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Agriculture Secretary Wilson asks William Loeb to send him statistical tables and other materials from 1903 for use in the trial of Edwin Sanford Holmes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-07
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson asks William Loeb for a letter Wilson sent to Theodore Roosevelt regarding Edwin Sanford Holmes’s allegations that the Bureau of Statistics manipulated cotton statistics.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-25
William H. Moody prepares for a case in Chicago regarding beef trusts and interstate commerce.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-29
Attorney General Moody is following the case of Edwin Sanford Holmes closely. District Attorney Morgan H. Beach is doing everything within his power in the case, and believes no one else is incriminated in the scandal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-09
Attorney General Moody updates President Roosevelt on the investigation of the cotton scandal and the various employees in the Department of Agriculture involved in the case.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-21
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson describes the reorganization of the Bureau of Statistics on the departure of Edwin S. Holmes and John Hyde. He has identified four men with statistical ability who will form a board to do the work. He is continuing to push the investigation, to ensure punishment follows wrongdoing, and has delayed a trip to the forest reserves because of the crisis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-21
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.
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1905-07-17
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson informs President Roosevelt that he has given the charges in the cotton matter to the Secret Service, dismissed the man who was under suspicion (Edwin Sanford Holmes), and sent the papers to Attorney General William H. Moody. He will help Moody push criminal charges.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-12
Attorney General Moody briefs President Roosevelt on the status of the cotton investigation. There is substantial evidence against Edwin S. Holmes, assistant statistician in the Department of Agriculture, who is accused of communicating advance information from unreleased cotton reports to New York brokers who used the information to speculate on the market. Assistant District Attorney Morgan H. Beach will continue the investigation per Roosevelt’s instructions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-17
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson commits to fully investigating allegations concerning leaks of the Department of Agriculture’s cotton estimates. Wilson adds that assistant statistician Edwin S. Holmes created a report concerning methods and sources used to prepare estimates. Holmes was dismissed in 1905 on charges of leaking cotton crop reports and selling information to cotton brokers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-12