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MOVED FOR CAUSI
CHIEF OF WHEATHER BUREAI
MOORE IS OUSTED
REASON NOT YET KNOWP
? .
Hut the Fact* to Data, It In Said
JuBtiflen the I'rwidont in Suimnar
ily Dismissing Him For Ills Actioi
in Socking the Ofllce of Socrotar,
of Agriculture.
Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief of th
weather bureau since 1895, and ai
appointee of the Cleveland adminis
tratlon, Wednesday was summaril;
removed from oflico by Presiden
Wilson. His resignation recentl;
had been accepted to take offect Jul;
31, but after an investigation of hi
alleged efforts to become Secretar;
of Agriculture in the present Cabi
net grave charges of irregularis
were preferred and the Presiden
Wednesday withdrew his accoptanc*
of the reignation, dismissing Prof
Moore. Later he referred the subjec
to the department of justice for in
quiry.
Secretary Houston, of the agricul
tural department, conferred with the
President before the removal of Mr
Moore was announced. The Secre
tarv then Issued the following state
ment: "Immediately after the res
ignation of Prof. Moore, of the
weather bureau, was submitted to th<
President and accepted by him
charges were illed with the Secretary
of Agriculture by responsibly mer
within the service. These charge:
were of such a grave nature that tin
Secretary of Agriculture called upoi
the department of justice for an in
vestigation.
"The Investigation is still undei
way, but the fact so far secured am
laid before the President Thursday
were suliicient to warrant him In de
clining^to withdraw his acceptance o
? Prof. Moore's resignation and re
move him summarily, which has beoi
done today. The President hai
also directed the Secretary of Agri
culture to suspend Mr. Charles T
Hums, an employee of the weathei
bureau, pending a further investiga
tion of his case, take such discip
linary measures as he may deen
necessary with such other employee,
of the weather bureau as may b?
found to have been unduly active ii
using the public service for privati
and personal ends."
The President's letter to Secrotar;
Houston directing Mr. Moore's re
moval was not made public. ITnofll
cially it was said at tho White Hous<
that the campaign to make Mr
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u>uui u uci-i cii?i j oi /\gricuiiure na(
been extensive; that members o
Congress in various parts of thi
country had been canvassed, and tha
a letter-writing campaign had beei
conducted among weather bureai
employees.
Prof. i.Mooro has been a target foi
attack in Congress. Representative
Fowler, of Illinois, introduced a res
olution a few days ago, calling or
tho Secretary of Agriculture to advise
Congress regarding the appropriations
for oflicial traveling expenses
for the weather bureau, what
amount of the lump of salaries in the
weather bureau was expended foi
promotions of weather bureau employees
during last January and February
and the. comparative figures for
the preceding four years.
The resolution asked for information
as to what journeys were performed
by Charles T. Burns, under
official orders and under what instructions
between July 1, 1912, and
Februay 2 8 last, and also called for
data regarding circulars and other
matter printed at Government expense
and "used by the chief of tho
weather bureau in his campaign for
Secretary of Acrlculturo rlnrtiif thn
last fiscal year".
The House committee on expenditures
in the agricultural department
had planned last year an exhaustive
Investigation into the weather bureau,
but was prevailed from making
it on account of the Wiley inquiry,
the Florida Everglades case and other
special matters. Representative
Moss, of Indiana, and Democratic
members of the committee, take up
special charges filed against Prof.
Moore by James Berry, a former employee
of the weather bureau, which
related to misuse of the contingent
fund. The committee, Mr. Moss said,
never found enough in these charges
to press them for further inquiry. It
is proposed, however, to conduct a
thorough investigation of the bureau
\ as soon as the committee is organized,
which probably will not be until
the regular session next winter.
(Double Hanging in Florida.
At the Duval County, Fla., jail Friday
morning, Duggar Whitehead and
| Henry Cook, negroes, will bo hanged,
F both having .been convicted of murder.
Whitehead killed George Osborne,
a white storekeeper, on November
4, 1912. Henry Cook killed
[ his wife last January. The double
hanging will be private,
? ? ?
