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Newspaper articles describing Richard Cheatham’s verbal attack on Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson regarding cotton interests.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-11
John Lowndes McLaurin believes Richard Cheatham’s attacks on James Wilson are unjust. McLaurin also offers his help to President Roosevelt should he need information on cotton interests.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-11
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson responds to two letters recently received from President Roosevelt concerning scandal surrounding the cotton report leak. Wilson describes Edwin Sanford Holmes, assistant statistician in the Department of Agriculture, as a “scoundrel.” Holmes has been accused of leaking information to New York brokers who used it to speculate on the market. Wilson provides background information concerning the status of the case. He discusses potential guilt and the possible removal of John Hyde, chief of the Bureau of Statistics in the Agriculture Department.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-17