THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXV 



CHICAGO, JANUARY, 1910. 



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Forestry 

 Chief Is 

 Official 

 Outcast. 



Pinchot is undone. Trapped in his own 

 intrigues, his motives fully revealed, he is 

 shorn of the authority and deprived of 

 the high office of Forester of the United 

 States. The action of President Taft in 

 thus forcing from the government payrolls a man who 

 lost no opportunity to embarrass the administration, 

 and, by his pernicious activities in the field of petty poli- 

 tics, has been a menace to good government, excites 

 only commendation and respect. 



For months Forester Pinchot has been anxiously 

 waiting for the president to force him from office. He 

 was ambitious to pose as a martyr for conservation poli- 

 cies. He had hoped that his discharge might appear to 

 the public as a crown of thorns. In vivid imagination 

 he painted a picture of the crucifixion with himself ly- 

 ing upon the cross. 



Yet how signally he failed to deceive the people. 

 A patient administration watched his fanciful efforts in 

 the play of politics and boded its time. As the Forester 

 became more furious at the delay in his discharge, and 

 his inability to don the waiting crown of thorns, the 

 president and his cabinet noted his operations, but with- 

 held the mark of open censure. 



Not until Gifford Pinchot became so deeply mired 

 in his schemes that a candid public might readily dis- 

 cover the motive, did the official axe descend. At the 

 hour when he dreamed of transfiguration, Pinchot is 



convicted of insubordination, is accused of dishonesty of 

 motive, and is discredited in integrity. And his own 

 acts supply the testimony. 



Nor can this outcast from official life lay claim 

 upon the companionship of those sturdy congressmen 

 and senators who are banded together as insurgents to 

 fight for a cause they believe to be just. His only ob- 

 ject was self aggrandizement. His motive was solely 

 the embarrassment of the existing administration that 

 the Third Term idea might be promoted. He was 

 merely a player at the game of politics. 



In the charges as presented by Glavis against the 

 policy of Secretary Ballinger, there were frequent refer- 

 ences to Attorney General Wickersham, and it is per- 

 haps to this reference that the attack provoked unusual 

 discussion and interest. Since the recent declaration of 

 the Attorney General that Glavis withheld or failed to 

 mention important records and matters pertaining to his 

 charges, and that these omissions must throw a new 

 light upon Secretary Ballinger's policies in regard to 

 coal land entries, it must be conceded that the im- 

 portance of these charges is waning. Eecent action by 

 the house at Washington is sufficient proof that the 

 forthcoming investigation of the department of the in- 

 terior shall be sufficiently critical to give full informa- 

 tion to the public. 



But the real field for rejoicing at the overthrow of 

 the Pinchotian policies is to be found in those western 



