| Show 1 I COMMITTEE STOOD BY BALLINGER Would Not Let Him Answer Ce Certain tain fain Questions Asked by Attorney Brandeis BY A STRICTLY PARTY VOTE lo In I of Ill III AIM nd lart Chorine S y 11 In Iii II II It I Washington Washinton o May 10 l Secy Balling continued under r Ito 1 b bAU bAtty Atty AU ranel counsel for fO I R fl Ol ill Olvia al vie via vi and aad other oth when h the tI Railing Rl Investigation wa was w um luy The Te congressional commute will 1 meet I on four tOr days this thu th week I Ithe I Ithe ii the hope hop ho that th the attorneys will wi con 0 elude dud their questioning of o the t seer secre M secretary tary ta ry of the Interior I to by b that bt t time timi t hil Commissioner Dennett Dennet of th the generA generi and ond 0 nd office ote and amid an Chief of Field will wi be the th next witness wID to take the th stand tand for fo to the tile defense deU Atty Aty BrandeIs had h requested th the committee to t call 1 on President Tai I end and ald through him on Oscar Or Lawler ai as ail u tant l for In tb the the th memorandum which Lawler Iwer took tok to 10 t be b from last lut IUt September I and upon which ti thoe letter exonerating Baum get ger er and Ind dismIssing dl Glavis was waa su sup P I bused based bl p Mr ir l at the opening of ot th timi the hearing today tod asked ked what I had hd been made md of hi his request ruet Chadman Chair Chad Clr Chairman man NIon NO replied pled that It had ha not beer bee a acted td on owing to the limited numb jf of o memo members r present when wilen lon rr UP cre held hald 1 Mr Ir br Brandeis strongly IronI Intimated dur lo ng hi III his of Mr Ir Nil Hal HalInger Hl lInger Inger last Friday Priday that the president had lad not carefully rully weighed the O Ohr charge barge hr himself but had bd taken action ck m on a memorandum prepared for him by ly Mr tr Lawler A A spirited controversy among mon mem mom memera member hers ber era of the committee wa was precipitated b by ly Mr Brandel Brandl Secy S ecy Bal Nil BalInger lInger Inger If It he hr h had nut not heard It stated te li In Ina a p mot most public manner by b Samuel Smuel II 11 I lie Ill that Charles ehrl Sweeney one of th te the Cunningham claimants claimant and n president 01 ot of otti h Federal Smelting company a sub 1 ti company of tt tf the Ibe Guggenheim compO had hd been Instrumental In 11 nil Id Piles Plira election as BI U 8 S senator lena tor Senator Sutherland objected to Mr r dragging a senator Into this He Ue said Aid the committee h tad ad not been authorised to t Investigate I senator Mr r explained that he had hado ha hano no to o d desire lo to reflect on Mr Pitas I other othe han van to show that he had ha been n the In to 10 In the Ibe hands of ot the power wr of ot the northwest to tul ui it Interests Interest tie ring iring about bout the th selection of a man mn for loner of tf the land Ind office who ild different views on Alaskan AIkan mat mAtt matin matera hel Chairman t era in from 3 Sy Secy cy elcon put the th question qulon to 10 a vote and amI andy anda a party vote ote of ot X 2 to 4 the com corn II y decided Secy should houM mute Sey it tit be allowed to answer the ques ton on Mr r had hd previously admit ted id d that as a a metter maUer of common rumor that he had he had hd heard hard In I Seattle e ken Iken an active part piTt In Plies Il election SENATOR Mr lr read rIt a transcript of itt an iii 11 In itt a Seattle new newa tide rude published artice In itt January just JUt after iper aper It told lold of senator Il II le election a Al I celebration held In a H Seattle hotel hott which Mr club In r and tid id later at H a then mayor mor C J Smith mith B N 1 mate district at I 1 Todd K H hi C Heney Haney anil at atC torney at t leney C J Sith two of iut tt the Cunningham participated Mr r Hies wa was quoted as a saying In III a that thai 1 I owe oe occasion on on that He lie mv lv v election eleton to Charles wn I nl tad d me Inc senator 1 as e eIn say In Ill Atty AU Todd was quoted quote We Ve lire are lir all 11 8 Bal men now nowr Mr Paid 14 he h hail heil some eec ree reelection r r that t but of the th celebration lection tie his rapacity had hd attended simply Imply In hl he C and did not recall rl and did didt didot h N mayor recall what not ot t Intend to tu attempt to in saul salt on that occasion u A is 11 tha commissioner appointment as u a My Iy under protest said Mid Id Mr r prINt is as declined by b me whet when It wn WM was to 10 ac cc urging m me wired me in Mr br r I Ill lles accepted only on the urgent Full t rt of I 1 President Rcpt and ud 8 I Pey oy did and then only ol alter H K full tul cots COl public of ot what I conceived a dUlY questioned the itt seer secre ar arty r length regarding the Ibe th ut al great ty iry ry RI of the Cunningham Mm claims claim II Its him whelk ul In the was w h thought or r that the necea declaration nf ct th a PIt tot for claims had been b biad examination fo elima hd ar try ry b reason why iad ide and nd there was wu no Oft t rMa should hould not be patented d dIr thy eY y no b Ir UW thu not answer as a requested by Mr r |
