The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-02
1snecIal Correspondence

rsnecial Correspondence
M. scandals which have come to
~. regarding entertainments in the
nnssson nostal service are having their
set in enlightening the country as to
en- meaning of Imperialism. Rath-
hone. the republican head OF the postal
svstem Of Cuba, was one OF Mar Hanna's
so,;t;cal benchmen. Nicely, the financial
psant Of the Cuban postal service, who
VS. onnrehended and is under bonds,
was a political friend and protege of
me first assistant postmaster general.
W. comes from Indiana, where, in the
.;tv If Muncie, he used to w a daily
awsnaper. which he sold to Perry
Heath's brother. When arrested In
New York it was Perry Heath's broth
ar,s hank, the present custodian of
nos+al funds, which furnished Nicely
With the $4,000 cash bail on which he
was released.
The known defalcation is already
over 500. 600. The Indications are that
a will amount to half a million and in
volve every prominent official of the Gu
han postal service. Rathbone, the head
Of the service, is to be suspended for not
detecting the crime. 1t surpasses hui
man understanding that Rathbone
himself is not accused of completely.
The evidences of corruption were so
fagrantly visible that a blind man
could nave seen them. 1t is a nasty
mess. but exactly what might have
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stances. There are a dozen other cases
as bad, as this which have so far been
successfully covered up.
Military Corruption.
Cuba is supposedly under the mill
;tarv control of the United States.
There is a branch of the army known
as the inspector generals service. This
branch has for it's duty the ~investiga-
tion of accounts, the examination of
work done and supplies purchased, the
scrutiny of military posts and similar
work. It is the official critic of the
whole military branch of the govern
ment, and has for generations consid-
cred it a matter of pride and honor to
do good work. Very few scandals have
ever been charged up to the inspectors
service and nine out of ten frauds in
the army have been discovered by the
inspector generals Office.
When the Spanish war broke out and
it became necessary to give politica
protection to every scalawag ant
crooked contractor, big and little, whC
had any claim on the Mckinley admin
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blindfold, handcuff and hobble the in
spector generals office. This was don,
through the machinery of the adjutan
generals office, which ordered nearl,
all the inspection officers to line dut,
in the field, thus preventing the inspec
ton work from being done, and thel
compelling the few remaining report
to be made to come directly to the ad
jutant general instead of to their PROF
er head, the inspector general
The expected result was obtained
Inspection practically ceased, an
fraud has run rampant in the army t
the present day.
The officers of the United State
army are as a class high-minded an
honorable men. 1t is seldom that
scandal involving their financial intee
rity with government funds arise
But the contractors of every descri]
tion who have dealings with the arm
need to be watched with an eagle
eye. The treasury has been swindle
of millions of dollars during the la
two years through army and nav
frauds, particularly in the army. II
inspection service has been hampert
in such a manner as TO make the
frauds easy of preparation. McKinlt
is irresponsible and the people have fouI
him out.
A Pro-British snarl.
1t is significant that Senator Lod;
makes his swashbuckling attack
Germany hardly three days after Lo
Salisbury made his ill-timed speech
the same direction. 1t is well know
in international affairs that Germa,
has 10 intention of interfering in t
affairs of this hemisphere. There a
100000 Germans in Brazil. There
more than 5000, 900 Germans in I
United States. The German-America
have supported the republican par
as a rule to such an extent that wi
out them the republicans could
have carried a presidential election
20 years. Trusts, militarism, imperi
ism and the pro-British attitude of
administration have driven them fr
the republican party. just why Loo
should have chosen this inauspicit
occasion to further offend the Germ
Americans goes beyond understand
Lodge il a man of great learning q
little judgment. He is ambitious to
considered the foremost statesman
the senate. But his ablest effo
seem sophomorical beside the p
found learning of Senator Hoar, wi
Senator Davis, of Minnesota, charm
of the foreign relations committee
an intellectual giant beside him.
Senator Davis has been singularly
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