The evening times., 1899-01-30
MONDAY. JANUARY 80. 1899.
Remove DENLY.

The President has a plain duty TO per
form in relation to Col. Charles DENLY, OF
the AIger Relief Commission. If the Presi-
dent has not been convinced that the in
restigation of the war scandals by this
Commission is a humbug and fraud
which the public fully believes-or if he
considers it eXpedient 10 allow it TO go to
the absurd end and submit a report, at
least he owes il to himself, to the other
members of the Commission, and to the
public 10 remove Colonel DENLY.
The forecast of the report in The Times
this morning is delicious, coming at tae
same lime as the evidence of Colonel Den
by's close association with the agents Of
the beef packers, which evidence he de-
clines to deny II is known that immed-
lately after General Miles made his state
Rent that the canned beef supplied TO the
army was bad, this Commissioner expressed
his extreme indignation, not that an at
tempt was made TO force on our soldiers an
article of food that was dangerous 10
health but that General Miles should eN
pose The fact and injure the business Of
the meat concerns. There was no little
amaZemcnt over this attitude of man
appointed by the President to inquire into
The truth of the scandals and make an
honest report on the facts But this is by
no means the worst According TO the telc-
grams of NJ. Brine, the agent of the meat
companies-the accuracy of which Colonel
Denly refuses TO deny-that Commissioner
entered into a vigorous defence of the COM
panies and aided the agent in his efforts 10
discredit the testimony Of adverse witness
In brief, he acted as counsel for the
companies Among other statements, show
ing Colonel Denbys relations with him,
Brine says:
Deniy worked Eve hours on his report yestcr-
dsr afternoon. Was with MIN from 10 to u last
night. lie says Nurdock viii have no further
consideration The only serious point now Is the
testimony of DAILY. The question whether chemi-
Gals were used not is Of Daly's credihility.
he discrcitS DAILY. Prefers not TO say this in his
rcport, but viii do if no theory found explain
ing discrepancy in some other way. The Com
missions report viii be all right, but this Daily
Itostimonyl is very unfortunate Ii Is the only
IN the whole testimony hard TO handle. Can
ned regarded as settled all right, unless some
thing happens today. The Commission Is paving
no attention 10 outside people.
Clearly, Brine has been kept fully in
formed about the report of the Commits
sion. II Will be recalled that in another
dispatch Brine stated that DENLY suggested
the sending of a meat company agent to
Pittsburg TO attempt TO find something
against the character of DR. DAILY Ii is
interesting TO note in this connection that
having every assurance that the Commits
sions report would be 'all right from
the companies point of view, another Gov
ernment contract was made for meat for
the army. The agent who made this in
structed the Armour company that in fill
ing this contract lit is not necessary 10
be particular about the quality"
Can there be the least doubt as to the
impropriety OF Colonel Denby's relations
with the meat packers? Can the President
have any confidence in the report of a
Commission of which the most active
member becomes the agent and detective
Of concerns accused of wrong which it is
his business TO investigate impartially?
At least Captain Howell and, he says, the
of Denby's relations with Brine must dis
credit the report and therefore Howell
denies the accuracy of Brine's kilograms.
But DENLY does not.
IL the President does not remove Colonel
DENLY the Congressional investigation, not
only of the scandals, but also of the Com
mission. must begin at once.