The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-12-31


2. The Banco Naconal fnancers had in view
control Of contracts, concessions and deposits of
Dominican Government funds, together with ex-
ploitation and development schemes amounting to
upward of 500, 100000.
3. Sullivan on reaching his post said that
Secretary OF State Bryan would like to see the
deosits of funds of the Receivership of Customs
transferred to the Banco Nacional and ultimately
accomplished this transfer.
4. Sullivan caused the removal of the Di-
rector of Public Works Can American) after thai
ofnclal failed to transfer the funds of his depart
ment to the Banco Nacional
D. Secretary Bryan having made peace with
his political enemy, Cowboy Jim Dahman of
Omaha, secured for Dahlman's son-in-law the
Dictatorship of Public Works in Santo Domingo
at double the salary he had received in Omaha.
g. Secretary Bryan appointed the brother of
the President of the Winona Chatauqua to in
vestigate the Department of Public Works. The
man was not an engineer and had no experience
to qualify him for the work he was sent to do
T. The President of engineering company
makes affidavit that demands were made on him
to agree to pay for Minister Sullivan's account
percentage on all public works.
8. Certain contractors have stated that they
were solicited for retaining fees of SIS, 900 and
percentage on all contracts to be obtained DURING
the Sullivan regime
.. Sullivans cousin, following him almost
Immediately TO Santo Domingo, secured bridge
construction job through the Minister'S influence,
borrowed money from the Banco Naconal on
the Minister'S Endorsement and according to the
affidavits of a responsible American (now in pos
session of The World), declared that he was there
TO see that the Minister "got his btu on all con-
tracts. According to this affidavit Sullivan's
cousin declared that James K. MCGUIRE who in
dorsed Sullivan's candidacy and went to the
island to look up contracts was to get through
Sullivan the pick of public WORKS.
10. Repeated protests against Sul1ivan's un-
ntness, and c1rcumstantial proof of his close
friendship for the Banco Naciona1 interests, have
been placed before Secretary Bryan. -Four of
Mr. Bryans special commissioners to Santo Do
mingo deny unequivocally having investigated the
charges officially, although the public has been
led to believe such investigation has been made
by them basis for Sulltvan's officially an
nounced "WhiteWashing.''
Note that Tumulty told the newspaper cor
respondents, at the White House, and sup
posedly with President Wilson's knowledge,
that eX-Gov. Fort Of New jersey. had made
an investigation for the President and had
found the charges against Sullivan groundless.
when as matter of fact ex-Gov Fort had
made no such investigation as Tumulty led
the newspaper men to believe, and had made
no such report.
On the other hand without making such an
investigation Gov. Fort in the course of his
duties found Sullivan1s official conduct as
Minister very irregular, and while he ran
across nothing that proved Sullivan to be
criminally guilty, he did find things that indi-
Gated that Sullivan was unfit for the position
of Trust that he was holding without MAX
ing an investigation for the President, as
Tumulty stated he did, he found just the OPP
posite of what Tumulty stated he had found
And in spite of this statement of Tumulty
that the charges had been found groundless.
and Mr.. Bryan's returning Sullivan as "a
strong, courageous, reliable fellow" the whole
thing has become such a scandal that the
President has had to order a special investiga-
ton with a lawyer to aid in bringing out the
facts.
If ex-Gov. Fort made an investigation and