The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-05
INVESTIGATION Is ON
10 Find 0ut Where Senator CuIber-
son Secured The Documents
lie READ TO THE SENATE
Conferences Have Been Held by
President Roosevelt.
WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS
Summoned TO the White House TO Tel
What They Know.
ATTEMPT TO PUT THE BLAME ON MILES
Has Acted as Boomersnee 10 tho
Adninsttatlon---The Senator from
Texas Is Resting Easy.
Summoned TO the White House TO Tel
What They Know.
ATTEMPT TO PUT THE BLAME ON MILES



Washington, June A--Sengtor Cuibersons
action In presenting TO the senate yester-
day the charges of Private Weir OF tho
Fourth cavalry against Lieutenant Arnold
meat together with the report thereon OF
Captain II, W, West, seems TO have stirred
mp verltablc hornets nest. Tho ndmm-
istratonlsts are vainly trying TO conceal
their chsgriu md President Roosevelt is
extremely angry at the turn affairs have
taken,
The point which Is giving him and his
followers tho most coHcern Is their Ina
hi'lty to ascertain where the senior Texas
senator secured the copies OF tho charge
md report he caused 10 he made nuhis
yesterday II Is particularly CALLING 20
Roosevelt Root. Lodge and the others to
reflect that the papers which they pre-
vented from being made public through
| the war department have been secured
| privately and given out bv n member ~
| the opposition, They are anxious TO vent
| their displeasurs on some one and with
| that end conference was held this morn
| ting between the president ard Assistant
Secretary Of WAR Sanger, who Is acting
! CO Secretary In the absence of Root Later
the presldent had talk with Adiutant
| General Corhin and every effort was made
tn ascertain the source from which the
| papers were secured,
| Senator Beveridges inslnuaticn Yesterday
| that General Miles Ind furnished tho
papers 10 the democratic senator hss acted
m boomerang ipasmGch as Senator Cul.
hersou expressly denied that he secured
the documents from General Miles or any
one connected with the war department.
and II has thus been made 10 appear that
| the administrationlsts IN their anxiety TO
| avert the consequences Of thclr question
| able methods are attempting 10 Involve q
! man who hns already suffered at tho hands
/ ot the president aud against whom the
| desk warriors " the war department arc
particularly bitter
! As result Of the conference this morn.
ling between SINGER mud the president
| preliminary investigation was begun at the
war department This disclosed that the
1 pnpcrs in the Weir ease had passed
through but four branches OF the war de-
pnrtmpnt When the papers reached Wash
ngton from Manila they were recorded Ia
the office 81 the ndjutnut general and then
referred to army headquarters for the In
formation OF General Miles.
rhoy were nest sent 10 the Judge advo.
cntr general for his action, aud by him
laid before the secretary Of war.
Adlutnnt General Corbn and Judge Ad'
yocatc General Davis have each stated To-
Assistant Secretary Sanger that the papers
did not come from their bureaus. Captain
Parker West who made the report which
Senator Cuherson presented 10 the senate,
Is 80 Washington aud declared he had no
knowledge Of how Seunior Culberson Sc
cured copy Of the report,
General Miles is out Of the city. Score
tsry Root is expected 10 return tomorrow
when consultation viii be held with
the president ana further efforts made &c
locpte the leak,
senator Cubrrson and the other iemo
or. rs are not iu the least disturbed. They
hoye made u strong point and are couten
10 rest on # for he present, Mt least.