The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-16
YES,AGR. Of COURSE
Yellow Gang Holds Him for
Cuban Frauds.
CAMPAIGN THUNDER IN 1T
To be Stolen by Swift and
Relentless Prosecution.

| New York, May ia special TO the
Herald from washington says: Follow
ing the publication of Inspected General
Breckinridge's recommendation that
army inspectors be permitted to inspect
| Cuban accounts, there has come a dis
| position in certain quarters to transfer 70
the shoulders of General Alger all the re-
sponsibility possible. He is blamed, first,
for the appointment Of Director RSSh-
bone and Of the postal auditor, and, Sec
ondly, because he ignored General Breck-
inridge's first caoled recommendation
permitting the auditor to continue alone
the inspection Of postal accounts. Friends
Of General Alger resent the attempt or
the administration TO shift the respon-
sibility to his shoulders. They point out
that he appointed Director Rathbone on
the recommends ton of the postmaster
general and the auditor on the recon-
mendation of Secretary Gage.
president Mckinley and all the Repub-
lican leaders in the party are anxious
about the probable result of the Cuban
frauds on the presidential campaign. The
Democrats point to the Neeley episode as
illustrating the argument that colonial
system is sure TO lead to corruption. The
administration leaders hope to minimize
the bad effects Of the fraud by vigorously
following up the wrongdoers before the
campaign has advanced very far.
zone phase of the Cuban postal matter
which has yet to be cleared up relates
- 3, hi a
to Rathbone on acquisitions, approved by
Governor General Brooke and Governor
General Wood, which he certified were
necessary to make up deficits in the
postal accounts. Deficits from January
%, 1899, until June 80, 1893, amounted to
S14.270, but the Cuban postal receipts al
ways fell behind the expenditures and it
was necessary for Director Rathbone to
make quarterly calls on the governor
general. The published statements Of the
war department show that Captain Ladd,
treasurer of the island, paid to Mr.. Rath-
bone, up to December 81, 1899, between
s21S,O22 and S49O, 92S, when the postoffIcs
department had no knowledge that a de-
felt existed. In making these request
tons directly upon the governor general,
administration officers say, the director
failed to carry out the original order
which Secretary Alger issued. These
contemplated that the director should In
form the postmaster general Of the de-
felt and the latetr official should make
the requesition upon the war department.
THE administration has a well-matur-
ed plan of action, but nothing will be
said now as to what it Is. One matter
that will be discussed is how the author
tiles expect to recover all the money
wrongfully taken from the postal funds,
but it is understood that they have
reason to believe that they can do this
1t is not improbable that more arrests
will soon be made. Just who will be i'm
plicated the officials viii not say. As
ststant Secretary of War Meikeljohn,
however, said today he was certain 1t
would not be long before the depart
ment would be in possession Of accurate
information showing the extent Of the
fraud"