The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-30
THE PRESIDENT GOES IT.ALONE
COMPLETING DETAILS or NEW
DOMINGO ARRANGEMENT

Selects Two Men for Appointment BY PreSi-
dent Morales a. Agents 70 Collect
the Customs Reyenues-AIySteTy as 90
where Their Salaries Are 20 Come Prem
WASHINGTON, March 2s.--with chArac-
teristio energy President Roosevelt has
set about completing the details Of the
new arrangement by which American
agents will collect part Of Santo Domingo's
customs revenues and send II TO New
York bank 10 be held in trust until the
Senate ratifes or rejects the pending Do
minican treaty Mr.. Roosevelt hopes TO
have the scheme well under way before be
starts for the West next Monday.
To-day she selected two men who will
be nominated TO the President OF Santo
Domingo for appointment as agents In
charge Of Dominican custom houses, One
Of them Ia Col @. r. Cotton, Collector OF
Internal Revenue at Iloilo, Island Of Cebu,
In the Philippines. He Is In Washington
on leave Of absence and has accepted Presi-
dent Roosevelt's offer. The other mon
selected for nomination Ii DR.. William 4.
Gould OF Baltimore. Strangely enough
all that the officers concerned knew about
DR.. Gould was that he is OF was connected
with Johns Hopkins University and has
been recommended by Prof, Jacob H.
Hollander Of that institution. who Ia going
to Santo Domingo to gather information
about conditions there, to be submitted
to the Senate when 1t renews consideration
Of the Dominican agreement.
One OF the questions confronting the
Administration IS that Of the method Of pay
ing the American agents for their work.
Under the arrangement suggested by the
Dominican Government IS per cent .,
the revenues collected by the American
agents is to be deposited in a New York
bank and remain untouched until the rati-
flcation Of the treaty, which the Administra-
ton appears to take for granted. As not
one penny Of this money ia to be disturbed
in the meantime and us the remaining As
per cent. Of the revenues Is 10 he turned
over to the Dominican Government TO
enable IL to pay its running expenses 1t Is
a mystery where the salaries Of the revenue
collectors will come from. Under the laws
Of the United States they cannot be paid
by this Government without authority OF
Congress II was declared to-day, how
ever that the President would assure his
nominees that they will be compensated.
Few Republican Senators are in town
and those who have views contrary TO the
position Of the Administration in regard
TO the Dominican scheme naturally de-
cline TO be quoted. Two Of them said to-
day that they thought the President had
made mistake. One expressed the belief
that the action Of the Administration would
lead the United States into serious trouble,
and the other asserted that the President
had put into force and effect the terms OF
a treaty which the Senate had virtually
rejected.
BALTIMORE. March 20 A most surprised
man was DR.. William T.. Gould Of the Johns
Hopkins University when rpprised OF the
fact that he had been appointed Collector
at Santo Domingo. He has not yet de-
oided whether he will accept DR.. Gould
is a graduate Of Columbia University, New
York. where he received his B. A. degree
in 1879. He received his doctor degree
from Johns Hopkins University in 1908,
specializing Spanish, French and history.