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Show cc!ved the president has heard ver- 1-ully from a number of the party leaders learding the sentiment to-j to-j v..rd Secretary 1 Da Hinder They have Lilkod Irankly with Mr. Tuft on tbe Mibjeet, II is said and w hile thy have agreed with tbe president apparently ap-parently in his position that nothinc; j has been proved ayaint Secre-taiy ll.iljiiieer they have put tbe mattei purely on a parte basis and have said that the cn;apain would be much easier eas-ier with the Uallinger issue eliminated. eliminat-ed. I The leaders have declared that the fiht is going to be a bard one at , best, and while thev le-el sorry for Mr. Ha Dinger, they agreed his pres ! ei-ce in the cabinet Is a handicap I President Tat't was frankly told a few days ago that the movement 1"--: bind James R. Garfield in Ohio aim j tne votes cast for him in the stale convention -were a protest apainsl I Ilalllnger. The Ohio leaders recoj; i rized the strength of the movement i by makiug ruanv platform concessions conces-sions to the Gai field wing of the party. There was no disposition In Pevei-lv Pevei-lv today to treat the meeting of Senator Sen-ator Crane and Secretary Da'.linger in Minneapolis yesterday as "accidental." "acci-dental." It was clearly intimated, however. I bat any move being made against Secretary Pallinger had its Inception villi the active parly leaders ami not with President. Tbe president, It can be positively stated, will never rsl. Pa'Iinger to resign. LEADERS DECLARE 1 i ballinger must m i BEVERLY, MASS., Aug 2. There v.as increasing evidence here today ; I bat the recent bombardment of th; I president with letters from' Republic- : an leaders in all parts of tbe country protesting that Secretary of the In-; In-; terior Ballinger was proving an cm-j cm-j bairassment in the laving of plans , for the coming congressional cam-, ! paign is beginning to have effect ir j 'jot upon tbe president himself, at least upon the advisers who are cloi-' cloi-' ert lo him. ! No attempt was made today o i confirm the reports that Senator i Crane at the very outset of hi pi.lit. cal pilgrimage in the west had prob-i prob-i ably suggested to Secretary Bailie.-; Bailie.-; gei- at .Minneapolis yesterday that hie i i uty to the party mighi require that ! be sacrifice his place in the cabinet.. I All that Secretary Morton would say, ; niter having considered the matter a!i day, was thai it would be necessary neces-sary to ask Senator Crane. The statement was relic-ruled, however, how-ever, that President Taft "would not so much as lift his little linger." if by so doins he could secure the r?-l.rement r?-l.rement ..f Secretary Ilalllnger as bend of the lntcrler depart innl. In addition to thg Icucih he has rc |