Show WARM VERBAl t S FIRED fIRD AT CArn CAPiTAL At 1 Vigorous Oratory Marks Close of Inquiry ry in Washington PEPPER DEFENDS GIFFORD PINCHOT Verbal Vitriol Poured on Hc do of af f fo Opponents o by Attorn Attorneys on Both Sides of Historic H Controversy y WASHINGTON W ASHl tiny May Mn The Bal Investigation r ended to today o tiny lily in a II blare blase of I verbal erbal fireworks The rue oratorical efforts close the open hearings 1 and the tho attorneys s who have loon boon engaged In tho the cusp case now will pre pra prepare I pare for submission to the thc committee which win wili meet June 11 to thim When 1 came Into ln o othis this case cuse a stranger to Mr Ballinger exclaimed Mr lr in closing hits his address these were hero my m Instruction So far as I 1 am concerned there Is no bottom bollom to Lo this huts said Mr 11 Bal Ballinger Ballinger linger Jas as 31 to my m subordinates s It li linot to hi not a n matters of knowledge but hut I be believe belIe believe lieve lIe those about me mo are honest whether they are arc ar or not let lel this in investigation investigatIon proceed in every eer direction In which It may mar Whatever your report may a he lw I realize fully that you cannot save swo him from the Injury that has been b n done dono but at M the j saute anio time I L know the report must bo be bl In accordance a with the tho evidence nail and the facts in inthis inthis inthis this case and that this official career Is ib without spot or stain stain I am afraid Mr 1 Vertrees has been heen corrupted since he came here from front the tho southwest was WM attorney Mr Unsophisticated as he h was he h came caino In contact with n fL spirit of or suspicion and 1 I think he scented a conspiracy where there thore was waa none Tribute to Pinchot What there thero was was a il crisis oris II of successive blows dealt by br Mr Ir linger against interests which were weN vital to a n group of o men who had de the dedicated dedicated their lives to a cause 1 I shall take the responsibility of ot showing that the thc conception of a mon moo of great ca capacity Capacity and Independent resources du de duvet devoting vet voting Ing himself to the Interests s of or tho the people with no hope of reward and anti antino no hope of ambition is so RO far beyond tho the ken of or sonic some people when they the come Into his presence that tiou is impossible and unintentional detraction Is 19 Inevitable I Glavis attorney Mr lr Brandeis had hall hallI the last ast word He Ie was a man dis disgraced dl disgraced I graced condemned con not only without I without seeing the hundreds and hundreds of pages es of I which wore were collected collect d by b Assistant I Attorney General Lawler but with without out f knowledge e that prat thero there was a charge chargo against aga nat him Why Wh Why Wh was ho he sac sacrificed I milked It rests rents upon Ullon tho the conception I which wh Ich actuated Mr r Ballinger and the tho thomen th themen men who stood with him and In tho the conception of or ac lass of privilege that i that men high In station I must be protected at nil costs but a aman aI aman I man merely a n humble servant of the iho government his has no rights rl of for the tho protection of Ballinger B er it IB is necessary sary RaT to condemn Innocent men He Ho HeIs HeIs Hois Is nothing but hut an inferior officer This II IK a question of privilege whether 1 her po political or financial and It is 15 absolute absolutely ly I connected with that same samp Nam idea that pertains to Guggenheim Morgan and other great reat resourceful mon coon of or tho the country cou n Vertrees is Bitter The hearing room was crowded and at the conclusion of o each ench speech a demonstration interrupted tho proceed proceedings proceedings rl ings lugs Women crony crowded led about the at ar attorneys attorneys after the hearing he and congratulated con congratulated them themA Attorney A e es consumed tho greater portion of oC tho the day In concluding con concluding concluding his argument He Ile was most mOlt hitter bitter in his b denunciation of forn r Secretary Garfield and former Chief C Forester Pinchot who he said Bald con COli conspired Conspired to 10 accomplish tho the removal of ofIr Mr Ir Ballinger from public life because Continued on Page pase Eight |