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VOL. XI.
SOUTH MEN E
LEADERS IN FIGHT
ID ELECT WILSON
From the Candidate Himself'
on Down, Democratic Wheel- i
horses in This Fight Are |
Southerners
(BY BAXPX SMITH. >
SEAGIRT, N. J.. Aug. 17.—The cam
paign for the election of Wood
row Wilson to the presidency is
pregnant with reasons wny the south
should take an especial Interest
in Democratic success this fall.
Southern men are in charge of the
fight. From the candtcate himself on
down the line, men of the south are
prominent in the conduct of the cam
paign. Chairman William F. McAdoo
ie a native Georgian: Josephus Daniels
in charge of the publicity end. la a
North Carolinian; Thomas J. Pence, as- i
sistant to the chairman, also hails from
North Carolina: Walker W. Vick, assist
ant secretary of the national commit- <■
tee is a former Atlantian. Rolla Wells,
the national treasurer, is a Missourian.
Overwork was responsible for the
collapse of Chairman McCoombs. He
was ordered to bed early in the wee*
by hts physicians. He will reassume
his post of duty in a rew days. He
needed rest. In his absence. Vice-chair
man McAdoo and Tom Pence have been
attending to his work. They have
done it well, and today the campaign is
in fine shape. The national organiza
tion has been perfected in every state
in the union. The managers do not
concede that Wilson is out of the run
ning ny where. They believe frm
first hand reports that he has a strong
chance in every commonwealth, and
they are going to yield nothing to eith
er the regular republican organisation
or the Bui! Moose.
RIVAL HEADQUARTERS.
It is particularly pleasing from a
democratic standpoint to visit the rival
headquarters of the Ciree parties in
New York. The democrats are filled
with confidence, and the very atmoe- '
phere of their rooms in the Fifth ave
nue building breathes of victory. The
republican headquarters in the Times
building is actually groomy. To be
sure, there are many cleras about, and
National Chairman Hilles has the ap
pearance of a busy man, out there Is
absent that spirit of confidence .so man
ifest its the Fifth avenue-building. On
top of this, there are few callers at the
republican headquarters, and. instead
of ttasying himself conferring with
leaders. Chairman Hiller is devoting
most of his time tn writing for a New
York paper and Issuing statements to
prove that Taft Is the friend of the
poor man. Incidently. Mr. Hilles hn*
surceased in alienating practically all
of the New York papers by his con I
tributions to the one. The Roosevelt
headquarters in the Metropolitan build
ing presents an animated scene, but his
managers are not inspired by the hope
of success. They reatlze the hopeless ,
ness of his candidacy, but are deter
mined to make a good showing, they
want most of all to run a better race
than Taft, and there are many -who be
lieve that in this they will succeed.
TAFT CROWD LIFELESS.
Apologise for Taft add Ihe republic
an party say that the lack es life in
republican headquarters is due to the
fact that the organization hasn’t got
down to work as yet. They also dwell
on that same old story of how well .
the democrats run through August.
September and October, only to meet
defeat in November. w -.
"Walt until the machine gets in mo
tion. then we will show the democrats
what campaign orgarwsation really is." 1
say these apologists for the republicans. I
The New. York political writers have
never waited so long nor so patiently
as they have this year, and thus far
they haven't seen anything impressive
about thg republican machine, unless it
be the evident inability of chatrmae
HlHes to get It going well. As a re
sult of the inability of the republican
campaign committee to produce any
thing worth while, the political writers
have begun to grow weary and their
visits to the headquarters are growing
leas frequent. The men who are writ
ing on space “stick about’" tne demo
crife headquarters, because here they
experience little difficulty in finding
plenty to engage them.
BETTING FAVORS WILSON.
New York believes that Wilson will
win. The few bets that have been re
corded on Wall street reflect this be
lief. The talk about the hotels con
firms It. And New York Is not worried
over the prospect. The Business inter
ests sre willing that Wilson shall win
Indeed, they prefer him to Roosevelt.
Taft would be probably more acceptable,
but they realize thaw TaXz is out of
the question, aney abvw he cannot
rin possibly.
Walter W. Vick, the assistant nation
al secretary, is a native North Carolin
ian. who spent many Fears In Georgia.
He *as with the Virginia-Carolina
Chethical company in Atlanta for a num
ber of years, and has scores of friend*
there who will recall his residence.
