Washington sentinel., 1899-09-09

The repair ship Vulcan, purchase
price. in poor condition, $3.50, 900
selling price, where contractors
had chance TO rob the Govern.
ment both ways, SI75,ooo; direct
loss to the Government and tribute
to the Hanna personal profit fund d,
SI7s,ooo The ferrYboat East
Boston, owned by Massachusetts,
Goldfish chums of Secretary Long
of the Navy. cost the Government
$s7,5oo; it brought at this auction
sale of war time boats, all in better
condition than the day they were
purchased, $3S,9oI; loss to the
ration, SIs,soo The collier Mia
CARA was used by the nation s
plunderers to compel purchase
price OF Szoo. 900; it brought at
Secretary Longs auction just
S7s,563; tribute to the men who
own the President, SIa4437. The
yacht Enquirer was bought for
$50, 900; it was turned over to the
War Department at a valuation OF
$50, 900; this means a Government
loss Of 100000. The Governor
Russell, another New England
boat for whose purchase the Sec
retary ofthe Navy must stand re-
sponsibility, cost the men who pay
the taxes, ST., 900; the only bid re-
ceived at the opening OF PROPOSE
tions was for SE5, 900; loss to the
Government and tribute to the syn
dicate in this instance, $46, 900.
These six vessels, not one with a
gun aboard, and only Two of suffi-
cient importance to be considered
as auxiliaries, cost SS44, COG.
That's the record OF the purchase
price. And the same record shows
that these identical halt dozen yes
sells conceded by all to be in bet
ter shape now than when they be-
came Government property, only
brought at public sale an aggre-
gate Of Ss84,s89, making the enor-
nous loss to the nation Of S46o. 900.
There is no attempt on the part
of the Administration to explain
the figures. The White House
ring is defiant. What are you GO
ing to do about it7 That's the
question and the defiant attitude of
its members. They have safely
0alted away the unclean profits Of
their Treasury spoilations. The
Republican party will hold the
reins of power in both branches of
Congress when it convenes in
December. The President Of the
United States is weakly subservi-
ent to the leaders of the Syndicate.
He would not dare to lit a craven ,
finger even in rebuke. And Mark |
Hanna is in the Senatel
So much for the Navy end OF |
war scandal gossip, It's not a
marker to what the contractors
ring accomplished in the various
bureaus of the War Department |
Twas there that Hanna and the
various harpies OF lesser degree
reaped their rich harvest. Here
tofore some figures have been
given which show darklv what |
was done. The ousted Alger-
whose lips are now padlocked by |
the Beet Trust-was kind to the
White House syndicate. Nursing
the job he held because he ex-
pected in the end to recoup himself |
and friends more than generously
in the distribution of franchise
plums, this Michigan hgure-head
shut his eyes to the doings of the
Syndicate and placed no obstacles
IN its way. Therefore it is, that |
in the department to which Elihu |
Root succeeded, there should be |
figures for campaign material; facts
for investigating committees; war
truths, the Nations knowledge Of |
which might send Mckinley to his
Canton cottage, there to review as
a private citizen the war record OF !
his one term administration.
A hasty glance at the record OF |
the Quartermaster's bureau gives |
tangible Developments worthy OF |
cultivation by a Democratic cam.
paign committee. IL is reported |
that the White House ring went |
into the stockyards of the country |
and cornerei the mule market;
that they raised the price Of horses; |
that there was collusion, rascality |
and Government spoliauon here
as we'll as in other war avenues Of
greater importance-but these be
facts for future consideration.
ONE hundred and fifty million
dollars are demanded to supply