West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-08-17
OUR Washington LETTER
kItfy department Of The General
Government Ptrmslted
With Graft.
FIRST OSg AND THEN ANOTHER
HAS TO BE- INVESTIGATED.
ne only Thlag 70 % e 70 Turn The
aassali Cat Ara Have q General
Hsuis Cleaning

1905 FROM prescut developments
in Washington BE- seems that the
governmental investigating COM
m.ticc vIli have plenty % do in the
probing line Coz some slime to come
before be- hss accomplished ,is great
task ot cleaning out thc corruption
IN ihc federal departments The
graiicrs seem io have operated with
great .mpuuity and success in the
various departments under che ad-
mInistrai.ou Of thc g.. O. P.-GTaf
trrs Own Pauy-and a thc Keep
commission is thorough In its work
there viii likely be some interesting
and sensational discoveries as a re.
suit Of the Investigations.
There are indications tbst tbe
microbc Of Graft has iunoculated
certain employees and officials of ihe
Geological survey, and even ihe
weather making bureau. whose pro
phctic utteranccs have been under
suspicion for many days. will pro
badly have to face some charges
relative 90 running summer
annex on resort in the Blue Ridge
Mountains Several employees Of
the survey, whose names appear In
The list Of special editors" on the
editorial page Of lhe Mining World.
a scientific publication issued a.
Chicago, have denied that they I'd.
oeived compensation fof their SER
vices. or that they have received
pay for articles they have contrib.
uted TO this publication and other
journals. They also declare that
they will have their names with
drawn from ihe published staff OF
the Mining World Mr. R.T. HiH
formerly OF the survey, admits that
he used Information secured while
ia the service 0f thc government f1r
his magazine and newspaper articles
and that be received remuneration
for the articles lie thinks 90 vas
all right, Nevertheless. the geologi
cal survey will probably come under
the probe OF lhe investigating com
mittee, and The Mt Weather resort
Of The weathes bureau will also like.
ly De a subject of thc comm.uee's
attention
Secretary Wilson has received
word from John Hyde. former Goa
tistician of The depsumrutta tbe sf
feet the latter VII. return to Wash
iugton from Europe. sa tbat bel may
be used as witness before che
grand jury which .s inyeslgaf.ng che
cotton crop report scandals Sea-
reiary Wilson .s having few troa
bles of DIE oah these days uIth ths
cotton '1eskH 1uaIncss ihe charge
that the employees 1f tte buea1 af
forestry have done work far private
interests and ai.h He IurnaaUaas
that probably tbc rr aI ts sau
son, Jasper Wilson, i1 Aiassa anf
iu gold mines at Fagcmurai ss
Pcusc vas n0t eb1.'y aft.a iar
bounds of pr1pr etF Er believed
that there aIII bc m1fe sfsfaHua
Development tfau have see been
disclosed .na complete rse.u.a.
Of ihe Agricultural Department Ir
the Post Once Department scar.
dals, irregularities utre discovered
fut in the salary sad allowance
division, boo iespc probing bf1a. .af
70 light o. long Dose of e'arrf ftaH.
and irregu.auucs $50 tIs believed
that With the invesuesH9n oftfe
Agricultural Department other and
more serious frauds than have tet
been revealed u.iI hs uncovered be-.
fore The inquiry is at an end.
a series Of questions relating i5
the work OF the departments bas
been sent Co the heads ofthe De-.
| partments by Chairman Keep affc
inyestigat.ng committee There are
Io7 questions 10 ibe list divided into
five heads twenty-five relating Co.
the organization of each depart
ment seventeen 90 iis personnel
twenty two Co correspondence and
files twenty six To- methods Of par
chasing supplies and twenty 90 ac.
counts and miscellaneous.
a prominent official of the De
parlment Of Commerce and Labor
has declared that the division of The
bureau OF immigration which has 60
do with the exclusion and admission
Of Chinese, has become demorali1ed
] as result Of the order issued few