Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-20
pnuxrNs MILES.

...,,,. .o n Washington spcclal w
tho New York Herald. II IL propapie ','"'
:, Y,ooan falls he will not fall alone o"'
III, .orrv Miles down with him. Ihere
IL saws the special IN question: s'i'oY
,olk in administration circles as 10 VI,
accessibility Of concentrating "ene'"'
N,,es or relieving him from duty ar com,
r,ana,ng general OF the army. Ihe speo'"'
then adds: H., ard
.r. &C. manifest that the President anu
e,-.o,ory ~ War are not yet done VIZ"
~..oroI Miles and that IL 81 proposes :"
80 oction of some kind against MN, ou
-. i,e character will be VIII uepenu
largely on the developments OF tnc 1911, 1870.
-, and the report Of the war ln'eS''
cation Commission. Can
..rbe administration Is lncehsou al 80,
orol Miles because OF the tenaclty w"
,,.bich ne continued the beer lhVes'lsa 49,,
notwithstanding the war 'o'i,,'i'.'. ~
so,,nd &c a result of its inquiry. that the
1870 49, furnished 20 the army was good ana
- 80. undergone chemical treatment.
",rbe beef-packers and members OF Con
oross are stiffening the backbone OF the
administration by use Of their lhliuenV''
and II would not surprise FRIENDS 0l uen-
oral Miles II the matter should culniiia'V
On his relief or cOurt-maruaA
Nor vould such a elimination surprise
those who are not Miles's friends. That
is 70 say. it would not surprise the gene
raj public. 1t has been clear Tor moh'nS
that Miles would be "downed at 'he
first opportunity that could be mace pY
! the President and Alger for downing
/ In, H.,
and indirectly, at least. is more respon-
sible than any other man for the e"po-
sure of Ayers incompetency anu '"0
Presidents responsibility for Algerisnn'
II seems. from the Heralds speclai'
,nat tho President and Alger and the
other enemies OF Miles's are Oh opiii'o''
that the desired opportunity can pe
forced out of the Eagan matter anu i .
hardly TO be doubted that they VIII "oi
the situation for all it Is worth ~
ruth Is that Eagans billingsgate ou''
,,rst would naturally tend to intensity
the feeling Of Mr.. Mckinley ana MS sec
tarv Of war against Miles, ana strehsOl
on their determination to make nun SUI
fer nc soon as possible. Miles was 'h'
cause Of the disgraceful performance .
Tho Commissary-Gener who Is the Pc
Of the Secretary Of War, VINO is the pc
~ the President; and to the command
,ng.qeneral is due primarily the fact tha'
not only was Eagan put into hoie' pu
that he pulled Mckinley and Alger alte
him.
Miles is no favorite of ours No soutf
ern man has any reason to admire MN
Furthermore it may be that in the ma
. Tor of his charges regarding "empaimt
beef" he may have made mistake-ih'
have been too hasty and spoken witho'
warrant. But if he believed the charB'
! TO be true he was acting in the line
his duty. the results of the investigate
~ Mr. McKinley's withdrawing WI
, Commission to the contrary, hol"il
@ standing.
: We believe that this is the sober Jud
= ,,ant of the people Of the country at lars
Moreover we have faith in the sense
r iustice of the people. Therefore despl
II their backing by the beef-psckers
members of Congress it may turn Q
v that if Alger and Mckinley shall L
Il Eagan to down Miles, these two VIII
RS he without company in"the end. In OIL
y words. public reprobaton of such cou
re will be visited upon the PRESIDENT
in Secretary of War.