The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-01
SECY. WILSON AT OYSTER BAY.
HAS 4 LONG TALK WITH PRESi-
DENT R00sae*HsE.
He says the Reforms He Mas Devised Have
Received the Presidenps Approval
Leaks rrom the Ruresu u statas.
ties. He says. Are Ne Lsaser Psssibte.

Received the Presldenps Approval
Leaks FROM the Ruresu u static
ties. He Says. Are Ne Lssser PsssiDte.
oYsTER BAY. July si.-sscrstAry wilson
and Haron Rosen reached 'hsre at 1920
O'Clock to-day The OFFICIAL reception COM
mittee appointed to receive them at the
station consisted Of Julius. the Presidents
coachman: Reader, tho Presidents foot
man. and John Kelly and Tom Lightfoot.
the White House messengers. summer
shower was falling. and - the carriage
the President had provided was an open
one his guests drove away with coat COL
lars turned up and hats pulled down over
their ears
The same train brought the Hon. j. W.
Riddle. who has just been accredited Min
ister to Rumana. Mr.. Riddle said his call
was purely In accordance with the formality
that demands that diplomat before de-
parting for his post shall have q personal
interview with tho President. He was
driven to Sycamore Hill In public hack.
secretary Wilson had long heart to heart
talk with the President at Sycamore
Hill while he took luncheon. When the
Secretary returned to the railway station
he was IN = very cheerful mood. He will
ingly posed fos his picture with Baron Rosen,
and told the newspaper men that tho re-
forms he has devised have received the ap-
prevail Of tho President.
The Bureau Of Statistics, he said, 10 no
longer q one man affair, and leaks will
hereafter be impossible, because four
recognized and we'll trained scientists are
going to run II, and each will serve as check
~, tt,o nthor> TO-, I'LL t>~ l0,,khnrn>r~
did YOU discuss the possibility - your
resignatione' no was asked.
NO" laughed the Secretary. i am like
Andrew Fairservice In Rob Roy You
remember what he said to his master who
wanted 10 discharge him: II you don't
know when you have a good servant
know when have a good master II
would be cowardice for me to resign. now
that my Department. is under fire. Now u
the time must stick to my post
The Secretary said that he discussed all
the affairs Of the Department with the
President as foreshadowed In to-day's
Sun, and that to his mind the investigation
was nearly finished.
Trouble, said he, In reply 10 . question.
all the trouble there was originated in tho
quarrel 81 two gamblers over woman.
One was a bull and the other bear; one
necessarily lost, and no didn't like it.
When asked for his opinion on the inter-
view given CIT by President Harvie Jordan
of the Southern Cotton Association at At
lanta, In which Mr.. Jordan said Secretary
Wilson'S resignation will be demanded, and
pointing out that the reports on the cotton
and tobacco acreage were falsifed by
Hyde and Holmes. the Secretary answered:
you won't hear mo criticizng those
gentlemen who are pitching Into me 80 hard.
The trouble With the acreage report lay not
In tho system now in use but In the re-
porters. It Is true that when gone over by
the board Of four there was found to be q
difference Of ~ per cent. from tho report
Of Hyde and Holmes.
DO I believe Hyde went to England
for his health1 No. his wife wrote me
to that effect and that she urged him to 60.
sent the letter to the Department Of
Justice. The papers in the case Of George
partInent of Justice, largely as q matter
Of form. for don't know a. yet whether
they can make out case against him.
He 10 no business man. believe he didn't
know that he oughtn't to have held the
stock In the Nitro Culture Company as
long as he was employed by the Depart
ment. Certainly Prof. Galloway or Gallo
way. and Mr.. Woods and his superiors are
not to blame. They didn't know about
him any more than know about Hyde
and Holmes It's . pretty hard thing to
know what fellow Is doing when he goes
homo at night
Two kilograms were handed to the Seo-
rotary by the Presidents messenger be-
fore he embarked on the train.
Hero u somebody who has 4 good word
to say smiled the Secretary. and read
the following telegram:
WARRINGTON. July 81. 1905.
Hon. Jdmss wilson. Oyster Boy.
DEAR SIR: In reference to the interview
Of President Harvte Jordan, published this
morning - the Washington Post. would
say that cannot indorse the same. The
farmers and cotton growers Of the South
have implicit confidence in your honesty
and ability to purge the Department OF all
grafters. and they hope the President will
not interfere with the great work you are now
doing for them. E. 8. PETERS,
Wice-President Southern Cotton Association.
The other telegram, dated In New York
to-day, read: Have sent the President
telegram, 10 he will know how great CONNER
cial bodies We represent feel about your
Department and work. This despatch
was signed by William s.. Harvey, New
York merchant. The telegram to the
President was highly laudatory Of Secre-
tary Wilson.
when came to the Department. went
on the Secretary, Il found some roller top
desks and some half starved scientists,
and had to mako Department from that
material. TWAS job. But this new board
Of four scientists will be we'll paid men OF
high standing in the community. Two will
be from the South. and an opportunity win
be given them to travel. Each one will make
bis individual report and then they will
be compared. Tho Assistant Secretary
will be fifth member OF the board. No
more reliance on one man. One may got
sick or die or leave or provo q rascal and
leave us in the Mrch.'
The Secretary added that his Western
trip Is postponed because the DEPARTMENT
OF Justice may need him In Washington.
ROSEN SEES THE PRECEDENT.
Makes Arrangements for NJ. Witto TO he