The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-17
FROM The CAPITAL
Or Co--asuo16sn- Talks IN
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W4sElyGToy. March 3. 1899.
III. Mckinley hss not gone 70
Tagua.vllle. Georgia. where lie
us.l de The guest OF Boss Hanna
%. several weeks. solely 70 get
-. and recreation. Not By a
u-f1u. there ! political schem-
ing aud a lor Of il in tie trip.
Willie they are IN Thomasville
lie leading administration Sena-
ro,s ard Representatives viii
visit -Aeu. and in addition 70
cliacliue NJ. Mckinley, renom-
iaa,ioa next year the question
o. wL--ler tie administration sill
~ 70 prevent Gar Reeds re-
e.e zion a. Speaker Of tie House,
vi.l IL carefully gone over aud
decided. L il were only ques-
ton u inclination. j, might be
considered a. already decided.
NJ. Mckinley and a mum Der OF
Lis closest friends are sore on
Re-d because Of liz attitude To-
ward, Tie administration meas
ure> that came before the late
Congress. and would gladly an
-a-ouize Lis reelection as
Speaker. If they thought that
ley could bea, him. but there i
lie rub. They are afraid 70 fight
Reed. unless they are reasonably
certain Of being able 70 control
enough votes 70 down him. be.
cause If they DO 20 and fail. they
know be would light back during
tie life hi lie Fifry-ffth Con
gre>,. which will he a long as
that Of the administration.
Democrats will be glad if the
Republican party viii endorse
Tie claim Of Representative Can
non. OF Illinois. one OF Gar
Bee Is most obedieut henchmen.
that real Nicaragua Canal legi>la-
ton. which las been commended
by National Conventions. regard
les Of party. was purpoSely pre-
vented az the recent session OF
Congress by the Republican
House. The blame for the fail.
Bre OF that legislation has been
placed upon Reel. but when Mr.
Cannon SAYS Unfortunately. the
House Of Representatives resisted
the enactment of the proposed
legislation. in his labored com
incubation Of Republican accom-.
plishmentS during the Fifty. lift b
i Congress. he places the response.
bility upon the Republican party,
and actually gloats over it as
something to be proud OF. Will
the National Convention of his
party dare to assume the same at.
tltude on this question!
i While the friends of General
Miles do not 20 50 far a 10 make
the direct charge thar the canned
meat furnished our soldiers in
Cuba and Porto Rico was horse
meat. although labeled Roast
Beef" they do not hesitate to say
that suspicion strongly points
that way. 1t is known that $50.
900 cans Of the meat was pur-
chased in Europe. where it had
been shipped from this country.
The labels on the meat said that
the meat was packed in Chicago.
but the firm alleged TO have
-, packed it, The Prairie State
Packing Company" is said to be
unknown either in Chicago or to
the wholesale trade of the coun
try. That horse meat is being
canned in Chicago and shipped
to Europe is known, and persons
who ought to know have declared
that the meat in question was
horse meat. If the Military
Court of Inquiry wishes TO get at
the bottom of this business, it
ought not to be difficult matter
The contractors who supplied this
meat could be made to tell who
canned it and where it was
canned. The court is already
accused of failure to call wit.
nesSes known to have informa.
ton tending to prove General
Miles contention, and if its
members are not careful their re-
port will meet with the same re.
ceptioh the country gave to the
report of the Alger Whitewash-
ing Commission.
Senator Chandler, who has the
reputation of talking against
things supported by his party,
but always voting with his party.
has had an acute attack of anti
trustphObia just now. He talks
against the trusts as seriously as
though he was a good Democrat
or Populist, but that is no reason
to expect that he will vote
against any measures desired by