The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-22
"A CUBAN SCANDAL.
Administration Is Aiding Ia Squander.
Ing the Islands Revenues.
THE AMERICAN ARMY OFFICERS
Stationed in the Island Are Drawing
Double Salaries.
|lT is A CLEAR VIOLATION OF LAW,
But Secretary Root Brazeny Stated thai t
Is to Be Continued.
GEN. LUDLOW SPENT MORE THAN $4,000
In Decorating the Palace In Witch
He Lived as Governor General un-
der the Military Occupation.
But Secretary Root Brazenly Stated that
Is to Be Continued
GEN. LUDLOW SPENT MORE THAN $4,000
Especial to Tho POST

Especial TO Tho Postl
Wash. ngton. April 21.---Another rotten scan
dal that this administration viii have to
stand for and explain to the people OF this
country has Just come 10 light. 1t Is fact
that American army officers in Cuba have
been lootiug the Cuban treasury wlih tho
knowledge and consent OF high admln.stra-
ton officials. These army officers, now oe-
cupyins administrative positions in cuba.
not content with receiving the generous sal
aries which this government allows them
aud which were Increased when thoy went
to Cuba. are every pay day drawing addi-
tional compensation out of the Cuban reve-
nues They are practically receiving double
salaries, one from tho treasury Of tho United
states and one from Cuban funds collected
by the revenue officers The law s0yE very
distinctly that officers shalt not receive any
additional compensation when acting in n
civil capacity. and nothing in excess Of the
regular army allowances In The face OF this
plain letter of the law. these men (some half
dozen in number as admitted by Secretary
Root have been drawing from 5000 10 5000
year extra and this new and smooth Soc
rotary says, in a spirit OF bravndo that
THERE ARE A LOT MORE WHO WILL BE
ADDED To THIS LIST WHEN HE HAS
TIME TO GET AROUND TO TIE MAT
TER.
In admitting this baretaced steal of Gu
ban funds the secretary of war says that
American officers can not live in Cuba in
proper style on their army salaries, and gIvos
that as the only excuse ior footing the Gu
ban treasury. The truth is thut It costs much
less for an ofHcer--or anybody else-to 1.-Two
in Havana than it does in Washington and
there are plenty of witnesses here to testify
to the fact.
In addition to the money with which these
army officers are lining their pouches. i'm
mense sums of money have been taken from
the Cuban revenues for the purpose OF fur
nishing and decorating quarters for these
officers and for the purchase of fine car
riages and teams for their use. They have
in consequence been living In almost regal
style newspaper correspondent here who
was in Cuba for nearly year after tho
war with Spain told The Post correspondent
today that General Ludlow spent over sa5
900 IN decorations for the governors palace.
and that il any man in this country had
owned the building and attempted TO sell II
for saSoO he would he arrested for trying
to sell gold bricks This simply shows that
the whole thing is conspiracy on the part
Of those officers to loot the Cuban treasury
with the knowledge and consent and active
CONVEYANCE Of this administration, Tho dis
closures that arc now Inevitable win make
the rottenest and ranBest scandal that The
administration has had to face so far, and
there are plenty Of them,
Senator Bacons resolution of inquiry call
ing upon the secretary Of war to tell all no
knows about this matter was up for dis-
cussion In the senate today ana the way the
Republicans squ.rmed and lodged and tried
to get busy with other matters was luderous.
They realize that they nre up against an
other hard game and they are trying to
stavo off the day Of atonement as far as
,,ossible