fav
orably commented upon. ■'■.._ 1 :
Sympathetic Strikers Not Aggrieved .
"The general run of the sympathetic
strikers," said a business man, "have
no grievance of their own and are evi
dently not disposed to push things to
extremes."
The committee of ten estimates the
number who gathered for the meeting
at the ball park at 60,000, and declares
the police rode into these crowds and
inflicted Injury on peaceable citizens
without cause.
Of the general situation the commit
tee in a formal statement, said: "The
general strike in Philadelphia has just
begun. We are receiving hourly as
surances from hundreds and thousands
of men and women that they will
throw down their tools and Join In
the strike."
For the first time since the strike
was declared, the process of Injunc
tion was Invoked tonight. Curiously
enough, the injunction was not an
outgrowth of the present strike. •'
It was obtained originally by J. R.
Kelm. & Co., worsted manufacturers,
during the labor troubles a year ago.
The writ of injunction, however, was
not served at the time, the trouble hav
ing subsided. Today the firm com
plained that its satisfied hands were
being interfered with by pickets and
agents of the Cloth Weavers union, and
obtained copies of the old injunction
for Immediate service on all concerned
with the present troubles at Its mill.
STRIKE LOWERS STOCK
PHILADELPHIA, March 10.—The
stock of the Philadelphia Rapid Tran
sit company, which was selling at 26 on
February 26, the day the strike of Its
carmen began, broke nearly £4 a share
today. l. The stock is par $50 with that
amount« paid in, and today's price is
the lowest In years.
Labor Leaders in Philadelphia, Their
Opponent and Old Independence Hall
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ALLDS GRILLED
BY INQUISITORS
CONGER BRPERY CASE AS
SUMES NEW TREND
State Solon's Character Assailed in
Effort to Show His Connection
with the Purchase of For.
est Lands
ALBANY, N. T., March 10.—Hints
that Senator Allds connived with
friends to defraud the state In the
purchase of Adirondack forest lands
were developed today In his cross ex
amination on the Conger bribery
charges.
The defendant was under fire all
day except for a brief respite when his
own attorneys recalled Cashier Gale of
the Groton National bank, in an effort
to impeach Hiram G. Moe.
Conger's counsel assailed the accused
senator's character. In addition to
probing his connection with the pur
chase of forest lands, now the object
of a separate Investigation recently
launched by Governor Hughes, delved
into Allds' bank accounts, and tried 10
prove $2000 he sent to his New York
brokers ten days after he was alleged
to have received the $1000 bribe in 1901,
could not be traced to an innocent
source. They also arraigned him for
investing the stock of the New York
Transportation company shortly before
he helped pass a bill benefiting that
corporation.
Firm Received $100 Month
Allda admitted his law firm received
$100 a month as local attorneys for the
New York Central railroad in his home
district.
"But," he said, "a man doesn't have
to quit practicing law because he goes
to the legislature."
Allds seemed satisfied with the way
he acquitted himself today. But the
Interrogations about his connection
with the forest land purchases were
palpably unrelished. Once he said in a
low tone, as Attorney Osborne came
near him:
"Now, Jim, you're hitting below the
belt."
Allds had already testified that he
was employed for five years to search
titles of land bought by the state for
the Adirondack preserve, receiving
about $16,000 for his services.
Osborno today questioned him about
the state's purchase of land from
William Harris of NorthviUe.
"Don't you know that this land was
sold to the state by Harris for $6 an
acre after he had paid 50 cents an
acre for It?" asked Osborne.
Didn't Pass on Values
Allds replied that his business was
to pass on the validity of titles and
not on values.
The examination was interrupted by
Senator Grady, who declared that it
had no bearing on the question at
issue.
"I intend to show," said Osborne,
"that Allds was bound to discover In
searching the titles that this land was
recently acquired and not worth the
price paid by the state."
"The governor has appreciated that
this question is not germane to this
case," declared Grady, "and has or
dered an Investigation into the partic
ular matter.
Osborne withdrew his question, but
made Allds admit that as chairman of
the assembly ways and means commit
tee he had to pass on it In the supply
bill for purchase of this land.
Osborne denied Allds' insinuation
that many persons in Albany were
in the habit of buying tax titles to
Adirondack lands at state comptroller's
sales and selling them back to the
state at a large profit.
IRISH PAPER WILL PRINT
A SPECIAL TAFT EDITION
CHICAGO, March 10.—A Chicago
edition of the Cork (Ireland) Examiner
will be printed in that city on St.
Patrick's day, in which will be details
and illustrations of the reception and
banquet to be given President Taft in
Chicago March 17 by the Irish Fellow
ship club, according to an announce
ment made by William J. Flaherty,
president of the club, at a meeting held
last night.
Top, left, George H. E«rle, Jr., of Transit company. Bottom row, left to
right—W. D. Mahon, E. E. Green wait and C. O. Pratt, in charge of
strike.
