Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-04-18
CIRCULAR Correspondent)

come from the state department,
denying that negotiations had been
opened with England for o new
Isthmisn Canal treaty, and pur-
porting to tell Why no such segotia-
tions we're under way. The reason
given in this statement 10 that Sec
rotary Hay has not yet ascertain
ed what sort Of . treaty t@o-thirds
OF the Senate would be willing to
vote for. IL 10 perfectly true that
no negotiations have been started
with England for . new treaty. but
the reason given 10 only half true
Ii Secretary Hay has not been able
to ascertain what sort of a treaty
two-thirds OF the Senate will vote
for. he has been very plainly given
TO understand what sort of q treaty
two-thirds of the Senate will vote
against or amend, and the informa-
ton 10 strikingly near to what Sena
toa Morgan said on the floor Of the
Senate, just before Congress ad-
journed-that Mr.. Mckinley would
find out that he could not get two
thirds of the Senate to agree to any
treaty less strongly pronounced in
favor OF American rights than the
amended Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
which England would not have.
That is the real reason why there
have been no negotiations.
Governor Gambler, Of Georgia. is
in Washington for the purpose of
settling accounts between Georgia
and the Federal Government for
the equipment of troops for the
war with Spain. Ofthose accounts
no said: "The Law provided that
vouchers in certain forms shall be
made out for every expenditure.
IN some cases the Military authori-
ties did not issue any vouchers at
ell and that has caused some delay
in the final payments, but the
state will lose but little. The
Governor denied that his trip East
was to borrow money to pay the
school teachers of the state, but ad-
mitted that il the Treasurer Of the
state refused, on account OF his
construction Of the law, to pay war
rants issued for that purpose ont of
funds, which are being held to pay
bonds that will not mature for if
teen years. he would eventually
have to borrow money to pay the
teachers.
According to evidence given be-
fore the U. s. Industrial Commits
sion, the paper trust has added
more than o., 800, 900 Q year to the
cost OF news print paper in this
country. One witness said that he
knew Of two newspapers which were
each paying an increase of $3.50, 900
o year in the price of paper used by
them. The same witness said that
oil the promises made by the trust
had been violated and that instead
ofreducing the cost Of manufacture,
it had been increased. and was now
greater than under individual
ownership of the paper mills.
Although the War Department
has tried to poohpooh the reports
Of extensive frauds in the Commits.
sary Department at Manila, the
official action of Secretary Root in
largely increasing the force of Off.
GERS in the Inspector Generals de-
partment in the Philippines, is an
acknowledgment of the truth Of the
published stories. It 10 stated at
the War Department that the sys-
tenn Of inspection in the Philippines
has been very lax because o suffici.
ent number Of officers had not been
detailed for that purpose, and that
in consequence there has been q
number of cases Of petty frauds in
both the Commissary and Quarter
masters departments. tits known
that these frauds have been so
numerous for some time, that it
has been found necessary to estab.
lish sort of secret service to watch
for them. There has been only
one oficer-Col. Jarlington-on
strictly inspection duty in the Phil
ipines and he has only recently re.
turned to duty from q two month Q
sick leave. Nothing shows palmer
that the government has been rob-
bed extensively in the PHILIPPINES
than the fact that the average an
nnal cost Of maintaining q soldier
over there has increased in the year
more than 800. As there in round
numbers rs, 900 soldiers over there.