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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOMAX. PORTLAND. MARCH 6, 1910. 3 "1 GARFIELD MILDLY DEFENDS T Ex-Secretary Says He Thinks All Details of His Work Were Properly Done. EX-FORESTER EhiDS STORY Balllnger's Mistakes Called 'UYillful Deception," but Pinchot's Errors Are but "Simple Mistakes." Says His " Counsel. WASHINGTON, March 5. Gifford Pinchot concluded his part in the Bal-lingrer-Pinchot inquiry today, and James R. Garfield. ex-Secretary of the Interior, and another prominent member of the Roosevelt "tennis Cabinet," took the stand. During- the hour and a half he was on the stand. Mr. Garfield went into a detailed history of his administration of the Interior Department, especially with respect to the withdrawal of lands containing waterpower sites. He declared there had been no subterfuge, no dealings in the dark. Mr. Garlield Insisted that the super visory power of the Executive to with draw lands from entry had existed from the beginning of the Government. , As to the charge that the powersite I withdrawals were too large, Mr. Gar field said he thought a great mistake had been made in not making some of them larger. I'mcliot Lacked Information. Mr. Pinchofs story ended with a re iteration of the statement that he had little or no personal knowledge of the things which he had called at tention during the four days he was on the witness stand; and with a gen eral defense of the Forest Service. Mr. pinchot summed up the various "inferences" he desired the committee to draw from the documents that prev iously had been introduced in evidence. The cx-Forester's tinal day "on the stand was taken up almost entirely with "inferences and conclusions." He wa examined and cross-examined as to these until members of the com mittee, plainly irritated by the tactics of counsel in covering the same ground again and again, pleaded for a chance to draw their own conclusions. About the only interesting point made by Attorney Vertrees during the day was his suggestion to the com mittee that Mr. Pinchot had charged Mr. Ballinger with "willful deception of the President," for a possible mis utatement, made upon information fur nished by others, whereas Mr. Pin chot. in defending himself for having made misstatements to the President, likewise on the information of others had declared he merely made "simple mistakes." Lack of Knowledge Readmitted. In the closing of his cross-examlna-lion Mr. Pinchot admitted anew that he had virtually no personal knowledge of the accusations against Judge Bal linger concerning which he had testi fied. There was a good deal of spar ring this morning, which seemed to make the committee impatient. At the opening of the session Sen ator Nelson, recalling the dreary session of yesterday afternoon, suggested that counsel avoid going over, the same Srround more than once. Mr. Pinchot has charged that Mr. Ballinger appeared before a commit tee of Congress in the interest of fraud ulent claimants. Vertrees sought to show that his appearance had to do only with the new coal land law, the necessity of a new law having been urged by President Roosevelt and Sec retary Garfield. Mr. Vertrees defended his course by de. flaring that as Mr. Pinchot's charges were all "Inferred." he was put to the lecessity of trying to follow "in the path Ray of his inferences." Mr. Pinchot would not admit that Mr. Ballinger and Secretary Garfield were in accord in their recommendations to Con gress, so the examination reverted to the subject of Mr. Ballinger's statement to the President, that the assumption of CSlavis that patents in the Cunningham :ases were held up on his protest waa lot justified. Resentment Is Charged. Representative Graham said that after the long hours spent on the sub ject he did not see anything more could be brought out. Attorney Pep per protested against the delay, due Lo Mr. Vertrees' attempts to pin Mr. Pinchot down to first hand informa tion. He declared that he und Mr. Pinchot would have admitted in the first place that his information was based almost entirely on the documents and the testimony of other witnesses in the case. Mr. Vertrees said he was trying to bring out the fact that Mr.. Pinchofs charges were largely the result of suspicions and the resentment that rises in the bosom of a discharged pub lic servant. Representative Madison expressed him self as getting tired of having witnesses interpret documents for him. and he pro tested vigorously against counsel on both slde calling the attention of witnesses to written documents and asking them to construe these documents. Mr. Vertrees finally switched to Mr. Pinchofs motives in writing the letter to Senator Dolllvcr. which caused his removal. Chance on Removal Taken. "1 wrote It because I thought it wise that the- cases of Messrs. Price and Shaw should be