Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-20
Sullivan Insisted on Sharing
All Profits, Says
Witness
IN STATE DEPARTMENT
w. w. Wick Testifies That
He Was Wanted "Out
Of the Way.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1s,--James W.
Sullivan, minister to the Dominican
government, whose conduct is under
investigation here before Senator
elect Phelan of California, was rep
resented today as having insisted In
sharing the profits Of a construction
company organized to obtain public
works contracts from the Dominican
government
W. Lee Sisson, q construction en-
gineer, who said he had been asked
by the late Samuel NJ. Jarvis, con-
trolling the Banco Nacional of Santa
Domingo, to become president of the
construction company, testified that
f. j. r. Mitchell, president of the
bank, had said to him.
Wen have to take the minister
in with us and ] think 1t advisable to
do so, as he can be Of considerable
service to us in the way of throwing
contracts to us"
The witness said he had. objected
to the proposition and that Mitchell
had replied:
Proposition Refused
We'll, the minister insists upon
it," and he (MitchelD suggested that
I'VE might give him a or 10 per
cent interest in the company"
Sisson said he refused and returned
to New York.
The fact that Sisson was in Santo
Domingo in behalf of the Banco Ma
cional became known to Secretary Of
State Bryan, it was brought out, and
Mr.. Bryan repudiated, according to a
letter put in evidence, a suggestion by
Sullivan that Sisson would be a good
man for the Dominican government
to employ in its public works con
tracts.
w. w. Wick, former receiver gem
eral of Dominican customs and in
stigatOr of the investigation, who as
serts that Secretary Bryan white
washed" Sullivan, today described ne
gotiations which, he said, led to Mr.
Bryan's receiving a call from Sam
uel McRoberts, vice president of the
National City bank, which is said to
have been represented by the Banco
Nacional interests, as having sought
TO exploit the island.
Boa2 w. Long, head of the Latin
American department of the state de-
partment, told him, the witness said,
that he was anxious to have the sec
retary meet some of the big flnan-
ciers and had persuaded him to let
mo invite McRoberts ito come down
TO Washington.
"McRoberts and the secretary
talked together about forty-five min
utes," Wick said.
Postofflce for Reward.
Wick announced that he would put
into evidence documents which would
show that j. G.. Gray of Wilmington,
Del, IAN intimate friend of Bryan,
had been active in the state depart
menC in behalf of the Banco Nacional
interests He declared also that he
had been threatened in many ways
for his activity in this case.
"One man told me that he had
been promised a postmsstership II he
would get me-" Wick testified.
He intimated that Joseph T. Tum-
llty, secretary to the president, had
been responsible for Secretary
Bryans attitude toward him. This
had grown out Of rivalry between
hem for Tumulty's present post, he
thought.
Earl Harding, q newspaper man,
who had been investigating sullivan
n behalf Of his paper, testified that
he had been told that Tumulty had
Iaid that the White House regarded
Nick as sorehead and that he would
nave been removed from his position
rad he not resigned