t that investigation of such serious charges was
absolutely necessary to guarantee the integrity of the awards.

On October 18, 1904, Commissioner Allen, as acting president of the
Commission, set forth the existing status of the case in a letter to
Hon. D.R. Francis, president of the Exposition Company, reading as
follows:

OCTOBER 18, 1904.

SIR: On October 11 the National Commission sent to the local
company a communication suggesting certain amendments to an
amendment to the rules and regulations governing the system of
awards sent us by the Exposition Company. To date we have not
received reply to the communication referred to, nor have we
heard from your company, excepting a visit from Judge Wilbur F.
Boyle, a member of your executive committee, who called on the
Commission on Friday, October 14, in relation to this matter.

The amendments suggested by this Commission were to carry into
effect the law as we understand it, and what we have been
assured was so understood by your company, to wit: That the
awards, before becoming final, should be approved by the
National Commission. We infer from what was said by you to Mr.
Scott, a member of this Commission, and what was said by Judge
Boyle to the Commission, that the position of your company is
that the approval of the National Commission only refers to the
system of making the awards, and not to the awards of the
juries. While we do not agree to this contention, we desire to
call your attention to what we consider a number of violations
of the rules and regulations governing the system of awards, as
agreed upon by the local company and the National Commission. In
the first place, in paragraph 3 of the special rules and
regulations providing for the appointment of jurors and
governing the system of making awards, it is set forth "that the
nominations for group jurors shall be made not later than August
1, 1904, except that nominations made to fill vacancies may be
made at any subsequent time." It is also provided "that
nominations of group jurors and alternates, when approved by the
president of the Exposition Company, shall be transmitted to the
National Commission for the approval of that body." "These
nominations, having been considered and confirmed by the
authority provided by section 6 of the act of Congress, relating
to