The Wew York Herald has nominated
Oscar Underwood for president
In 1916 on hie tariff bill work. If
r he lives the Congressman will be a
bard man to beat for the nomination
, when President Wilson retiree.
L
: NOTED CASE RECALLED
J .
NEAR M. HAYES SEEKS DIVORCE
I) FHOM HIS WIFE.
Couple Formerly Acquitted at Whitei
villo, N. CM tlio Murder of Robert
Floyd Some Years Ago.
A dlBpatch from Wilmington, N.
If C., says Noal M. Hayes, formerly of
Columbus County, but for some
' months a resident of Wilmington, has
instituted in Superior Court there for
divorce from his wife, Rosa I). Hayes.
y The complaint has not yet been filed,
but the notice by publication sets out
uiDiicai grounds for the divorce.
0 Two or three years ago Hayes and
j his wife gained considerable notoriety,
following the killing by Mrs
Hayes of Mr. Robert Floyd, of Horry
t County, South Carolina. She claimed
y that she slew Floyd in defence of her
y honor. She fired several shots into
H his body after he fell mortally
y wounded from the lirst bullet.
The people of Columbus were not
y satisfied with her explanation of the
( shooting with the result that the cora
oner conducted a rigid investigation.
The woman was arrested on the
( charge of murder and her husband
and her fifteen-year-old brother were
arrested and charged with complicity
in the killing.
The boy was discharged without
his case going to the jury. Hayes
[ and his wife were tried at the same
time and a verdict of not guilty as to
both were returned. The trial at,
tracted nation-wide Interest and a
number of newspapers and news
I ni'oniiina ti n /' ~ ? ? ? - - . *
.irtvi i tjoiuiiuiives ai
Whiteville to "cover" the trial.
The couple came to Wilmington
soon after their acquittal and Hayes
secured a position ns barber, which
trade he had followed for some years.
They lived there several months and
then moved away. It is reported that
while Hayes was down with an attack
of sickness Mrs. Hayes left him
with the care of the two children.
The children are said to be in an
orphanage in South Carolina. The
present whereabouts of Mrs. Hayes is
unknown. After leaving Columbia
she is said to have returned to Wilmington
for a short time, and then
to have gone to Philadelphia, where
she may bo living now. Hayes is
now living in Wilmington.
HOLDS A LI 13X8 TO HANSOM
8
9 Mexican Terrorizing Chihuahua by
l
0 His lawless Course.
A dispatch from Chihuahua, Mex^
co, says Vacovio Hcrrera, with 4 00
followers, is terrorizing the country
near thero by demanding ransom
n from foreign residents. He declares
* he is opposed especially to Americans.
According to advices Herrera's
* O ? * - 1 "
uaiiu uii ouuuiiy entered me town or
Ck
Naica and sacked stores and residences,
taking prisoner Jose lloxio, an
Italian subject, 'Boxio was released
1 only after the payment of $2,400.
Later the bandits entered the camp
r
of workingmen building the Conehos
river dam, demanding $25,000 under
threat of killing the English heads of
1 the construction works. J. W. Fuller
the manner, refused and was tied
to a brace, which ITerrera threatened
' to send down the mountain. Ho was
| offered $5,000, but the bandit inslst|
ed that the sum ho doubled, which
was done after much parleying.
Then the bandits looted the homes
, of the foreign and American workmen,
robbing the company stores of
$7,000 in merchandise.
STANDS BY PARTY PLEDGES.
Senator Tillman Bids Protected Interests
to Beware. ,
Senator Tillman told Tho State's
correspondent at Washington Monday
that although he had received many
requests from variouB sources to have
the duty on different articles in tho
|
tariff bill restored to their former
rates that he proposed to stand by 1
the bill.
"This is Wilson's bill," he said, .
