Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-08-20 | Page 1 | Wilson Cleared; Hays Condemned

WilSON CLEARED HA HAYS YS CONDEMNED I Blame Placed on Assistant Secretary in Report on Everglades Affair WASHINGTON Aug 19 The 19 1 The Mo Moss v committee toda today presented to the House two to reports of or Its Investigation of or the Florida everglades c charges and the subsequent Inquiry into the tho drainage drain draIn- ago age division of ot the tho department of ot agri- agri cu culture I tu ye The report takes up the char charge e that thata a certain circular unfavorable to sale Halo of or everglades es lands wa was so In fn Inthe inthe the department of agriculture through h Influence of or real estate operators the question of or relations between Aj Assistant Secretary hays of ot tho the department and K O. O Wright a a. form former r government em em- In iii a land project at nt Lake Matta- Matta musk et ct N. N C C. and LInd the tho dismissal of oC C. C G. G Elliott and A A. A D. D Morehouse from trout the drainage division on technical charges charles involving the thc transfer of r gov gov- J I I eminent iunus unus irom cub ono one account to u an nn- nn 0 other t Ii er Secretary Wilson riison escaped escape personal arraignment nt at the hands of oC thc tho lie majority majority ma mn- In the tho findings on the ln everglades es charge Tho Tile departments department's to toward toward toward to- to ward the er c everglades was characterized as vacillating and most mont unfortunate and as having subjected the department and criticism to much suspicion rite Tho minority report signed by Representative Rep Rep- Sloan oloan of Nebraska n. n who vho sal said his hits views were approved h by Representatives HI and Madden lucId held that Secretary Wilson had acted within his hh le legal al discretion Hays was con condemned h by the tiie majority for hl hits his r relations Wright In tho the North Carolina project while the ho minority minority minority mi mi- mi- mi held hold his lila Interest was as not one for profit but only his well known n In Interest interest lu- lu terest In d development of or rural community com corn life foot Poth and minority a agreed reed that the al of or Elliott and Morehouse More More- houfe house on Oil technical charges chaises was over discipline I 1