Vick is In actual charge of the nation
al headquarters in so rar as the quar
ters themselves are concerned. He is
personally one of the most popular
men in the building. He knows every
body and everybody knows him. He is
gt present a resident of Rutnerford, N.
J., and not, as has been facetiously sug
gested. the man who "put the Vick in
Vicksburg.” He was one of Governor
Wilson's campaign managers in hie
fight for the governorship of New Jer
sey, and in the pre-convention contest
fer the democratic nomination Vick
gave practically all of h«a v»me to the
cause of Governor Wilson. He was as
sociated with McCoombs In the New
York headquarters and rendered inval-
U*hl* aasfstanca
GOWN HIGHLANDER
I CAPTAIN SHOOTS HIS
WIFE ANO DAUGHTERS
■Then Applies Torch to Family'
Residence and Turns Pistol
on Himself-Tragedy Shocks
England
(By A.-»oc:*ted Press.)
EAST BOURNE. England. Aug. 19.
Capt. Hicks Murray, an officer of the
Gordon Highlanders, last night killed
his two young daughters, severely
mounded his wife and then committed
suicide. He is supposed to have be
come suddenly innsaue
After the shooting the house in which
Captain Murray resided was mysterious
ly burned to the ground. His wounded
wife was found later wandering about
the street screaming for her children.
. Five bodies were found in the ruins of
the Murray home. Os these two have
1 not been identified.
Captain Murray left a letter In which
he said:
"I am hopelessly ruined and have for
this reason killed all those dependent on
me. I should like all of us to be buried
tn one grave. God forgive me.”
HOUSE OF MYSTERY.
The tragedy had a background of
sensational mystery. Two months ago
Cautain Murray, representing himself
as Richard Charles Mackie, an Ameri
can, took the house and in it installed
his wife, her sisfer and the latter's
children. Os the household the only
survivor is Mrs. ftlwrav, who' was
' found wandering in the vicinity suffer
ing from a severe wound, and was un
able to explain the tragedy. In a sil
ver vase in the ruins of the house was
found enough British coin to Indicate
that poverty was not the cause of the
tragedy. It is believed Captatn Murray
was insane.
HERE’SIFnGIFBILLDT-
EM PRIMIRIWEDNESDAY
♦ 1
Following is the official ballot, in de
tail. as it Is jo be recognized next
Wednesday at the state primary. All
save four of the offices which .the bal
lot shows are to be voted for. Are state
house offices, beginning with that of
governor and concluding with the third
of the three places to be filled on the
railroad commlasjon.
Here is the ballot:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
White Democratic State Primary.
August 21, 1912.
(Erase names of all candidates for
whom you do not desire to vote.)
For Governor.
(Vote for one.)
HOOPER ALEXANDER.
JOSEPH H. HALL.
I JOHN M. SLATON.
For United States Senator.
(Vote for one.)
AUGUSTUS O. BACON.
H. H. PERRY.
For Secretary of State.
PHILIP COOK.
For Comptroller General.
WILLIAM A. WRIGHT.
For Attorney General.
(Vote for one.)
THOMAS S. FELBER. ’
W. R. JONES.
For State Treasurer.
W. J. SPEER.
For State School Superintendent.
(Vote for one.)
E. H. BECK.
M. L. BRITTAIN.
For Pension Commissioner.
(Vote for; one.)
W. H. LANIER.
JOHN W. LINDSEY.
For Prison Commissioner.
(Vote for cne.) '
A. N. GROVENSTEIN.
S. W. JOHNSON.
T. E. PATTERSON.
For Commissioner of Agriculture.
(Vote for one.)
A. O. BLALOCK.
J. J. BROWN.
J. D. PRICE.
For Commissioner of Commerce and
Labor.
H. M. STANLEY.
For Associate Justices of Supreme
Court for Full Terms. Beginning
Jan. 1. 1913.
(Vote for two).
SAMUEL C. ATKINSON.
JOSEPH HENRY LUMPKIN.
For Associate Justice of Supreme Court I
for Unexpired Term of Justice
Horace M. Holden, Ending
Jan. 1. 1915.
11l RAM WARNER HILL.
For Judge Court of Appeals. Full Term
BENJ. H. HILL.
. For Judge Court of Appeals, Unexpired
Term, of Judge Arthur Powell. •<; J
(Vote for one.)
NASH R. BROYLES.
J. R. POTTLE.
For Railroad Commissioner.