"futhermore It is a Democratic bill
through and through and I mean to (
abide by it. ,
"I would like very much to ,bo able j
to accommodate those who are try- i
ing to have former rates restored, '
hn t o n T L o i?/\ T A ~
wnu ua i lime jubi nam, X muiill lO (
stand by the bill that the senate and 1
the finance committee agree upon. \
That Is the Democratic way and the
right way as I see It, to look on the
matter and that la the course I shall ,
follow." j
Tim White Slave Law. I
At Augusta Walter Pounds and j
Clarence Rhodes, prosperous farmers, \
were found guilty of violating the
federal white slave law. Pounds ,
was sentenced to 2 years in the At- ?
lanta prison and Rhodes to 2 months f
In the Augusta Jail and $500 fine. c
Tho men were charged with taking
three girls from Rath, S. C., to their
plantations and detaining them forcibly.
* g
Mistook Acid for Whiskey. ^
MiRt&King a jug of carbolic acid d
for whiskey, J. W. Aldrldge, foreman o
of a woods camp at Fargo, Ga., took a
big drink of the poison Monday night
and died a few minutes later in great b
agony. He Is said to have been p,
drinking. In
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WOOL UN FREE LIST
IIEMOCRATS REFUSE TO PUT ANY
TAX UN IT
THEY STANII BY WILSON
'oMgrctfstiiuit I'ndcrwood, the Democtutir
House Loader, in Defence
?f (ho Kill, Says the President
Millie (llllv Tuo Vi,..r<r?u?l
,? - i v/ui/ or
i our Thousand Items.
The Democratic caucus voted delsi\ely
late Wednesday to support
he wool schedule of the Underwood
tariff bill, placing raw wool on the
tee list, after Representative Undorvood
had made a stirring appeal for
the support of the caucus. Ry a vote
of 190 to 42 an amendment offered
>y Representative Dies, of Texas, to
place raw wool ou the dutiable list,
was rejected.
Representative Dies' amendment
proposed to place a duty of 15 per
cent, ad valorem on raw wool, he .ind
other champions of dutiable wool asserting
that this was the judgment
of the ways and means committo before
President Wilson saw the bill
and suggested a change.
Majority Leader Unde-wood, in
winding up the discussion, warmly
defended hot the committee and the
President. Ho declared the President
had a right to make suggestions
to Congress relating to tho
tariff, but that tho bill as a whole
met with tho Chief Executive's approval
when he first read it as it
came from tho committee.
"Out of four thousand and more
items in the bill," said Mr. Underwood,
"tho President only made two
en trcrnol U\??o * *
""fibv oi'u,ii,i uiubb anecung mo sugar
and wool schedules. It seems to
me that we should accept those suggestions
from tho President of the
United States."
Representative Hainey of Illinois,
and Harrison, of Now York, also
spoke on behalf of the committee, defending
Its action and the attitude of
the President. The attack upon the
committee and President began aB
soon as the insurgent Democrats be;nn
consideration of the bill. Representative
Alexander, of Missouri, declared
the committee overstepped all
proper hounds in holding up President
Wilson as a club over the heads
of the members and that the President
had exerted "undue influence"
in having wool placed on the free list
in the bill.
Representative Montague, of Virginia,
a new member, defended tho
President in a spirited speech, declaring
that it was his "constitutional
and inherent right", to suggest what
should go in a tariff bill, and that
neither ho nor tho committeo were
subject to critcism for their co-operation
in framing tho bill.
Representative Dies insisted that
tho Government was made up of
three distinctive branches with separate
duties to perform.
"It is not only tho right of Congress,"
ho said, "to originate revenue
measures, but its exclusive right, and
any attempt from another branch of
the Govomment to dictato or interfere
with that right should not be
permitted by this body."
The debate on this phase of the
tariff fight was heated and prolonged.
Among the principal supporters
of the Dies amendment for a 15 per
cent, duty were Representatives Ashbrook,
Post and Batlirick of Ohio;
. erguson of New iMexico; Adair ana '
Clino of Indiana, and Stout of Montana.
