Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-29
SULLIVAN SAYS
HIS RECORD IS
PERFECTLYCLEAR
Defends Using Influence to
Have Deposits Changed to
Banco NacionaIei Is Driving
Out Unworthy Americans.
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New York, Jan. 2S.-A statement
from James NJ sullivan American
minister to the Dominican republic.
denying all the charges of unfitness
made against him, chiefly by Walker
w, Wick, former receiver general Of
customs of Santo Domingo. was read
in evidence today at the hearings into
the charges before Senator-elect Pie
Ian of California
The statement received by mall
was supported by documentary evil
dence and made counter-charges
against Nick sullivan declared he
had been made the victim of a news
paper campaign engineered by Wick
to attack his character and conduct
which was unsupported 10y facts. He
said certain newspapers in the
United States had "championed the
cause of as audacious gang of pi-
rates as ever sailed the Caribbean
sea.
Has No Apologies To Make.
sullivan said he had no apology to
make for recommending as the de-
positOry for the receivership funds the
Banco Macdonald which Wick charges
was an untrustworthy institution and
which had been accused of seeking
the appointment of sullivan.
THE records of the state depart
ment will show" he wrote. that !
never recommended any one bank
above another, except that / urged a
preference for some American bank,
stating that if the American banks
here were not satisfactory the de-
partment should urge some RESPONSE
Bile bank in America to open bank
here"
Sullivan claimed he had been in
strumental in having financial eX-
pert Charles NJ Johnston, sent to
the island
No Purpose To Exploit.
"If | had any intention of exploit
ing Santo Domingo" he wrote, what
"a strange policy to place on guard q
man who would have the right ana
has the right over that which affects
it financially.
He denied that he had caused
bloodshed on the island and asserted
that at the time of the revolution in
1913. it was through his efforts that
a peace pact had been signed which
ended what promised to be the most
sanguinary revolution in the history
of the country"
He declared that on more Than one
occasion he had prevented battles al
most at the moment they were to
occur.
He had been Instrumental In hold
ing a fair election TO the astonlsh-
Iment of natives and foreigners ana
for the first time established a gov
eminent not based on force. lie had
secured free speech and a free press,
released political prisoners, obtained
from the government the right of FAR
trial. and broken up corruption in the
public works department, he said.
Denies Sullivan's Charges.
"Since that time | have devoted
myself to the task of driving unwor-
thy Americans, bent on loot, from the
country he added.
sullivan declared that Nlck had
displayed more interest in pubic con
tracts that he did and charged that
he was interested in lighthouse CON
tracts This Wick denied today on the
stand, as he did all of Sullivans couh-
ter-a accusations, characterizing some
of them as lies"
The Investigations here closed to-
day to be resumed in Washington,
probably next Tuesday. Before adj,
journment, Wick received permission
to read into the record a statement
in which he said he deemed it his
duty to have the impression repudl-
ated that "any member OF the official
family of President Wilson had di-
rectly or indirectly been Identified
with any acts that would affect his
honor as a public man, or faint his
character"
81 make this statement" he said,
Gin view of the wide publicity given
to the investigation and because
know how easy 1t is to rouse in the
public mind thoughts and suspi-
cions."