(For the office how held by Jos. F.
Gray.)
> j (Vote for one.)
JOHN H. JAMES.
JOHN H. McQEHEE.
CHAS. J. SHIPP.
1 i For Railroad Commissioner.
' (For office now held by George Hillyer.)
(Vote for one.)
W. TROX BANKSTON.
GEORGE HILLYER.
S. G. McLENDON. ' .
i For Railroad Commissioner.
(Unexpired term of ?I. W. Hill, now
i held by Paul B. Trammell.)
i(Vote for one.)
J. J. FLYN'T.
PAUL B. TRAMMELL.
I ——
For Representative In the 63rd Con
* gress from the 6th District of
Georgia.
Wil. SCHLEY HOWARD.
SCHEPPS SQUEALS;
MISSING L INK IS
FORGED IN MN
"I’ve Got ’Em Now," Says
District Attorney Whitman,
After Conference With "Pay
master" in Rosenthal Case
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—Sam Schepps
came back to Broadway today ready
'with a statement corroborating the con
fession of "Bald Jack” Rose, charging
Police Lieutenant Becker with instigat
ing the murder of the gambler, Herman
Rosenthal. Fur two hours Schepps and
District Attorney Whitman were in con
ference on a New York Central train
speeding south from Albany: and when
the train reached New York Mr. Whit
man said:
"Schepps has done all that we ex
pected him. He has corroborated the
most important part of Jack Rose's con
fession”
DETECTIVES CLASH.
New York’s peace authorities clashed
when Schepps arrived. Two detective*
from police headquarters, declaring they
were acting on orders, attempted to
seize Schepps before he left the train;’
Mr. Whitman was quick to announce
that his office was in command, and the
polkte* were aieia off. senepps was taken
to the West Side police court by a de
tective from the district attorney’s of
fice and there held a prisoner on a tech
nical charge of vagrancy, as a material
witness along with Rose, Vallon and
. JiVebber.
1 ; Schepps himself refused to say a word
about his conference with Mr. Whitman.
To all inquiries he gave a grinning re
sponse that they "just had a sociable
pha’t.” As for fear of the “system's”
vengeance, he grinned again and tilted
back his ktraw hat as indicative of his
unconcern.
WHITMAN HAS SECRET.
Os the authorities Mr. Whltma.n alone
knows what part Schepps played In the
kosenthal case. To all others, Including
Assistant District Attorney Rubin, who
accompanied him from Hot Springs,
Schepps turned a deaf ear. )
‘ "Say,” he would burst out when urged
to tell of his underworld associations,
“do you think I'm going to squeal on a
pair’
Bernard Sandler, counsel for Schepps,
issued this statement:
, "Bam Schepps Is not a criminal. He
has come here on my advice to render
whatever aid he can in prosecuting the
murders of Herman Rosenthal. While
he does not represent the highest type
of citizenship, yet he is a man of no
mean intellectual attainments and he
appreciates that in coming to New Yor*
as he has come without legal process, he
did so of his own free will, when he
could at any time have seriously embar
rassed the district attorney by recourse
to a writ of habeas corpus or other, legal
steps.* *• • » .»--*
Lieutenant Becker made a -brief ap
pearance in court today to plead to -the
indictment charging murder In Jthe firgt
degree. At the request of counsel the
pleading was adjourned until Wednes
day. Becker appeared cheerful.
' *• * *•*?#.*
[DISTRICT ATTORNEY SHOT
BY WOMAN IN NEW YORK
Alfred C, Fach Is In Hospital,
Mrs. Elizabeth Evans
in Jail . *,.* ....
(By Araociated Frew.)*
NEW YORK. Aug. 19.—District Attor
ney Alfred C. Fach. of Richmond bor
ough, was shot and seriously wounded
today at Stapleton. Saten Island, as he
was on his way to his office. The shoot
ing was done by a woman. Mr. Fach
was taken to a hospital, where it was
said he was seriously hurt
The shooting was done by Mrs. Eliza
beth Evans who is believed to be men
tally deranged. Recently/ she was in
volved In family troubles that brought
her into contact with Mr. Fach, She
was arrested. Mrs. Evans fired three
shots, all of which took effect.
Loved Her Husband
More Than Jewels
(By Associated Press.)
