Washington sentinel., 1900-10-06

papers which do not concern you and
proceed 10 read them"
tried to explain to him that had no
intention of trespassing on the rights OF
private properly; that could not be
presumed to know that Government
Office had gone into the business Of
circulating literature which was private
property; that had presumed that the
literature was either Government publ
cations or that they were publications
purchased by the Government With
public funds Tor general distribution; /;
that if the publications did not fall
within either OF these classes, their
distribution from a public Office by
Government employees was a violation
OF law, and that | was not supposed to
know that the Government had entered
into a conspiracy with England for the
purpose OF secretly circulating her
impeIialistic lies. But all Of this argu-
ment was in vain and was peremptorily
ordered to leave the room, By honorable
means, however. a set OF the pamphlets
were procured and they are entitled as
follows:
First-The British case against the
Beers.
Second--A letter to Senator Hoar on
the Transvaal War bS John Bellows.
Third-The Beers and blacks.
FOurth-The treatment OF the Cape
Beers by the English Government and
the treatment OF the English by the
Boer Government.
Fifth-The witness Of the churches,
Sixth-The future OF South Africa.
Seveuth-The Essentials OF settle
ment
All OF these pamphlets were printed,
issued, folded and wrapped with one OF
each Of the seven pamphlets 10 every
package, securely packed in boxes about
FIVE feet square and shipped to this
country by the Imperial South African
Association, SO Victoria Street, West.
minister, S. w., London, England,
Commissioner Harris, knowing that
this procedure was a gross violation OF
law, vile prostitution Of public funds
to l!legitImate partisan ends. and an
insult TO American self respect and TO
public decency, eDi oinedupo On his trusted
lieutenant, the foreman OF the room,
whom he had charged with the duty of
committing this crime against our insti-
tutions, to see that the strIctest secrecy
was observed IN carrying out the details
OF this pernicious scheme. He imposed
upon that foreman the duty of seeing to
it that no employee should be allowed to
remove the wrapper from one Of these
packages in which his fellow conspira-
tors, the subjects ofHer Royal Highness,
the Queen Of England, had so securely
folded them; that under no circum-
stances should he allow any one TO take
one Of them from the office; that at the
end OF each days work the boxes in
which they had been shipped to this
country should be securely and safely
nailed up, and that he should personally
lock the doors Of the room iu which
these boxes had been placed He
further ordered that this foreman should
see to it that this infamous literature
these hbels against the cause OF liberty
and a patriotic people, should not be
taken to the General Post Office by the
mail wagons of the Interior Department
which ordinarily carry the Bureaus
outgoing mailto the General Post Office,
but directed that this mail should be
taken there by means of a truck which
was to be pushed by his trusted negro
messenger who is employed by the
Government and paid out OF the public
funds. The mailing slips were prepared
by the clerks carried on the pay rolls of
the Bureau, and the number addressed
included the entire mailing Inst Of the
Office. They were pasted on during
office hours by the messengers and
laborers, every one OF whom are paid
out OF the peoples money appropriated
by Corgress to deiTay the legitimate
expen. IS OF the Bureau OF Education.
Alter satisfying himself that all safe
suar"'s against possible detection had