presented, at the same time as Mr. "WickershanVs defense of Mr. Ballin ger. and because Mr. Dolliver asked me to." "Did you consider whether or not that letter would cause your removal by the President?" "I thought it was about an even chance whether I would be removed or not." "And you decided to take the chance?" . "Yes." "You wrote that letter rather than re sign, although the relations between you and the President were as cordial as the letters you have Introduced here have shown?" "I had told the President I would not resign." The cross-examination ended with the statement by Mr. Pinchot that he was not aware of any "movement"' having for its purpose the removal of Secre tary Ballinger. To make Mr. Pinchofs position en tirely clear. Mr. Pepper, on re-direct examination, asked him if his informa tion regarding Mr. Ballinger had all been gained from documents and state ments of- other witnesses. "With one exception, that is true." "What Is the exception?" asked Sen ator Nelson. "I learned from Mr. Ballinger himself PINGHQ his attitude against the leasing of coal lands." Forestry Method Described. Senator Fletcher, at the beginning of the afternoon session, questioned Mr. Pinchot regarding the general opera tion of the Forestry Service. The Sen ator declared that the committee was charged with the investigation of the Forest Service and he desired to get something of its methods Into the record. Senator Nelson interrogated Mr. Pinchot as to the water-power sites and spoke of the famous James River Mis souri) water-power bill which Presi dent Roosevelt vetoed. "I'd like to ask a personal question, but I won't," concluded Senator Nelson. "Go ahead," said Mr. Pinchot. "Did you induce President Roosevelt to send in that veto message?" "I don't know if I induced it.'' re plied Mr. Pinchot amid laughter, "but I certainly advised him to." "I might go further and ask if you wrote the message or gave the infor mation upon which It was written?" continued Senator Nelson. "That, Senator. I'm afraid comes within the prohibition of the commit tee as to conversations with the Prcsi- dent." Representative James I would sug gest that If we are investigating Mr. Roosevelt we ought to give him a chance to be present. Representative Graham He'll prob ably be back before we get through and can speak for himself. The room was in an uproar of laugh ter at this unusual colloquy. Mr. Pinchot was excused from the stand at 3:50 P. M. and ex-Secretary of the Interior Garfield was called. DISPENSARY KEPT BUSY Committee Reports 455 Patients Treated Daily Average, 20. A meeting of the committee in charge of the Free Dispensary was held at the People's Institute Friday, when full re ports of the work were made. Affiliat ed with the People's Institute in con ducting this work are the " Visiting Nurse Association and the U. of O. Medical Department, of which Dr. Josephl Is dean. The reports showed 242 cases were registered, 271 surgical dressings given. 112 medical cases cared for, 69 eye, ear or throat treatments, adn four obstetri cal cases, making a total of 455 treat ments given. Three physicians and four medical students are in daily atten dance when the dispensary is open, and the average dally attendance is 20. Patients represent all nationalities. and are sent by various organizations. They pay a registration fee of 10 cents, and are only treated free when they are unable to pay. The committee in charge of the dis pensary is: Dr. Mackenzie, Dr. Tucker, Dr. Story, Dr. Lineus, Mrs. A. T. Biles, Mrs. S. Frank, Miss Virginia Wilson, Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett, Mrs. A. H. Tanner, Mrs. Prichard, Mrs. T. B. Wil cox, Fletcher Linn and A. S. Pattulo. PORTLAND IS ONLY OUTLET Knst-Bound Trains From California Continue Coming This Way. All California mail for Northern and Northwestern portions of the United States continues to pass through Port land. Mail cars which have heretofore been sent directly East from San Fran cisco to Ogden are now routed through the Portland gateway, and are in charge of the mall clerks who would be sent out over the other route from the Bay City. Yesterday five mail cars were sent to Ogden by way of Portland. A large quantity of mall matter ia col lected by the mail cars running regularly to Portland, which would go to San Fran cisco were the connections open east of that city. These pouches are being transferred at the Central tSation mall rooms. Easterly, mails are moving in and out of the Portland office as nearly on time as usual, the great congestion caused by the delays on the railroads has. been worked and distributed. Friday more than 450 sacks of papers and parcels awaited attention, a swell as 200,000 let ters. Last night not a trace of the heap of matter appeared on the surface. FIRST COLONISTS ARRIVE Tourists From Fast Glad to See Bare Ground at