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., Aug. 19.—Not
daring to awaken her husband for fear
he might be shot and killed, Mrs. Walter
jF. Klemm, wife of a Philadelphia banker
I with a summer home at Chelsea, lay
awake early yesterday, watched a bur
glar steal jewelry valued at more than
16.000 from her bed room. The Intruder
held a revolver and Mrs. Klemm's first
[thought was for her husband's safety.
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POPE DIDN’T LEAVE
VATICAN AT ALL
(By Asseciated Praia.) ’ 1 \
ROME, Aug. 19. A statement circu-
lated In the prets here that the pope
’ went out of the Vatican to visit his
sister Rosa, who wax said to have been
striken with paralysis. Is officially de
[ nied at the Vatican today.
The officials declare that the stroke
pf paralysis suffered by the pope’s sis
ter occurred as far back as June and
was of such a slight nature that it
never caused any serious anxiety.
Rosa has almost entirely recovered.
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ALEXANDER AND SLATON CLAIM
ELECTION; HALL IS OPTIMISTIC;
GOVERNOR'S RACE UP TO VOTERS
Combined Claims of Two Leading Candidates Conflict—Sla
ton Clain.o 120 Counties, Alexander 92 Counties - Each
Claims Fulton and DeKalb - Alexander’s Claim in Detail
With only one full day before the pri
mary, both the Slaton and Alexander
forces are claiming victory by good ma
jorities. The friends of Joe Hill Hall,
the third candidate in the race, are not
making definite claims, but are optim
istic of the outcome. -
If there were 212 counties In the state,
■With 545 convention votes under the
county unit plan. It would be possible
for both Slaton and Alexander forces to
carry the number of counties they are
now claiming. v * r*
„,„The minimum number of counties
which are counted tn the Slaton column
by his friends is 120, with 330 ccmvetr-
WOODROW.WILSON TAKES
r BULL MOOSE BY THE HORNS
Progressive Republicajis Had
Their Chance and Failed to
Grasp It, Declares Demo
cratic Leader
(BY BAXPH SKXTK.)
SEAGIRT, N. J„ Aug. 19.—Woodrow 1
Wilson today amplified hts reference to
the Bull Moose party in his speech here
on Saturday. In reply to a request for |
a statement, he dictated the following: |
"The progressive element in the Re- [
publican party tried to get control of It
and failed. The progressive element in
the Democratic party tried to get con
trol of it and overyhelmlngly succeeded.
So that it is obvious to the whole coun- j
BEALL TAKES LIFE
AT ISLE OF PALMS
(By Associated Press.)
CHARLESTON, S. C„ Aug. 19.—The
identity of a white man who shot him
self in the head at the Isle of Palms,
the seashore resort near here, on Sat
urday night, was revealed Sunday morn
ing as Charles P. Beall, a mercantile
broker of Augusta.
Beall went to his room at a hotel
on Saturday afternoon and, lying down
on the bed, fired a .32-caliber bullet Into
his right temple. His body was brought
to the city Saturday night, but the
name of the man was kept secret until
the Inquest was held by the coroner.
The body was taken to Augusta. Beall’s
motive in the taking of bis life is un
known.
Several Herring
(By AMecUtad Pr«M.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—The largest
shipment of kippered herring ever re
ceived in this country is bolng unload
ed today from the liner Caledonia. The
shipment consists of 12,000 barrels, or
about 10,000,000 fish.
■ lion votes, while the maximum number
. Is 140, with 360 votes. Mr. Alexander's
headquarters are claiming 92 counties
with 315 votes.
Bibb is the only one of the “Big Six”
1 counties.not counted in the Slaton col-
■ iimn. while Mr. Alexander is expecting to
carry Floyd and Fulton. The Slaton
forces have conceded Crawford county
to Mr. Hall, with Bibb, but the Alexan-
! d4r headquarters claim that their candi
date will take Crawford, Mr. Hall’s
, birthplace..
, Both Slaton and Alexander are claim
ing Fulton and DeKalb, the respective
home counties of the two. Mr. Alexan
-1 der expects to carry the three counties
h In which the three candidates were bom,
- Fulton Crawford and Thomas.
try that the Democratic party is free to
serve all the purposes of the people.
The Democratic party has thus become
a free organized instrumentality through
which programs of reform can be car
ried out.” ■
At 12:45 the governor was scheduled
to leave for Hoboken, where he is to ad
dress several thousand people at a big
German picnic at 5 o’clock. After his
speech. Governor Wilson is to go to New
York, where he has an engagement to
meet Rolla Wells, treasurer of the Dem
[ ocratie committee, and Henry Morgen
■ thau, chairman of the finance conimit
[ tee, with whom he will confer on cam
paign fund plans.
