The evening times., 1897-10-28
HANNA AND union PACIFIC
Ohio Senator's Straits Caused the
Deal TO BE Stopped.
GREAT INDIFFERENCE SHOWN
Only When Mckinley'- Best Man
Cried for Help the Administration
feSse~ 10 Believe That the Cow
erHment VIII Lose Nothing.

| Dhder Z heavy CroSS-fire OF 6rittClsin, tht
Administration has done that in connection
with tie rnion Pacific road which ought
to have been done weeks ago. IL is not L.
its cr"dii that il has been thus forced 10
do the square thing. Honest men do not
require the sting OF the lash and the threa
OF exposure to make them honest.
That there was a deal in the proposed
sale of the Union Pacific, and that there is
a deal in the postponen.ent of the sale OF
The Kansas Pacific branch, is apparent to
any one acquainted in the most linitedl
degree WITH the facts. The wall Of .iie
reorganization committee is of Itself sur
ficient evidence in this direction. Forced
as IL has neeL, 10 disgorge portion of its
anticipated plunder, the coumnittee yes
terday, speaking through one OF its au.
thorized mouthpieces, charged the At
torney General with had faith and an.
nounceS that it has increased its lid
owing to ihe emharra ssment of the Ad-
niuistration.
The bad faith charged against the Ad-
nlinistration is it's refusal To abide b. the
! previously agreed upon bid. This refusal
was brought about by the exposure of the
enormil" of the deal through the Demo
Cratic press, and the Administration was
compelled, for its own protection, and the
! protection of Hanna in Ono, to clip
| slightly the claws of the Wall street vul
lures who Were circlng over their pr.,y.
The conditions today are not different
from those of three weeks ago. Had Nc
Keana then wished TO protect the people ne
could have done il by simply Announcing
that the Government would move To post
pone thu Sale
He was urged, it is said, by Senator
Harris, rccently, TO do this very same thing,
but declined. To members of the press he
said the Government had no power to inter
tere; that the United states was only q
party 10 the suit; that having entered it's
appearance il was buried by the decree of
the court the same as any other party to
the suit. lie has been compelled W Wit
draw from this position.
IL has been one thing today and another
tomorrow for several weeks past. In hrief,
it has been very difficult matter for the
Administration to come to any decision
other than a mere acquiesoense in the deal
ltvf n.
friends.
The country had right to expect that
tlre Republican administration wouldcorect
the evils It found, but instead of 40 doing
1t began making excuses and pie aiding its
heirship to the troubles of y previous ad
ministration, 10y whose acts 1t had been
bound.
Meanwhile, the reorganization committee
went about the business OF arranging for
the possession Of its ill-gotten plumber.
The attorneys and special emissaries of
the syndicate were in frequent conference
with the Attorney General. and, on one
occasion, had. a long conference with the
President The deal appeared 10 he going |
through. and the rolsbers were complacently |
congratulating themselves on their success. |
While all this was going on, the papers |
were laundering away at the apparently |
hopeless tasS ot convincing the Admins /
tration twas committing an egregious error: /
that ii was pursuing its stubborn policy 20 /
the point OF crIminal carelessne~s. Suddenly /
the Union Pacific deal loomed up as a
factor ia Olio politics, when the people |
became aroused to the fact that Mark A
Hanna was one of the guiding spirits in the
deal; that Re had agreed with the men who
were behipd the steal that in this way
they should be reimbursed for the money
put up by them to buy the votes which
elected Mckinley.
A storm Of protest from every count in |
the State began To arise and c he murmur of
th" approaching storm at last reached the
earsof the President. The more Hanna de |
MED the charges the more positive became |
the convictions Of the people that the in
dictment vas true.
The Macedonian cry for help was sent to |
the White House. and with characteristic
Hanna issued the orders thai
Dverthrew his friends in the hope that
thereby tie might save himself. That and |
that alone appears TO be the reason for
the cnange of front displayed by the Ad- |
at this late day.
The looting Of the Treasury in connection |
With the Union Pacific has been stopped,
Iut IT'S robbery through the Kansas Pacific
The separation of the two
properties and their respective sales cans
total loss to the Government of its claim |
4 81 1000. 900 in that road.
Instead or stealing the original sum the
yndicate must he content with loss Of
$1,000 600. the increased amount of the |
-niob Tactic bid. The Attorney gene raj
5 still satisfied that the reorganization
ommittee viii bid In the full amount ON
his brcnch, but il It would only dgree |
o do as much on the main line, a va stly
lore valuable property, under pressure,
owever, il be expected TO do 50 with
aspect 10 a piece Of property Cor which
has no use and which itdoes not waat.
The Tragedy of Explanation.
(Frara the Dbiiadalnl.fa r,.o,;ra. 4