Pendleton. PENDLETON, Or., March 5. (Spe cial.) The first Installment of Spring colonists arrived in Pendleton this morn ing, and all day long the trains have been pouring them into the Northwest through the Eastern Oregon gateway by the thousands. Some had been delayed by slides ' and washouts. Some had come straight through from their destinations. Some were going to points in Western Wash ington and Oregon, and some were des tined for California, but all were de lighted to reach the West. Their sight of Oregon soil was the first ground that many of them had seen in months and as the trains stopped at the different Eastern Oregon stations to day they would literally pour from their cars to bask in the sunshine DAYTON PIONEER IS DEAD Georgia Barclay, Aged 65, Passes Away at Santa Ana, Cal. DAYTON, Wash.7Mareh 5. (Special.) News was received here yesterday of the death of George Barclay, 65 years old. a pioneer of Columbia County, at Santa Ana, Cal. Relatives living here left last night for Santa Ana. Mr. Barclay was one of the early settlers at Tlnvtin 'i-w , .... . - - lauiiiy uvea on a farm two miles. east of town for 2l ?ZA. Mr- Barclay was a veteran of the Civil War. He leaves a wife and four children: Mrs. Ed Glanville. Dayton; Thomas Barclay, Prescotf Ber tha Barclay, Walla Walla; Har'riette Barclay, Santa Ana. He was an uncle of David Barclay, a well-known stock many of Dayton. BANK CLEARANCES GAIN Those for Week and Day Show In crease Over 1909. Bank clearings last week in Port land reached an aggregate of $8,944. 002.33. This was a gain over the cor responding week of 1909 of more than $1,200,000 for the total one year ago which was $7,703,611.57. Yesterday's clearances reached a to tal of $1,479,021.85, while on the cor responding Saturday in 1909 the total was $946,285.94. Mrs. T. G. Sanderson Dead. VANCOUVER, Wash., March 5. (Special.) Mrs. T. G. Snodgrass died at 6 o'clock this morning in St. Joseph's Hospital. The body was removed to the Vancouver Undertaking establish ment, where funeral services will be held. The body will be placed In a vault for about 60 days, when it will be removed by the husband to the East of Interment. HARMONY KEYNOTE OF TUFT'S REGIME By Skillful Handling of Con: gress, Keeping of Party Pledges Is Assured. EFFORT CENTERS IN HOUSE Future Success of President Depends Fpon Continuance ot Republican Majority in Lower Branch of National Legislature. (Concluded From First Pajfe.) efforts if? adequate testimonial to the wisdom of his judgment. He came into office finding the majority in Congress, inclined to be hostile. He himself was committed to the "Roosevelt policies," many of which had been rejected by the last Congress". The leaders, with few ex ceptions, had not favored his nomination, and were not expected to lend him cordial support. But he overcame this opposition by sending for and conferring with these leaders, discussing with them policies and methods of carrying them out; Im pressing upon them the interests of the party and of the country for which they were largely res-poneible, so that in the end they were with him. By this policy he succeeded; had he undertaken to pur sue the Roosevelt method, the Executive and Congress would be as far apart to day as they were one year ago, when Mr. Roottevelt retired. Up to the present moment, no highly Important legislation has been writ ten on the statute books under the Taft administration, except the tariff bill. It Is not yet time for other re sults, as no general legislrtion, other than tariff, was considered at the spe cial session, and the present regular session has not sufficiently advanced to expect final results. Tariff Pledge Kept. But even in the passage of the tariff bill President Taft accomplished much. It was he alone who was responsible for the enactment of the law last Summer, for Congress met In extra session, at his call, which was made in fulfillment of one of the pledges of the party platform. It is to the President's credit that he speedily dis posed of the tariff question, for it took nerve to face that issue at a time when Congress was hostile to the ex ecutive, and likely to thwart the will of the President and the will of the people. Roosevelt very adroitly sidetracked tariff revision while he was in office for he knew full well that no matter how the tariff might be revised, the Administration would be assailed, and he did not care to be the subject of such censure. The demand was as great In the last years of his term as at the beginning of Taft's, but he preferred that revision should come under his successor. It was while the tariff bill was pending that President Taft won over the party leaders, and laid the foun dation for the perfect harmony that has since been brought about. When that fight started, the President let It be known that In his Judgment there should be some other medium than