The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-04-08

mony before tie Military Court OF
INQUIRY that Gen. Eagan told Boston
Contractor, and Texas ca,tle-ra:ser.
who had in bid for furnishing beef
ON the hcof, that Secretary Alger lad
practically ordered him to try the re-
FEDERATED beef, which. Swif; y 20.
claimed to have secret process "t
preserving, as an experiment Inc
lonrer the Court sits. the worse things
look for the Alger -Eagan crowd. and
Mai, lee. who is representing Gen.
Miles saws he has lots more witnesses
on his list. Bus as the meat has al
ready been fully proven to have been
bad the court may decide that it IS
unnecessary to hear all these witnesses.
MIR. Mckinley has apparently "t
last become aroused to the danger. to
his own political fortunes, of retaining
AlSer III MS Ca"iHel' ""', "e "
the political "wise men" are at fault
the "Ex" is hot on the trail of Alger
and cannot fail to catch up with him
very soon,~ 1t has been, these men
say, fully determined bv Boss Hanna
and the other directors of the ad-
, mipistration machine that Alger must
90 They prefer that he should do 80
: willingly. but If he declines to tender
his resignation without heing request
ed by Mr.. Mckinley to do so. MIR. Nc
Kinlev WI make that request. From
a strictly 17lf>h point of view. dem
ocrais would prefer that Mr.: Mckinley
should keep Alger in the Cabinet, for
y then it would be impossible Cor The ad-
ministralion to deny responsibility for
y Alyerism and all its horrors, but DEM
ocrats are too patriotic to wish to see
q a man filing the responsible Office Of
Secretary of War, who deserves to be
A kicked out, just tc make political cap
ital for their party; they wish, above
r. everything else, to see the affairs OF
q the government properly administered,
and know that they will not be in the
War Department, as long as Alger is
at its head.
, "A group Of army officers were dis
!, cussing the cost and results ct the
:, campaign OF Gen. Otis against the FL
a Iipinos, which mas just closed with the
. taking of Aguinaldo's capital, and the
:, driving Of him and his army into the
= interior, when one IF them said: "For
nv part, don't think the game worth
the candle. After considerable loss
=" Of life, we have the Philippine in
" surgents just where the Spaniard
had them. That is, we bare posses
~ s.,,s nf ,,,o cnest and al of the town
and hrr .ro H. he interior. 1t
'' true. ,hal II we start after them, OIL
"a pursuit will be very diii'"ren, from ths
" ~ of the Spaniards, and lhat in the en-
-" American grit is bound to win, ar
,e' we shall succeed IN killing, capturin
M or subduing them all, but 1t will D
1, no picnic assure you, and | kno
~ what the country is: we shall I"
70" 70 dear--far too dear l think-fr ~
triumph over them"
The Cubans who came I" Wa>h'''
- ton to present to the A!m'"-''' y
!, ;, resolutions adopted by the C"han J
, samitlv, left town in l'gn-t when
rnrned hv Sec7e'a.y !laY that MIR. \
kinley would mol receive them, .
ever that no more money wouli be put
nore than the s3 900 900 pr(1'nlsed 6
'' Gomez, and that the Ass mbly wo
oD not be allowed to issue bonds for
~ purpose of raising monty. There
y" a trick concealed in this hond busir
NV that nobody has succeeded in gett
'ne entirely to the bottom ff. There
NV" ~, also some millions of doilars in it, if
/ the 49, .:...:. - h,oa SO
rules e., -. r,.ha
nged .n: -: ,.,, h.s ;,., kan xof,,s.a
mess. Il
''''' not for the first tinsp, the schel
have not given up AMI are sti
na work and hopeful of success.