| Show HOPE TO IMPEACH EVIDENCE Vertrees es Expects to Do This as to Parts of Story Wih With Testimony V Of Behrens of Seattle LAWYER AWYER AND WITNESS CLASH Protested to That at Glavis I Always Tic Ties a String t to ills IUs Answers Washington Fob Feb his ot of Louis Lui R H GLavIs at the Inquiry today counsel for tor S fiery Ballinger drew from the tho witness the tho tact that up to the Hmo Mr Banger went out or of offIce as land commissioner In l 1003 S there thero h had d been bem no evidence o of fad fadIn fraud fraudIn In the Alaska coal conI cas cases presented to o othe the department The joural journal which contained evidence of an aim alleged agree age saId hd had not been at tat that time Hoever time tho wItness d e edared carell dared Mr Ir Ballinger go 1 In his opinion ha had not acted as a a ma would It th tb property ha hind been his wn own Instead of the As to Mr I participation In the Vis on Coa Coal company compan case Glans amite he had no first lIt hand knowledge and that ho had testified merely from Mm MI Vort s questioned time Ule witness moro more closely than ever tda taday an announcing that ho wa wan endeavoring to dIscover the tho of timo tho witness a ato am to whether i It wa Innocent or ma ama Atty heatedly replied that had no other motive mothe than to tel tell the thc truth truth H HEARING IU G RESU RESUMED E T Th congressional InvestIgation e re ume Us hearing this hula following a short executive committee AU Atty for tor the asked that Behrens of o Seattie be subpoenaed to appear a as a winess witness the com coin Te The O of Louis n 11 Giavis was wa then Mr 11 Vertrees announced in ton Ion with the request for a subpoena for Behrens that he expected to Im ha Impeach peach parts parl of o Clariss story stor hy by time the testImony or of this wItness GlavIs test Oed fled that anti and Land Commis Commissioner abner Dennett lunched to together ether In Seattle and seemed on cordial terms the tho vcr mery next day after Dennet Dennett had imad told him he lid did not know one of the l coal claImants a Mr r rt g said Mr i Behrens e f lund had made an denying den Ing an all ot of the Glavis testimony V Mr Ir ue Glav Glans a at some rc r r motty t tnt r bringing to tl time tho or the corn com mItel a lot or of t r rile lle and anu nc re regulations lla ons mItel a lot or of t r rile lle and anu nc re regulations lla ons re regarding con coal entrIes In Alaka Alaska when whon Mr had made but one chango In the ho rules I Was Yas It to leave an unfavorable In Inference ference In the thc minds or of the tho con com demanded time the attorney Giais would not answer dIrectly U Ho said he had Imad given some favorable to Mr fr er erVn Was the change chanso made b by SeCY a good or had bad one asked Mr V Vertrees 11 I considered It a had one ANOTHER CASH CLASH TIme The examination had not gone gono on much further when tIme the attorney e and time the witness clashed on time the sUbject of I direct answers Mr 11 Vertrees protest protested ed to Limo tho committee that al always ways was te tIcs n a string to his answers and amid proceeded I nun am to set get at tIme the purpose tIme the motive tIme the object o of the witness whether It Is Innocent or malicious Mr Bran Brandeis els attorney for Mr He has no motive than to tel tell the shouted the lie lawyer He HeIs Heis Is bringing al all tle the facts he cn can before the that Ime he assist the committee In considering Mr cas case caseI I dont Mr Ir Vertrees for get at the constitutional of oC time the h of oC the tho witness but the witness should b be allowed to explaIn his answer answers A STRING TO ANSWERS Chairman Nelson said I It Is ap an parent tarent to me ate that almost almot every ever answer 1110 made b by the ho winess witness has imas a string to It ItHe Itlie lie He ha lets me made no direct answers I If wo we were proceeding In 0 a court of justice this state of oC under rules o of evidence atae allaire would not hav been permitted But we a tue moving along without rules of oC eVidenCe and time the chairman Is pw pow erless to an any rules I to sa thc committee wl will be to ju judge ge of oC the Cats facts proved In inthis this case and tIme the only effect or of these thi co Ion long answer with th arguments append appended e ed I Is simply to delay del a proceedings Mr 11 Vertrees asked Glavis to dell detail the tho at acts or of Mr 11 while out of tho ho government that ho con considered improper resigned ns its commissioner of oC the land office and did not become sac March 4 1908 sc 1909 or of time the InterIor until March i 5 |
