The evening times., 1899-01-27
POSITIVE VIEWS OF
HON. JOHN SHERMAN
officials Responsible for Poi.
sOned Beef Should Go.
CenSure of Contractors and ALI
Others Who Are duilty.
The Former Secretary of state Writ
ing Book Explaining Secrets OF
the Present Administration.

ing n Book Explaining Seerets of :
the Present Administrations.
Former Secretary of State John Sher-
man speaking of the recent disclosures
concerning poisonous beef rations for SOL
diers, says:
These charges are terrible. In the face
of all this testimony from professors IN
the army l don't see what more is to be
! said.
1T is a shocking condition of affairs.
Il do not want to criticise the War De-
partment or any other branch Of the Gov
| ernment, but these disclosures seem un-
| answerable.
1T only remains for the officials impli-
| Gated to get out at once.
These revelations of alleged frauds in
beef must hit those behind the Commis-
| sary Department, particularly cont actors
| and others who have made the money out
of them.
General Eagan's attack upon General
| Miles should have caused his immediate
| arrest.
Had General Miles used such language
! toward a subordinate, even had he ben
| justified, how would it have looked before
l
have been heaped upon the Commanding
General? What excuses could have been
| made for him?
But General Eagan was a subordinate
| in this case and he directed this unheard
of language TO his superior officer.
Suppose General Miles had used Eag-
ans language toward Secretary Alger, how
/ quickly Miles would have been arrested.
If General Sherman had been in charge of
the War Department Eagan would have
been arrested on the spot. No time would
have been lost in the matter.
General Miles is gentleman and
good soldier. His record is high. He is
| brave man, and he wisely would not de-
| scend to personalities. He simply did his
duty as an officer high in the army. He
told what he knew to be true, stating what
was officially reported and what had come
under his personal observation in this in
excusable condition of affairs in ehe War
Department"
Writing Another Book.
Such is the substance of the shrewd and
experienced former Secretary of States re-
marks On the poisoned beef outrages. 1t
will be interesting to know that former
Secretary Sherman is hard at work on a
supplement to his two volumes of Personal
Recollections," covering the best part Of
our great century. Not in twenty years
has Mr.. Sherman been more at peace with
the world. He is apparently in better
health, with a brighter eye, clearer
mind, and more judicial brain than ever.
At his hospitable home in Franklin Square
he sits at his great desk, covered with pa
per5 and memoranda, systematically ar
ranged and neatly indexed, embracing
every point of interest in the daily record
! of national and international affairs. He
expects TO finish the book in about two
months. II completes the interYal-or
rather continues the history of eyents-in
which he took part since his recoleCtiOns
were written in 1894. He is giving the
reader interesting inside account of
various phases of the Mckinley admins
tration and government on which light is
! greatly needed.
Mr. Sherman said he would tell the true
story of his connection with the State De-
! partment, the selection of Judge Day as
his successor. and the reasons why Presi-
dent Mckinley put him there The former
Secretary Will write of his retirement
from the State Department, his connection
with the events leading up to the Spanish
war. and the complications growing out
Of the Cuban and Philippine questions.
In response TO an inquiry Mr.. Sherman
said that President Mckinley had made a
great mistake in assuming his attitude on
foreign expansion. The Philippines. -
said Mr. Sherman. belong to the people
Of these islands, who were there fighting
fer their liberty at the time the United
States declared war against Spain. Dewey
did right in capturing Manila and our gov
ernmenI was right in holding the city but
that was the only possession we had real
ly acquired over there. With that excep-
tion the islands should be turned C,er to
the Filipinos upon their reimbursng the
Government for the $50 coo 0G0 given Spain
to relinqush its claim to the islands.
The same course should be followed in
dealing with Cuba. The rights OF the peo-
pie Of both Cuba and the Philippines TO
self-goyernment should be fully recogniZ-
ed by the United States. All that applied
10 the United States when the declaration
of independence was signed and the United
States Government recognized by foreign
powers holds good today concerning the
Philippines and Cuba.
: Il shall review this whole question very
: plainly and in detail said Mr. Sherman,
!. lin my new volume. upon which | am now
working"
Friendly TO Mr.. Mckinley.
!. Ii all of Mr.. Sherman's remarks he was
extremely conservative, friendly ard fair
ly disposed toward President Mckinley
and Judge Day but he spoke frankly and
apparently without fear He said ths
Judge Day was good lawyer and thor
. oughly honest man, but he should no
have been placed in a position for which
: he had not been trained, either as a Dip
lomatist or an executive
. 'Of course he said. the President hat
. confidence in Judge Day. having knowr
!. him all his life as a ow-townsman il
{ Canton. He naturally wanted a man wac
: would be his personal representative tc
!. aid him in carrying on diplomatic re.a-
!. tions with Spain.
!. when Judge Day entered the State De.
: partment as Assistant Secretary he wa:
without experience in that service anC
j | knew none of the European diplomatists
!. OF course, the President assumed all thu
|. responsibility. When great men were t.
!. be received and diplomatic questions o
i international Importance discussed either
! the President or myself took charge o
J. ! them.
!. My only criticism of MCKINLEY is tha