The forty-two Democrats who voted
for the 15 per cent, duty were;
Adair, Barnhart and Cllne of Indi- ana,
Alexander of Missouri, Ashbrook,
'Iiathrick, Claypool, Francis,
Post, Sharp, Whiteacre and White of
Ohio; Broussard, Dupro, Elder, Estopinal,
Lazaro and Morgan of Louisiana;
Bell of Georgia; Brown of West
Virginia; Burgess, Calloway, Dies,
llayden, Slayden and Stephents of
Texas; Dersham of Pennsylvania;
Doughton, Gudger, Page and Small,
3f North Carolina; Evans and Stout ?
:>f Montana; Ferguson of New Mex- 1
Ico; Fowler of Illinois; Lo.beck of Nebraska;
Metz and Underbill of New
York; Murray of Oklahoma;
D'Shaughnessey, of Rhode Island;
Burke of Wisconsin; Kettner of Cal- "
e i ~
luruiil.
Before reaching wool the caucus
llsposed of the cotton and flax schediles,
voting down all amendments to
ower or Increase the duties proposed n
the committee biil. It is expected <
that more rapid progress will be
nado in caucus consideration of the
)ill from now on.
Representations concerning the
>111 file i with the State department
>y foreign diplomats havo not been j
aken up by the ways and means
ommittee, but may be condisored at
meeting of the committeo.
Show Woman Fatally Shot.
At Huntsvlllo, Ala., Mrs. Cora B. ~
mlth, an attacheo of an amusement *
ompany, was fatally shot Wednesay
night by the accidental discharge
f a target rifle In the shooting gal^ry.
The bullet was fired In the carIval
crowd and she fell fainting. The
nllet having entered her right side, ?
snetrated a vital organ. Her home A
in Cincinnati.
CLASSIFIED COLUMN AND!
FARMERS EXCHANGE
POULTRY AXI) EGOS.
Indian H miner Ducks White Eggs?
Bargains. L. Pollock, Hohenwald,
i Tenn.
Mart ford's ltoupe Oure? Guaranteed
50c delivered. Poultry Remedy Co.,
Sueade, Kla.
Ram ' *
- -n uno vuuiu Hens, Indian
Runner ducks. Mating list
free. Powell's Valley Farm, Jonesville,
Va.
single Comb lthode Island Reds, exclusively,
eggs $2 for 15, $3 for 30,
$8 for 100. Mrs. K. H. Hill, Washington.
(la.
For Sale?Pure Rerkshire pigs 10
weeks old; fine specimen; perfect
health; $5 each. H. F. Hendrlx,
Leesville, S. C.
For Sale?Pure white eggs from
pure White Indian Runner Ducks.
$3 per 12. Mrs. Sue B. Walker,
Cass Station, (la.
Indian Runner Duck Eggs? Kxmor
strain, white eggs, $1.00 per 13;
$3.50 per 50; $6 per 100. Mrs. Virginia
Ward, Helle Haven, Va.
White Leghorns?Large handsome
birds; great layer winners at many
shows. Eggs, $3, $2 per 15. WhPe
Runner Duck eggs $2.50, Fawn and
White $1.50; Penciled $1. Mrs.
Sarah (Iray, Lebanon, Tenn.
For Sale?Sweet potato plants. Early
Triumph, Nancy Hall, Porto Rico
Yam and Norto Yam, at $1.75 per
thousand, (live me your otder for
choice plants. J. W. Staf, Waldo,
Fla.
' rial Reduction on Barred Rocks
Hamhurgs, and Runner ducks. Eggs
~ * AX.t
??, uu 11 pi icu aw uus au will not appear
again. Write for circular. Valley
Head Poultry Farm, Big Rock,
Tenn., Route 2 H.
In all laying contests at the top of
the list. Try my fine and laying
strain of Rose Comb Rhode Island
Reds. Win whenever on exhibition.
Fggs for hatching, and baby chicks
at reasonable prices. J. Spencer,
lllackstone, Va.
' Special Fgg Sale" from first prize
Winners White OrpingtJtis Imported
direct from ICnglanO 1.00 for 15.
Black Orpingtons 1.00 for !". \Vhite
Wyandots 1.00 15. J. P. Keilett,
Fountain Inn, S. C.
