The record-union., 1899-01-13

Miles as a liar, when he makes this
statement, wish to make it as emphatic
and as coarse as the statement ITSELF.
l wish to force the lie back into his
throat, covered with the contents of q
camp latrine. I wish to brand it as
falsehood of whole cloth, without a
particle of truth to sustain it, and, un-
less he can prove his statement, he
should be barred from the society Of
decent people and so ostracized that the
street bootblack would not condescend
to speak to him, for he has fOuled his
own nest, he has aspersed the honor of
a brother officer without particle of
evidence or fact to sustain In any de-
gree his scandalous, libelous, malicious
falsehoods, viz, that this beef or any
thing whatever was furnished the army
under 'pretense of experiment.
General Eagan referred to the pub
lished interviews of General Miles and
correspondence between them as t.
their authenticity, General Miles hav-
ing made non-commita1 reply, and the
witness then said:
when man refuses to deny libel
or falsehood or statement attributed
to him it is well known that he as
sumes the matter. When he avoids the
supposition is that he cannot deny it.
My question is not answered yet He
has not denied the interview published
in the New York Journal dated De-
cennber 2S, 1898, and having refused to
distinctly deny 1t, he should be held to
the strictest accountability for it. II
there, then he lied again. and If he
40 h. etc 10 1,of tv,vo 10
the precise term to be used Gas he said
then, referring to the texperiment)
then he lied with as black a heart as
the man who blew up the Maine, and
he deserves to be characterized and
known in America and Europe, where
his statements have gone, as being the
colossal. prodigious liar Of the nine
tenth century.
Il submit to this committee and to
the whole country that this account of
an interview with him in the New York
Journal going uncontradicted, unde-
MED, and when the opportunity was
given him. a refusal to deny 1t in terms.
places upon him the responsibility for
the statements in that interview, which
statements / here and now denouncc
as unmitigated falsehoods, vile land
slanderous, so slanderous that 1t can
only be called filth. I submit to this
committee and to the country at large
whether it is the characteristic Of an
honorable man to permit such state
ments as are made in this alleged In
terview with General Miles In the New
York Journal dated December 3d.
1898. to go uncontradicted, If untrue
and whether or not It is not the first
duty Of a gentleman, an honest man,
an honorable man, to deny such false
hoods as are to be found in the article
refer to, If they were not made by
him."
General Eagan, referring to newspa-
per attacks, asserted that the Secretary
of War had nothing whatever to 60
with the furnishing of refrigerated
meats or timed meats, nor had ne at
tempted to control the contracts,
awards or purchases, and in this con-
nection, in heated language, he attack
ed three New York newspapers and
their editors and proprietors whor he
said should be indicted and tried for
treason to the United States during this
war, as giving aid, comfort and inior-
nation to the public enemy for the sole
purpose of gain. Were a man Of
wealth or MEANS 2 he protested II
would take up this subject myself;
would put journalistic knaves. purloin-
ers Of the secrets Of the Government,
behind bars where they belong"