The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-29
SCANDAL LIKELY TO
MEAN END OF WILSON
secretary,Too Honest to Suspect Others VIII Prob
ably Retire from Office Bonaparte's New Orders
Cause Stir Among Navy Employees.

may remain Until the end Of Mr.. Roosc-
vclts term But he will eventually co.
Tho district attorney is making poor
hendway In the matter Of the lnvestga-
tion. The witnesses will not testify, ana
the probing has stopped practically.
pending q decision Of the question as to
whether they can be forced to tell all
they know. 1t would appear that tho
court can compel witnesses to dlvulge
ali the information In their possession,
provided It Is not Of n nature to In
crlminatc the man giving 1t.
Departmental employees are stirred by a
statement issued by Secretary Bonaparte.
the substance Of which Is that an en-.
ploye Of the Navy Department who does
not pay his just debts ls liable to dis
ntssal from, the service. It is n motor
aious fact that many mon In the govern
yment service take hdvantalir @Uf' the law
that prohibits the garnlshment OF the
salary of a governmental employe. and
thus evade the payment of debts. 1t
should be said. however I hat the trades
men Of Washington employ every possible
means to induce tho cmploye to contract
debts. The merchants who make a
practice Of sedudlng the clerk into open
Ing an account with them, is deserving
Of pity, mingled with censure, at the
least.
1t ls believed there Will he a congress
sional investigation OF the joint high
commission appointed some years ago
to settle certain boundary disputes be-
tween America and Great Britain, Vice
President Fairbanks Is at the head OF
the commission. 1t has done absolutely
nothing more than spend the $4,000 APP
,.tok, a. ~ 49,
stence. 1t has existed seven years, and
while It has met severa times, 1t has
accomplished absolutely nothing. The
commission WAS expected to settle the
Alaskan boundary dispute, but after
spending four or Ave years in considera-
tlon of the matter, the whole subject
was taken from the hands of the COM
mission and referred to the Brltsh.Am-
erican commission, of which Senator,
Henry Cabot Lodge, E1llhl Root, and ex-
Senator Turner were members. This lat
ter commission promptly settled the dis
pute, and went out OF existence. But the
old commission continued in being, meet
Ing occasionally, but accomplishing Moth
Ing. The fishery question with Canada,
and the subject of reciprocity have been
before the commission for long time,
! also the Rush-Bagot treaty which pro-
hibits the United States maintaining more
than one warship on the Great Lakes.
1T is desired that this treaty be abro-
gated but the commission has accom-
plished nothing In that direction tits
not recalled that vice-presldent OF the
United States has been investigated in
the history of the country, though one
was tried for treason, and ESCAPED con-
viction by one vote only.
It is understood that CAPTAIN w s.
c1oxyes brother -in-lnw * Of President
Roosevelt, will DO made chief Of the
hlreau OF equipment when Admiral
Mpnney, who Is now at the head OF the
bureau retires In January. CAPTAIN
Cowles was stationed here as aide to me ne
President for q year or more, ana was
| then given command Of the bat,leshlp
Missouri. He has not been long NJ sea
but. he has a great and good frleno 70
washington.