The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-01
SEARCH FOR GRAFTERS
Wilson Determined to Purge His De-
pertinent.
Especial to Washington Post.)


oyster Bay, n. Y, July 3O.-Sec-
retary Wilson of the Department
of Agriculture, is expected to arrive
here tomorrow for a long conference
upon the recent disclosures in that
department 1t is said here on good
authority that the President would
not hear of the Secretary's resigning,
and that the only reason he sum-
moned him to oyster Bay is to advise
with him earnestly and thoroughly
upon the means of the present inves-
tigation.
This will be the Presidents first
opportunity to talk with the Secretary
concerning the cotton-leak scandal
and the alleged delinquencieS of the
trusted Holmes, whom the President
recently designated as a 'Scoundr"'
Plans will be discussed for a complete
reorganization of the Bureau OF sta
tisticS on such a basis as to make
leaks in the future impossible. The
President, it is assumed, also wishes
to go over the nitro-culture matter
with the Secretary, and the case OF
George T. Moore, which is now ,beinS
considered by the Department of Jus
tice.
Other CHARGES Pending.
Manager Harman, of the Axtel-
Rush Publishing Company, OF Pitts
burg. who first called the Presidents s
attention to the case of Moore it is
understood. has made charges that
other employees of the Department CT
Agriculture have used the department
for their private interest. 1t is SAID
also that he forwarded other papers
to the President bearing on the matter
which the President wishes to go oV-
er with the Secretary. Should others
be found culpable they Will be dealt
with more swiftly even than was G
r. Moore The President, 1t is assum-
ed. also wishes to go into details with
the Secretary upon the method and
manner of the investigation and 10
make it even more rigid, if possible,
than it is at present.
1t is the determination OF both, the
President and Secretary wilson 70
clear the Agricultural Department OF
every form of CRATER" TO this end
the likelihood is that every bureau or
the department will be inquired into
carefully with a view to ascertalnlng
whether any such condition exists as
was developed of the Bureau of Sta
tistics. Quietly but effectively Sec
retary Wilson has been working to this
end for many months Many en-
pIoyes of the department have been
dropped from the rolls, practically
without the knowledge of the general
public Some have been dismissed out
right. while others have been permit
ted to resign. Assurance is given that
no stone will be left unturned to elm
mate every taint of scandal on the
Department of Agriculture.
May Recommend New Laws.
In view also of the approaching ex-
traordinary session, the President WILL
in all probability, talk over with Sec
retary Wilson the laws governing en-
ployes of the Department of Agricul-
ture. If they are inefficient as is
highly probable, to bring punishment
upon culprits, as were the laws gov
erning steamboat Inspection for in
stance. the President, with the ad
vice of the Secretary and Attorney
General Moody, will, in all probabili-
ty. recommend new laws and amend
ments.
1t is not improbable that shortly af
ter Secretary Wilson's visit Attorney
General Moody will visit the President,
with a view to discussing the cases
pending and laws to be recommended.
That the President is confident that
the Secretary will purge the depart
ment Of any scandal that may attach
to it is evidenced by the fact that he
has not interfered with the pending
Investigations. All matters brought
to his attention have ben turned over