Governor Wilson will stay in New
York and go to Trenton for his weekly
visit at the state capitol tomorrow
; morning.
PARKER AND RANDALL
BOTH CLAIM VICTORY
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
WAYCROSS. Ga„ Aug. 19.—With the
congressional primary only a short time
off, the managers for the two candi
date for congress in the 11th are mak
ing claims that indicate the election
of both Judge Parker, of Waycross, and
Randall Walker, of Valdosta.
Sifting the claims down and compar
ing the conservative reports from the
two factions in many counties, makes
the prediction of Judge Parker’s elec
tion over Walker by two and possibly
three counties reasonable.
RELIGIOUS JOURNALS
PLAN BIG MERGER
(By Aa«»cUted Press.)
BALTIMORE, Aug. 19.—According
to the publishers of several religious
journals here, plans are under way for
a mlllion-dollar merger to reorganize
and merge a large section of the de
nominational press. It is proposed to
retire some papers which are now oper
ating at a loss and to merge others.
The new syndicate, it Is said, will have
Its headquarters in Chicago.
COMMERCE COURT BILL
IS PISSED OVER VETO
House Insists Court Must Be
Abolished—Senate Must
Still Act
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—The legis
lative, executive and judicial appropri
ation bill, vetoed by President Taft be
cause it contained a seven-year tenure
for the civil service and provided for
abolishing the commerce court, was
passed by the house again today. It
now goes to the senate again.
The only change the appropriate ions
committee made tn the bill after it
came back from the White House v.-as
to drop out the civil service restric
tion.
Before the senate acts on the meas
ure it go through the hands of
Its appropriations committee.
Many members of the committee
today that they favored leaving
both ’sections to which the president
had objected. While the senate un
doubtedly would approve x bill to abol
ish ttie commerce court, many Repub
lican and Democratic leaders favor
leaving the legislation out of the ap
propriation bill.
Should the bill, as passed by the
house today, go through the senate
without change. It is believed tne
president will again veto it and force
upon congress the alternative of ac
ceding to his wishes or facing a dead
lock with the White House, which
which would greatly prolong the ses
sion. Democratic house leaders believe
th* bill containing the abolishment cf
thfe commerce court, if vetoed by the
president, could be repassed by a two
thirds vote there, but It probably would
fail of such repassage in the senate.
Saw Himself Wounded
In Motion Pictures
and Dropped Dead
(By Associated Press.)
MILTON, Fa.. Aug. 19.—While wit
nessing a moving picture presentation
of the battle of Gettysburg last night,
Harvey Geiger, a civil war veteran,
dropped dead of heart failure. The film
showed the part Geigers regiment, took
in the battle, and the old man, who was
wounded in this engagement, became so
overcome with emotion that he could not
withstand the shock.
MR. TAFT PRESENTS NEW
RESOLUTION ON CANAL
(By Associated Frees.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—President
Taft today began the task of convinc
ing members of the house and senate
that the Panama can.al bill should con
tain some feature to assure other na
tions that the United States did not in
tend to violate the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty.
Mr. Taft gave a resolution to Repre
sentative Sherley, drawn to insure the
right of any foreign ship owner to have
the free tolls provisions passed upon by
the United States courts. Some think
the bill now covers that point but the
resolution the president submitted today
specifically provides for it. Mr. Sher
ley said he would submit the resolution
to the house and senate conferees and
learn if they were willing to have it
presented to congress.
11S. AGRICULTURE ]
HEADS WIM.
