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Show th. laws to run It." was the sharp replv. Mr. Madison joined in the general laughter. . . Schwartz Bald Glavls had requested him to Hend him a special agent, who was a lawyer, to anslst in the hearing of the Alaskan case.' He said he was undetermined whether to send Sheridan Sheri-dan or Knapp, but finally picked Sheridan Sheri-dan because KnapP . w as from New Vork and som of the magazines, like Colliers might charge he was connected con-nected with the GuEK'Mihelms." Reading the personal description of Sheridan kept in the records of the department. Schwartz, rccltod various biographical details and wound up offectlvelv: "And he weighed ITS pounds and has grev eves " ' Is the possession of grey eyes a qualification?" Inquired Mr. Graham. "No," rejoined the wltnsgi "it's what Is back of the grev eyes." Attorney Pepper today attempted to show the Interior department was responsible for the numerous complaints com-plaints which Chairman Nelson said had been received. He Introduced a letter written by Pon M. Carr, private secretary to Mr. Balllnger on January 3 last, and printed as an advertise went in the Montgomery Times of Mount Ida, Ark., adviRlng the editor of the paper to transmit to Mr. Nelson Nel-son affidavits of homesteaders who had made charges of irregularities against the forc9t service In letters to him. Mr nalllnger disavowed any knowledge knowl-edge of the letter and offered a letter let-ter he had sent to the editor of the paper late last September In response to one from the editor notifying him of the complaints he had received from homesteaders. In this letter Mr. DalllngiM' said the matter was not. within the Jurisdiction of his department. SCHWARTZ WAS A GOOD WITNESS WASHINGTON, Mav 13. Full re-sponslbilitv re-sponslbilitv for the clear listing of the Cunningham claims and the conduct con-duct of those cases before tho general land office was assumed by H. H Schwartz, chief of the field service who was a witness before the Ball-ingcr-Plnchot Investigating committee today. Mr. Schwartz laid the blame of the delay In reaching a conclusion In the Alaskan cases at the dcor of L. R. Glavls. to whom. It Is said, he had given all latitude In Investigating them. He said Mr. Balllnger had never taken any Initial action in those cases and that when he had "clear-listed"' "clear-listed"' them as commisloner of the land office, he had done so on his (Schwartz's! recommendation on the basis of the report of the special agent love. Attorney Vertrees, couusel for Balllnger, Ball-lnger, Questioned Schwartz for several sev-eral hours and his ready answers and quick wit kept the committee in an uproar all the while. Mr. Balllnger was excused from 'he ptand tbjs morning with the understanding that he might be recalled for further cross-examination. cross-examination. While Schwartz was e peaking of a meeting he had with Glavls in Seattle last summer he said they Incidentally discussed the clash between the land office and the forestry bureau. , Mr, Vertrees asked him to tell to what he attributed the quarrel. "There always will be friction so long as the forestry bureau and the land offlco are In two different departments. de-partments. Thov should both be either In the department of agriculture or In the interior department" he added with a smile, "I think thoy should be in that department." One of tho members of the pom-mltee pom-mltee was lnqulrlcg of Mr. Schwartz whether he did not think another department de-partment was needed, when Rep, Graham. Gra-ham. Democrat, broke In "Don't you think we need another government." "Why? retorted Schwartz, "why we've got the beat government on earth. All wj need Is n little betor fellows to run It." "Your complaint then i against tbc'fellows who run tbc government?' 'asked ReD. Madison. "Or against in fellows who make |
