Sunday morning globe., 1901-12-15


counsel has attempted TO fasten upon my
honorable client the imputation Of black.
mail. The eNigencies of these parties de.
PENDANTS from the beginning required that
they should cast the imputation. They east
it, but they paid Major Heistand paid
$3.50 aud Assistant Secretary of War MeiEIe.
john paid in an Office rated at $50 month
Was that payment or a sale of the office
Gentlemen, note the facts. Major Hawks
diu not pursue the path of the black.
mailer who moves covertly or by con.
cealment He filed his demand upon
these parties openly in the War Depari.
ment and as a condition of the Withdrawal
of this demand he was appointed, They
kept treacherousy the word of promise Co
the ear, and they broke IL to the hope The
order removing him from the place 90
which he was appointed in the Philippine
Islands was dated in Washington two days
before he reached his destination; two DAYS.
that is the evidence,
Now, as to Corbin General Corbin IN
his anxiety to shield himself and his friend.
Major Heistand when shown the names
written by Major Heistand in his own
proper handwriting of the proposed bene.
6ciaries, the stockholders in this enter.
prise, was asked, rs not this the handwrit.
ing of Major Heistand" And he answered
with unparalleled duplcity III am not
familiar with his handwriting And ye,
Major Heistand has stood In his office. has
written in his Office for FIVE long years and
was his personal corresp pondent for years
But this officer of high rank says--wayes
the paper away contemptuously and says
i am not familiar with his handwriting 90
Is that credible gentlemen, In an officer of
General Corbu's intelligence But Doe
feared that If he identified that paper. not
knowing its effect upon the case he might
involve his friend and he was more loyal
Co friendship than TO his solemn oath De.
fore this committee,
I maintain that General Corbin was the
great motor of the enterprise The -iian,
forces of nature are the most potent Tie
was the silent force. He was at the head of
a permanent bureau of the War Depart.
ment Meikleiohn was but a political
transient They come 10 day and they go
tomorrow, but the Adiutaut- Generals
Bureau stands. Has General Corbiu ever
made any move, did he make any move. as
was his duty, TO require Major Heistand TO
pay for this telegram TO General Otis 60
r D.
Has he made any move to require Major
Heistand TO refund 20 the government what
the Otis telegram on Hestand's private
business COST Not a single move. The
learned counsel repeated with wondrous
unction the words, These are honorable
men" And 1t struck me thatt the learned
counsel was recalling his Shakespeare
Yes said that great master who held the
mirror up to nature, "Yes, % said he, through
the lips Of Mark Antony as he contemplated
the banded consprators Of Rome who
struck down the foremost man Of all the
world. "Yes, they are honorable mem all
honorable" Then let them appear honor.
able by record, and not by station.
Mr.. Chairman, appreciate the gravity of
my position when ! seek to impugn the
honor Of a soldier-a soldier even profes.
sionally only. Sir the military profession
Is the most chaste Of all professions save
that of those who minister at the altar Of
Cod. The true soldier feels an impulation
upon his honor more keeuly than he would
the cash from a sword blade upon his body;
but he takes care that his honor never shall
be subject to proved, established imputa.
tions. And these gentlemen have not well
guarded theirs.
He has not been discredted upon his
statement that his bill for 81, SIS was settled
$3.50 of IL by Major Heistaud in cash and
the balance of sI,255 by MI Meikleiohu.
through the office Was that not In settle.
meut of that demand2 Let as see It was
made, the appointment was made on the
Ist of March, 1900. received through the
appointment clerk of the Insular Division,
signed by Mr.. Meikcjohn as Assistant Sec.
rotary of War What action did Major
Hawks take' He Is supported iu that He
said, This provides for transportation with.
out expenses Say TO MI Meikleiohn that
this is not satisfactory My resignation is
at his disposal There is no contradiction .
TO that statement Mr. Ford the appoint
ment clerk of the lnsular Division, who
was addressed by Major Hawks, says he
bore that message TO Mr. Meklciohn, who /
ordered that another appointment should be
made out So Hawks was there, not sup.
plicating, but demanding; not asking a
favor but the demaudaut of a right, and the /.
two commissions were issued the same
day, within a few hours. An Assistant Sec. /.
retary of War does not yield in that form 10
a blackmailer He yields only to a man
whose demand was so just so well sup.
ported and possessed of ample evidence 10 I.
support it, that he would have refused at
his peril to do justice to this demandant /
Those are the facts In the case,
Another point It has been stated in /.
reference to the telegram from Major Heis. /.
tand that it is customary to send telegraph |
bills to officers at the end OF the month .
The learned counsel has mistaken the testi. /
mony. No such custom has been estab. .
lished. To send them TO the head Of the .
department at the end of the month for .
settlement by the government but not by .
the officer They were not sent TO the of .
hcer the same as a private telegram. The .
testimony of Carter is that the custom is .
that the officer shall pay in advance in all .
cases He says that he shall make a de- .
posit Those are the facts. But it is stated |
that through a slip of memory Colonel .
Heistand failed to pay this. Major Heis- .
taud telegram was sent at the charge of .
the government on July 81, 1899. and he did /
not leave this city of Washington for Paris .
until October u, 1899. There was ample /
time to refresh his memory. He had been .
forwarding the Otis reply to Hawks, and il .
was not SO inconsequential that he could not |
have paid at least for the reply of General /
Otis But the learned counsel could whistle /
10 down the wind As a matter so uuimpor- .
tant-the charging Of telegram on private |
Hsa. Al. Al.