For Sale?Fggs for hatching from
thoroughbred Fawn and White Indian
Runner Ducks (white eg? 1
strain), Imperial Pekin Duncks and
White Leghorn Chickens at $i..VJ
for 15; fertlligy guaranteed. Ililierest
Poultry Farm, Greenville, S.
C., Route 3.
PLANTS.
Velvet Bean Seed?$1.75 per bushol.
Box 5, Blanton, Fla.
Trio Beautiful White llunner Ducks,
$5. Mrs. T. R. Gritlln, Dallas, Ga.
t
roinato I'lants?In 1,000 lota; $1 per
1,000. C. F. Whitcorab, Umatilla,
Fla.
Cockes Prolific Seed Corn?Has been
aelected for five years. $2.50 bushel.
Clarence Choate, Pineville, N. C.
Batt'.s Four Fared Prolific Seed Corn
?peck $1, bushel $3. Indian Runner
Duck Eggs $1 per setting. O.
P. Stalltngs, Enfield, N. C.
Sweet Potato Plants? Early Tri- '
umphs, Nancy Hall, Porto Rico, Norton,
and Providence, $1.75 per 1,000.
H. H. Thomas, Earleton, Fla. *
For Sale?A few bushels of Russell's
Improved Big Boll. Selected for ten
years. Five bales to three acres.
At $3 per bushel. M. L. Chandler, "
Scranton, S. C.
Mammoth Yellow Hoy I leans?Recleaned,
new seed, select, cowpeaa.
Any quantity. Buy now and save
high prices. Burrua & Company,
New Bern, N. C.
For Sale??Crystal White Indian Run- _
ner duck eggs; stocks direct from ,
Fischel and Patton; the all white
egg strain, $2 for 12. O. Ik Hartzog.
Greenville. 9 n
Velvet lleans?From grower to _
grower. Save the Jobber's profit. ?
$2.50 per bushel f. o. b. Qulncy, Fla.
One-half peck 90c delivered. Owl
Commercial Co., Qulncy, Fla.
Velvet IVeans?2,000 bushels select _
home grown Velvet Bean seed at ,
$2.50 the bushel f. o. b. Lowell; 50
head registered Mule Foot pigs, $10
each. Raysor Farms, I>owell, Fla.
4
)hio Forty Car?powerful, sturdy,
silent. Will demonstrate on hill or _
level. Factory overhauled. Fx- ^
oeptlonal bargain. Photos, particulars.
Write L. A. Prince, Sumter,
S. C.
Hg Supply very best potato plants
ready now. Prompt shipments. _
Porto Rico, Triumph, Red Provl- ?
dence, N. Hall, $1.75 per thousand.
Cheaper in largo lots. F. M. Morris
& Sons, Ona, Fla.
\>r Hale?-Nancy Hall and Dooly
Yam Sweet Potato Slips. $1.50 per
thousand. Mlssionaty and Ecelsior __
Strawberry Plants S2 ner thnnaonH
Write or wire. Southern plant S
Company., W. J. Hawkins, iMgr.,
Plant City, Fla. ;
fancy Hall Potato Planta. Buy dir- j
ect from grower and get freeh t
li i u iiaftAau A > ? * i. I <? -
plants. Orders filled In any quanIty.
$175 per 1,000 10,000 or
more. $1.50 per 1,000. A. G. Lancaster.
Pine Castle, Fla.
Sweet Potato Plants?Nancy Hall
and Porto Kico, $1.75 per thousand,
I am pushing the Porto Rico
| because they are better; they yield
greater and from four to six weeks
earlier than any I have ever tried.
J. A. Wilkes, Pine Castle, Fla.
Sweet Potato Plants, Nancy Hall and
Triumph, $1.75 psr 1,000. 1 can
fill your orders in any quanity.
Give me your orders for prompt delivery
and choice plants grown under
irrigation. G. D. Moore, Hawthorn,
Fla.
Sweet Potato Sprouts?Nancy Hall,
Providence. Porto THr?r? o?/?
, .VIVW UIIVA 1 i l~
umph, ready for immediate shipment.
