New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-29
SULLIVAN DENIES
ALL ACCUSATIONS
Asserts He Is Victim of
SANDER Crusade Con
Quoted by Wick.
EVEN LENT MONEY TO
WILSON INVESTIGATOR
Oisclaims Favoring Banco Ma
ciOnal Officials and Tells
Of Extensive Reforms.

Commissioner James d. Pheian. Sen
ator-el"ct from California. closed the
New York hearings yesterday on the
charges OF uniitness and misconduct m
Office made against James Mark Sulli-
van, American Minister TO Santo Do
mingo. The investigation will be re-
suneG in Washington on Tuesday. 1t
is likely that there viii be further
hearings in this city after the COM
missioner returns from Santo Domingo,
where he will 20 from Washington.
\ long statement Incorporating
numerous letters and documents. con
s';tu'ing Minister Sullivan defence.
dated at Santo Domingo on January 10
las. was made a part OF the record
yesterday Most OF the session was
spent in examining Walker ". Wick.
former Receiver General Of Customs at
Sarto Domingo. who instigated the in
vestigatjon. Sullivan made a general
denial of all me material allegations
in Nick's complaint.
The minister stated that he had per-
sonally loaned money to the financial
expert whom this government sent to
Santo Domingo 20 investigate the yarl-
Gus government departments. m order
10 permit him to pursue the investi-
CATION. after Nck had refused to pay
his salary out of receivership funds.
III had an. intention TO exploit
Santo Domingo" he said. "what
strange policy to place on guard a
man who would have the right, and
has the right. to investigate every
transaction IN nc country which al
fects IL financially
Minister Sullivan accused Wick Of
conducting slanderous campaign
against him in the newspapers OF Santo
Domingo, Porto Rico and this country,
which had tended to turn the revolu-
tionary element IN the island against
the American Minister and aggravate
the situation generally. He said a
propaganda was being conducted IN
every part Of the Dominican Republic,
as well as in this country. 10 misrep-
resent his acts and motives and at
tribute TO him dishonest intentions, un-
supported by any facts. He declared
that it was the duty of the American
Minister TO be friendly with the exist
| ing Dominican government.
~ have broken up corruption IN the
public works contracts wrote sullivan,
"and secured the investigation OF that
department Men are no longer shot
/ there. The government has conceded
the right of any man, arrested on any
charge, to a trial before the competent
/ courts of the country. have secured
/ the release OF all political prisoners, a
thing unheard of before my arrival.
/ aided in bringing Congress in session
and sought needed changes in the con-
( stitution."
I Mr.. Sullivan denied that he had been
unduly friendly with the officials OF
! the Banco Nacional. and that any con
/ tractors, including his cousin, 7. j. Sui
/ livan, had obtained contracts, or made
any money through his influence.
"No American representative here IN
+ Mr.. Vick's time" he wrote, "has escaped
! the fury of his wrath, for one cause or
another, while he himself pursued a
course of guileless abandon on a prln-
! cple that is becoming obsolete even IN
autocracies. to wit: that there are those
whose happy fortune it is to belong IN
that restricted class Of persons that can
do no wrong. | rely upon my indorse-
ments for this position; on my record
as a party man: on the presumption
! that the Committee on Foreign Rela-
/ tions investigated my character and
I passed upon my rtness.'
Minister Sullivan will be given an OBJ
portunity TO appear before the commits
/ sioner in Santo Domingo and testify.
/ At the close of the hearing Mr.. Wick
/ asked permission to read into the rec
/ ord the following statement:
"Now that this investigation in New
York is about to close. | deem it my
duty to call attention to the record as
repudisting the impression that any
! Cabinet official connected with the ad-
ministration in Washington had direct
/ ~ or indirectly been identified with any
acts that would affect his honor as 4
public man or faint his character.
make this statement in view of the wide
publicity given TO the investigation, and
because know how easy it is to arouse
in the public mind thoughts and sus-
picions.