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Show : ballinger I EXONERATED ; But There Will Be a Minority Report to j Condemn Him Chicago, July IS. According to a special story In the Chicago Tribune, today, under a Washington date line, Secretary Richard A. Ballinger will be exonerated by a majority report of tho joint congressional committee, commit-tee, which lor live months has been mak.ng on exhaustive investigation of the conduct of affairs of the depart-; depart-; ment of the Interior and of the bureau of forestry' of the department of agriculture ag-riculture The investigators, who concur in ihc majority report which carried a condemnation of the course of former Chief Forester Pinchot. Jas. R. Garfield Gar-field and Louis GlavJs, according to the Tribune story, are Senators Nelson, Flint, Sutherland and Root and Representatives Rep-resentatives McCall, Denby and Olm-stoad. Olm-stoad. It also Is declared that a minority report will be filed declaring Secre-tary Secre-tary Ballinger guilty of the charges made against him to which the signatures signa-tures of Senators Pucell and Fletcher Fletch-er and Representatives Madison. James and Graham will be attached. It Is asserted that the majority report re-port was drafred by Senator Nelson ond that of tho minority by Representative Represen-tative James and in addition Repre-, Repre-, tentative Madison has written his own opinion of the . affair, although he will sign the minority report. The majority report is said to find Secretary Ballinger acted within the record and displayed proper judgment judg-ment with respect to the Cunningham ?oal lands; that he was wise, honest and conservative In his actions and that he was Justified in his criticism of the reclamation sen ice and in his abandonment of the policy of of Secretary Sec-retary James R. Garfield. The minority reixrt. It Is asserted, will conflict In almost every pnrtio-ulai. pnrtio-ulai. with the finding of the majority major-ity of the commission. |