Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-01
ALL AGAINST EAGAN.
,srrnp,y,s TESTIMONY CONTRA
p,cropy or HIS THROUGHOUT
POLITICAL PRESSURE REFERRED TO.

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Necessity of Giving the Refr'Se-
rated Beef Trial
WASHINGTON. March &i.-Ah but TWO
90 tho witnesses before the army beer m
op,rv to-day were members OF the medi-
-, 80 ,so army who were in service
-, .r,-,nr the Spanish war. The
.,o,s were George Giddines and
- H. sypher. who had been IN
..,t On securing contracts for supply
t.er on The hoof and on the block
80 .be army in cuba.
rsoy testified that General Eagan had
.o,8 thcm that the Secretary OF War had
asked him TO give the refrigerator beef
~ u.aI. while MIR. sypher said that Gene
81. Eagan had created The impression
puau him that he preferred the beef on
tne block 90 the refrigerator beef. TIE
testimony throughout was contradictory
az General Eagan's testimony. and Mr..
CIllmgs said that Congressman Hawlcy
v.s present at several OF his conferences
with General Eagan.
majority OF the army surgeons ex-
lI the opinion that canned beef was
un- tsfactory as food FOR the troops. and
some of them said they thought It more
Hmful than any other meat IN the Gu
Dam climate
SD CONFIDENCE IN KEEPING QUAIL
tiles.
lir. GidGings who is from San Antonio,
.tN.. in reply to a request from Major
L.e detailed the particulars OF his vdil-
a. |Nf
corning the letting OF contracts for peel
THE first conversation referred 10 me
spccihcations for bids, as TO when -"i.
GIdliugs had called attention 90 Inc IdOl
that they were vague. GcneiaI I.is-"
had then said that the spccinoaIVns w.
necessarily vague, as ne co"I" nv at 80
time give any specific Information. teu-
cral Eagan had 40 that Tine s"ld ln"l ms
prefercnce would Dee for refrigerator beer
80 d. bad had any confidence In IT,; but
10 Cid NOT think the refrigerated beef
could DE made available in the Cuban cli-
mate.
~ had been in cuba several times, my
self" said the witness, and / agreed
with him that So would be impossible TO
Keep The refrigerated beef In that climate
without refrigeratOTs.'
INSTRUCTIONS FROM ALGER.
1lr. Glddngs then told of his visit to
NIllllllrrat -Att. ilfA Nl 'li Ailf AiAtA VI
july when the latter told him that the
sretary OF War had sent for him the
I-lt before and had said that owing TO
t.. difference i'm price they had better
lse the refrigerator beef a trial, ana that
j. would have TO do this.
4 then asked General Eagan If he had
any confidence i'm the proposition, and he
replied that ne had very little but that
Che refrigerator men were prepared TO
give 70 bond To- keep the beef good for
o. hours after leaving the refrigerator.
Doe also stated that they had preserva-
tive process by which they expected 10
De able TO keep the beef in condition. But
he said that If there was any dissatisfac-
ti0n after the contract went into effect NE
would upset 30 and give the Texas cattle
men a chance
With reference 20 General Eagan's allu-
sion 10 preseryative process Mr.. Cid
dngs said that the General had told him
that Swift a. CO.. who had made the
loves. bid on refrigerator beef, hfd a
process which would enable them 10 keep
the beef for seventy-tw0 hours after being
taken from the refrigerator.
OBLIGED TO OBEY ORDERS.
"Do you believe it, / asked General
Eagau" said Mr.. Giddings. Ito which |
he replied, I've got To believe tive got !
% give IL q trial."
General y. Hale Sypher, an attorney for |
tle Texas cattle men, confirmed what Mr.. /
GItuugs had said. lie said that while /
lo had not visited General Eagan with |
Mr. Giddings, ne had seen him frequently,
and talked fully with him on this subject, |
.u tle interest of the Texas men.
General Eagan" said the witness, !
conveyed the impression to me that he |
distinctly and positively preferred beef !
GA the block 10 refrigerator beef, and L |
80 informed my people sending for some |
o.. them TO come here
EAGAN's CHANGE OF MIND.
General Sypher said that he had first |
discovered tendency 20 charge his mind |
ou the part Of General Eagan soon after |
lle bids We're opened. He disclosed to |
me then" said the witness, that the !
refrigerator beef men had volunteered 10 |
L.ye "a bond for preservation Of their meat |
Ior seventy-twO hours after leaving the |
refrigerator. / asked him if he thought it |
possible 10 do this, and he replied: 4
don't believe it. unless they pat up cold
storage plants
Continuing General sypher said that
something was said by General Eagan at
this juncture concerning preventative
process. but that he gave it very little at
tcnton.
some days later" General Sypher said.
General Eagdn informed me lildl OWING
TO the great difference IN price he would /
have 10 give the refrigerator beef "a trial"
POLITICAL PRESSURE"
The witness said, in reply 10 a question
put by Major Lee, that General Eagan
had said something about political pres
sure" as the reason for the necessity
for making the trial, and that he had
said something about his conference with |
the Secretary OF War. As to just what
he had said on this latter point, he
tSypheu could not remember but NE
thought Mr. Giddings had stated it cor
Tectly.