customs duties for replenishing the Federal treasury. Three plans were proposed the inheritance tax. the in come tax and the corporation tax. Karly he expressed his preference for the latter. Aldrlch Feels Power. The House of Representatives adopt ed the inheritance tax. The Senate finance committee promptly killed It. Then the President sent for Senator Aldrich. The latter stated very plainly that lie would accept none of the propositions, and announced that his committee would stand by him. "All right," said the President. Tours is the legislative branch; go ahead." And Aldrich started out to defy the" Administration. But before long he found that the Senate was preparing to override his committee, and substi tute the income tax for the Inheri tance tax. and he feared the House would accept the change. When he became convinced that a majority of the Senate would adopt an income tax amendment, he appealed to the Pres ident. He went voluntarily to the White House begging support. President Tatt reiterated his prefer ence for a corporation tax, and urged Aldrich to support it. Finally the Rhode Island Senator said he would support it if a two-year limitation should be imposed; he would take it am a temporary expedient, . not that he wanted it. but thathe wanted to kill the income tax amendment. "No," replied the President. "I will not consent to any two-year agreement. It must be unrestricted as to the time of its operation. But that is not all. I want provision made for a constitution al amendment which will remove ail doubt as to the right of the Govern ment, in time of need, to impose and collect an income tax. Nor is that all. I want assurance from you that Sen ator Root will not only support tills provision In the Senate, but use his influence with the New York Legisla ture to Induce that body 4o ratify the constitutional amendment when it is proposed. And I also want a tariff commission." President Wins Point. Aldrich left, saying he would not consent to any such terms. But when he got back to the Senate he weak ened. The next day Senator Crane, of Massachusetts, called on President Taft as the emissary of Aldrich, to announce that all the requirements of the Chief Executive would be met if the Prcsi- aent wouia lend his aid to put through the corporation tax. In lieu of the pend ing income tax amendment. And all parties to .that agreement have "made good." The President sent in a mes sage urging the adoption of the cor poration tax amendment, Aldrich and others supported the clause submitting the income tax question to the states, and within the past few days Senator Root has addressed a letter to a member of the New York Legislature strongly urging ratification by that Legislature of the proposed income tax amendment to the Constitution. This Incident is cited to show the predicament in which the mighty Al drich found himself utterly helpless to restrain the Senate and to demon strate the manner in which the Presi dent, after bringing Aldrich to his terms, was able to weld the party to gether in support of his own plan, and to put it through. In insisting upon the corporation tax the President maintained it was not only needed to raise revenue, but to place in the hands of the Government Actual and correct figures as to the r -.reducing trust-made and other . -i-niade articles, the profits EW the corporations are earning, and the dividends they are paying. . Coupled with this information will cotne -the facts collected by the tariff commission (another Taft victory), so that it will be possible in future, in reducing duties. to determine positively whether the reduction will rob the producers or the manufacturers of Just profits. Different Feeling Reigns. "When Congress reassembled In De cember the old antagonism felt by the party leaders towards the president had entirely disappeared. 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I ' lwm JYTMUKRAY, that could be sacrificed without impair ing the service was cut out. and alj that could be reduced were cut 'to the bone. In this alone the President will save the Government millions of dol lars, but the exact amount will not be known until the appropriation bills have been passeu, and their items to taled. Blunders Not Serious. It is true the Taft administration, like any new administration, has made blunders, but it is questionable if they will redound to the permanent injury of the President or the party. Being a man of judicial temperament. President-Taft has been prone to deliberate long on any problems that have con fronted him, notably the Pinchot fight on Ballinger. but the bold manner in which he disposed of Pinchot when the Forester gave ample justification made amends for what was long re garded a a blunder in allowing pinchot to continue in office through the Sum mer and Fall. 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