LIMITED TRAIN RUNS
INTO OPEN SWITCH
Flyer on Santa Fe Partially Derailed
at San Bernardino —Traffic
Is Blocked for
Hours
[Speclal to The Herald.]
SAN BERNARDINO, March 10.—The
California limited, which left Los An
geles at 10 o'clock this morning, nar
rowly escaped a disastrous wreck as it
was leaving San Bernardino before 1
o'clock this afternoon. The leading
locomotive struck a partly opened
switch at the junction point of the
main line and loop in the northern part
of the city, and both engines with the
buffet car left the track. Although the
two locomotives were drawing the
train at a fast rate of speed, the engi
neer at the Instant he felt his engine
leave the rails applied the emergency
brakes, which brought the train to a
stop before more than the leading car
had been derailed. Neither engine
turned over. The cars which were not
derailed were returned to the yards,
while the wrecker rerailed the engines
and repaired the track. Traffic was
demoralized for four hours. No one was
injured.
COUPLE FOUND DEAD;
SUICIDE PACT HINTED
Washington' Man Shoots Himself Just
After Divorced Wife Expires
Under Suspicious
Circumstances
OL.YMPIA, Wash., March 10.—The
bodies of Mrs. Annabelle Farquhar and
her former husband, Edward Far
quhar, are in the morgue awaiting a
coroner's inquest to determine the
manner of death.
The police believe the couple had a
suicide pact or that Farcjuhar poi
soned the woman before committing
suicide by shooting himself.
About midnight last night Farquhar
called an undertaker to his rooms to
remove the body of his former wife,
saying she had died there. The un
dertaker started to take the body down
stairs when a shot was heard.
He rushed back to the room he had
just left and found that \Farquhar
had shot himself through the head.
Farquhar lived only a few minutes.
Several years ago Mrs. Farquhar,
who had been noted for her beauty,
obtained a divorce, alleging drunken
ness of her husband. Farquhar was
50 years old and Mrs. Farquhar 45.
COMMERCIAL CLUB PROTESTS
ALBUQUBRQUK, N. M., March 10.—
The Albuquerque Commercial club has
protested against the government ap
propriating funds for work on the
Elephant Butte dam on the ground
that the latter would irrigate only
110,000 acres in New Mexico and would
prevent the Irrigation of 400,000 acres
on the upper Klo Grande.
SINGLE COPIES: ON TRAINS, S CEMS
PRIVATE SHIP LINE
CAUSES HIGH RATES
McLachlan Declares Government
Steamers on Pacific Ocean Would
Lower Freight Prices on
California Fruit
NEW YORK, March 10.—California
could save 75 per cent on freight in
annual shipments to tho east of $10,
--000,000 worth of fruit. Representative
James Me Lauchlan of California told
the Merchants' association here today,
if the government would operate a
line of steamers from California to the
western entrance of the Panama canal.
The government already operates one
line between New York and Colon on
the eastern coast of the isthmus, con
necting with the Panama railroad, but
the steamers serving the western coast
are privately owned.
This private line, said Representative
McLachlan, is not effective for com
petition because the railroads pay $100,
--000 annually to the company for the
privilege of naming tho rates.
Oranges now cost $1.30 a box to ship
by rail from coast to coast. By steam
er, said McLachlan, the rate ought to
be 30 cents. Because it is not, the
government line now carries heavy car
goes of supplies from New York to
the canal zone, but gets little or no
business in return.
The association voted its thanks to
Mr. MoLachlan, hut took no other ac
tion on his recommendations.
KNOX, JR., WILL SELL
MOTORS FOR LIVING
Honeymoon of Secretary's Son Is
Brightened by the Offer of
More Than< Score of
Positions
PROVIDENCE, R. 1., March 10—rhllander
C. Knox. jr., Mid today that he had bam
offered so many positions that he wujs bewil
dered.
Telegrams are coming In from al! parts of
iho country containing offers of positions in
mechanical lines. H? said:
"1 nave more friends that I thought. I have
twenty-five offers of positions now, and morfl
are coming. I am considering an offer In this
city seriously. It is along mechanical lines
ami I think I may accept, at least for a
while."
Young Knox will start in to work next Mon
day a. 111ns automobiles for a living.
"I think I am suited to the business," he
Midi "and will show my father thu stulT I am
made of. and perhaps I will own a factory
myself some day."
NEWSPAPER OFFERS POSITION
PLATTSBURG, N. V., March 10.—
An opportunity for Philander C Knox,
jr., son of the secretary of state, to
begin carving out a fortune and future
for himself and his bride was tendered
to him today when a local evening
n. \. paper wired him an offer of a po
sition as a reporter. Young Mr. Knox,
who eloped with Miss May Boler of
Providence, R. 1., and married her in
Vermont, wan quoted yesterday as
saying his father had warned him he
would have to shift for himself.
*^ CENTS \
GARFIELD SAYS
SEC BALLINGER
BETRAYED TAFT
Former Secretary of Inte
rior Drops Bombshell
at the Hearing
AFFIDAVIT DECEIVED
Department Head Accused
of Disguising Syndi
cate's Interests
[Associate Press!
