The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-26
President May Remove Him, Tho
| Not Because of Curtis or
House Charges.
PRESIDENT TO GIVE
HIM A FAIR HEARING
IF Retirement Comes, it Will Be
Because Eight Years Is
e Enough.
BY w. w. Jermane.

Washington, Jan. 26.-John Goodnow
is not only to be 'tput on the carpet
by the president, but the house Of rep
resentatives is also after him. Tho
house resolution, however, may not be
reported. It amounts merely to repe-
tition Of the old Curtis charges, and
discloses nothing new.
These charges Goodnow has repsUx
eddy denied, in general terms, and he
is now coming to Washington to deny
them in detail.
It was thought several days ago that
Curtis would be unable to find mem
Der Of the house to introduce the reso-
luton, but his persistency finally
brought its reward.
The hearings by the executive branch
Of government are under the personal
direction Of the president, who will
delegate some one to act for him, pos.
sibly the attorney general or one Of
his assistants. In addition to this, it
is probable Goodnow will have a per-
sonal interview with the president.
These, details are yet to be worked out.
It is the presidents purpose, however,
to deal fairly with Goodnow, and give
him every chance to Emake good.
Goodnow Likely to Be Removed.
While the statement is unauthorized
as yet, it is believed the president will
remove Goodnow, following hearings,
no matter what his verdict may be as
to the charges. Goodnow has been serv-
ing since the early part Of the first
Mckinley. adm1inistr alton, and if he is
removed it will not be because of the
Curtis charges, but under the rule
which is removing such men as Minis
ter Swenson Of Albert Lea, MINI, from
his post at Copenhagen, and Minister
Newell Of st. Paul from his post at
The Hague. The president evidently
thinks that eight years is long enough
in some Of these diplomatic and con-
sular Offices, and he is anxious to ap-
point some of his own friends to these
positions. The men who are to be re-
| moved were friends Of Mckinley, and
Roosevelt does not know them.
Another cause may combine to make
Goodnow 8 removal certain: There has
been so much talk about him that the
president may hold that the good Of the
CARELESS Of what disposition is made of
the Curtis charges.
Friends Not sanguine.
speaking broadly, therefore, Good
now's friends are not over: sanguine that
the presidents will keep him in office
after March or whereabouts. But
they will continue to hope until the last.
e.ASt eAlS SAAo AAAoJ PoSSAbAJ JuosAAy
Goodnow landed in San Francisco last
Friday, and was expected in Washing
ton yesterday. He had not arrived at
noon today. The delay may be occa-
stoned by the severe" storms Of the past
two days, which have ,interfered with
train schedules from the Atlantic to the
heart of the Mississippi valley.
| The house Judiciary committee meets
regularly tomorrow, at which time the
Curtis resolution may come up. It is
believed, by those who have made par
tial poll ofsthe committee, that it will
do nothing with the resolution, mas
much as the president and the state de-
partment are conducting an investiga-
| tion Of their own along the same line.
Insist on Fair Hearing.
The Minnesota delegation will insist
that Goodnow have fair hearing, in
case the judiciary committee decides to
take up the case under yesterdays res
olution of inquiry. Members. of the
delegation, however, feel that the COM
mittee will probably take no action, in
view Of the investigation by the exec
utive department of the government.
There is also aquestion of the juris
diction Of congress over judges of con-
sular courts, these not being enumer-
ated in the federal constitution.