The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-03-17

are afraid 10 fight Reed. unless the,
are reasonably certain Of being able t,
control enough votes To down him. be
cause if they do so and fail, they know
Inc would fight back during the life Of
tine lifty-,iXth Congress, which will be
as long n that of the administration.
Democrats will be glad if the Repub.
hcan party will endorse the claim OF
Representative Cannon, Of Ill.,, one of
Gar Reeds most obedient henchmen.
that real Nicaragua Canal legislation.
which has been commended by Nation
al Conventions, regardless of party.
was purposcly prevented at the recent
session of Congress 10y the Republican
House. The blame for the failure of
that legislation had been placed upon
Reed but when Mr.. Cannon saws:
fortunately, The House Of Represen-
taiives resisted the enactment Of the
proposed legislation" in his labored
commentator Of Republican accom-
plishments during the fifty-fifth Con-
gress, he places the sponsibility on
the Republican party, and actually
gloats over il as something to be proud
Of VIII the National Convention Of
his party dare TO assume the same atti.
tude ON this question?
While the friends Of Gen. Miles do
not go so far a. to make the direct
charge that 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. It is known that $50. 900 cans Of
the meat was boughtin Europe, where
il had been shipped from this country.
The labels on the meat said it was
packed i'm Chicago, bat the firm alleged
To have packed lt-"Tle Prairie State
Packing Co.'s said 10 be unknown
either i'm Chicago or to the wholesale
trade Of the country. That horse meat
is being canned i'm Chicago aud shipped
To Europe is known, and persons who
ought To- know have declared that the
meat in question was horse meat. ri
the Military Court Of Inquiry really
wishes TO get at the bottom Of this !
business, il ought not to be a 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 witnesses known to have in
formation tending To prove Gen. Miles
and if its members are not
careful their report Will meet with the
same reception the country gave to the
report of the Alger Whitewashng
Senator Chandler. who has "A repula-
ton for talking against things support
ed by his party, but always voting |.
with the party, has an acute attack Of
inti-trustphobia just now. He talks
against the trustsas seriously a though
he was a good Democrat or POpulist,
Dut that is'no reason to expect that he
viii vote against any measures desired
)y the trusts which may come before
he Senate, in the future; he certainly
las not done 50 in the past.
Navy Department officials say that
'rmor for our war ships cannot be
'ought for $500 a ton, the limit set by
he last Congress. A statement made
,efore the House Naval Committee
h0ws conclusively that it could be if
Lere was not an armor trust, formed
% bleed the government. One Of the
members of this trust sold Russia three ;
h0usand tons of the same armor for
2lO a ton. 1t was claimed by repre-
entative of that Company that $4,000
'as lost ON that order, for the purpose
introducing their armor i'm Europe. }
his claim was direct admission that y,
ne armor only cost $50 a ton; yet, the u
'ust got the price fixed at $3.50 a ton i
} the bill as first passed by Congress. c
he reduction was made by the Senate.
bat is the sort of business that makes
ch trusts and disgusts those who be- C
Eve in old fashioned honest dealing Fl
ith the government as well as wi h il
dividuals If the trust can make p
NOR for 1913 "a ton, which its agents G
y it can, il can certainly afford to sell is
To- tine government for $500 ton. tC
II, Of course, that is no reason that II
III. IL viii probably prefer making
e next Congress raise the price, and Il
e next Congress, being Republican
both branches, will probably be II
'ier to control than the last was.