The Iola register., 1899-03-03
ARMY MEAT INQUIRY
The Soldiers Preferred Bacon to
Canned Roast Beef.
REPORT ON HANNA BRIBERY CHARGES
The President WIN Accept tho senate ARMY
BiIl-Fast Mail Service Between Kansas
Cty and Newton, Kan. .-KRnsas
building Bill- Pissed

Washington, March 1.-The court of
inquiry into the army beef convened
yesterday with only officers present.
The first witness to testify was
Lieut. Ramsey, Ninth infantry, who
acted as company commissary at Tam
pa and depot commissary at various
times. He was also one of Col Wes-
tons assistants after the capture of
Santiago. So far as he knew no com
plants came from the front as to the
sort of rations that were sent out The
men preferred bacon to canned beef
and their preference was respected
wherever possible. At one time he Sc
cured 20, 600 or 80 600 extra rations of
bacon from the Berkshire to supply
just this demand.
Lieut.. Col A. l.. Smith, chief com.
missary at Havana, testified in some
detail as to the purchasing arrange
ments of the commssary department
when the war broke out and of the
proportion agreed on between the ba-
con and the canned meat in the ration
1t was finally decided to make the ra-
tion half bacon and half canned meat
roast beef predominating over canned
corned beef because there was more to
be had on the market. Witness
said he had never heard of
the use of chemicals with the re-
frigerator beef. lie said there was
one comparatively small shipment
of canned prepared meat" 1000
or 5000 pounds sent from the Dold
Packing company in Kansas City.
Witness had eaten some of this meat
at the packing company's place in
Kansas City. He did not know exactly
how it was prepared, but he had been
shown some white powder which the
company said it used to preserve the
meat 1t was cut up and packed fresh
in cans and shipped on ice. Some of
this meat had been issued to the bat
teries, which had refused the refriger-
ated beef, and they accepted it, Col.
Smith said he had recommended this
meat as a good thing, but as he recol-
lected, he had been informed by the
commssary general that it was too ex-
pensive to be generally introduced in
the army.
REPORT on HANNA BRIBERY CHARGES
Washington, March /. Senator
run bit Ol PRIV
ileges and elections, yesterday pre-
sented to the senate the report of that
committee on the charges of bribery
in the election to the senate of Hon.
NJ A. Hanna, as made by the Ohio
senate. 1t finds that "there is no
proof submitted either that Mr.. Hanna
was elected senator through bribery,
or that he had any agents engaged in
carving on his canvass for the senate
VINO were directly or implicitly au-
thorized by him to resort to corrupt
methods or to any form of wrong
doing, or that he had any personal
knowledge of the facts of this case.
II may be said that there is no evil
dence which fairly tends to prove
either of the foregoing propositions. I"
In view of these facts the committee
on privileges and elections have
reached the conclusion that 1.-THE
United States senate is not called upon
to take any action in the premises"
A minority report signed by Senators
Turley, Pettus and Caffery was pre-
sented by Senator Turley. This report
takes the position that n further in
vestigation should be made and enters
quite fully into the statement of the
case presented by the Ohio senate.
The minority contend that the attempt
on the part of Boyce to buy Otis vote
for Hanna is clearly proven by Mr..
Hanna. Seventeen hundred and fifty
dollars" the report continues, twas
paid in cash by Boyce to Campbell as
attorney for Otis. Boyce agreed to
pay Sl,T50 more when Otis, reached
Columbus and balance Of So, 500 if
Hanna was elected.
WILL ACCEPT SENATE ARMY BILL.
Washington, March I. 1.-Representa-
tive Hull, of Iowa, had conference
with the president yesterday after
noon concerning the army reorganiza-
tion bill. 1t is understood that the
president shares the objections raised
by Mr., Hull to many features of the
senate bill. At the same time there is
desire to avoid an extra session, and
for this reason the indications are that
oh jections to the bill will be waived
and the measure accepted
FAST MAIL SERVICE WINS
Washington, March 1.-The senate
! anu MUST COnlGIctS Ou luc posi- Oulce
appropriation bill agreed yesterday
and their agreement was ratified by
the house. After n short debate on
the fast mail appropriation the house,
by a vote of 142 to SO, agreed to concur
in the senate amendments, reinstating
the appropriations for fast mail serv.
ice from New York to New Orleans
and from Kansas City to Newton,
Kan. The bill goes now to the presi-
dent for his signature.
KANSAS BUILDING BILLS PASSED.
Washington, March 1.-The house
yesterday passed the bills providing
for the erection of a public building
at Kansas City, Kan, to cost $3.50, 900,
and for the extension of tbs public
building at Topeka, at a cost of $685.
900, Both these bills were called up
in the senate during the afternoon
by Senator Baker and passed. and will
now go to the white house for the