The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-06
DOLAN CENSURED
 BY CONSTITUENTS
IN SPITE OF CATcALLs AND
 KISSES AND DEMANDS THAT HE RESIGN, NO ACTION IS TAKEN IN PlTTsBuRG.

Pittsburg, February 5.-After a day characterized by disorders, misses and cat calls with frequent demands to resign the delegates of District No of the United Mine Workers union. in con vention, failed to pass resolution calling for the resignation of President Patrick Dolan, the president of the district for his action in voting with the operators in Indianapolis to sustain the present wage scale After several hours of discus sion upon the resolution, which the chair refused to recognize, after passing a resolution to appoint a committee on reso- lutions consisting of five members which is to report tomorrow morning. Through she entire session Dolan was attacked from all sides and his attitude in Indianapolis was the object of much criticism and censure.
 ~~~~-~~~~-~-~~~~- accepted was the Secretarys subordi- nate. I did not want to precipitate any i'll feeling, but the situation changed my entire attitude
 MT Wallace said MT. Cromwell began to interrogate him. The Secretary and .ar
 
 gether a great deal when the Seer try was on the isthmus, and the latter mad delayed an interview concerning the ca nal work until Mir Cromwell could be present.
 How did you regard him, as an ad- visor or spy?" asked Senator Morgan, and MT Wallace replied that he simply felt that MT. Cromwell had great deal of. l influence with the Secretary. Senator Morgan asked what reply he had made to the question as to why he had come to New York.
 ''I said I desired to resign as chief en- gineer,' said -Mr. Wallace. "The Secre- tary made no reply and I outlined the method in which I thought my severance could be made without injury to the work. The Secretary said he disagreed with me. and he and MT Cromwell seem- ed to be making an attempt to irritate me and cause me to lose my temper. 1 was examined as a witness in court, and affirmative and negative answers were demanded to questions without giv- ing chance for qualifying phrases. When this examination was over the Secretary got off a denunciation of me, which was almost word for word as 1t appeared later in the Secretarys published state- ment concerning my action. 1 asked the l Secretary if he took the positive stand l that l could not resign when I was in l l charged by cablegram without a moments notice. He took that view of it and [ 1 told him I would not permit him nor MT, Cromwell to dictate my rights as l knew them myself Then the Secretary said that I should have given him q years notice, and I replied that is a matter for discussion, and I think we should talk it over whereupon the Sec retary said:
 We'll I won't stop to dicker with it. That would be dickering.
 T told Secretary Taft I had an offer l should like to accept that would give me compensation practically double | that received from the government I told him all about the negotiations, as I wanted to disabuse his mind that I was coming to him to get an increase of salary I had not accepted the higher salary. nor have 1 since I told the com pany offering me the place that I would not accept 1t unless satisfactory arrange | ments could be made for me to leave my work with the government"
 Better Fitted Than Shonts. In reply to questions MT. Wallace said he felt he was better fitted than Mir Shonts for the actual direction of the canal work. He criticised Chairman shonts' course in giving orders which MT. Wallace said had not been acted upon by the commission.
 That was one of the questions I de- sired to discuss with Secretary Taft" said MT. Wallace. Another thing was MT. Cromwelrs connection with affairs He had done several things with the railroad property which I questioned, and seemed to be the controlling force in the management of the property. I con sidered he was doing business along dan gerous lines.''
 l If I catch your meaning part of your business with the secretary was to shake Cromwell off your shoulders" suggested Senator Morgan.
 "Iou have caught my meaning" was the reply.
 MT. allace went on to explain that he thought MT. Cromwell to be mixed up in so many local enterprises on the isthmus that his views might be perverted and if adopted by the commission scandal might be the result. One of the acts of which MT Wallace complained, was that in road the year before it was taken over | by this government had declared div- dends of s10O.000 more than it had earned, and had then issued bonds for the re- building and Improvement of the proper | ty This. declared MT. Wallace, meant 1 that that amount of money had been taken out of the pocket of Uncle Sam. | He explained Mir Cromwell had been. counsel for the railroad and said the action bordered upon high finance. Ad- i io,lrnment was then taken until tomor- ! row.