The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-04-19
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
WASHINGTON,
Conmunicated).
April IS. 1901.


Senators are much amused at a
semi official statement that has
come from the State Department,
denying that negotiations had
been opened with England for a
new Isthmian Canal treaty, and
purporting to tell why no such
negotiations were under way.
The reason given in this state
ment is that Secretary Hay has
not yet ascertained what sort of
a treaty twothirds Of the Senate
would be willing to vote for. 1t
is perfectly true that no negotia-
tons have been started with Eng
land for a new treaty, but the
reason given is only half true.
If Secretary Hay has not been
able to ascertain what sort of a
treaty two-thirds of the Senate
will vote against or amend, and
the information is Strikingly near
to what Senator Morgan said on
the floor of the Senate, just be
fore Congress adjourned--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 negotia-
tons.
Governor Chandler, of Georgia,
, is in Washington for the purpose
of settling accounts between
Georgia and the Federal Govern
ment for the equipment of troops
for the war with Spain. OF those
accounts he said: ''The law pro
vided that vouchers in certain
forms should be made out for
every expenditure. In some
cases the military authorities did
not issue any vouchers at all and
that has caused some delay in the
final payment, but the State will
lose but little. The Governor de
MED that his trip east was to
borrow money to pay the school
teachers of the State. but ad-
mitted that if the treasurer of
State refused, on account of his
construction Of the law, to pay
warrants issued for that purpose
out of funds, which are being
held to pay bonds that will not
mature for fifteen years, he would
eventually have to borrow money
to pay the teachers.
According to the evidence
given. before the United States
Industrial Commission, the paper
trust has added more t han
81, 500, 600 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 incieaSe of $50, 600 IA
year IN the price of paper used
by them. The same witness said
that all the promises made by
the trust had beeu violated and
that instead of reducing the cost
of manufacture, it has been in
creased, and was now greater
than when under individual own
ership of the paper mills.
Although the War Department
has tried to poohpooh the re-
ports of extensive frauds in the
Commissary Department at Ma
Mia, the official action of Secre-
tary Root in largely increasing
the force of officers in the In.
spector Generals department in
the Philippines, is an acknowl.
edgment OF the truth of the pub
llShed stories. 1t is stated at the
War Department that the system
of inspection in the Philippines
has been very lax because suf.
ticient number of officers had not
been detailed for that purpose.
and that in consequence there
has been a number of petty
frauds in both the Commissary
and Quartermaster's Depart
ments. 1t is known that these
frauds have been so numerous
for some time, that it has been
found necessary to establish a
sort of secret service to watch
for them. There has been only
one ot1icer-Colonel Darlington
on strictly inspection duty in the
Philippines and he has only re-
Gently returned to duty from a
two months sick leave. Nothing
shows palmer that the govern
ment has been robbed extern
sively in the Philippines than
the fact that the average annual
cost of maintaining a soldier
over there has increased in the
past year more than 500. AS
there are in round numbers
$4,000 soldiers over there, this is
M small mattar