SHS COMMITTEE ’
Probe of Everglades Scandal
Fails to Prove Actual Graft,
but Discloses Vacillating
Conduct of Department
(By Associated P-ess '
WASHINGTON. Aug. 19.—The investi
gation of the department of agrlculture’e
connection with the Florida everglades
drainage project ended today when the
house of representatives’ committee on
expenditures In the department of ag
riculture submitted to the house its find
ings In majority and minority reports of
Its members. - - - - -■■
The conduct of Assistant Secretary
Hays, of the agricultural department,
whose relations with former Drainage
Engineer J. O. Wright were the sub
ject of especial attention by the com
mittee. was declared in a majority re
port presented by Chairman Moss, Dem
ocrat, to have been not In harmony
"with proper standards of official pro
priety if not official rectitude.” The mi- m
norlty report made by Representative
Sloan, of Nebraska, Republican, asserted
on the other hand, that the “unstable"
majority conclusions were "more of a
charge against the mental capacity and
honesty of the committee
than against Assistant Secretary Haya . I
DEPARTMENT ROASTED. 'J
The majority report was signed by
Chairman Moss and Representatives
Flood, of Arkansas, and Doughton, of
North Carolina, Democrats. The minor- |
ity report was signed by Representative
Sloan, of Nebraska, who stated that
Representatives Higgins, of Connecticut,
and Madden, of Illinois, approved It. AU
are Republicans. Many features of the
agriculture department’s work In con- ■ 3
nectlon with the everglades were attack
ed by the Democratic report, which ar
raigned the department as viscillatlng.
and Engineer Wright as having been
"on familiar terms with real estate pro- . y
moters and speculators.”
No real criticism of Secretary Wilson
was contained In the majority report,
the burden of criticism being laid on
Assistant Secretary Hays. The minority
report, on the other hand, acquitted the
latter of the charges that he “despised r i/j
all restraint and attempted to capitalise
his official position and draw quick div
idend from official opportunity."
ORIGIN OF CHARGES
The everglades investigation sjose > I
through the charges that certain re
ports appeared by government engineers
had been withheld from publication, with
the Inference that such action was In , J
the Interest of land dealers. C. G. El
liott, chief of drainage, and Assistant
Engineer Moorehouse, who were brought
Into the controvery, were found by the
committee to have made an arrange
ment In connection with North Carolina
swamp lands that was in violation of
the law, but inasmuch as there was no
profit intended in it the committee de
clared that the men had been too se
verely disciplined by agricultural de
partment officials.
Assistant Secretary Hays* connse- - ®
tton with the matter arose through a
private arrangement he made with J. 3
O. Wight, former drainage engineer, for
the handling of some drained land in
North Carolina which did not belong to
the government.
The majority report Wright’s
admissions of his familiarity with real
estate promoters and of accepting de-,
velopment company stock and fees
while engaged officially in making sur
veys to reclaim land, It declared that
while thus engaged as a paid salesman
and an interested purchaser he appeared
before the North Carolina legislature as
an official of the department of agri
culture ostensibly to advise in the
framing of drainage legislation.
He later boasted, the report said, cf
securing the passage of a special statute
there under which he was enabled to
close a deal. His transactions were
denounced by the majority as repugnaht
to a high sense of honor and Integrity,
which would justify dismissal If he
were still in the government service;
The report added that his transactions
were not brought to the knowledge of I
his superiors of the drainage division.
The majority report cited testimony,
regarding frequent conferences of As
sistant Secretary Hays and Engineer
Wright, who has since become state
drainage engineer of Florida, concern
ing the purchase and sale at a profit
of the bed of Lake Mattamuskee, N. C.;
Mr. Wright, the majority declared, did • N
■ not seem to realize the Impropriety of
his own conduct. In view of his con
fidential relations with Mr. Hays the
majority “found it difficult to escape
I the conviction that Mr. Haya was In
I full possession of the facts relative to .3
Wright's deals and transactions whe.t .
j they were being negotiated,” and that
: Hays should have condemned them
' rather than to have encouraged them.
I There was no evidence, however, that |
! Mr. Hays actually received any money
j profits out of any of these transaction#.
I Mr. Hays’ office, said the majority,
f should ba free from all connection with . |
( "speculative enterprises and get-rich
qulck schemes.”
•'lt is useless,” the majority added, "t®
frame regulations for the government
of employees, many of whom work for ■
low salaries, and permit those in high
position to despise al! restraint. This
is particularly true when the offense is
to capitalize official position and collect 3
dividends from official opportunity. Your
committee has no authority to deal fur
ther with this matter. It calls the par
ticular attention of secretary Wilson to
the record.”
INEFFICIENCY.
The committee conclusions are:
The Department m.ijority report called
the department vascillating and lacking
conception of the vast investment of i
lions of dollars In undertaining the rec
lamation of the Everglades. Said it con
stantly subordinated the inquiry to other
work in which members of congress ,
were particularly interested and finally
abandoned ft after an expenditure of
H 1,107 without definite results. Its ac
counting system deficient and Its discip- |
line lacking. The minority upheld the
Department.
NO. 95.
