The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1905-07-13

y tnlnB more OF not, the uneartninf
I of the fraudulent work in the agri
} cultural department at Washington
, stamps the association as a grea
y success.
b The following dispatch from
I Washington to the daily papers i
I of especial interest to the south
b Washington, DC, July 8, 1905
b Secretary Wilson has dismissed
! Assistant Statistician Edwin T,
! Holmes, has issued an order reor-
! ganizing the Bureau of Statistics ol
) the Agricultural Department and
! changing the methods of handling
) the cotton statistics. and has off.
. cially admitted that the charges
! preferred by Secretary Richard
) Chea,ham. Of the Southern Cotton
! Growers Association. of leakage
|. we're true
} The result is not entirely salts
factory TO Mr.. Cheatham. but
whether h. will pursue the matter
further is to he determined after a
conference with President Harvie
Jordan and possibly the Executive
Committee in Atlanta, Ca. for
which place Mr. cheatham will
leave tomorrow.
The report of the Secret Service,
which was not incorporated in Sec
retary Wilson's statement of the
case to-day. disclosed that some
thing is rotten in the State of Den
mark, - and it may require an order
from President Roosevelt himself
to disclose it.
1t seems incomprehensible that a |
solitary employe should have con-
Quoted negotiations with Wall !
street brokers. and have supplied
them with advance information on
cotton for nearly two years at
profit to himself. estimated as high
as $so6. GOO. without any other as
sociate, superior or subordinate,
suspecting and reporting him. or
sharing in the dividends as a silent
partner. Mr.. Cheatham has reason
to believe that others are involved.
In fact, names and circumstances
have been given him, but as yet he
lacks the proof to continue his cam
paign.
When interviewed on the subject,
Mr.. Cheatham said:
IT can give You only my individ-
ual views, as it is for the officers of
the Association, which 1 represent
in this matter, to say whether we
shall be content with what has been
done, or push the case along to
President Roosevelt. / shall go to
Atlanta tomorrow and report to
President Jordan as to what has
been done. and ask for further in
structions. / am surprised that all
Of the damage that has been done
to the cotton interests during the
past two years should be thrown
upon one man. 1t seems to me that
there are others involved.
"The Secret Service found that
my charges against Holmes were
true. But they found nothing
against any other person sufficient,
it seems. to warrant action OIL the
part of the Secretary. Yet some
one must have known what Holmes
was doing. can hardly believe
that he fooled every person in the
Department. when his friends on
the outside were wondering where
he got money enough on his salary
to buy land in the West and an a.
partment house here.
" "Our figures on me cotton acre
age reduction was IS per cent the
Governments II per cent. In tiy- !
ing to get an understanding Of the
discrepancy we received informa.
ton about Holmes connection with
Wall Street. Letters were obtain
ed and submitted to Secretary Will
son. and they appear in his state
ment. /,
Il have received yesterday and
to-day some information touching !
other employees in the Bureau of ,
Statistics which I shall not use
without substantiating. Therefore,
I prefer to say nothing about this
phase Of the investigation at pres !