The Southern herald., 1899-03-24
Our Washington Letter.
wAsHlxGros Nsrch17, 1899

beture the Military Court VI Inqol-
~. in Chicago, this week. There
had evidently been 3 weak spot
somewhere 10 the Algef coaching
! department, and il may result IN
another court martial for Eagan,
the verdict Of which Mr.. Mckinley
will dot dare to set aside or miIi
gate, and serious trouble for other
officers who have been connected
with the Alger clique. Col Smith
the War Department purchasing
agent at Chicago, testified that be
bought a lot Of second class canned
beef because he didn'I kDOW any
better; also be bought all The can
ned brsf be bought by sample and
trusted entirely 10 the honesty 81
Gbe packers TO furnish is up 10 Dam-
pie, and that canned rOaaI beef vas
flrsI purchased BY direct order Of
Gen. Eagan. But the mosG dAnag-
ing portion Of his testimony was
thaEEAgan 10 . nnmber Of instances
Ignored him entirely and bought
by wire, without competition, .
large quantity Of canned roast beef.
The justification of Gen. Miles is
forcing itself to the front noIwiIh.
standing extraordinary efforts to
keep it back.
The "nigger" 10 the canal legis-
latioD Of Congress is becoming vis-
ible 10 the naked eye. The work
done by the Panama Canal COmpa-
ny'S lobbyists in killing Legislation
for the constitution Ui the Nicaragua
Canal and getting a commission to
examine and report upon both the
Nicaragua aud Panama routes, is
now being supplemented by other
shrewd work towards roping this
country in as a partner in thePAna
ma Canal, As another move ia that
direction about sixty Senators and
Representatives have accepted ln-
vlIatiOns for a months junket upon
an elegant steamship, as guests OF
the Panama Canal Co., the junket
to include a visit to Cuban purls Of
interest. The Panama Canal has
already been the cause OF great
scandal in France, brought by this
way Ofspending money lu influence
legislation.
The absolute control exercised
over the machinery of the republ.
can party by Boss Hanna is shown
by the talk in Washington about
Mr.. Hobart and tho republican
National ticket, next year. Mr..
Hobart is not only willing but anx.
inus 10 have the old ticket put up
again, but there are some OBJ
| iec,iOns, because of the unbrOker
rule Of changing the tail Of ticket.
Hanna will settle the:matIer before
MIR. Hobart leaves his Thomasvills
house, where be is a guest with Mr.
and Mrs. Mckinley, and the s,rang'
est thing about it 10 the ready &C
quiescence VI prominent republi
cans in his right to dI 20. One o
the latter speaking about it in Ih'
most matter Of fact tone said: "I
Hanna decides that Hobart shall mo-
be nominated again, you may lOol
for On announcemrn from HObart
before delegates 10 the Nationa
Convention are elected to the effrc
that his private business demand'
his aitention;no announcement vii
be needed il the decision 10 for th'
old ticket"
When Admiral Higginson wrote
alelter declining the promotion Civ
en- 10 him because the nomination.
of his brother officers for similal
promotions had not been acted up
on by the Senate, while his haC
been confirmed, the country ex
pressed its admiration for the en-
uaordlnary display Oi magnanlty
when Sampson made an attempt 1t
square himself by following with
letter to the Secretary Of the Navy
suggesting that his name be left on
of the promotion sent 10 ,hOSenate
at the next session Of Congress, ,th'
country gave him the ha! hal o
derision. The public is often hum
bugged, but in these two cases i
correctly sized up the genuine ant
the imitation without a moment
hesitation or single pointer. othe
than the letters Of the Two men ant
what anybody knew Of their rec
ords. Sampson cannot live lonI
.,,..,,,J o.. liua duun tho had nt,i N