The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-03

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tho department In the heated season. It
il charged that officials OF the bureau are
In the habit Of taking their families down
there and spending tho weekend during
the summer, md that carriages anu
horses owned by the government are
ut their disposal, all without expense. II
,~us charged that Secretary Wilson had
spent much time there recrcating
Willis L. Moore, Chief Of the Weather
Bureau, denies erlphatlcally that The
money appropriated has been misuscd. lie
asserts that Secretary Wilson has never
visited tho station but twice, and that
those visits were very brief and were on
official business
Private Business, Public Paid.
There is another new charge made In
connection with graft In tho department
IT is stated that Jasper Wilson, son Of
Secretary Wilson, who Is his fathers pri-
waite secretary. mndo trip to Alaska
about n year and a, half ago, ana thal
while tho object OF the trip was private
business and pleasure, the expenses,
amounting to about $780, came out of
the national treasury Young Wilson is
reported to DO Interested In gold mines
in Alaska, and the object Of the trip
was said to have been to personally IN
spect his property. Tfe is said to nave
brought back with him q number OF
nuggets of gold, several of which he gave
to close friends
Wilson says he went to Alaska on bust
moss for tho department. and that no
! did not 90 within " hundred miles OF q
! gold mine Flo says furthermore that
| while his EXPENSES were paid by the GOV
! ernment they did not amount TO more
| than the half of seven hundred dollars.
Attaches Of the bureau OF animal In
| dustry Of the department are charged
! with being interested In the company
| which manufactures and sells to the gov
| eminent the labels used In connection
| with the inspection OF meat products. The
| charge Is denied. both by the suspected
| men and the company which manufact-
1 urcs tho labels. The matter Will be
Investigated. ta
Drawing Two Salaries.
The geological. survey, interior depart
| ment, Is also resting under charges which
may prove very grave. 1t Is charged
! that the officials of the survey, scientl-
| nc mon. travel all over the world and
gather information at the expense Of tho
government or in laboratories. conduct
/ cd at national expense, conduct expert
1 monts and make discoveries, and then
4 publish the results Of travels and OK
/ pcrlments IN magazines, receiving pay
i for the articles, long before their reports
/ are issued by the government. Olhclals
! of the survey are said to hold stock IN
the company which publishes The Mining
World. Chicago, and many Of thom are
/ paid for articles contributed to this
periodical. But the government reports
on the subjects treated OF in the maya
| zinc articles are issued sometimes as
/ much rs q year. after the appearance Of
the magazine contribution. Some attempt
at denial Of this has been made but It
was an "cXplanaton which did not eX-
plain"
Charges of the same general nature
! have been made against officials Of the
Bureau of Fisheries. Department o.
Commerce and Labor OF course, both
will be investigated.
The foregoing Is hW AZ mpcrfrct on;
line of charges made n~ainst officials
of three deparim ITS OF the vern emit.
IT is believed that n man Of such an IN
curing turn Of mind as Secretary Bona
partc will discover tho need of the probe
in his department. Once or twice IN the
past year or two there have been hiNts
Of improper practices in the Navy De-
! partment,. but nothing like an over
0 hauling has been attempted,
\ The Land Frauds.
~ '
. ment IN which officials IRE implicated
have not been all settled Indictments
have been brought against both tho two
representatives from Oregon and SenatN
, Mitchell Is under sentence to serve SIN
!, months In jail for his connection there
with a great deal has been unenrthed
In tho Indian Territory. going to show
official corruption In connection with
public lands Secretary Hitchcock has
| tl,n tarc vol nj
!, energy aud determination. but he has
not accomplished very gratifying results
! But tho promises of the department II
this regard arc uneOulVocal.
q John Sharp Williams will bo tho MI,
$ norIty loader again tlsls year, Some
opposition to retaining him In this posi-
ton was manifested last spring, but !
Z. did not result In anything and VIII not
II Mr., Williams Is, in some respects, IN
abest man on tho Democratic side. Blu
he lacks the nggresslveness most desir
i able In II leader of u minority party II
Congress. This was manifest last win
ter, when tho Democrats were tryin!
TO bring about IN Investigation OF thu
affairs of tho Postoffice department
Still, 1t Is believed that he VIII be abl
: to lead the way to mn investigation o
several of the departments II not all o
them this coming session, The Demo
Gratis, OF course, will be solidly behin'
:, him, A number of Republicans of tn
> House are known to BIO In favor OF {
searching inquiry into tho methods Q
administration of the affairs OF the de
! purtnnents. With the aid Of these. It i
believed such investigation can be Sc
cured.
Z, Tho developments following full In
vestigation of the affairs OF govern
, ment In washington Will almost GER
tninly surprise and shock the country
though so much has already been lais
bare It Is impossible ~ foretell how
,, far such M investigation Will 60
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