Ogden Daily Standard | 1910-03-01 | Page 2 | Pinchot Again on Stand Today

PICHOT AGAIN ON STAND TODAY Washington, Feb. 28. The Dallm-ger-Pinchot Inquiry will be resumed tomorrow morning with Mr. Plnchoi on tbe stand. Mr. Plnehot had not progressed far with his Plory Saturday Satur-day when adjournment was taken. When he 6topped testifying the committee com-mittee was considering the question of allowing witnesses. Including Mr. Plnehot, to repeat their version of conversation with President Taft. Mr. Vertree6. attorney for Secretary Secre-tary BalHnger, protested against allowing al-lowing testimony of this kind, saying that It placed the pretldent In tho embarrassing attitude of either remaining re-maining silent or of appearing before the committee as a witness. The lat-! lat-! tor, ho declared, would be both un- preccdented and undesirable, i George W. Pepper, counsel for Mr. Plnehot. agTced with Mr. Vertrees that the calling of tho president would bo undesirable, but added that he must press for a decl&lon by the committee as he considered tho conversion con-version between Plnehot and President Presi-dent Tuft a material foundation for further testimony to be offered la support of Mr. Iinchot's charges npainst the secretary of tho Interior It is not seriously thought that President Taft will appear as a wlt-nesi. wlt-nesi. although the suggestion haii been thrown out a3 an Interesting sidelight cf an interesting case. Cell-ers Cell-ers at tho white house who talked with the preldnt today declared that what the president paid to Mr. Plnehot waa not relevant to any rub-Jcct rub-Jcct under inquiry by the committee.