WASHINGTON, March 10.— Jamea
it. G.'jrfieki, former secretary of
the Interior, was finally excused
from the witness stand in the Ballln
ger-Pinchot investigation late this af
ternoon. His Una] half hour before the
committee furnished the sensation of
what hud been a decidedly dull day.
Air. Garfleld stated that Mr. Bellin
ger, after having been commissioner of
tin; land office, submitted to him on
Beptember IT, 1908, an affidavit signed,
by Clarence Cunningham and contain
ing the statement that the Guggen
heirns had no interest whatever in tha
Cunningham group of coal claims In
Alaska, while as a. matter of fact tha
record of a recent hearing before tha
senate committee on territories shows
that prior to the making of the affida
vit the Guggenheim syndicate had been
given an option on a half Interest iv all
the Cunningham claims.
Taft Report Read
Attorney Hramleis, who was ques
tioning Mr. Garfleld, followed this dec
laration by reading from Secretary
Ballinger's report to President Taft on
the Glavia charges the statement that
Mr. Balllnger had suggested to Mr.
Cunningham an amendment to an affi
davit made prior to tIM one which ha
presented to Scretary (iarlield in Sep
t i, 1808, and that Mr. Cunningham
made the amendment by explaining iix
detail what he meant by certain terms
used in htl former afflda\ it.
Mr. Garfleld said Mr, jfaillncer, in
giving him the affidavit, left the Im
pression that his action was entirely
casual, and that he had been requested
by friends in Seattle to leave it on. flla
for whatever it might be worth.
Mr. Brandell then called attention
to the fact that the name of Mr. Bal
linger's law firm was printed on tha
back of the affidavit.
Combines
Mr. Garfleld was examined and cross
examined on his administration of tha
office which he surrendered to Mr. Bal
llnger on March 5, IMB. Mr. Garfleld
In explaining what he did in the mat
ter of withdrawal of lands without
specific provision of law, declared he
was working in the interest of the peo
ple and to prevent monopolistic control
of power sites, and consequent extor
tionate prices to consumers.
When he had concluded his testi
mony Mr. Garfleld took a scat beside
Gifford Pinchot and with arms about
each others' shoulders they sat for
some time in smiling discussion of
the day's events.
A. F. Davis, chief engineer of tha
reclamation service, followed Mr. Gar
field on the stand. He said ho pre
ferred not to testify unless directed
to do so by the committee.
Chairman Nelson gave this direction
and Mr. D*vis had just started his
testimony when adjournment was ta
ken until tomorrow.
Issue Unnecessary
"I do not believe the $30,000,000 bond
issue recommended by President Taft
to congress is necessary for the proper
forwarding of irrigation work in tho
west."
Tills statement from Mr. Garnela
greatly enlivened the hearing. Mr.
Garfleld said this in defense of tho
co-operative agreements he entered
into with the water users' associations
and of the reclamation certificates ha
issued In evidence of work performed
and which have come to be known as
"Garfield currency."
Mr i iarlield declared it was evident
Attorney General Wickersham and
President Taft did not have the proper
facts before them when they reached
opinions adverse to the legality of tho
reclamation certificates.
The witness implied that Mr. Bal
llnger might have been responsible in
this connection, but he did not maka
an outright statement to that effect.
Denies Conference
Mr. Garfleld took issue with Mr.
Ballinger as to certain statements
made by the latter in his reply to
President Taft regarding the various
charges made against him. He said
he could' not recall any conference with
Mr. Ballinger regarding the Cunning
ham claims, although Mr. Balhngor
said he had immediately conferred
with Mr. Garfleld after the receipt of
Glavls' protest against tho clear-list
ing of the Alaska coal claims.
Mr. Garfleld admitted that, in urging
general coal legislation by congress
early In 1908, he made tho statement
that he was willing to condone fraud
ulent entries in Alaska providing tha
entrymen were compelled to pay an
Increased price for the land to the gov
ernment.
Mr. Garfleld read an exchange of let
ters between himself and Mr. Balling
er, after the latter had left the land
office in April, 190S, and while the
coal bills were still pending. Balling
er addressed Mr. Garfleld as "My Dear
Jim," and the latter replied, "My Dear
Dick."
Probe Is Deep
The details of Balltnger's testimony
before the congressional committees
regarding the coal bills that were
pending in 1908 were gone into again
at great length.
It appeared that Balllnger's bill re
lated to claims technically known as
"bad faith" claims, made in technical
violation of the law, -which Mr. GarfleM
said everybody agreed should be
changed.
The Ballinger bill he said wu to
permit the "bad faith" claimants to
transmute their claims and come in
under the new bill. This bill failed
and the law of 190S provided only for
the consideration of good faith em
Vertrees questioned the witness
somewhat fully as to his conception of
tho laws under which he made the
wholesale withdrawals of lands as
water power sites.
Garfleld said there was no specific
law for tin- withdrawal Of power sites
as such. He withdrew them, however,
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