Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-02
ARMY MEAT INQUIRY.
The Soldiers Preferred Bacon to
Canned Roast Beef.
REPORT ON HANNA BRIBERY CHARGES
The President viii Accept the Senate Army
Biii-Fast Mail Service Between Ksnsas
City and Newton, kan.-Kansas
Building Bills Passed.


Washington, March /. The court @
inquiry into the army beef convene
yesterday with only officers present
The first witness to testify wa
Lieut.. Ramsey, Ninth infantry, VIII,
acted as company coInmissary at Tam
pa and depot commissary at various
times. lie was also one of Col. Yves
tons assistants after the capture O.
Santiago. So far as he knew no com
plants came from the front as to the
sort OF ratioDs that were sent out The
men preferred bacon to canned beef
and their preference was respected
wherever possible. At one time he Sc
cured 20, 900 or 30, 900 extra rations OF
bacon from the Berkshire to supply
just this demand.
: Lieut. Col A. L. Smith, chief com.
missary at Havana, testified in some
detail as to the purchasing arrange.
ments OF the commissary department
when the war broke out and of the
proportion agreed on between the ba.
con and the canned meat in the ration,
1t was finally decided to make the ra-
ton half bacon and half canned meat
roast beef predomnating over canned
corned beef because there was more to
be had on the market. Witness
said he had never heard OF
the use Of chemicals with the re-
frgerator beef. He said there was
one comparatively small shipment
of canned prepared meat" 1000
or 5000 pounds sent from the Dold
Packing company ir Kansas City,
Witness had eaten some Of this meat
at the packing company's place in
Kansas City. He did not know exactly
how it was prepared, but he had been
shown some white powder which the
company said it used to preserve the
meat, 1t was cut up and packed fresh
in cans and shipped on ice Some of
this meat had been issued to the bat.
teries, which had refused the refrirer.
ated beef, and they accepted it. Col
Smith said he had recommended this
meat as good thing but as he recol.
lected, he had been informed by the
commlssary general that it was too ex-
penslve to be generally introduced in
the army.
REPORT ON HANNA BRIBERY CHARGES
Washington, March i. Senator
Chandler, from the committee on priv
ileges and elections, yesterday pre-
scented to the senate the report of that
committee on the charges of bribery
II the election to the senate of Hon.
NJ A, Hanna, as made by the Ohio
senate. 1t finds that "there is no
proof submitted either that Mr. Hanna
was elected senator through bribery,
or that he had any agents engaged in
carrying on his canvass for the senate
VINO were directly or implicitly au.
thorized by him to resort to corrupt
methods or to any form of wrong.
doing, or that he had any personal
knowledge of the facts of this case. t
1t may be said that there is no evil
dence which fairly tends to prove |
either of the foregoing propositions c
In view of these facts the committee
on privileges and elections have t
reached the conclusion that "the V
United States senate is not called upon
to take any action in the premises"
minority report signed by Senators 7
rurley, Pettus and Gallery was pre- II
'ented by Senator Turley. This report n
axes the position that a further in h
'estigation should be made and enters y
quite fully into the statement of the o
'ase presented by the Ohio senate. v
The minority contend that the attempt T
IN the part of Boyce to buy Otis vote
or Hanna is clearly proven by Mr..
lama. Seventeen hundred and fifty
lollars,' the report continues, was a
'aid in cash by Boyce to Campbell as y
.ttorney for Otis. Boyce agreed to VI VI
'ay Sl,75O more when Otis reached y
Columbus and balance of So, 500 If "
lama was elected, .e
WILL ACCEPT SENATE ARMY BILL. -
Washington, March l-Representa. :,
i've Hull, of Iowa, had conference VI
With the president yesterday after
Don concerning the army reorganiza-
ion bill. 1t is understood that the dc
residept shares the objections raised TO
y Mr HUI to many features OF the A
enate bill. At the same time there is W
desire to avoid an extra session, and Al
Or this reason the indications are that III
ELECTIONS to the bill will be waived 81
nd the measure accepted, or
FAST MAIL SERVICE WINS,
Washington, March 1.-The senate
nd house conferees on the post Office Ia
bill agreed yesterday 81
nd their agreement was ratified bv II
he house. After a short debate on =,
ne fast mail appropriation the house II,
y vote OF l42 to IS, agreed to concur ~
the senate amendments, reinstatinp ~
ne appropriations for fast mail sery. n,
e from New York to New Orleans
nd from Kansas City to Newton,
an, The bill goes now to the presi.
emit for his signature Br
KANSAS BUILDING BILLS PASSED. W
Washington, March 1.-The house ~
'sterday passed the bills providing 10
n the erection of a public building So -,
Kansas City, Kan, to cost $3.50 600 81"
nd for the extension OF the public
nilding at Topeka, at cost of ss5.
10 Both these bills were called IN an