Single thousands, $1.75;
5,000 and over $1.70; 10.000,
$1.65. Tomato plants, $1.50 per
thousand f. o. b. Florida. F. F.
Hull, Rock Mill, S. C.
15 Kggs $1?Pure strain Barred Plymouth
Rocks, Rhode Island Reds,
Black Minorcas, and Fawn and
White Runner Ducks. 12 eggs, $2
-?Prize-winner pure White Runner
Ducks. 15 eggs, $1.50?Cook's Buff
Orpingtons. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Jasper Fletcher, McCall, S. C.
I'otato Slips for Sale?Knormous Im
proved Golden Beauty and Nonc>
Hall; will begin shipping abou'
April 1 or 15 to July 1; $1.60 per
1,000 for less than 100,000; $1.5'
per 1 ,000 for lots of lCLOOO oi
im re: 25 per cent, to accouipan
order, balance before the plants an
shipped. C. M. McKlnney. Graham
Potato Slips For Sale-? Hnormous,
improved Golden Beauty and Nancy
Hall; will begin shipping abut April
1 or 15 to July 1. One dollar ami
fifty cents per thousand all around.
Safe delivery guaranteed. Largest
plant bed in the South, four acres.
You will make no mistake in placing
your order here. Sen ! in your
orders in for May and June. Millions
of plants for sale. Special
prices to dealers. C. M. McKlnney,
Louise, Fla.
Potato Plants?We are booKuig oi
dera now for spring delivery ol
Nancy Halls and Porto Rico yams
Let us have your orders early so wt
can arrange to fill promptly. Or
dors received In January must enclose
10 per cent, of full amount
those In February 20 per cent.; bal
ance 10 days before shipping date
March orders cash In full. 500,$1;
1,000, $1.75: 5,000 or more, $1.50
Write ua for prices on other trucV
plants. Taft Harden Co.. Taft. Fin
EGOS A\l) POULTRY.
Fifteen Eggs and one yoar'e subscription
to leading poultry journal for
$2. Ruff Leghorns, Anconas, the
great egg machines. W. H. Williams,
Durham, N. C.
White l^egliorns, BufI Orpingtons,
White Plymouth Hocks. Vigorous,
hardy stock. Eggs for hatching and
baby chicks. Mating List Free.
Bacon & Haywood, 205 Springfield
Ave., Guyton, Ga.
Prize Winning White Indian Runner
duck eggs, 11 for $3; 22 for $f>.
Bronze turkey eggs, 11 for $3; 22
for $5. 5 Toulouse goose eggs,
$2.50. White Orpington eggs, 1.50
for 15 and up. Fawn and White
Indian Runner duck eggs, $1.50. M.
B. Grant. Darlington. S. C. i
MISCELLANEOUS.
Hartford's Ronpe Cure?-Guaranteed '
5 0c delivered. Poultry Remedy Co.,
Kneads, Fla.
Wanted?You to have your mer- ,
chants get our prices on peas. Palmetto
Brokerage Co., Greenville.
Phono 822.
1
We pay the postage?Send your col- i
lars by mail to the largest laundry 1
in South Carolina. Capital city, t
Columbia, S. C. ,
[>atest Facts from oldest authority, j
showing that Christ was not immersed,
16c. Mahaffey Publishers,
Batesburg, S. C.
"'or Sale?One 2 5-horse power en- (
gine and boiler, shafting and pul- I
leys also. Fifty thousand insulator i
pins, at Roebuck, S. C., D. W. Swit- t
zer. ^
Vo have customers for farm and tim- \
bered lands if you have any farms {
or timber for sale write us quick.
Bookter-Burkhalter, Room 8, Mimnaugh
Building, Columbia, 8. C.
c
tuhbcr Stamps that print, Aluminum ~
Trade Checks, Badges. Key Chocks ?
and Seals. Also magic and trick
novelties. Send for lists and catalogues.
National Sales Co., Dept.
J., Ilox 31, Florence, S. C.
farry if you are lonely. The Reliable __
Confidential Successful Club has
large number of wealthy eligible
members, both sexes wishing early
marriage. Descriptions free. Mrs.
