Show BALLINGER SAYS RESIGNATION STORY IS ALL BUNCOMBE I cj Guest at Bani Banquet et by Denver Chambe Chamber of Com Corn t. t merce DENVER Sept 21 How l about the reports of ot your resigning when you reach Washington Secretary of the Interior Richard A A. Ballinger Was asked here this morning All buncombe answered the secre secre- tary laO I I have ho no Intention of ot resigning and I do not think I will lave any Secretary who Ballinger who Is on his war warto warto warto to Washington was the he guest this afternoon afternoon afternoon after- after noon at a banquet g by yen en by the chamber chamber cham chain ber of commerce JAll J.- J. All 11 that talk tall the pu public has U has been hearing hearing hear hear- ing about the split the president and m myself sel Is unfounded unfound unfounded the d the secretary l- l continued I I have been In the west too long Jong to be bluffed by if few w fellows and that is all an th there re has be been ri to the the nu nu numerous nu- nu mCl OUS I X 4 Ste Stev v f- f se Denv a at ol 9 Hoc tb 10 h f t Lie win vm slop stop at t St. St Louis arid and probably at Chicago Speaking at the banquet Secretary I Ballinger said 1 When I get footloose from public office office of of- fice I intend to devote devote-a a p part rt of ot my time timeto to giving to the American people some idea of the purity of the lives of my traducers The public arc are entitled to know the hidden springs of inspiration which gush forth in torrents of ot uplift patriotism from these self appointed moralists and andI I shall heartily enjoy using the searchlight searchlight search light when the proper time comes The secretary asserted l that the ef efficiency efficiency efficiency ef- ef of the interior department was never greater than today and continued I 1 have no apologies to make to the American people for any act during my public career or In any private capacity Standing securely upon my conscious rectitude rectitude rec rec- I defy all m my fly critics and all my enemies and with the deliberate purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose of fighting out the battle to the end endI I propose to administer the Interior de department department de- de within the tue constitution and the law as I conceive It to be under my oath of office Perhaps unfortunately for me but fortunately fortunately for for- for the American people I have been the Instrument through which the efforts of certain over zealous persons have been thwarted in an attempt to convert the public domain Into a great national preserve an and to destroy the tho op opportunities opportunities op- op of the the west est for the useful and just development of its resources While I earnestly believe in the conservation conservation conservation con con- of our natural resources I be believe be- be lieve in the exercise of sanity In regard to this as well as ever every virtue that the human race should exercise such as p religion and civic h virtue |