The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-05-19
WAsHiheroN LEFrERl
FROM oar Regular correspondent,


nushing up the scandal come cted
with the embezzlement of a large
sum of money from the eubans
Postal receipts by c. F. W. Medley,
who has been chief Financial Agent
Of the Cuban Postal System, and
others, will be eombated by the
democrats IN Congress, who regard |
the present as excellent time for a
investigation of all
Cuban receipts and expenditures.
Senator Bacon says he waited near
ly a week to give the opportunity
to the republicans to propose
an investigation before offer
ing his resolution instructing the
Senate Committee on relations With
Cuba to investigate receipts from all
sources since the occupation OF Cuba
by our troups, and expenditures for
all purposes during that period, and
report to the Senate at the earliest
possible date. OF his resolution,
Senator Bacon said; MY purpose
is to have a thorough inyesNsation
OF the moneys which have been re-
ceived and disbursed in Cuba. We
know that there has been some inn
proper disbursements. In view OF
that fact, it is our duty to thor
oughly sift the whole matter Our
only excuse for being in Cuba is our
desire to govern the island tor the
Cubans, and we ought to see wheth-
er we are doing our duty toward
those people" That number OF
Cuban officials, including the di-
rector of Posts and the Auditor OF
Postal accounts have been suspend
ed, is proof that the public is being
deceived by official statements say
ing that Medley is the only Cuban
official who has been implicated in
the stealing. If proper investiga-
ton is made, it will probably be as
certained that there has been a ring
of thieves working on the Cuban re-
venues, but that is just what the
administration doesn't wish to be
ascertained.
Senator Teller arraigned the Off
GERS of the Ordinance Bureau of the
Navy Department for incompeteney
and ignorance, during the discussion
OF the armor clause OF the Naval APP
preparation bill, and the arraign-
ment was Endorsed by Senator Alli-
son. Mr.. Teller said the ignorance
displayed by officers of that Board,
when they appeared before Congress
ional Committees for the purpose oil
giving information had been some
times absolutely pitiful, and that he
could get more information out Of
a private citizen IN tea ''s;sa9.es than
he had over been able to It op@ Of
these officers in an hour; also that
there were engineers in civil life who
could make infinitely better guns
than any officer on the Ordinance
Board, but that the Board would
not listen to them.
Adjutant General Hart, OF
Delaware, who is in Washington on
business said of the political outlook
in his state: I'VE will elect every
state officer from governor down,
and legislature that will choose
two democratic U. S. Senators.
The republicans are in a hopeless
state of Reorganization, and are
beaten from the start. If the rest of
the country will do as well as
Delaware in November, there won't
be much left of the 6. o. P.
Although the administration sue
ceeded in preventing any preliminary
report being made by the Isthmian
Commission, the members of that
Commission have given their per-
sonal opinion of the investigation
to the Senate Interoceanic Canal
Committee, and those opinions are
all one way-in favor of the Nicara-
qua route. This makes it evident
that the position taken by Boss
Hanna, that the Senate should
not act upon the Nicaragua
Canal Bill until the report OF
the Canal Commission is made, is
is merely for delay. Another
proof was given by Hanna insisting
that the committee should grant
hearings to the officers and directors
of the new Panama Canal Company.
Why should these men be heard
when this government has sent, at
great expense, an official commission
of expert engineers to investigate,
and that commission has given its
views to the committed There is
political dynamite enough in this
question to blow the Mckinley adj
ministration and the republican ma
jority in the house out of existence,
and If boss Hanna succeeds in pre-