The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-03-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
President Mckinley and Senator Iian-
ma soiourniug at ThomasvllIe, Ga.


the guest Of Boss Hanna for sew
eral weeks, solely to get rest and
recreation. Not by a jugfull,
there is political scheming, and
lot of it, in the trip. While
they are in Thomasville the lead
ing administration senators and
representatives will visit them,
and in addition to clinching Mr.
McKinley's administration will
try to prevent Gear Reeds re-
election as speaker of the house,
will be carefully gone over and
decided. If it were only ques-
ton of inclination, it might be
considered as already decided.
Mr.. Mckinley and number Of
his closest friends are sore on
Reed because OF his attitude to-
wards ali of the administration
measures that came before the
late congress, and would gladly
antagonize his re-election as
speaker, if they thought they
could beat him, but there s the
rub. They are afraid to fight
Reed, unless they are reasona-
bly, certain of being able to con-
troll enough votes to down him,
becase if they do so and fail,
they know he would fight back
during the life of the fifty-s -sixth
congress, which will be as long
as that of the administration.
Democrats will be glad if the
republican party will endorse the
claim of Representative Cannon,
of Illinois, one of Gear Reeds
most obedient henchmen that
real Nicaragua canal legislation,
which has been commended by
national conventions, regardless
of party, was purposely prevent
ed at the recent session of con-
gress by the republican house.
The blame for the failure OF that
Legislation had been placed upon
Reed, but when Mr.. Cannon
says: fortunately, the house
of representatives resisted the
enactment of the proposed legis-
lation," in his labored commen-
dation of republican accomplish
ments during the Fifty fifth con-.
gress, he places the responsibility
on the republican party, and act
ually gloats over it as something
to be proud of. Will the ma
tional convention of his party
dare to assume the same attitude
on this question?
While the friends of General
Miles do not go so far as 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. 1t is known that
$40, 900 cans of the meat was
bought in Europe, where it had
been shipped from this country.
The labels on the meat said it
was packed in Chicago, but the
firm alleged to have packed it--
"The Prairie State Packing Coz
lis said to be unknown either in
Chicago or to the wholesale
trade of the country. That horse
meat is being canned in Chicago
and shipped to Europe is known,
and persons who ought to know
! have declared that the meat in
question was horse meat. II the
military court of inquiry really
wishes to get at the bottom of
this business, it ought not to be
a difficult matter. The contrac-
| tors who supplied this meat could
| be made to tell who canned it
and where it was canned. The
| court is already accused of fall
ure to call witnesses known to
have information tending to
prove Gen. Miles contention,
and if its members are not care
| full their report will meet with
the same reception the country
gave to the report Of the Alger
Whitewashing Commission.
| Senator Chandler, who has a
reputation for talking against
things supported by his party,
but always voting with the party,
has an acute attack of anti-trust-
| phobia just now. He talks against
the trusts as seriously as though
he was good democrat or pop
| ulist, but that Is no reason to ex-
pect that he will vote against any
measures desired by the trusts