Wrubel, Box 26, Oakland, Cal.
roadqimrtors for Gasoline System
IiightB, Mantles and all othcip ?nn.
piles, also Self-Heating Sad-iron
and Ascetylene Rumors. Quality,
high?prices, low. M. L. Pomnier,
642 King St., Charleston, S. C. *Agents
wanted.
weet Potato Plants?Nancy Hall
and Oolden Beauty. We will deltv- ^
er from March 15 until June l! '
Book your orders now. Price $2 J1
per thousand delivered express pre- 1
paid. Satisfaction guaranteed. En- U
terprise Plant Co., Meggetts, S. C. nl
MOORE GIVES HIS SIDE
ft
OLA 1MB THAT TIIK OLD CJAXG IB \
AFTKK HIS HIDE
?t
That Attempted to Disgrraco and Ho- \
move Dr. Harvey \V. Wiley From
His Office.
Prof. Moore issued, a statement
Wednesday night declaring that the
same influences that attempted to ^
"disgrace and remove Dr. Harvey W.
Wiley were responsible" for his removal
and branding as "infamously
false" any intimation tliht he had
coerced employees of the weather
bureau in supporting him for the secretaryship,
or that public money had
been expended in his candidacy. His
statement follows:
"I am in receipt of a letter from
the President saying that an investigation
of my conduct of the business
of the weather bureau discloses such
irregularities on my part that the interests
of the public service demand
my immediate removal.
"In reply. I will say that it is the
same old influences that attempted to
disgrace and remove Dr. Harvey W.
Wiley, without letting him see the
charges against him or confront hie
accusers that is now driving me from
the public service.
"As an aspirant for the secretaryship
of agriculture 1 announced that
I would, if appointed, revoke the
benzoate of soda decision, abolish the
Kemsen board or any other extra judicial
body in the department that I
thought had been designed for the
purpose of minimizing the effectiveness
of the pure food and meat inspection
laws rather than aiding in
their efficient enforcement, and I
would restrain the activities of the
solicitor's oflico to reasonable prerogatives
and reorganize the department.
"1 was not selected, and. of course.
nave no complaint 011 that ground
Hut Secretary Houston, almost immediately
upon entering the ofhoe, demanded
that I forward to the President
my resignation without ever
having set foot in the office of the
weather bureau, without honoring
my request to see such charges as
might have been filed against me or ^
permit me to face my accusers or to
be present in person or by proxy and
examine the witnesses whom he summoned
against me. Literally, third ^
degree methods were applied to my
friends in the weather bureau under
such penalties that they did not daro
to speak to me and then a report
made to the President that had for
its object the driving nie into disgrace
from a service where I had hud
an honorable career for over a third
of a century.
"I do not believe that me great
commercial, agricultural, marine, educational
and labor organizations
that have known me for nearly twenty
years as the chief of the weather
bureau and who largely endorsed mo
for a Cabinet place, will be satisfied
that I have done anything dishonorable
until the light of publicity is met
and Secretary Houston's RussianSiberian
methods given way to
American fair play.
"I brand as infamously false the
intimation that any man in the
weather bureau has been coerced
into supporting me for the Secretaryship,
any man promoted for serving
me or a dollar of public money expended
in my candidacy. I worked
for the place and spent my own money,
and so did many of my friends.
Is this a crime under the new dispensation
of things?
"I shall gladly welcome any investigation
to which the press is admitted;
and why limit the inquiry into
the weather bureau? It has always
iiad a clean bill of health from every
nvestigating committee that has
looked into its affairs, which is
something which cannot he said of
several bureaus in the department to
tvhlch Secretary Houston's methods
lave not applied."
Serves Secretary Ilryan.
It will be of Interest to South Car>liniaiiB
to know that Mr. Bryan's
>rivate stenographer at the departnent
of State is John H. Prince, of
he Spartanburg neighborhood, who
vas at one time stenographer to Govtrnor
John Gary Evans. Mr. Prince
ias recently secured a promotion in
he Government service because of
efficiency, and the advance has
hrown him into very distinguished
ompany.
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