The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-05
REPORT Of FLOOD
GOES INTO RECORD
Virginia Member Calls Chairman
Littlefield Down With Pretty
Hard Thump.
MOUNT WEATHER BUREAU
Maine Man Seeks to Have Prof
Moore's Work in Connection
With This Condemned.


WASHINGTON. d. c., March 4.--Rep-
resentatve Flood, OF Virginia, called
down Mr.. Littlefeld, OF Maine, chair
men Of the Committee on Expenditures
In the Department OF Agriculture, with
pretty hard thump the last day Con-
gfess was In session.
For the past two months this conf
mittee. which Is composed OF four Re.
publicans and three Democrats. has
been Investigating expenditures in the
Department of Agriculture. Mr.. Little
field seems to have developed almost
an antipathy for the Chief of the
Weather Bureau. Professor Willis J..
Moore. and particularly for the great
weather observatory that Professor
Moore has built up at Mount Weather,
Loudoun county. Va. It has been evil
dent for some time that there would
be a disagreement In the committee as
to the propriety OF Professor Moores
expenditures at Mount Weather.
The hearings before the committee
were not completed until Wednesday,
the 9th OF February. On Thursday.
Mr.. Flood thought the committee
would be called together to formulate
report to be submitted to the House,
but on this day Mr.. Littlef1eld was
in New York. and there was no meet
ing OF the committee.
1t seems that Mr.. Littlefield returned
Thursday night and proceeded to prepare
his report, without the presence Of the
other members Of the committee. Friday
he filed 1t, and Saturday morning 1t was
printed and being distributed as the COM
mittee's report, when, as u matter OF
fact. not single member OF the COM
mi md M an n n authorized lis
fling. In his report Mr.. Littlefeld was
very severe on Professor Moore for the
expenditures at Mount Weather. and de-
nounced In unmeasured terms the whole
Mount Weather scheme.
AS soon as Mr.. Flood ascertained that
this report had been filed, he prepared
report commencing the Mount Weather
scheme and justifying every step tna t
Professor Moore had taken in establish
It, and the expenditures he had made
there. He then proceeded to get his report
signed by all the other members Of the
committee, Republicans and Democrats,
except Mr.. Littlefield.
Floods Report Goes In.
He then went to Mr.. Littlefield and in
formed him that he (Mr. Littlefeld) had
filed report as the report OF the COM
mittee. which was not its report, was not
authorized, and to which the committee
had never agreed. Mr.. Floods purpose
was to call the attention OF the House tc
| this situation. and to ask that Mr.. Little
| fields report be stricken from the calen-
dar, but after long conference with Mr.
Littlefield they reached an agreement ihat
they would go to the Speaker and ask hin
to recognize Mr.. Flood to get unanimou.
consent that Mr.. Floods report be filet
as the committees report, and that tina
part Of Mr.. Littlefeld's report dealint
with Mount Weather be stricken out y
the report. and the entire report be re-
| printed, and Mr.. Littlefied be granite,
permission to file his structures on Noun
Weather as his minority report Thi.
was done, and the proper report was i'm
mediately reprinted.
This report. as above stated. justifc,
and commends every step taken by Pro
fessor Moore in reference to Mou,.
| Weather.