The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-31
REFORM THE TRUSTS FIRST
CONGRESSMAN IENTZ SCORES THE
PRESENT ADMINISTRATION.
Mckinley Denounced for His side
tracking Fighting officers for
the Ones with puII.

Detroit. Mich. March 30.--Four hundred
Detroit democrats enjoyed tho third an
nual banquet of the Mohawk club, the
leading silver democratic organization OF
Michigan. The large auditorium of the
Harmonic clubhouse was gay with patri
otto decorations. A life sized portrait of
Colonel William ]. Bryan was consplc
uous feature.
Letters of regret from Colonel Bryan
and others were read
Mayor Maybury was POSTMASTER.
The principal address of the evening
was the response by Congressman j. j.
Lentz Of Ohio to the sentiment Reform
the Trusts First and the Philippines After
wards" Among other things. he said;
why did the president prefer Eagan to
make contracts with the beef Gamers
combine? Why, after the court had found
iagan unworthy of commission, didn't
the president at least reduce him below
the 13S officers who ranked Eagan less
than "a year ago? Then he was drawing a
salary of $4,000 year and as "A lieutenant
colonel his pay would have been $4,000
! year for the rest OF his life. What other
/ reason except presidential favor and the
/ love of the beef trust car be given for
paying Eagan $4,000 a year the next six
/ years, and $4l26 for the remainder OF his
life2 Ia 1t TO demonstrate that wages have
been Increased and that prosperity has
come OF merely tnat Eagan may sing thtlI
good old song He Certainly Was Coca
TO Me?'
"A tree Is to be judged by its fruit
| "A man is known by the company he
/ keeps, and this must apply to presidents
as well as other citizens; the whltewashed
commission has relieved Alger ana the
president has rewarded Eagan; little RS
mains to the people but to say the army
scandals are now up to Mr. Corbin and
the president, How is 1t and why is 1t
that in their mismanagement Of the army
there were 464 deaths among the killed
and wounded and 5217 deaths by disease.
while In the navy there were but eighteen
deaths among the killed and wounded and
not single death by disease? Let us
turn our attention TO our own affairs, and
make IL impossible for politicians ane
horse doctors to disgrace and destroy the
army in the future.
without any training at West Point,
General Miles offered his life for the
Union in 1861, Every step and every do
gree of promotion was won on fields OF
battle and not by court favor at Washing
ton Today we see Lincolns major gem
eral insulted and repudiated by William
Mckinley for telling the truth about the
beet trusts, government that loves it's
soldiers more than it loves the beef trusts
should know that living cattle could fol-
low the camps easier than hungry men
could carry refrigerators. The diseases
and deaths In our camps demonstrate that
something was orlminally wrong Woe
! unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites,
for ye are like unto whitewashed sepul-
ohres, which, indeed, appear beautiful out
ward, but are all uneleanliness'--M
xXiil, a.
Witness the abortion and miscarriage
In the case OF Schley and Sampson. 1t was
! Schley who discovered Cervera and it was
Schley who destroyed his Aoet. II was
Miles who brought Toral to terms of sur
! render and It was Miles who conquered the
spaniards In Porto Rico almost without
the loss OF a life
"Eagan, Corbin and Sampson, who were
never near fight, are promoted and re.
! warded. Schley and Miles, who whipped
: the Spaniards at every turn In the lane
, without sacrificing our own soldiers, ar,
discredited and slandered ls this war OF
: is this politics. Is this Spain's sense Of
justice, or Is this Americas National hon
2 orr Let the memories OF Jackson and Lee
: OF Grant and Sherman answer"