The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-30

tary ne received a cable from promi-
1,srf business men in New York asking
il he would consider an offer 70 accept
an important position IN New YORK,
and that ne had ca6led in reply that 1t
was simply a question OF terms ana
conditions and that he had requested
particulars. that the paricutdrS came
and it proved 10 be a definite offer of
a position as president of a large hold
ing company. controlling several other
corporations. with certain STOCK DeTle-
fits and other advantages 10 nlmselt.
which. with the salary, mace II eQuIN-
alent TO $50. 600 a year thdt ne diu not
at once accept the offer, but delayed
II for A few davs. i'm order to cable the
secretary Of war, duTiuS winch the par
ties increased their proposal between
ten and fifteen thousand dollaIs a year
making IT equivalent 10 Soo'VVO or
$4,000
Position Was Attractive.
He stated that the position was an
especially attractive one and such as
he had only hoped to obtain after the
cornDIetfou of the canal. and thus only
after years of further service on the
Isthmus- that the duties OF the new
position were especially agreeable and
afforded opportunities to make money
through investments; further, that the
position was such a good one that he
did not consider that he could decline
f.. that life on the isthmuS was lonely
and accompanied with risk TO himself
and wife and was another reason for
accepting a better offer; put that ms
new duties would not require all OF his
attention for the next few months ana
that the parties had agreed that ne
could close I'D his canal work in the
meantime. always provided II did not
take him from New York to the 18th
mus. He referred TO the presidents or
al cor minis =artT
and in which the president mad stated
that the commission would hOld ONCE
subject 10 the due fUlfllment Of their
duties. and he stated that this made
the office subject to termination by the
president and that consequently he
1EEr Wallace considered that the
holder of the Office had an equal right
10 retire from it at his option at any
time.
Willing TO Report.
Concluding. he stated that while he
was thus severing his connection with
the canal work he was willing to make
up his annual report and he would, If
desired by the government, continue to
serve as a commissioners, but not as
chief engineer in charge of the con-
strUctive work of the canal
Mr.. Wallace said that this was all
he cared to say in regard to his per
sOual relation to the work, and that he
the conditions on the isthmuS if the
secretary desired it. Mr- Taft said he
wished Mr. Wallace would continue his
general statement Mr.. Wallace fol-
lowed his personal statement with a
discussion lasting half an hour regard
ing conditions on the isthmus and the
work on the canal. When he finished
Mr.. Taft thus addressed him:
Roast For Wallace.
Mr.. Wallace, I am inexpressibly
disappointed, rot only because you
have taken this step, but because you
seem so utterly insensible of the sig
niticance of your conduct. You come
with the bald announcement that you
quit your task al a critical moment. on
the eve of important work and in the
midst of reorganization plans under
which You accepted your position, with
your department unprotected in organ
izatiOn and when you know. too. that
my public duties call me to the Philip
pines for several months. I must be
allowed To remind you that when you
were employed by the commission
little over year ago you were only re-
CeiVIUC $1,000 per annUm under your
former position. and that your salary
was fixed at the sum demanded by
yourself. SO ZOO. That was for constant
service on the isthmus. the COn5tTuC-
ton work was TO be performed and
Your services were required You knew
the risks to yourself and 10 your fam
ily. If they went with you, in the work
you assumed an obligation TO do. IF
You had not desired the position yOu
need not have sought or accepted it. but
] understand that quite the contrary was
the case I can refer more positively to
recent events within M knowledge.
VIXEN the president found IL necessary
Ia make 2 reorganization of the former
commission YOU were consulted in the
Of the reorganization, and We're encOur-
aged freely 10 express your opinions.
Indeed. your voluntary suggestions
from the isthmUs embraced the pro-
TOSaI that YOU yourself be made a men,
her-of the commission and the chief en-
Einccr on the isthmus'
Engineers Bad Faith.
The substance of the plan of reorgan-
fZation as after embodied IN the presi-
dents executive order of April J. was
Cabled 20 you by me aud YOU ca bIed me
ycu~ fullest approval of il and your
thanks. for 1t included the appointment
OF yourself as a commissioner. as YOU
had solicited. and a member of the ex-
eCutive committee The new plan OF
organization was warmly accepted by
You and endorsed by you when YOU
arrived IN Washington and you eX-
pressed your hearty approval of it in
the most UneGuivOcai manner. not only
To the president and myself. but to
members of the commission and its
counsel and just before sailing for the
isthmus YOU called upon US and voIun-
1arily thanked me in tbe WarmeSt
Terms for what had been done in the
reorganization of the canal work and
in the positions which had been given
YOU You cO-Operated for all these
weeks in the work of reorganization
and accepted the position assigned YOU
under thf presidents order of April /.
The president and myself relied upon
this fact i'm making Up the plans. and
the other members We're selected with
This in view. Now, within twelve days
after your arrival upon The isthmus
You send me a cable which read in the