Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-04
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
President Again Begins to
Receive Visitors.
MANY SENATORS CALL
THE CASE OF II. SMITH WooLEY,
ASSAYER.
Charges Against Him Being Investi-
gated by the Treasury Department
Irrigation of North Dakota.

President Roosevelt resumed Office work
this morning and began receiving visitors
at the usual hour. Beginning just before
Christmas and up to today he had kept no
regular Office hours, and each morning had
gone for horseback ride. A number IF
senators were on hand this morning and
had interviews in turn with the President
among them being Senator Frye president
pro TEN. of the Senate, and Senators Nc
Cumber Burrows, Fairbanks. sHansbrough,
Mitchell, Dillingham;, Hepburn. Scott and
Elkins. The two West Virginia senators
called to ask the President to appoint Col
Goodwin, U. S A., now in charge Of the
military forces at the ST. Louis exposition,
brigader general. They went from the
White House to the War Department to
take the matter up with the officials there.
Representatives Gardner of Michigan.
McCreery of Minnesota, Sulioway of New
Hampshire and Burkett of Nebraska were
among the members of the House who had
interviews with the President.
The hymnal committee of the Methodist
Church. North and South, in session in this
city, called in body headed by Bishop j.
A. Goodsell, and was received by the Pres
ident They went through the White
House. viewing the changes that have been
made therein.
Case Of n. Smith wooley.
Senator Hepburn of Idaho called with
Capt. Jesse M. Baker and his son. II. W.
Baker. Senator Hepburn and Senator
Mitchell of Oregon requested the President
to appoint young Baker as a cadet to An
napolis The President will take the ap-
pointment under advisemeut
Senator Hepburn says that the fight that
Is being made against H. Smith Wooley,
assayer of the mint at Bose, is wholly
political He is satisfied that the hght
will not succeed. Charges are pending
against Wooley, WHO was bishop of the
Mormon church, and these are being in
vestigated by the Treasury Department.
The. outcome of the investiga tiGn will de-
termine whether Wooley's name will again
go to the Senate The director of the mint,
Mr.. Roberts, few days ago decided that
Mr.. Wooley is no longer assayer at Boise.
His decision was based upon the fact that
Mr.. Wooley had first been appointed dur
ing a recess of Congress. and that the
Senate at the extra sessiex.ssf Congress
failed 10 confirm this nesaifsk35pp, The d.
rector held that there was agsstnterffn be-
tween the extra session of ESoAgfess and
the regular session and tina SAndeE the law
Mr. Wooley was out of oaMe, This de-
cision would make it necS4$afy for the
President to send the namesfo the Senate
again. The President has mar so far done
this. and will not do so until he knows the
result of the charges. These are that
Wooley was guilty of misconduct while a
deputy collector of internal revenue. in
business enterprise which had gone down
under circumstances that had excited talk.
There has been bitter fght against
Wooley ever since his first appointment,
leader and high official OF the Mormon
church. 1t is alleged that the church has
been interfering in politics IN Idaho to an
Objectionable extent, and that Wooiey re-
ceived his reward In a political appoint
ment.
IRRIGATION in the West
Senator Hansbrough discussed irrigation
projects with the President, The entire
west is greatly interested In the irrigation
systems to be built by the government
North Dakota is one of the few principal
semi-arid states for which no system has
yet been provided. Washington, Oregon,
Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Montana and
South Dako,a are assured Of projects, Wyo-
ming as many as three. OF the SIT .O0OO
fund that has accumulated from the s,le
of public lands and is available for irriga-
ton, North Dakota has contributed $1,000
000. The surveys and examinations of
North Dakota show. that the establishment
OF projects there will not be so easy as in
other states and territories. because of the
fact that the water resources are Of an
altogether different character from those
where the mountain. streams carry the
waters to the immense reservoirs that are
to be built. The Missouri river is the water
supply of North Dakota and this is below
the level of the lands that must be irri-
gated. In the mountain states of the west
the waters with which to supply the reser-
vors will be far above these reservoirs, and
there viii be little difficulty in getting the
waters into the reserve RS. 1t is a question
of feas birty, therefore. with North Dakota,
and Senator Hansbrough desires every pos
sihle survey and examination to be made.
with the object of supplying hts state with
irrigation projects of W w'despread usefulness
The President Cannot Attend.
Bishop Abraham Grant. Rev. e. W.
Hampton Of this city and DIR. John Hurst
of Baltimore called on the President and
invited him to attend the quadrennial con-
ference of the A. M E. Church to be held
in Chicago next May. The President indi-
Gated to the committee that his engage
ments were such that he would be unable